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Special Guests

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Campus Librarians

2017 OUTSTANDING FACULTY & STAFF AWARDS

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Christina MetevierPsychological & Brain Sciences

Associate Advisor

Outstanding Advising

Peter ChienBiochemistry &

Molecular BiologyAssociate Professor

Outstanding Research

Early Career Awardee

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Narayanan MenonPhysics Professor

Outstanding Research

Senior Awardee

Current DeepakKumar; GregFarrell,LeeWalsh,Zhejun Shen,Jooyoung Chang,S.GangaPrasath,SumitBirwa,RahulChajwa; Guangfeng Yu,LiamO’Brian

Grads DominiqueCambou,Jiangshui Huang,HunterKing,VijayNarayan,Bugra Toga,Hongqiang Wang,KevinFacto,Kyaw ZinWin,Klebert Feitosa

Postdocs FlorenceRouyer,JoelMarthelot,JoeyPaulsen

UndergradsMeganJuszkiewicz,EmilyLonghi,PaulSilva,EmilyGardel,ClayLapointe,RobertLychev,AshleyDaSilva++

CollaboratorsBennyDavidovitch,TomRussell,NaliniEaswar,Sriram Ramaswamy ++

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OutstandingService/Outreach

iCons Family(360+Studentsfrom25+STEMmajors)

Scott AuerbachChemistryProfessor

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Erin FlanaganBiochemistry & Molecular Biology

Accountant

OutstandingStaff

Mike McDermottPsychological & Brain Sciences

Project Manager

Outstanding Staff

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Sarah WeisStockbridge School of Agriculture

Technical Assistant

Outstanding Staff

Susan HanStockbridge School of Agriculture

Associate Professor

Outstanding TeachingTenure-System Awardee

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TEACHING ACTIVITIES:Member Biology Teaching CommitteeMember CNS Curriculum CommitteeDevelopment of Biology Peer Advising ProgramSearch Committee for CNS Dean2016 UMass Innovate Fellowship 2016 UMass TIDE Ambassador 2015 UMass Fellowship for Innovative Teaching 2014 Open Education Initiative grant Four UMass FLEX grants

Outstanding TeachingLecturer Awardee

Christiane HealeyCourses: Bio 312 Writing in Biology

Bio 287 EcologyBio 280 EvolutionBio 152 Introductory Biology IIBio 110 Intro Bio/Science Majors

CNSCollegeOutstandingAwards2017

OutstandingAdvisorChristinaMetevier,PsychologicalandBrainSciences

OutstandingResearchPeterChien, BiochemistryandMolecularBiology(earlycareer)NarayananMenon, Physics(senior)

OutstandingService/OutreachScottAuerbach,Chemistry

OutstandingStaffErinFlanagan, BiochemistryandMolecularBiologyMikeMcDermott, PsychologicalandBrainSciencesSarahWeis, StockbridgeSchoolofAgriculture

OutstandingTeacherSusanHan, StockbridgeSchoolofAgricultureChristianeHealey, Biology

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Upcoming Events

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GEOLOGY ANDSOCIETY: OutoftheGroundandintoOurLives

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OriginalbySandyLitchfield

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On-lineResourcesat:http://blogs.umass.edu/geoandsociety

CollegeofNaturalSciencesSchoolofEarthand

Sustainability

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Dean’s Presentation

State of the College

Tricia SerioSeptember 5, 2017

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Me

Us

You

Us

Our Vision

• destination of choice• investment of choice

leveraging science to tackle the greatest challenges facing our society

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Education Outreach

Research

Our Mission

• foster scientific discovery• disseminate knowledge of these discoveries• provide rigorous and innovative scientific education

Our Values

Education Outreach

Research

• excellence• ethics• engagement• diversity• transparency

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Priorities

Me

Us

You

Us

• advisory committees (staff, grad/postdoc, diversity)• departmental meetings• weekly lunches (faculty, staff, UG, grad)

• parallel leadership meetings (UG, grad, diversity)• dept H/C• restructuring of leadership meetings

• integrate across traditional focus areas (research, education,outreach)

• focus on function(development, communications, diversity, faculty development)

Priorities, to date

Me

Us

You

Us • space• instructional stress• research competitiveness• workplace climate• undergraduate success

