Kihan Park
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Textiles 213
Research
Research interests
- Medical Robotics
- Micro-scale Sensing/Actuation
- Machine Learning
- Biosignal Processing
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Lamya Karim
Assistant Professor
Bioengineering
Textiles 214
Research
Research interests
- Biomechanics
- Mechanobiology
- Orthopedics
- Skeletal Aging & Osteoporosis
- Diabetes & Obesity
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Sankha Bhowmick
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Textiles 208
Research
Research interests
- Bioengineering
- Cell and Tissue Engineering
- Heat and mass transfer
- MEMS
- Thermal Sciences
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Firas Khatib
Assistant Professor
Computer & Information Science
Dion 307A
Research
Research interests
- Bioinformatics
- Citizen Science
- Computational Biology
- Distributed Computing
- Protein Structure Determination/Prediction & Design
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Hua Fang
Associate Professor
Computer & Information Science
Dion 317A
Research
Research interests
- Machine learning/ statistical learning/ pattern recognition
- Computational statistics
- Behavioral trajectory pattern recognition in longitudinal studies
- Wireless health
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Jennifer Viveiros
Assistant Professor
Nursing & Health Sciences / Adult
Modular Unit #5 005
Research
Research interests
- Cognition and cognitive dysfunction
- Cardiovascular disease
- Symptom management
- Nursing education
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Lynn D'Esmond
Assistant Professor
Nursing & Health Sciences / Community
Modular Unit #5 002
Research
Research interests
- Patient safety
- Distracted practice
- Teaching effectiveness
- Collaborating for student success
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Mary Mccurry
Associate Professor
College of Nursing & Health Sciences / Graduate Program
Dion 318B
Research
Research interests
- Teaching with technology/ millennial learners
- Family caregivers
- Decision-making
- Nursing philosophy and theory
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Diego Bernal
Professor
Biology
Violette Research 116
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
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Erin Bromage
Associate Professor
Biology
Science & Engineering 327
Research
Research interests
- Antibody production
- Antibody mediated protection
- Structure of the antibody
- Quality of the antibody for pathogen recognition
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Genevieve Kozak
Assistant Professor
Biology
Science & Engineering 328A
Research
Research interests
- Speciation
- Genomics
- Evolutionary Biology
- Hybridization
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Kathryn Kavanagh
Associate Professor
Biology
Science & Engineering 320D
Research
Research interests
- Developmental bias and plasticity in evolution
- Vertebrate skeletal development and evolution
- Evolution of larval-brooding damselfishes
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Kenneth Oliveira
Professor / Chairperson
Biology
Violette Research 106
Research
Research interests
- Biology of fishes with an emphasis on the biology of American eels
- Life history strategies
- Age and growth of fishes
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Michael Sheriff
Assistant Professor
Science & Engineering 330B
Research
Research interests
- Prey Responses to the Risk of Predation
- Organismal Responses to Environmental Stressors
- Transgenerational Plasticity/Maternal Stress Effects
508-910-6894msheriff@umassd.edu
Mark Silby
Associate Professor
Biology
Science & Engineering 335
Research
Research interests
- Microbial Communities
- Bacterial Interactions
- Cocoa fermentation
- Bacterial Genomes
508-999-8364mark.silby@umassd.edu
Pia Moisander
Associate Professor
Biology
Violette Research 209
Research
Research interests
- Marine microbial ecology
- Diversity, distributions, and activity of marine microbes contributing to nitrogen fixation
- Microbially mediated transformations of nitrogen
- Ecology of toxin-producing cyanobacteria
- Cyanobacterial blooms
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Robert Drew
Associate Professor
Biology
Science & Engineering 328B
Research
Research interests
- Genomic and quantitative genetic approaches to investigate adaptations in fish
- Fish domestication
- Physiological and genetic changes underlying domestication
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Catherine Neto
Professor / Chairperson
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 301A
Research
Research interests
- Phytochemicals with anti-cancer, antimicrobial, and antioxidant activity from cranberries and other plant sources
- Bioactivity, purification, and analysis of natural products
- Factors influencing production of secondary metabolites including functional food factors
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Maolin Guo
Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research 218
Research
Research interests
- Biochemical Processes
- Drug Design
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Xiaofei Jia
Assistant Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research 211B
Research
Research interests
- Understanding the immune evasion strategies used by the HIV-1 virus at the molecular and structural level
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