R. Craig Albertson
Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts
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Evolutionary Developmental Biology
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Berent Aldikacti
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Dominique R. Alfandari
Professor of Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts
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661 North pleasant street, ISB 427B
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Cell migration in Developmental systems
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Seema Amin
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Lauren Andrews
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
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N265 Life Sciences Laboratories
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Uncovering genetic design rules to reprogram regulation and metabolism in living cells for applications in health and biotechnology
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Efecan Aral
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Kathleen F. Arcaro
Professor of Environmental Toxicology, University of Massachusetts
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Office: LSL 529
Lab: LSL N540
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Breast Cancer: Assesing Individual Breast Cancer Risk
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Courtney C. Babbitt
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
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Hyerim Ban
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Michael J.F. Barresi
Professor of Biological Sciences and Neuroscience, Smith College
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Developmental Neurobiology, Assistant Neuron and Glial Cell Interactions; Astroglial Cell Development in the CNS
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Madelaine Bartlett
Associate Professor, Biology
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Evolution of plant development; Molecular evolution
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Tobias Baskin
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Regulation of Plant Morphogenesis During Growth & Development
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Christine Battle
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Joseph Bergan
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
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We seek to understand the principles of how social and defensive stimuli are encoded in the activity of neurons, and how this process can be modulated by behavior state, experience, and neuromodulation.
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Heather Bisbee
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Eric L. Bittman
Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology
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Circadian Rhythms, Reproduction, and Seasonal Changes in Brain Function
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Katharine R. Bittner
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Jeffrey L. Blanchard
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
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Microbial cellular and community networks; influence of environmental change on the evolution of molecular processes; systems biology; bioinformatics
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Stephanie Brody
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Nathan Canniff
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Katherine Chacon–Vargas
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James Chambers
Light Microscopy Director, Cell Culture Director, UMass Amherst
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Applying novel chemical biology tools and emerging biophysical techniques to solve fundamental questions in neuroscience
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Jianhan Chen
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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S585B Life Science Laboratories
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Computational Biochemistry & Biophysics
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Min Chen
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts
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Application of Proteins in Biotechnology; Functional Mechanism of Membrane Protein Pores, Channels and Transporters
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Alice Cheung
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Molecular and cell biology of male-female interaction and polarized cell growth in plant reproduction
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Peter Chien
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts
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Regulated Protein Degradation in Bacterial Cell-Cycle Progression
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Soonkyu Chung
Associate Professor, Nutrition
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Obesity, Brown adipocytes, Adipose Inflammation, Dietary polyphenols, Epigenetics
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Eugenia Clerico
Research Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Christopher Colvin
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Hélène Cousin
Research Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts
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Cranial Neural Crest Migration during Embryonic Development
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Edward P. Debold
Associate Professor of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts
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Muscle Myosin in Cardiovascular Disease and Muscular Fatigue
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Nathan Derr
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College
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Biophysical and cell biological mechanisms of the cytoskeletal molecular motors dynein and kinesin
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Ashley Doucet
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Gerald B. Downes
Professor, Department of Biology
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Development and function of spinal cord networks
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Jay English
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Stephen J. Eyles
Extension Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Director, Mass Spectrometry Core, Institute for Applied Life Sciences
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S503 Life Science Laboratories
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Biological mass spectrometry, protein folding and dynamics
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Michelle Facette
Assistant Professor, Biology
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Cell polarization and asymmetric cell division; cytoskeletal regulation; cellular physiology
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Michelle Farkas
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Development and Application of Chemical Biology Methods for the Study of Cancer Progression and Metastasis
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Carline Fermino do Rosario
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Rafael A. Fissore
Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts
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Ca2+ Release Mechanisms in Mammalian Oocytes during Maturation and Fertilization
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Patrick Flaherty
Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
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Statistical machine-learning methods for genomic and biomedical data analysis
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Neil St. John Forbes
Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts
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N525 Life Sciences Laboratories
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Engineering Tumor-Targeting Therapies
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Cristina Ford
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Emily Formato
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Joshua Foster
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Lillian Fritz–Laylin
Associate Professor of Biology
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Quantitative Evolutionary Cell Biology
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Scott C. Garman
Associate Graduate Program Director, MCB; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Structural biology of glycoproteins in human disease
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John G. Gibbons
Assistant Professor of Food Science
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Genomics, Evolution, Bioinformatics
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Kaitlyn Gilliam
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Larissa Gilliam
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Lori Goldner
Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts
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Single Molecule Biophysics
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Kevin Guay
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Taylor Guertin
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Hanling Guo
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Jeanne A. Hardy
Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts
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Design of allosteric pathways in caspases and phosphatases; x-ray crystallography
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Thomas Harrington
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Lili He
Associate Professor, Food Science
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The analysis of chemical, physical and biological targets in complex systems
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Daniel N. Hebert
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts
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Protein Folding, Quality Control and Degradation of Membrane Glycoproteins
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Alejandro P. Heuck
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts
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Kaito Hioki
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Kiserian Jackson
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Abigail Jensen
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
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Molecular and cellular mechanisms of vertebrate retinal development and retinal disease.