Assess

DesignImplement

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CommunityInstitution

Advocate

Role of the Dean

Facilitate

Integrate Strengths

Remove Barriers

Approach

our advocacy

our fiscal management/budgetary processes

our workplace climateour support of student successour research competitiveness

https://trendlineinteractive.com/dont-be-reactive-with-inactives-be-proactive-2/

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Direction

focus on current needs and future goals

http://blog.cambridgecoaching.com/re-learning-english-with-non-native-speakers

Action Plan

breakdown communication silos

leverage our collective perspectives to new solutions

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Supporting Our Ambitions

• Revenues generated• Gifts• State appropriations• Sponsored research

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FY16 FY17

Revenuesgenerated

$14.68m $16.75m

Gifts $10.11m $11.09m

Stateappropriations

$69.95m $72.15m

Sponsoredresearch

$72.59m $53.34m

Revenue Sources and Changes

FY18 budget cut: $1.74m

FY18 strategic investments: $1.719m

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Action Plan

be proactive rather than reactionary in • our advocacy • our fiscal management/budgetary processes

focus on current needs and future goals

breakdown communication silos

leverage our collective perspectives to new solutions

Supporting Our Ambitions

• Revenues generated• Gifts• State appropriations• Sponsored research

http://www.confectionerynews.com/var/plain_site/storage/images/publications/food-beverage-nutrition/confectionerynews.com/manufacturers/cloetta-aims-to-stabilize-finances-for-complementary-acquisitions/8779360-4-eng-GB/Cloetta

Growth Alignment

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Self-Advocacy

with:funding agencies

federal and state gov’tthe public

mission, value and data -informed decisions

engagein:

your deptCNS

university

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Our Vision

• destination of choice• investment of choice

leveraging science to tackle the greatest challenges facing our society

Our StatusPeople• Faculty: (28%)

• Tenure system faculty• Instructional faculty• Research and Extension Faculty

• Staff (44%)• Undergraduate Students (31%)• Graduate Students (25%)Revenue• Revenues generated• Gifts• State appropriations• Sponsored research

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College Introductions

TracieGibsonDirectorofStudentSuccessandDiversity

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LindaZiegenbeinAcademicandDiversityAdvisor

FaithNussbaumPre-MedAdvisor

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BeckySchneiderLifeSciencesAcademicAdvisor

NEWFACULTY

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The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department Welcomes

Focus: Biological Chemistry of Plant Natural Products

Dr. Sibongile Mafuas an Assistant Professor

Previous Positions: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Davis with Philipp Zerbe

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Iowa State University with Reuben Peters

Lillian Fritz-LaylinAssistant Professor

Evolutionary Cell Biologist:• Studies origins of diverse types of cell

motility, including flagellar and amoeboid motility, to understand the evolution of the molecular mechanisms underlying these forms of motility.

• Uses comparative genomics, advanced light microscopy, and biochemistry of contractile proteins in diverse model systems.

• Ph.D Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley

• Postdoctoral Fellowship. University of California, San Francisco

Fritz-Laylin et al. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/051821.

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Paul KatzProfessor and Director of the

Institute of Neurosciences

Neurobiologist:• Studies the development, evolution,

and function of neural circuits governing swimming behavior in nudibranch molluscs (sea slugs).

• Determining differences in gene expression to study specification of circuit neurons and the connectome of the entire nudibranch brain using serial electron microscopy.

• Georgia State University; Neuroscience Institute, Director of the Center of Neuromics

Jeff LaneyProfessor of Practice

Molecular Biologist

• Ph.D. Yale University• Brown University• University of Arizona

Working to improve the undergraduate academic experience in the life sciences:

• Developing strategies to increase student thinking, reasoning, and learning.

• Teaching skills needed for the logical scientific processes of discovery.

• Leading students in self assessment of their knowledge and learning using standard and non-traditional learning formats.

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Skye LongLecturer: Lower Division of

Life Sciences Instructor

Organismal Biologist • Studies the correlation between

sensory system complexity and underlying brain morphology using comparative approaches to study the elaboration of visual systems in spiders and the development of neural processing centers.

• Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst

• Research Associate, University of Arizona

Rosa MoscarellaLecturer: Lower Division of

Life Sciences Instructor

Geneticist• Research associate in science

education with Dr. Mark Urban-Lurianat Michigan State University

• Publishes articles in conservation genetics and science education.

• Ph.D. Michigan State University• Postdoctoral Fellow, Florida State

University

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Akiko OkusuLecturer

Evolutionary Biologist

• Research: Evolution of Invertebrate Forms and Functions, Molecular Systematics, and Phylogeny

• Teaching: Marine Biology, Marine Field Studies, etc.

