UMass Amherst Faculty Achievements Noted
May 21, 2008
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AMHERST, Mass. – Several University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty members have received recognition for their work in recent weeks:
Anna Nagurney, the John F. Smith Memorial Professor in the Isenberg School of Management, organized an international conference, “Humanitarian Logistics: Networks for Africa,” which took place May 5-9 at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center at Lake Como in Italy. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the conference brought together academics and human services practitioners from 12 nations, who examined logistics and supply chain research, African field experiences, and logistics partnerships between the academic community and African nations and relief agencies.
“Most of the participants agreed that humanitarian logistics is 15 to 20 years behind its business counterpart,” said Nagurney. “Apart from that, humanitarian logistics poses its own physical, cultural and governmental challenges.
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Three faculty members are among the first 23 fellows named to the newly established Massachusetts Academy of Sciences (MAS).
Lila Gierasch, Distinguished Professor in biochemistry and molecular biology and chemistry; Lynn Margulis, Distinguished University Professor in geosciences, and Barbara Partee, Distinguished University Professor Emerita in linguistics and philosophy, are among the inaugural class.
According to the MAS, a candidate for fellowship must have attained recognition for significant professional achievement in scientific research or science education.
Margaret Riley, a UMass Amherst biology professor, is president of MAS and its acting director of research.
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James Kurose, Distinguished Professor of computer science, has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Computer Research Association, a group of more than 900 North American organizations active in computing research.
CRA works with academic computer science and engineering departments, industrial and academic research laboratories and centers and affiliated professional societies to represent the computing research community and to effect change that benefits computing research and society.
Kurose’s research interests include computer network protocols and architecture, network measurement, sensor networks, multimedia communication, and network modeling and performance evaluation.
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Lisa D. Sanders, assistant professor of psychology, has been awarded a four-year, $300,000 grant by the John Merck Fund to support her research on how selective attention deficits contribute to language processing disorders.
Sanders is one of two researchers selected for the grants from among 55 applicants across the country, according to the fund.
A member of the faculty since 2005, Sanders is director of the NeuroCognition and Perception Laboratory in the psychology department and the neuroscience and behavior program.
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Distinguished Professor Joseph Goldstein of mechanical and industrial engineering has been named the recipient of the Peter Duncumb Award for excellence in microanalysis given by the Microbeam Analysis Society.
He will be presented the award at the annual Microscopy and Microanalysis meeting in Albuquerque, N.M., during the first week of August. The honor is the highest award of the society and Goldstein will be the second recipient.
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