Interdepartmental Graduate Programs
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
Joseph Bergan
Associate Professor
Graduate program director for the Neuroscience and Behavior Interdisciplinary Graduate Program and an associate professor in Psychological and Brain Sciences.
Ana Caicedo
Professor
Ana Caicedo is the graduate program director for the Plant Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program and a professor in Biology.
Zander Crowley, M.Ed.
Zander Crowley is a program coordinator for the CNS Interdepartmental Graduate Programs (IDGP).
Scott C. Garman
Professor
Scott C. Garman is director of Interdepartmental Graduate Programs in the College of Natural Sciences.
Duncan J. Irschick
Professor
Duncan J. Irschick is the graduate program director for the Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program and a professor in Biology.
Amanda Leigh-Hawkins
Amanda Leigh-Hawkins is a program coordinator for the CNS Interdepartmental Graduate Programs (IDGP).
Ana Maria Salicioni, PhD
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.
Margaret Stratton
Associate Professor
Graduate program director for the Molecular & Cellular Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program and an associate professor in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
