Faculty and Staff
![Benjamin Winslow](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/arts-and-sciences/biology/JLW_7172_Benjamin-Winslow.jpg?text=fallback320)
Associate Teaching Professor
Biology
Science & Engineering 325
508-999-8803
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Part Time Lecturer
Biology
Science & Engineering 321
508-999-8208
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![Diego Bernal](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/graduate-biology-department/Diego.Bernal.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Fish biology
- Comparative physiology of fishes
- Comparison of the morphological, physiological, and biochemical specializations of high-performance fishes
- Fish response to angling-induced stress
- Disruption to homeostasis in fish
![Erin Bromage](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/graduate-biology-department/Bromage_Erin_001.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Antibody production
- Antibody mediated protection
- Structure of the antibody
- Quality of the antibody for pathogen recognition
Assistant Teaching Professor
Biology
Science & Engineering 336B
508-999-8226
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![Genevieve Kozak](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/arts-and-sciences/biology/IMG_0290v2-Genevieve-Kozak.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Speciation
- Genomics
- Evolutionary Biology
- Hybridization
![Jefferson Turner](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/graduate-biology-department/JLW_7049_Jefferson-Turner.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Marine plankton
- Zooplankton feeding
- Plankton communities of Boston Harbor and adjacent waters
- Food web accumulation and transport of red tide toxins
- Interactions between copepod feeding and reproductive success
![Kathryn Kavanagh](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/graduate-biology-department/faculty-page-photo-kavanagh_Kathryn-Kavanagh.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Developmental bias and plasticity in evolution
- Vertebrate skeletal development and evolution
- Evolution of larval-brooding damselfishes
![Kenneth Oliveira](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/graduate-biology-department/Kenneth.Oliveira.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Biology of fishes with an emphasis on the biology of American eels
- Life history strategies
- Age and growth of fishes
![Katrina Velle](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/arts-and-sciences/biology/Katrina-Velle.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Cell migration
- Actin cytoskeleton
- Amoebae
- Microbial pathogenesis
![Michael Sheriff](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/arts-and-sciences/biology/221005-MICHAEL-SHERIFF.jpg?text=fallback320)
Associate Professor
Biology
Science & Engineering 330B
508-910-6894
msheriff@umassd.edu
Research
Research interests
- Prey Responses to the Risk of Predation
- Organismal Responses to Environmental Stressors
- Transgenerational Plasticity/Maternal Stress Effects
![Mark Silby](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/arts-and-sciences/biology/Mark-Silby-JLW_7065.jpg?text=fallback320)
Professor / Chairperson
Biology
Science & Engineering 335
508-999-8364
mark.silby@umassd.edu
Research
Research interests
- Microbial Communities
- Bacterial Interactions
- Cocoa fermentation
- Bacterial Genomes
![Nancy OConnor](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/smast/Nancy-OConnor.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Ecology of marine invertebrate animals, particularly coastal species of crabs
- Marine bioinvasions
- Biology of marine larvae
![Pia Moisander](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/chemistry-amp-biochemistry/faculty/20160805-pia-moisander-dac-016.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Marine microbiology
- Microbiomes
- Microbial community ecology
- Biofilms
![Richard Connor](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/arts-and-sciences/biology/Richard-Connor.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Social evolution
- Evolution of cooperation and mutualism
- Dolphin behavioral ecology
- Evolution of alliances and coalitions
![Robert Drew](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/arts-and-sciences/biology/Robert-Drew-JLW_7089.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Genomic and quantitative genetic approaches to investigate adaptations in fish
- Fish domestication
- Physiological and genetic changes underlying domestication
![Robert Gegear](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/arts-and-sciences/Gegear_pic.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Conservation of native pollination systems
- Neuroecology of plant-pollinator interactions
- Multi-modal sensory integration
- Floral evolution
- Bumblebee ecology
![Sarah Donelan](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/arts-and-sciences/biology/Sarah-Donelan.jpg?text=fallback320)
Assistant Professor
Biology
Science & Engineering 336A
508-999-8217
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Research
Research interests
- Transgenerational plasticity
- Carryover effects
- Marine ecology
- Climate change
- Predation risk
![Tara Rajaniemi](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/graduate-biology-department/trajaniemi.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Root growth responses to competition
- Effects of species interactions on community structure
- Plant species distributions on coastal dunes
![Whitney Hable](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/profiles/graduate-biology-department/Whitney.Hable.jpg?text=fallback320)
Research
Research interests
- Mechanisms of cell polarization
- Growth and development
- Role the environment plays in such processes