BIOLOGY FACULTY
The following list is a summary of the main research interests of
the contributing Biology Department faculty. For a more detailed
description of their projects visit the faculty web pages on the
Biology web site at http://www.bio.umb.edu.
Gregory Beck, Ph.D. (Associate Professor & Graduate
Program Director) 617-287-6619, W-3-004, greg.beck@umb.edu
Evolutionary immunology; evolution of host defense mechanisms, phagocyte-bacteria
interaction, acute-phase response, and molecular immunology.
Solange Brault,
Ph.D. (Associate Professor) 617-287-6683 W-3-032, solange.brault@umb.edu
Population and Conservation Ecology, Population Dynamics
Models, Marine Mammals, Conservation Ecology.
Kenneth L. Campbell, Ph.D. (Professor) 617-287-6676, M-3-322,
kenneth.campbell@umb.edu Reproductive endocrinology
- the mechanism of action of the gonadotropic protein hormones on
their target cells and the metabolism of these hormones in culture;
biological determinants of human reproduction.
Adán Colón-Carmona, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)
617-287-6680, W-3-029 adan.colon-carmona@umb.edu
Cell biology, genetics, and molecular biology of plants: environmental
and developmental control of cell division in Arabidopsis thaliana,
and phytoremediation.
Elizabeth A. Davis, Ph.D. (Adjunct Assistant Professor,
retired) 617-287-6616, W-3-006, elizabeth.davis@umb.edu
Developmental biology and tissue culture, particularly angiosperm
plants; chloroplast multiplication and differentiation.
Ron J. Etter,
Ph.D. (Professor) 617-287-6613, W-3-025, ron.etter@umb,edu
Evolution and Ecology of marine invertebrates, geographic variation
in mitochondrial DNA.
Linda Huang, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor) 617-287-6674, W-3-006,
linda.huang@umb.edu Cell biology, signal transduction and
regulation of cell morphology.
Richard Kesseli, Ph.D. (Professor) 617-287-6627, W-3-024,
rick.kesseli@umb.edu Population genetics; molecular evolution;
evolution and genetic bases of host-pathogen interactions; evolution
and genetic bases of sex determination; conservation genetics.
Kenneth C. Kleene, Ph.D. (Professor) 617-287-6679, W-3-028,
kenneth.kleene@umb.edu Molecular and Developmental Biology.
Use of recombinant DNA technology to study gene regulation during
spermatogenesis in the mouse.
Alexia Pollack, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor) 617-287-6618,
W-3-008, alexia.pollack@umb.edu Neurobiology research
focuses on the role of dopamine in regulating motor behavior and
neuronal activity in the rat basal ganglia.
Michael P. Shiaris, Ph.D. (Professor) 617-287-6675, M-3-321,
michael.shiaris@umb.edu Microbial Ecology, especially
the biodegradation of organic pollutants in aquatic ecosystems and
the population dynamics and diversity of pollutant-degraders and
public health bacteria in aquatic sediments.
Rachel C. Skvirsky, Ph.D. (Associate Professor) 617-287-6617,
W-3-007, rachel.skvirsky@umb.edu Molecular genetics; microbiology;
extracellular secretion in bacteria.
Ying Tan, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor) 617-287-6626, W-3-015,
ying.tan@umb.eduMolecular Systematic research focuses on
how fundamental evolutionary forces, such a mutation, selection,
and genetic drift, govern the evolutionary process at the molecular
level.
Alexey Veraksa, Ph.D., (Assistant Professor) 617-287-6665,
M-3-116, alexey.veraksa@umb.edu Development of multicellular
organisms, signal pathways, genetic and biochemical pathways, developmental
signaling.
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