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Post-Doctoral Research Fellows
 

 

Judy McKinley Brewer, Ph.D.

Senior Postdoctoral Reseach Associate, Department of Biology, (Laboratory of Dr. Eric Bittman) University of Massachusetts

Ph.D. Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2/1979
M.S. Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1976

Research Interest: Molecular Elements of the Circadian Clock, Circadian Rhythms and Photoperiodism
E-Mail: jbrewer[at]bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-4344 or 413-577-3794


Shin-ichi Hisasue, MD, Ph.D.

M.D. Sapporo Medical University (Apr 1995)

Ph.D. Medicine (Urology), Sapporo Medical University (Sep 2005)

Employment: August 2006-present Postdoctoral Reseach Associate, Department of Psychology, (Laboratory of Dr. Nancy Forger) University of Massachusetts Amherst

Research Interest: Sexually Dimorphic Neural Systems. Effect of Testosterone on Survival and Regeneration of Neurons. Andrology and Urologic Surgery. (Especially in Male Sexual Function)
E-Mail: hisasue[at]psych.umass.edu


Melissa M. Holmes, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Neuroscience, Michigan State University (May 2005)

 

Employment: August 2005-present Postdoctoral Reseach Associate, Department of Psychology, (Laboratory of Dr. Nancy Forger) University of Massachusetts Amherst
August 2005-present Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Toronto, Canada (Laboratory of Dr. Ashley Monks).

Research Interest: Mechanisms Mediating Development and Plasticity of Sexually Dimorphic Neural Systems
E-Mail: holmes[at]cns.umass.edu


Thomas A. Mennella, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York (Dec 2004)

 

Employment: September 25, 2006-present Postdoctoral Reseach Associate, Department of Psychology, (Laboratory of Dr. Geert De Vries), University of Massachusetts Amherst

Research Interest: Sexual Dimorphisms in the Brains of Developing Rodents. (Research focuses on using molecular techniques to explore gender-specific epigenetic differences in gene expression in these model organisms).
E-Mail: thomas.mennella[at]gmail.com


Christina Metevier, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Sept. 2006)

 

Employment: June 1, 2006-May 31, 2007 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Laboratory of Drs. Melinda Novak and Rachel Keen
September 4, 2007-present Postdoctoral Research Associate, Northeastern University, Department of Psychology, Boston, Mass.
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Marmoset Laboratory (Drs. Craig Ferris Jerrold Meyer, and Melinda Novak).

Research Interest: Comparative Cognition, Effects of MDMA on Marmoset Behavior and Cognition
E-Mail: stina[at]nsm.umass.edu


Robert J. Polewan, Ph.D.
Employment: February 2006-present Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychology, (Laboratory of Dr. John Moore) University of Massachusetts Amherst

Research Interest: Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience. Present research focuses on reaction time to visual stimuli. Webpage
E-Mail: rpolewan[at]psych.umass.edu


John J. Willoughby, Ph.D.

Ph.D. University College London, 1994
M.S. St. Andrews, Fife, 1989
B.Sc. University of East Anglia, Norwich, 1983

 


Employment: May 2003-present Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology, (Laboratory of Dr. Abbie Jensen), University of Massachusetts Amherst

Research Interest: Light-induced rod photoreceptor degeneration and factors which might be involved or modulate this process. The Jensen Lab is studying the role that components of the crumbs complex in zebrafish and mouse play in photoreceptor development, function, and pathology.

E-Mail: johnw[at]bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-4750