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John-Paul Baird, Assistant Professor of Psychology (Amherst
College)
Ph.D.University of Pennsylvania
Neurophysiology of Brainstem Gustatory-Visceral Integration;
Behavioral Microstructure of Gustation and Feeding; Neural
Mechanisms of Meal Size Control
E-Mail: jpbaird[at]amherst.edu
Phone: 413-542-5828
Michael
J.F. Barresi, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences (Smith College)
Ph.D. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 2001
Developmental Neurobiology, Neuron and Glial Cell Interactions;
Astroglial Cell Development in the CNS
E-Mail: mbarresi[at]email.smith.edu
Barresi Biology Web Conferences
Andrew
G. Barto, Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1975
Learning in Animals and Machines; Reinforcement Learning;
Computational and Neural Models of Motor Learning
Department
of Computer Science Hompage
E-Mail: barto[at]cs.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-2109
Neil
E. Berthier, Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1981
Perceptual, Cognitive and Motor Development in Human Infants
Homepage
E-Mail: berthier[at]psych.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-0535
Eric
L. Bittman, Professor of Biology
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1978
Neuroendocrinology; Circadian Rhythms and Photoperiodism
E-Mail: elb[at]bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-4344
Elliott
M. Blass, Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of Virginia, 1967
Human Infant Motivation; Pain Management; Opioids; Face
Recognition
E-Mail: eblass[at]medusa.sbs.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-0283
Jeffrey
D. Blaustein, Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1977
Neuroendocrinology and Behavior; Neuronal Mechanisms of
Action of
Steroid Hormones and Receptors; Environmental Influences on
the Brain; Neurotransmitter-Hormone Interactions
UMass Magazine Summer 2003 artile on Neuroendocrinology
at UMass
E-Mail: blaustein[at]cns.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-1524
Barry
Braun, Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1993
PhysiologicSubstrate Kinetics During Human Exercise; Interactions
Between Exercise, Insulin Resistance and Type-2 Diabetes
E-mail: bbraun[at]kin.umass.edu
Department of Kinesiology
Lab
Webpage
Phone: 413-577-0146
Kyle
R. Cave, Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989
Visual Attention, Including Computational Models of the
Role of Attention in Object Recognition
E-Mail: kcave[at]psych.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-2787
Elizabeth
A. Connor, Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. University of Vermont, 1982
Development and Maintenance of the Vertebrate Neuromuscular
Junction; the Cytoskeleton of the Motor Nerve Terminal
econnor@bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-4855
Geert
J. de Vries, Professor of Psychology and Director
of the Center for Neuroendocrine Studies
Ph.D. University of Amsterdam-School of Medicine, 1985
Research Interest: Development and Function of Sex Differences in the Brain; Neural Basis of Social Behavior
UMass Magazine Summer 203 article, "Neuroendocrinology at UMass"
E-Mail: gjd[at]cns.umass.edu
Homepage
Phone: 413-545-0663
Gerald
B. Downes, Assistant Professr of Biology
Ph.D. Washington University, St. Louis, 1999
Research Interest: Development and Function of Spinal Cord Networks
E-Mail: gbdownes[at]bio.umass.edu
Nancy
G. Forger, Acting Director, Neuroscience
and Behavior Program and Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1986
Developmental Neurobiology; Sexual Differentiation of
the Nervous System; Hormones and Neurotrophic Factors; Hormonal
Control of Cell Death
E-Mail: nforger[at]psych.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-5982
Adam C. Hall, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences (Smith College)
Molecular Mechanisms of Anesthetic Action in the Mammalian Nervous System
E-Mail: ahall[at]email.smith.edu
Phone: 413-585-3467
Room 337 Sabin-Reed, Smith College
Joseph
Hamill, Professor of Kinesiology
Coordination and Control During Locomotion; Mechanical Modelling;
Kinetics and Kinematics of Movement
Department
of Kinesiology Homepage
Phone: 413-545-2245
Mary
E. Harrington, Professor of Psychology (Smith
College)
Neurochemical Basis of Photic and Nonphotic Phase-Shifting
of Circadian Rhythms, Using Electrophysiological, Behavioral
and Molecular Analyses.
E-Mail: mharring[at]smith.edu
Phone: 413-585-3925
417 Bass Hall, Smith College, Northampton, Mass. 01060
Duncan J. Irschick, Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Washington University, 1997
Functional Morphology, Evolution, and Behavioral Ecology.
E-Mail: irschick[at]bio.umass.edu
Elizabeth
M. Jakob, Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of California-Davis, 1989
Ecology and Evolution of Behavior, Especially Social Behavior
and Learning in Spiders.
