Faculty & Staff
Department Chair
Rachel Skvirsky
Title: Department Chair
Department: Biology
Phone: 617.287.6617
Email: Rachel.Skvirsky@umb.edu
Faculty
Jarrett Byrnes
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Biology
Phone: 617.287.3145
Email: Jarrett.Byrnes@umb.edu
Expertise: Marine Ecology; Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function; Climate Change Ecology; Kelp...
Mayra Cadorin Vidal
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Biology
Phone: 617.287.6619
Email: Mayra.CadorinVidal@umb.edu
Expertise: Evolutionary Ecology of Species Interactions, Community Ecology, Trophic Interactions, Mutualisms...
Changmeng Cai
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Biology
Phone: 617.287.3537
Email: Changmeng.Cai@umb.edu
Expertise: Prostate cancer research, androgen receptor signaling, transcriptional and epigenetic regulation...
Adan Colon-Carmona
Title: Professor
Department: Biology
Email: Adan.Colon-carmona@umb.edu
Expertise: Cell Cycle Control, Regulation of the Cytoskeleton, Growth Responses to...
Luis De Leon Reyna
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Biology
Email: Luis.DeLeonReyna@umb.edu
Expertise: Evolutionary Ecology, Adaptive Radiation, Ecological Speciation, Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics...
Juliet Girard
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Biology
Email: Juliet.Girard@umb.edu
Expertise: Developmental Biology, Hematopoiesis, Genetics, Molecular Biology
William Hagar
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Biology
Email: William.Hagar@umb.edu
Expertise: Environmental Monitoring, Plant Biochemistry, Photobiology
Nichola Hill
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Biology
Phone: 617.287.6675
Email: Nichola.Hill@umb.edu
Expertise: Emerging Infectious Disease, Viruses, Evolution, Animal Ecology, Global Health, Bioinformatics...
Linda Huang
Title: Graduate Program Director/Professor
Department: Biology
Email: Linda.Huang@umb.edu
Expertise: Cell Biology: Signal Transduction and Regulation of Cell Morphology
Albert Kao
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Biology
Email: Albert.Kao@umb.edu
Expertise: Animal behavior, collective behavior, evolution of sociality, biophysics, mathematical modeling
Jill Macoska
Title: Distinguished University Professor
Department: Biology
Email: Jill.Macoska@umb.edu
Catherine McCusker
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Biology
Phone: 617.287.4473
Email: Catherine.McCusker@umb.edu
Expertise: Developmental biology, amphibian limb regeneration, development and implementation of novel...
Brook Moyers
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Biology
Email: Brook.Moyers@umb.edu
Expertise: Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Ecological Genomics, Phenotypic Plasticity, Adaptation, Domestication
Shailja Pathania
Title: Biochemistry Program Director
Department: Biology
Email: Shailja.Pathania@umb.edu
Expertise: Cancer Biology, Breast and Ovarian Cancer, DNA Repair , Transcriptomics
Liam Revell
Title: Professor
Department: Biology
Phone: 617.287.7259
Email: Liam.Revell@umb.edu
Expertise: Computational biology, phylogenetics, evolution
Jens Rister
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Biology
Email: Jens.Rister@umb.edu
Expertise: Molecular Biology, Developmental Genetics, Neurobiology
Labib Rouhana
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Biology
Email: Labib.Rouhana@umb.edu
Expertise: Regeneration, Germline development, mRNA regulation
Kellee Siegfried
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Biology
Email: Kellee.Siegfried@umb.edu
Expertise: Developmental Biology, Genetics
Robert Stevenson
Title: Associate Professor U Of M
Department: Biology
Email: Robert.Stevenson@umb.edu
Expertise: Animal Physiology
Alexey Veraksa
Title: Professor
Department: Biology
Email: Alexey.Veraksa@umb.edu
Expertise: Cell Signaling and Gene Regulation in Development
Brian White
Title: Assoc Professor U of M
Department: Biology
Phone: 617.287.5611
Email: Brian.White@umb.edu
Expertise: Science Education
Douglas Woodhams
Title: Professor
Department: Biology
Email: Douglas.Woodhams@umb.edu
Expertise: Disease EcologyLecturers
- Bridget Andrews, Lecturer, Biology
- Elvi Arias, Associate Lecturer, Biology
- Jana Bagarova, Lecturer, Biology
- Delaney Bowen, Associate Lecturer, Biology
- Connie Chow, Associate Lecturer
- Reinaldo Costa, Associate Lecturer, Biology
- Monica Derderian, Lecturer, Biology
- Thomas Dimino, Lecturer, Biology
- Paola Dionisio, Associate Lecturer A, Biology
- Roumiana Ivanova, Lecturer, Biology
- Tamari Kakhoidze, Associate Lecturer, Biology
- Erika Libertini, Associate Lecturer, Biology
- Mohini Lutchman, Associate Lecturer, Biology
- Glover W. Martin III, Lecturer, Biology
- Kristin McDonnell, Lecturer, Biology
- Kevin Mulkerrins, Associate Lecturer, Biology
- Cheyenne Petrino, Associate Lecturer, Biology
- Matthew Richa, Associate Lecturer, Biology
- Karla Schallies, Senior Lecturer, Biology
- Reinmar Seidler, Associate Lecturer, School for the Environment
- David Sigmon, Senior Lecturer, Biology
- James Stark, Senior Lecturer, Biology
- Alexia Velez Silva, Associate Lecturer, Biology
- Kirsten Ward, Departmental Assistant - Hourly, Biology
- Victoria Waters, Associate Lecturer, Biology
- Stephanie Wood LaFond, Lecturer, Biology
Research Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows
- Mattheau Comerford, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Biology
- Margaret Doolin, Researcher, Biology
- Fritz Francisco, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Biology
- Stephanie Hurd, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Biology
- Patrick Kearns, Research Assistant Professor, Biology
- Cong Liu, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Biology
- Erin Sellars, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy
Staff
- Alanna Boyle, Buyer II, Biology
- Alexa MacPherson, EDP Systems Analyst II, Biology
- Clark Davis, Administrative Director, Biology
- Denise Butler, Laboratory Technician I, Biology
- Emily Parodi, Director of Laboratories, Biology
- James Allen, Horticulturist/Greenhouse Manager, Biology
- Jessica MacNeil, Laboratory Technician II, Biology
- Leslie McClain, Program Manager, Biology
- Margaret Ormes, Partner, Biology
- Matthew Howard, Laboratory Technician II, Biology
- Nicole Sears, Partner, Biology
- Richard Zhang, Laboratory Coordinator, Biology
- Shannon Foley, Laboratory Technician I, Biology
- Timothy O'Connor, Buyer I, Biology
- Vanessa Anjurthe, Departmental Assistant - Hourly, Biology
Emeriti
- Christine Armett-Kibel, Professor Emerita
- Kamal Bawa, Professor Emeritus
- Ruth Bennett, Professor Emerita
- Kenneth L. Campbell, Professor Emeritus
- Robert Guimond, Professor Emeritus
- Michael Rex, Professor Emeritus
- Michael Shiaris, Professor Emeritus
- Manickam Sugumaran, Professor Emeritus
- H. Garrison Wilkes, Professor Emeritus