Life Science
Life science is a broad research field focusing on living organisms. Our faculty are performing a wide variety of research including topics in human health, bioengineering, biology, and biochemistry.
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Professor / Chairperson
Mechanical Engineering
Textiles 208
508-999-8619
sbhowmick@umassd.edu
Research
Research interests
- Bioengineering
- Cell and Tissue Engineering
- Heat and mass transfer
- MEMS
- Thermal Sciences
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Research
Research interests
- Biomechanics
- Mechanobiology
- Orthopedics
- Skeletal health
- Bone cell biology
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Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Textiles 213
508-999-8549
kihan.park@umassd.edu
Research
Research interests
- Medical Robotics
- Micro-scale Sensing/Actuation
- Machine Learning
- Biosignal Processing
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Professor
Computer & Information Science
Violette Research 220B
508-910-6411
hfang2@umassd.edu
Research
Research interests
- Machine learning/ statistical learning/ pattern recognition
- Computational statistics
- Behavioral trajectory pattern recognition in longitudinal studies
- Wireless health
Research
Research interests
- Biomechanics
- Mechanobiology
- Orthopedics
- Skeletal health
- Bone cell biology
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Associate Professor
Computer & Information Science
Dion 307A
508-999-8265
fkhatib@umassd.edu
Research
Research interests
- Bioinformatics
- Citizen Science
- Computational Biology
- Distributed Computing
- Protein Structure Determination/Prediction & Design
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Professor
College of Nursing & Health Sciences / Adult
Textiles 017
508-910-6092
mmccurry@umassd.edu
Research
Research interests
- Teaching with technology/ millennial learners
- Family caregivers
- Decision-making
- Nursing philosophy and theory
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Professor
College of Nursing & Health Sciences / Adult
Dion 308B
508-999-9148
ksethares@umassd.edu
Research
Research interests
- Self-care of chronic illness and heart failure
- Self-regulated learning strategies
- Health literacy in older adults
- Learning styles
- Symptom clusters in chronic illness
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Associate Professor / Chairperson
College of Nursing & Health Sciences / Adult
Modular Unit #5 005
508-910-6445
jennifer.viveiros@umassd.edu
Research
Research interests
- Cognitive function
- Cardiovascular disease
- Non-direct teaching methods
- Simulation-based interventions
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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
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Research
Research interests
- Antibody production
- Antibody mediated protection
- Structure of the antibody
- Quality of the antibody for pathogen recognition
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Research
Research interests
- Genomic and quantitative genetic approaches to investigate adaptations in fish
- Fish domestication
- Physiological and genetic changes underlying domestication
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Research
Research interests
- Developmental bias and plasticity in evolution
- Vertebrate skeletal development and evolution
- Evolution of larval-brooding damselfishes
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Research
Research interests
- Speciation
- Genomics
- Evolutionary Biology
- Hybridization
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Research
Research interests
- Marine microbiology
- Microbiomes
- Microbial community ecology
- Biofilms
Professor
SMAST / Estuarine & Ocean Sciences
Violette Research Addition 209
508-999-8222
pmoisander@umassd.edu
Research
Research interests
- Marine microbiology
- Microbiomes
- Microbial community ecology
- Biofilms
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Research
Research interests
- Biology of fishes with an emphasis on the biology of American eels
- Life history strategies
- Age and growth of fishes
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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
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Professor / Chairperson
Biology
Science & Engineering 321
508-999-8364
mark.silby@umassd.edu
Research
Research interests
- Microbial Communities
- Bacterial Interactions
- Cocoa fermentation
- Bacterial Genomes
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Research
Research interests
- Biochemical Processes
- Drug Design
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Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 301A
508-910-6928
cneto@umassd.edu
Research
Research interests
- Phytochemicals with anti-cancer, antimicrobial, and antioxidant activity from cranberries and other plant sources
- Bioactivity, purification, and analysis of natural products
- Factors influencing production of secondary metabolites including functional food factors