• Ph.D. Harvard University• Harvard University, Lecturer &

Preceptor• Simmons College, Assistant Professor• Senior Research Fellow with Dr. Ben

Normark, UMass Amherst

Caralyn ZehnderLecturer: Lower Division of

Life Sciences Instructor

Ecologist• Studies factors that impact both plant

and insect populations and communities in collaboration with US Fish & Wildlife Service

• Engages in the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning and supports faculty to create courses that develop students into critical, creative thinkers.

• Ph.D. University of Georgia• Associate Professor, Georgia College

& State University

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u n i v e r s i t y o f m a s s a c h u s e t t s a m h e r s t

CHEMISTRYJianhan ChenComputationalChemistryBiomoleculesandBiomaterials

ResearchintheChenlabcurrentlyfocusesonfivekeyareas:• Developmentofadvancedsamplingtechniquesand

accurateimplicitsolventmodels,particularlymulti-scaleenhancedsampling(MSES)methodandbalancedimplicitsolventforcefields;

• Intrinsicallydisorderedproteins:structure,functionanddisease;

• Multi-scalesimulationoffibrilgrowthandnucleation;• Computationalcharacterizationanddesignofnovel

functionalpeptides• Advancedsoftwareformolecularmodelingofsmall

anglescattering.

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CHEMISTRYXueying ‘Sharon’ QinLecturerinChemistry

PhDinEnvironmentalandAnalyticalChemistry

TaughtmanyyearsatKansasState

Teaching:GeneralChemistryOrganicChemistry

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AssistantProfessorMarineEcologyPhD2014,Ecology(UniversityofCalifornia,Davis)MS2008,Biology(SanDiegoStateUniversity)BS2001,AquaticBiology(UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara)

ResearchInterests• ClimateChangeandMarineEcology• Predator-preyInteractions• BiologicalInvasion

PriorAppointmentsUniversityofNewHampshire/CornellUniversity– Scientist-in-Residence,2017SmithsonianInstitution- Post-DoctoralFellow,2014-2017

AssistantProfessorMolecularEcology&ConservationPhD2015,Ecology(UniversityofCalifornia,Davis)MS2009,Biology(SanDiegoStateUniversity)BS2004,Ecological&EvolutionaryBiology(TulaneUniversity)

ResearchInterests• ConservationGenomicsandEcologicalPhysiology• Freshwater,Coastal&MarineEcology• EcologicalGenomics

PriorAppointmentsNOAASouthwestFisheriesScienceCenter- NRCPost-DoctoralFellow,2015-2017

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MatthewMoore

• FoodMicrobiology,AppliedVirology• AreasofExpertise/ResearchInterest:

• EntericVirus-BacteriaInteractions• Point-of-Care/In-FieldDetectionandSequencingMethods

• VirusConcentrationfromFoods/Environment

• DisinfectionofEntericViruses• NovelViralTherapeutics(NucleicAcidAptamers)

• ViralReplicationStrategies• ViralCapsidStructure

JustinRichardsonBiogeochemistryTraceMetalCyclingPlant-soil-rockInteractionsPh.D.2015DartmouthCollegePost-DoctoPresent,CornellUniversityCriticalZoneObservatoryNationalOffice

• Transportofpollutanttrace metals(e.g.lead,mercury)todeterminehumaninputsandthenaturalprocessesthatpromotetheirsequestration.

• Mechanismsthatcontrolaccumulationandbioavailabilityofmacroandmicronutrientmetals

• Usesmetalsandmetalloidstoquantifybiogeochemicalchanges duringsoilformationandecosystemdisturbances

StartsJan2018

AssistantProfessor

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MatthewWinnickAqueousGeochemistry

BiogeochemicalcyclesChemicalweatheringIsotopeHydrology

Ph.D.2015StanfordUniversityPost-DoctoPresent,StanfordUniversity

• Developingreactivetransportmodelstoquantifyhowplantsimpacttheisotopiccompositionofrainfall

• Developingreactivetransportmodelstostudyinteractionsbetweenprecipitation,subsurfaceflow,plantsandtheterrestrialcarboncycle

• ComparisonsofclimatemodelsandproxydatatoreconstructCenozoicatmosphericcirculationandclimatechange

StartsJuly2018

AssistantProfessor

AnnieRaymond,AssistantProfessorB.S.MathandMusic,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,2009

