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Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Name Area of Interests
Steven Ackerman Gene Regulation in Plants and Animals
Kamaljit Bawa Conservation Biology (KBawa webpage) and (ATREE webpage)
Gregory Beck Immunology (lab webpage)
Solange Brault Population and Conservation Ecology
Kenneth Campbell Associate Dean CSM, Reproductive Endocrinology (webpage)
Adán Colón-Carmona Cell Biology, Genetics and Molecular Biology of Plants (webpage)
Jeffrey Dukes Plant Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Global Environmental Change (lab webpage)
John Ebersole Effects of Natural Events and Human Activities on Structure of Coral Reef Fishes
Ron Etter Evolution and Ecology of Marine Invertebrates
Andrew J. Grosovsky Dean CSM, Mechanisms of Mutagenesis and Genomic Instability in Human Cells
Robert Guimond Comparative Respiratory Physiology
William Hagar Associate Provost for Graduate Studies, Environmental Monitoring, Plant Biochemistry and Photobiology
Linda Huang Cell Biology: Signal Transduction and Regulation of Cell
Richard Kesseli Population Genetics (lab webpage)
Kenneth Kleene Molecular and Developmental Biology
Alexia Pollack Neurobiology
Michael Rex Deep-Sea Biology
Michael Shiaris Chairman of Biology, Microbial Ecology (webpage)
Rachel Skvirsky Molecular Genetics
Robert Stevenson Animal Physiology (Electric Field Guide webpage)
Manickam Sugumaran Protein Chemistry and Enzymology (webpage)
Ying Tan Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Alexey Veraksa Cell Signaling and Gene Regulation in Development
Brian White Science Education (webpage)
Garrison Wilkes Origin and Evolution of Maize and its New World Relatives

part-time faculty

Name Area of Interests
Tara Ashok Human Genetics, Developmental Biology, Population Genetics, and Evolution
Adam Baldinger Molluscs
Dennis Bird Histology/Physiology
Arthur Bradley General Biology
Maria Burnham Cell Biology
Harlan Dean General Biology, Invertebrate Biology, Anatomy and Physiology
Sheila Joyce-Bird Physiology
Tracey Spoon Animal Behavior
Anthony Toto General Biology
Julia Verville Basis of Life

biology staff

Name Position
James Allen Greenhouse Manager
Laney Digiovanni Purchaser
Hugh Doherty Laboratory Technician
Tom Durant Laboratory Technician
Kara Gallagher Laboratory Technician
Carol Goranson Laboratory Technician
Marcia Kazmierczak Administrative Assistant
Maureen Kelly Laboratory Technician
Charles King Purchaser
Maria Mahoney Administrative Director
Patricia Pierre Administrative Assistant
Jessica Thomas Purchaser
Yvonne Vaillancourt Laboratory Coordinator Yvonne's website
Michie Yasuda Laboratory Technician

emeritus

Name Area of Interests
Christine Armett-Kibel Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Insects
Ruth Bennett Neurobiology
Lawrence Kaplan Botany
Fuad Safwat Plant Physiology
Richard White Insect Vision

Adjunct faculty

Name Area of Interests
James Blake, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Polychaete Taxonomist
Lornie Bullerwell, Dedham School System (retired) Science Education
Elizabeth Davis, University of Massachusetts Boston Developmental Biology
Douglas Eveleigh, Rutgers University Microbiology
Jennifer Ann Forman, University of Massachusetts Boston Computer Science
Steven Gullans, Harvard Medical School Physiology
Jeremy Hatch, University of Massachusetts Boston Ornithology
Robert S. Kennedy, Maria Mitchell Association Wildlife/Ornithology Specialist
Donald Klein, Colorado State University General Microbiology
Richard Pace, Northeast Fisheries Science Center at Woods Hole Population Biology of Marine Mammals
Stephen Ribisi, University of Massachusetts, Boston Curriculum & Instruction (GCOE)
Karlene Schwartz, University of Massachusetts Boston Evolution
Carol Stuart, University of Massachusetts Boston Deep Sea Ecology