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Taewon Jeon
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D. Joseph Jerry
Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts
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Tumor Suppressor Genes and the Cellular Basis for Susceptibility to Breast Cancer
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Juan M Jiménez
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
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Fluid flow characteristics and fluid flow-dependent biomolecular pathways relevant to diseases and processes in the body.
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Parag Juvale
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Igor A. Kaltashov
Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts
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N369 Life Sciences Laboratory
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Architecture and Dynamics of Transport Proteins
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Ilia Karatsoreos
Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
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The general research objective in our lab is to understand the neural and physiological systems that the brain and body use to protect us from harm and adapt to changes in the environment. We focus on biological rhythms, stress, immunology, and metabolism
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Rolf O. Karlstrom
Professor, Department of Biology
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Developmental neurobiology; axon guidance and forebrain patterning
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Laura A. Katz
Elsie Damon Simonds Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College
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201 Burton Hall, Smith College
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Genome evolution and biodiversity studies of microbial eukaryotes
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Paul S. Katz
Director of Neuroscience and Professor of Biology
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Neuroethology, central pattern generators, single neuron RNA-seq, developmental neuroscience, evolution of neural circuits, molluscan systems
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Hyuna Kim
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Young–Cheul Kim
Associate Professor of Nutrition, University of Massachusetts
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Impact of Nutrients and Dietary Bioactive Components on Chronic Diseases
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Michele M. Klingbeil
Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts
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Parasitology, the replication and repair of mitochondrial DNA (kinetoplast DNA network) in African trypanosomes
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Mike Knapp
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
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Biological and Inorganic Chemistry; Enzyme structure and mechanisms, Hypoxia sensing, Metalloenzymes, Redesign of the second coordination sphere
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Ashish Kulkarni
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
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N565 Life Sciences Laboratories
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Immunoengineering
Nano-immunotheraputics
Immunotheranostics
Bio-inspired Materials
Drug Delivery
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Jun-Goo Kwak
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Gwenael Layec
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
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Musculoskeletal Physiology, Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, Cardiovascular Physiology, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/imaging
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Jungwoo Lee
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
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N567 Life Sciences Laboratories
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Translational Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
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Daniel Li
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Pamelia Lim
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Brooke Linnehan
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Zhenhua Liu
Associate Professor of Nutrition, University of Massachusetts
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Nutrition and Cancer Prevention
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Emily Lopes
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Li–Jun Ma
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Fungal comparative genomics, eukaryotic genome evolution and organism adaptation
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Kirk Mackinnon
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Olivia Macrorie
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Daniel Macveigh–Fierro
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Sibongile Mafu
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Biological chemistry of plant natural products
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Jesse Mager
Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts
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Developmental Biology: Cell-Cell Signaling
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Kyle Mahan
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Vaishali Malik
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Simin Manole
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Thomas J. Maresca
Graduate Program Director, MCB; Associate Professor of Biology
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Ensuring Genomic Integrity through Cell Division
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Craig T. Martin
Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts
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Transcription; Protein-DNA Interactions
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Jessica McGory
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Lynne A. McLandsborough
Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts
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Involvement of Bacterial Surface Molecules in Attachment to Food and Food Processing Surfaces
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Danny McSweeney
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Mark S. Miller
Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology
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Aging, Exercise, Skeletal Muscle, Muscle Mechanics, Sex Differences
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Lisa M. Minter
Associate Professor of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts
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Notch signaling in autoimmune diseases
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Matthew D. Moore
Assistant Professor of Food Science
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Room 250, Chenoweth Laboratory
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Food microbiology; food and environmental virology; eukaryotic virus-bacteria interactions; portable detection and sequencing platforms; viral inactivation strategies and therapeutics; viral concentration techniques.