Ph.D.,Technische Universität Berlin,2014

ActingAssistantProfessor,UniversityofWashington,2014-2017

ResearchArea:Combinatorialoptimization,polyhedralcombinatorics,operationsresearch,appliedalgebraicgeometry,proofcomplexity

Willteach:UndergraduateandGraduateOfferingsinCombinatorics,DiscreteOptimization,GraphTheory,AppliedAlgebra,FundamentalConceptsofMathematics,…

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VincentLyzinski,AssistantProfessorB.S.Math,UniversityofNotreDame,2006

AJohnsHopkinsUniversity,MSMathematics,2007M.S.E.,AppliedMathandStatistic,2011Ph.D.,AppliedMathandStatistics,2013PostdoctoralFellow,2013-2014AssistantResearchProfessor,2014-2017

ResearchArea:RandomGraphInference,statisticalmachinelearning,GraphMatching,Markovchains,combinatorics

Willteach:AlargerangeofStatisticsandAppliedMathclassesincludingGraphTheory,StatisticalMachineLearning,StatisticalInference,LinearModels,etc.

AlejandroMorales,AssistantProfessorBSMath,UniversityofWaterlooCanada,2007

PhD,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,2012

CRM-ISMPostdoctoralFellow,Université duQuébecàMontréal,2012-2014

HedrickAssistantProfessor,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,2014-2017

ResearchArea:Combinatorics,DiscreteMathematics

Willteach:AlgebraicandEnumerativeCombinatorics,GraphTheory,FundamentalConceptsofMathematics,etc.

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TarynFlock,MarshallH.StoneVisitingAssistantProfessor

BSMath,YaleUniversity,2009

PhD,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley2014

ResearchFellow,UniversityofBirmingham,2014-2017

ResearchArea:HarmonicAnalysisandPartialDifferentialEquations

Willteach:Calculus,LinearAlgebra,IntrotoModernAnalysis,FourierAnalysis,PartialDifferentialEquations

Mentor:AndreaNahmod

JeremiahBirrell,MarshallH.StoneVisitingAssistantProfessor

BSPhysics,BrighamYoungUniversity,2007

PhD,AppliedMath,UniversityofArizona,2014

ResearchArea:MathematicalPhysics,Probability,StatisticalMechanics

Willteach:Calculus,LinearAlegbra,Probability,DynamicalSystems,DifferentialEquations

Mentor:LucRey-Bellet

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LucaSchaffler,MarshallH.StoneVisitingAssistantProfessor

BSandMSMath,RomaTreUniversity,20010,2012

PhD,UniversityofGeorgia,2017

ResearchArea:Algebraicgeometry:compactificationsofthemodulispaceofEnriques surfacesandeffectivecyclesonmodulispacesofcurves.

Willteach:Calculus,LinearAlgebra,AbstractAlgebra,NumberTheory,AlgebraicCurves,ComplexAnalysis

Mentor:Jenia Tevelev

AnnaPuskás,VisitingAssistantProfessor

MS,Math,Eötvös Loránd University,2009

PhD,ColumbiaUniversity,2014

PostdoctoralFellow,UniversityofAlberta,2014-2017

ResearchArea:NumberTheory,p-adic Whittakerfunctions,RepresentationTheory,AlgebraicCombinatorics

Willteach:Calculus,LinearAlgebra,NumberTheory,AbstractAlgebra

Mentor:PaulGunnells

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Dinakar Muthiah,VisitingAssistantProfessor

BS,MathandElectricalEngineering,StanfordUniversity,2007

MS,ElectricalEngineering,StanfordUniversity,2008

PhD,BrownUniversity,2013

PostdoctoralFellow,UniversityofToronto,2013-2015

PIMSPostdoctoralFellow,UniversityofAlberta,2015-2017

ResearchArea:Geometricandcombinatorialaspectsofrepresentationtheory,affineKac-Moodygroups

Willteach:Calculus,LinearAlgebra,AbstractAlgebra,NumberTheory

Mentor:IvanMirkovic

EricHall,VisitingAssistantProfessor

BA,Math,UniversityofPennsylvania,2008

PhD,UniversityofEdinburgh,Scotland,UnitedKingdom2013

GoranGustafsson PostdoctoralFellow,KTHRoyalInstituteofTechnology,Sweden,2013-2015

PostdoctoralResearchAssociate,Umass Amherst,2015-2017

ResearchArea:UncertaintyquantificationandnumericalanalysisforSPDE,SDE,andrandomPDE.

