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Faculty and Staff

Alan Ventetuolo

Associate Teaching Professor

Biology
Main 305A

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Benjamin Winslow

Associate Teaching Professor

Biology
Science & Engineering 325

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Cynthia Ladino

Associate Teaching Professor

Biology
Main 305A

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Part Time Lecturer

Biology
Science & Engineering 321

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Diana Barrett

Associate Teaching Professor

Biology
Science & Engineering 334A

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Diego Bernal

Professor

Biology
Violette Research 116

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Research

Research interests

  • Fish biology
  • Comparative physiology of fishes
  • Comparison of the morphological, physiological, and biochemical specializations of high-performance fishes
  • Fish response to angling-induced stress
  • Disruption to homeostasis in fish
Erin Bromage

Professor

Biology
Main 398I

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Research

Research interests

  • Antibody production
  • Antibody mediated protection
  • Structure of the antibody
  • Quality of the antibody for pathogen recognition

Assistant Teaching Professor

Biology
Science & Engineering 336B

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Genevieve Kozak

Assistant Professor

Biology
Science & Engineering 371

Research Site

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Research

Research interests

  • Speciation
  • Genomics
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Hybridization
Jefferson Turner

Chancellor Professor

Biology
Violette Research 202

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Research

Research interests

  • Marine plankton
  • Zooplankton feeding
  • Plankton communities of Boston Harbor and adjacent waters
  • Food web accumulation and transport of red tide toxins
  • Interactions between copepod feeding and reproductive success
Kathryn Kavanagh

Associate Professor

Biology
Liberal Arts 385

Kavanagh Research Lab

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Research

Research interests

  • Developmental bias and plasticity in evolution
  • Vertebrate skeletal development and evolution
  • Evolution of larval-brooding damselfishes
Kenneth Oliveira

Professor

Biology
Violette Research 106

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Research

Research interests

  • Biology of fishes with an emphasis on the biology of American eels
  • Life history strategies
  • Age and growth of fishes

Assistant Professor

Biology
Violette Research 205B

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Michael Sherriff

Associate Professor

Biology
Science & Engineering 330B

Research site

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Research

Research interests

  • Prey Responses to the Risk of Predation
  • Organismal Responses to Environmental Stressors
  • Transgenerational Plasticity/Maternal Stress Effects
Mark Silby

Professor / Chairperson

Biology
Science & Engineering 335

Silby Laboratory

508-999-8364mark.silby@umassd.edu

Research

Research interests

  • Microbial Communities
  • Bacterial Interactions
  • Cocoa fermentation
  • Bacterial Genomes

Professor

Biology
Violette Research Addition 209

Research Website

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Research

Research interests

  • Marine microbiology
  • Microbiomes
  • Microbial community ecology
  • Biofilms
Richard Connor

Professor Emeritus

Biology
Science & Engineering 321

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Research

Research interests

  • Social evolution
  • Evolution of cooperation and mutualism
  • Dolphin behavioral ecology
  • Evolution of alliances and coalitions
Robert Drew

Associate Professor

Biology
Violette Research 215

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Research

Research interests

  • Genomic and quantitative genetic approaches to investigate adaptations in fish
  • Fish domestication
  • Physiological and genetic changes underlying domestication
Robert Gegear

Assistant Professor

Biology
Main 369

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Research

Research interests

  • Conservation of native pollination systems
  • Neuroecology of plant-pollinator interactions
  • Multi-modal sensory integration
  • Floral evolution
  • Bumblebee ecology
Sarah Donelan

Assistant Professor

Biology
Science & Engineering 336A

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Research

Research interests

  • Transgenerational plasticity
  • Carryover effects
  • Marine ecology
  • Climate change
  • Predation risk
Tara Rajaniemi

Professor

Biology
Science & Engineering 333

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Research

Research interests

  • Root growth responses to competition
  • Effects of species interactions on community structure
  • Plant species distributions on coastal dunes
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