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Sarah Moore
Assistant Professor of Engineering, Smith College
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David E. Moorman
Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
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Cellular and network mechanisms of motivation, learning, and executive functions (e.g., decision-making). Neural function in animal models of addiction, ADHD, obesity, and depression. Neurotechnology and neural computation.
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Stephanie Morin
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Yasu S. Morita
Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts
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Mycobacterial Pathogenesis: Glycobiology, Biochemistry, and Cell Biology
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Mandy Muller
Assistant Professor of Microbiology
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101B Morrill Science Center IVN
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Using viruses as a tool to understand cell biology
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Murugappan Muthukumar
Wilmer D. Barrett Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts
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A212 Conte Research Center
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Statistical Mechanics of Polymers
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Stacey Nash
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Saman Nayyab
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Bao Nguyen
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Daniel Norment
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Justyne Ogdahl
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Barbara A. Osborne
Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts
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Immunoglobulin Gene Diversification; Induction of Apoptosis in Lymphocytes
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Can Ozden
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Stephanie L. Padilla
Assistant Professor of Biology
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Sex hormones, feeding behavior and body weight homeostasis, circadian rhythms, women’s health
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ChangHui Pak
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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synaptic adhesion molecules
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Sarah Pallas
Associate Professor, Biology
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Developmental neuroscience, Sensory neurophysiology
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Om Parkash Dhankher
Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture
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Plant genetic engineering and biotechnology, phytoremediation of soil contaminants
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Shelly Peyton
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts
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Breast Cancer, Metastasis, Drug Resistance, Biomaterials
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Leonid A. Pobezinsky
Associate Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts
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Non-coding RNAs in the immune system
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Sarah Prostak |
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Akaansha Rampal
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Jenny Rauch
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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The neurodegenerative protein tau and its role in disease progression
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Luke Remage–Healey
Program Leader / GPD of Neuroscience and Behavior Program; Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
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Heather N. Richardson
Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
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The focus of the Stress and Addiction Lab is to determine the neurobiological mechanisms underlying stress-related disorders using rodent models.
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Katherine Rickelton
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Kristyn Robinson
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Vincent M. Rotello
Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts
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Synthetic Models of Biomolecular Activity
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Alissa Rothchild
Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
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Alveolar macrophages and innate immunity, immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, host-pathogen interactions
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Patrick Ryan
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Ana M. Salicioni
Research Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts
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Molecular Mechanisms Responsible for Sperm Function. Role of Testis-Specific Kinases in Male Fertility and as Targets for Contraception
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Steven J. Sandler
Professor and Department Head of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts
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210 Morrill Science Center IVN
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The Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Replication and Homologous Recombination
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Carolina Santamaria
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Maria M. Santore
Professor of Polymer Science & Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts
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A417 Conte Research Center
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Interfacial Polymer Physics, Dynamics, and Colloidal Phenomena
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Nathan Schnarr
Lecturer of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts
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Polyketide Synthase Engingeering
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Samantha Schultz
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Larry M. Schwartz
Professor, Department of Biology
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Molecular mechanisms that mediate programmed cell death
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Thomas Scudder
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David A. Sela
Associate Professor, Department of Food Science
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Nutrition, human milk, gut microbiome, systems biology, host-microbe interactions/co-evolution, translational research
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Tricia Serio
Dean, College of Natural Sciences
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Prion cycle regulation in vivo, cellular mechanisms and consequences of protein misfolding and resolution
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Emily Severance
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Jacqueline Sharp
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Varun Sheel
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Spencer Albert Shorkey
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Andrew Shultz
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M. Sloan Siegrist
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts
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N271 Life Sciences Laboratory
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Adaptation of Intracellular Pathogens to the Host Environment