Willteach:DifferentialEquations,ProbabilityandStatistics

Mentor:MarkosKatsoulakis

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Mohammedzuhair Mullath,VisitingAssistantProfessor

BSandMS,Math,IndianInstituteofScienceEducationandResearch,PuneIndia,2012

PhD,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles2017

ResearchArea:Numbertheory(Galoisrepresentations,automorphicforms),AlgebraicgroupsandGaloiscohomology.

Willteach:Calculus,LinearAlgebra,NumberTheory,AbstractAlgebra

Mentor:TomWeston

Mareike Haberichter,VisitingAssistantProfessor

Diploma,UniversityofKarlsruhe,Germany,2009

PhD,UniversityofManchester,UnitedKingdom2013

PostdoctoralPosition,UniversityofKent,2013-2014

ResearchAssociate,UniversityofCambridge,2014-2015

ResearchAssociate,UMassAmherst,2016-2017

ResearchArea:Nonperturbative QFT,topologicaldefectsandsolitons,inparticulartopologicalsolitonsinSkyrme,Faddeev-Skyrme andBabySkyrme models,numericalclassicalfieldtheory.

Willteach:Calculus,LinearAlgebra,DifferentialEquations

Mentor:Panos Kevrekidis

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NoriyukiHamada,VisitingAssistantProfessor

BSandMS,Math,KagoshimaUniversity,Japan,2007,2009

PhD,KyushuUniversity,Japan2012

PostdoctoralFellow,KyushuUniversity,2012-2013

ProjectResearcher,UniversityofTokyo,2013-2017

ResearchArea:4-dimensionalTopology,Lefschetzfibrations/pencils,andSurfaceMappingClassgroups.

Willteach:Calculus,LinearAlgebra,DifferentialEquations

Mentor:R.Inanç Baykur

MariaNikolaou,Lecturer

BSc Physics,NationalKapodistrian UniversityofAthens,Greece,1998MScandPhDinMedicalPhysics,UniversityofPatras,Greece,2000,2008.

ResearchAssociate- PhysicsDepartment,NationalKapodistrianUniversityofAthens,Greece,Sept2002– June2008

Lecturer- Dept ofMathematicsandStatistics,UMass,Amherst,SpringSemester2014,September2015– Current

Willteach:Calculus,LinearAlgebra,DifferentialEquations

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MichaelHayes,LecturerBAMath,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz,1997

MAMathEducation,UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,2002

Principal,AmherstRegionalMiddleSchool,April2010-June2012

DirectorofMathImprovement– PioneerValleyPerformingArtCharterSchool,July2013– June2015

Lecturer- Dept ofMathematicsandStatistics,UMass,Amherst,Spring2015– Current

Willteach:CalculusforLife&SocialSciences,MathforElementarySchoolTeachers,TAtrainingSeminar

Barry Goodell

Ph.D. from Oregon State University in Wood Science & Engineering

Previous Appointments:University of Maine (1983-2010): Asst – Full ProfessorVirginia Tech (2010-2017): Professor and Dept. Head

Over 130 publicationsPresident of Forest Products SocietyDistinguished Forest Resources Professor Teaching Award

Research Interests include:Fungal Oxidative Mechanisms & Disease Initiation

•Non-EnzymaticExtracellular MechanismsforBiomassConversionbyFungi

•FungalandNeurodegenerativeDisease

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Mandy MullerPh.D. in Virology from the Pasteur Institute (2009-2013)

Interactions among Viral proteins from the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) leading to development of potential therapeutics.

Post-Doctoral Studies: Britt Glaunsinger Laboratory at UC BerkeleyHHMI fellow of the Damon Runyon Foundation(2013-2017)

Identified an “Escape Element” found on certain mRNA transcripts that both stabilize and destabilize them against potent Ribonucleases during Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpes Virus (KSHV) infection.

VerenaMartinezOutschoornAssistantProfessor

UMassPhysics

PhDHarvardUniversity,2011;postdocFermilab;Asst Prof.UniversityofIllinois

ExperimentalHighEnergyPhysics

NewphysicsbeyondthestandardmodelATLASCollaborationattheLargeHadronCollideratCERN.

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RafaelCoelhoLopesdeSaAssistantProfessorPhDStonyBrookUniversity,2013;postdocFermilab

ExperimentalHighEnergyPhysics

RoleoftheHiggsbosoninelectroweakphysicsCMSCollaborationattheLargeHadronCollideratCERN.

