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John-Paul Baird, Assistant Professor of Psychology (Amherst
College)
Ph.D.University of Pennsylvania
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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, Associate Professor
Acting Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
Director, Energy Metabolism Laboratory
Department of Kinesiology
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1993
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: Visual Attention, Including Computational Models of the
Role of Attention in Object Recognition
E-Mail: kcave[at]psych.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-2787
James J. Chambers, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D. Purdue University, 2002
Research Interest: Molecular Basis of Learning and Memory, Real-Time Protein Trafficking, Photochemical Tools for Control of Neurobiological Function
E-Mail: chambers[at]chem.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-3864
UMass Amherst Magazine article - Spring 2009, Vol 13 No. 2
Daniel L. Chase, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ph.D Biochemistry, University of New Hampshire, Durham 1993
Research Interest: Mechanisms of Neural Signaling. Dopamine Modulation of Neural Activity in C. elegans
E-Mail: danchase[at]biochem.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-0631
Elizabeth
A. Connor, Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. University of Vermont, 1982
Research Interest: Development and Maintenance of the Vertebrate Neuromuscular
Junction; the Cytoskeleton of the Motor Nerve Terminal
econnor@bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-4855
Jane W. Couperus, Assistant Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab of Attention Brain and Behavior
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, July 2004, Child Development with minor in Neuroscience
Research Interest: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention, Memory, and Learning
E-Mail: jcouperus[at]hampshire.edu
Phone: 413-559-5389
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
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
Phone: 413-545-1266
Cristina Cox Fernandes, Adjunct Research Assistant Professor and Curator of Fishes
Ph.D. Zoology, Duke University, 1995
Research Interest: Community Ecology and Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism in Fishes
E-Mail: cristina[at]bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-4391
Nancy
G. Forger, Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1986
Research Interest: 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
UnJa L. Hayes, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D.
Research Interest: Neuroendocrinology and Behavior; Social Attachment; Influence of Peripheral Sensory Input on Behavior
E-Mail: unja[at]cns.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-5955
Adam C. Hall, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences (Smith College)
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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)
Research Interest: 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, Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Washington University, 1997
Research Interest: Functional Morphology, Evolution, and Behavioral Ecology.
E-Mail: irschick[at]bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-1696
Elizabeth
M. Jakob, Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of California-Davis, 1989
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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
Jacquie Kurland, Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders
Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder,
Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences and Neuroscience, May 2006
Research Interest: fMRI Investigation to Study Neural Mechanisms Supporting Language Recovery in Patients with Aphasia
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 and Director, Neuroscience and Behavior Program
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
Research Interest: 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 and Chair 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
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: Emotion, Stress, and Adult Development
E-Mail: ready[at]psych.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-1359
Luke Remage-Healey, Assistant Professor of Psychology (starting Fall 2010)
Ph.D. Cornell University, 2006
Research Interests: Behavioral endocrinology and neuroendocrinology; Non-traditional steroid hormone production and action in brain circuits; Vocal production and learning; Neuromodulation and electrophysiology of neuronal circuits.
Email: healey[at]cns.umass.edu
Webpage
Heather N. Richardson, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D.
Research Interest: Neuroendocrinology and Behavior; Developmental neurobiology (prenatal and adolescent); Stress and Neurobiological mechanisms of stress regulation and related disorders such as anxiety and addiction. Sex differences and adolescent development. Adolescent development Action of Steroid Hormones and Receptors: Environmental Influences on the Brain; Neurotransmitter-Hormone Interactions
E-Mail: hrichardson[at]cns.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-0166
Lisa
D. Sanders, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. Psychology with Certificate in Neuroscience, University
of Oregon, June 2001
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: Programmed Cell Death
E-Mail: LMS[at]bio.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-2435
Hava
Siegelmann, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 1970
Research Interest: 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
Rebecca Spencer, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. Purdue University, 2002
Research Interest: Cognition and action in traditionally motor structures; Sleep and memory formation
Homepage (www.cognaclab.com)
E-Mail: rspencer[at]psych.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-5987
UMass Amherst Magazine article - Spring 2009, Vol 13 No. 2
John
G. Stoffolano, Jr., Professor of Entomology
Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 1970
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: Motor Control and Coordination Changes and Movement Stability
in Locomotion and Posture in Learning, Movement Disorders,
and Development
Motor Control Lab
Department of
Kinesiology Hompage
Phone: 413-545-0325
Wei-Dong Yao, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Harvard Medical School)
Ph.D. University of Iowa, 1998
Research Interest: 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
Research Interest: 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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