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Sallie W. Smith–Schneider
Scientist, Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute
Adjunct Research Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts
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Signaling During Mammary Gland Development and Carcinogenesis
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Daniel Splittstoesser
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Vanessa Stahl
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Andrew Stephens
Assistant Professor of Biology
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Meg Stratton
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department
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Molecular level understanding of proteins that are involved in long-term memory formation
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Eric R Strieter
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
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Protein Post-Translational Modifications
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Yubing Sun
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
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Harnessing the mechanobiology of stem cells
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Alexander Suvorov
Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
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Effects on behavior by environmental xenobiotics with endocrine disruptive properties
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Louis Taylor
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Gregory Michael Teicher
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Emily Robin Tetrault
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Gregory N. Tew
Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts
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A617 Conte Research Center
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Supramolecular Polymer Science
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Nidhi Thaker
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Sankaran (Thai) Thayumanavan
Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts
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Biomimetic Organic Molecules and Polymers
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Lynmarie K. Thompson
Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts
Director, Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program
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Structure and Mechanism of Membrane Proteins
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Samuel Tillona
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Alicia R. Timme–Laragy
Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts
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Developmental toxicology of environmental contaminants, transcription-factor-mediated antioxidant defenses, pancreatic B-cell development
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Madeline Tompach
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Thomas Tran
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Kimberly D. Tremblay
Professor of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts
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Stem Cells and Developmental Biology
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Ning-Hsuan Tseng
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Ludmila Tyler
Senior Lecturer, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Using the model grass Brachypodium distachyon to understand development and bioenergy traits.
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Jacob Ullom
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Richard Vachet
Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts
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N363 Life Sciences Laboratory
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Bioanalytical Chemistry: Analytical Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, Protein Folding, Metal-Protein Interactions, Gas-Phase Chemistry, Nanomaterials
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Elena Vazey
Assistant Professor, Departement of Biology
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Neuromodulation and Neurodegeneration
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Pablo E. Visconti
Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts
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Signal Transduction Pathways During Sperm Capacitation
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Patricia Wadsworth
Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts
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Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Living Cells
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Elsbeth Walker
Professor, Biology Department
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Molecular genetic approaches to studying mechanisms of metal ion homeostasis in plants
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Caiqin Wang
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Dong Wang
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Mechanisms of symbiosis between plant hosts and beneficial microbes
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Janelle Welton
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Christine A. White–Ziegler
Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College
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Environmental Regulation of Gene Expression in Escherichia coli
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Steven A. Williams
Gates Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College
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Molecular Biology of Human Parasitic Diseases/Genome Projects
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Sarah Witkowski
Chair and Associate Professor of Exercise & Sport Studies, Smith College
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Molecular Mechanisms Contributing to Deleterious changes in Myocardial and Vascular Tissue
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Amanda Woerman
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
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Protein misfolding in neurodegenerative disease, prion strains, and the effect of protein aggregation on neuronal function
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Siu Wong
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Hen–ming Wu
Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts
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Molecular Biology of Plant Development
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Hang Xiao
Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts
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Cancer Preventive Dietary Components, Diet-based Strategy for Cancer Prevention
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Nagendra Yadava
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
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Understand how mitochondrial dysfunction leads to neurodegeneration and other age-associated diseases such as diabetes and cancer, and the molecular, biochemical and physiological causes of mitochondrial dysfunction.
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Kubra Yigit
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Mingxu You
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
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DNA/RNA nanotechnology, bioimaging and biosensing
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Robert Yvon
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Ying Zhang
Post Doctoral Research Associate
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Wadsworth Lab, Morrill Science Center III
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Shu Zhao
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