UMassPhysics

RomainVasseurAssistantProfessorPhDEcoleNormale Superieure Paris,2013;postdocLawrenceBerkeleyNationalLab

TheoreticalCondensedMatterPhysics

Stronglycorrelatedelectronicsystems,emergentnewstatesofmatterandnon-equilibriumquantumphenomena

UMassPhysics

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ScottHertelAssistantProfessorPhDMIT2012,postdocUCBerkeley

ExperimentalHighenergyPhysics

SearchesfordarkmatterDevelopingliquidnobleelementdetectors

UMassPhysics

PolymerScienceandEngineering

Email:laurabradley@umass.eduOffice:ConteBuilding,A612Phone:413-577-0949

AssistantProfessorLauraBradleyHIPMaterialsLab:

HarnessingInterfacialPhenomenatoDesignNewSoftMaterials

B.S.ChemicalEngineering,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity

PhD.ChemicalEngineering,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia

Postdoc,ChemicalandBiomolecularEngineering,UniversityofPennsylvania

The HIP Materials Lab aims to develop new strategies merging interfacialassembly and polymer synthesis for designing hierarchical composites.Strategies will exploit fluid interfaces to leverage trapped states of colloidalassemblies and dynamic polymer growth via chemical vapor deposition. Theresearch outlook is to establish design rules for bottom-up processing of softcomposites to meet design requirements in sensing, separations, andbiomedical technologies.

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2015 PhD, Cornell. Postdoc at Washington State University.Joins faculty in Behavioral Neurosciences, working in lab of Dr. Luke Remage-Healey.Expertise in neural mechanisms and hormonal factors in development of social behaviors, particularly in vocalizations of bats, mice, and hamsters.

Dr. Marcela Fernandez-Peters Visiting Assistant Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience

PSYCHOLOGICAL & BRAIN SCIENCES

Dr. Adam GrabellAssistant Professor, Clinical

PhD, 2014, Univ. of Michigan Postdoctoral scholar & clinician, University of Pittsburgh.

Expertise in early childhood development of psychopathology. Studies emotion regulation and early childhood therapeutic interventions using hormone assays, fNIRS, ERPs, and behavioral measures. Joins us with NIH K23 award.

PSYCHOLOGICAL & BRAIN SCIENCES

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PhD, 2014, University of MassachusettsPostdoc: Yale School of MedicineResearch Associate: Connecticut VA

Expertise in research methodology; modeling dyadic relationships. Funded by NIH K1 award. Will teach advanced statistics courses + serve as statistical & methodology consultant for Center for Research on Families.

Dr. Holly Laws Lecturer, Research Methodologist

Licensed clinical psychologist

PSYCHOLOGICAL & BRAIN SCIENCES

• Starting Fall 2018:• Dr. Tara Mandalaywala, developmental

• PhD 2014, University of Chicago• Postdoc, NYU• Expertise in development of beliefs about racial

identity• Dr. Bruna Martins, clinical

• PhD 2016, University of Southern California• Now on clinical internship• Studies emotional regulation and aging, using

fMRI

PSYCHOLOGICAL & BRAIN SCIENCES

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ReneeCiullaLecturerofSustainableFood&Farming

B.S. SaintLawrenceUniversity(EnvironmentalStudies,Geology,Psychology)

M.S. NorwegianUniversityofLifeSciences(Agroecology)

Experience:Farmerfor8yearsAgriculturalcommunitysupportInternational

OffersnumerouscoursesintheSustainableFood&Farmingcurriculumoncampusandonline.OverseesonlineA.S.degreeinSustainableFood&FarmingandwilloverseeonlineB.S.degree.

Veterinary and Animal Sciences DepartmentWei Cui, Ph.D.Extension Assistant ProfessorDirector of Animal Models Core Facility

Ph.D.: Shandong Agricultural University, China, 2013Postdoc: University of Kansas Medical Center, 2013-2014

University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2014-2017Honor: Lalor Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2015

Research and Service:Generation of Animal Models https://www.vasci.umass.edu/research-faculty/wei-cui

Selected publications:CuiW,etal.TowardsFunctionalAnnotationofthePreimplantationTranscriptome:AnRNAiScreeninMammalianEmbryos.ScientificReports 2016;6:37396.CuiW,etal.Nop2isrequiredformammalianpreimplantationdevelopment.Mol Reprod Dev 2016;83(2):124-131.CuiW,etal.ControlofspontaneousactivationofratoocytesbyregulatingplasmamembraneNa+/Ca2+exchangeractivities.Biol Reprod 2013;88(6):160.

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