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Interdepartmental Graduate Programs Office

The IDGP Office provides administrative support to the four interdepartmental graduate programs (IDGPs) in CNS: Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB), Neuroscience and Behavior (NSB), Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB), and Plant Biology (PB). Students in these graduate programs work with faculty from many departments, including Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Psychological and Brain Sciences, and more.

Please contact the IDGP Office using the IDGP Inquiries form.

The IDGP main office is located in:

203 French Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
230 Stockbridge Road
Amherst, MA 01003-9316

IDGP Directory

Lynn Adler

Graduate Program Director, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology (IDGP)
Professor

Lynn Adler is a professor in the Department of Biology. 

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Tobias Baskin

Graduate Program Director, Plant Biology (IDGP)
Professor

Tobias Baskin is a professor in the Department of Biology. 

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Zander Crowley, M.Ed.

Program Coordinator, Interdepartmental Graduate Programs (IDGP)

Zander Crowley is a program coordinator for the CNS Interdepartmental Graduate Programs (IDGP).

Zander Crowley

Samuel Hazen

Director, Interdepartmental Graduate Programs (IDGP)
Professor

Samuel Hazen a professor in Biology.

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Amanda Leigh-Hawkins

Program Coordinator, Interdepartmental Graduate Programs (IDGP)

Amanda Leigh-Hawkins is a program coordinator for the CNS Interdepartmental Graduate Programs (IDGP).

Amanda Leigh-Hawkins

Thomas Maresca

Graduate Program Director, Molecular & Cellular Biology (IDGP)
Associate Professor

Thomas Maresca is a graduate program director and associate professor in the Department of Biology.

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David Moorman

Graduate Program Director, Neuroscience & Behavior (IDGP)
Associate Professor

David Moorman is an associate professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.

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Ana Maria Salicioni, PhD

Business Manager, Interdepartmental Graduate Programs (IDGP)
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (VASCI)

Ana Maria Salicioni is business manager for the Interdepartmental Graduate Programs in the College of Natural Sciences.

Ana Maria Salicioni

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