E-Mail: ejakob[at]psych.umass.edu
Phone: 413-577-0707
Abigail
M. Jensen, Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. University Wisconsin
Developmental Neurobiology; Genetic Control of Retinal
Development and Disease in Zebrafish
E-Mail: ajensen[at]bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-4750
Gary
P. Kamen, Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1980
Neuromuscular Adaptations to Exercise and Muscle Disuse;
Human Motor Control and Aging; Motor Unit Discharge Behavior
Kinesiology Webpage
Phone: 413-545-0784
Rolf
O. Karlstrom,
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1993
Developmental Neurobiology, Axon Guidance and Forebrain
Patterning
E-Mail: karlstrom[at]bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-577-3448
Jane A.
Kent- Braun, Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D. University of Southern California. Exercise Physiology,
1987
Neural, Bioenergetic and Contractile Alterations Associated
with Changes in Skeletal Muscle Function in Old Age and Chronic
Disease
Department
of Kinesiology
Phone: 413-545-9477
Agnès
Lacreuse Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, 1994
Research Interest: Cognition, Aging, Sex Steroids in Nonhuman Primates
E-Mail: alacreuse[at]psych.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-2183
Jerrold
S. Meyer, Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1974
Research Interest: Neurochemistry and Neuropharmacology of Monoamine Systems
E-Mail: jmeyer[at]psych.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-2168
John
R. Nambu, Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Stanford University, 1987
Research Interest: Molecular Genetics of Nervous System Development in Drosophila
E-Mail: jnambu[at]bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-2782
Leonard
C. Norkin, Professor of Microbiology
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1969
Entry Pathway for Simian Virus 40 (SV40) into Cells; Caveolae;
Intracellular Signaling Pathways
Microbiology Department
Webpage
E-Mail: lnorkin[at]microbio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-2009
Melinda
A. Novak, Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1973
E-Mail: mnovak[at]psych.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-2387
Sarah R. Partan, Assistant Professor of Animal Behavior (Hampshire College)
Ph.D. in Animal Behavior, University of California, David,
1998
Animal Communication; Multimodal Integration and Multisensory
Communication
E-Mail: partan[at]hampshire.edu
Phone: 413-559-5559
Sandra
L. Petersen, Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Oregon State University, 1984
Neuroendocrinology of Reproduction; Effects of Steroids
on Gene
Expression in the Brain; Sexual Differentiation of the Brain;
Environmental Toxins as Endocrine Disrupters
E-Mail: sandyp[at]bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-1808
Jeffrey
Podos, Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1996
Mechanisms and Evolution of Vertebrate Behavior; Bioacoustics
E-Mail: jpodos[at]bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-0847
Sally I. Powers Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1982
Interaction of Normal Developmental Processes and Psychopathology in Adolescents
E-Mail: powers[at]psych.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-3307
Rebecca Ellen
Ready, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. The University of Iowa, Clinical Psychology, 2001
Neuropsychological and Psychological Assessment with Geriatric
Populations
E-Mail: ready[at]psych.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-1359
Lisa
D. Sanders, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. Psychology with Certificate in Neuroscience, University
of Oregon, June 2001
Cognitive Neuroscience of Auditory Perception and Speech
Processing
NeuroCognition and Perception Lab
E-Mail: lsanders[at]psych.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-5962
Lawrence Schwartz, Professor of Biology
Science Director, Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute
Director, Center of Excellence in Apoptosis Research (CEAR)
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, 1982
Programmed Cell Death
E-Mail: LMS[at]bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-2435
Hava
Siegelmann, Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 1970
Biological and Physical Computation, Neural Computation,
Adaptive Information Systems, Machine Learning and Knowledge
Discovery, Thoery of Analog and Adaptive Systems, Bioinformatics
E-Mail: hava[at]cs.umass.edu
Phone: 413-577-4282
John
G. Stoffolano, Jr., Professor of Entomology
Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 1970
Behavioral and Physiological Ecology, Impact of Nutrition
and Hormones on Reproductive Behavior in Insects
Homepage
- Entomology Dept.
Phone: 413-545-1046
Richard
Van Emmerik, Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Motor Control and Coordination Changes and Movement Stability
in Locomotion and Posture in Learning, Movement Disorders,
and Development
Department of
Kinesiology Hompage
Phone: 413-545-0325
Gordon
A. Wyse, Professor of Biology
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1967
Neurobiological Basis of Insect Feeding Behavior and of
Other Innate
Behavior Patterns
E-Mail: gwyse[at]bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-0477
Wei-Dong Yao, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Harvard Medical School)
Ph.D. University of Iowa, 1998
Regulatory Mechanisms of Dopaminergic Signaling; Synaptic Plasticity; Molecular and Cellular Adaptations Underlying Drug Addiction
E-Mail: wy19[at]hms.harvard.edu
Phone: 508-624-8106
R.
Thomas Zoeller, Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1983
Molecular Mechanisms of Thyroid Hormone Action on Early
Cortical Development; Environmental Endocrine Disruptors
E-Mail: tzoeller[at]bio.umass.edu
Home Page
Phone: 413-545-2088
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