Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair • Professor
Signal transduction, proteomics, neuroscience
bballif@uvm.edu (802) 656-1389
Lecturer & Life Science Scholar Program Director
Comparative vertebrate anatomy, vertebrate zoology, evolution, and general biology
kbishopv@uvm.edu (802) 656-4282
George H. Perkins Professor of Zoology
Organization of animal and plant communities
Nicholas.Gotelli@uvm.edu (802) 656-0450
Lecturer
Molecular mechanisms of disease, oncolytic viruses, cancer biology and immunology, neurodegenerative disorders, and professional development and mentoring.
Ryann.Guayasamin@uvm.edu (802) 656-4585
Associate Vice President for Research
Senior Lecturer
STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) for adults.
Linden.Higgins@uvm.edu (802) 656-9598University Distinguished Professor Emerita
Chemical signal transduction
Judith.VanHouten@uvm.edu (802) 656-2922
Research Associate Professor
Proteomics, Biological mass spectrometry
Ying-Wai.Lam@uvm.edu (802) 656-4709
Associate Professor
Evolutionary genetics, ecological physiology and protein evolution
bllockwo@uvm.edu (802) 656-1321
Assistant Professor
My research interests span topics on evolution, animal communication, soundscapes, marine conservation and behavior of marine vertebrates.
lmaycoll@uvm.edu (802) 656-4138
Lecturer
Ecological and evolutionary physiology, climate change and seasonal biology, professional development
Emily.Mikucki@uvm.edu (802) 656-0613
Senior Lecturer
Epidermis; skeletal cardiac and smooth muscle; development, differentiation and remodeling of lung
john.mitchell@uvm.edu (802) 656-0454
Henderson-Harris Fellow
Population genetics, evolutionary genomics, computational biology, historical phylogeography
Joaquin.Nunez@uvm.edu (802) 656-8286
Associate Professor
Ecological genomics, population genetics, evolutionary biology, physiology
Melissa.Pespeni@uvm.edu (802) 656-0628
Emeritus Professors
Professor Emeritus
Adaptations, both behavioral and physiological, of animals in winter. Including bears, beavers, turtles, frogs and all the various frost-hardy insects; study of honeybee metabolism and aspects of raven cognition.
Bernd.Heinrich@uvm.edu
Professor Emeritus
Affiliated Professors
- Paula Deming
- Jason Stockwell
Adjunct Professors
- William Ardren
- Lionel Arnaud
- Patricia Dorn
- Jeffrey Freeman
- Karen Hinkle
- David Lucero
- Ellen Martinsen
- Maria Carlota Monroy
- Michael Romano
- Steve Shapiro
- Charles Woods
Post Doctoral Associates
- Matthew Kling
- Emily Longman
- Daniel Sadler
- Matthew Sasaki
Graduate Students
Maia Austin
maustin7@uvm.edu
656-4138
Advisor: Dr. Laura May-Collado
Lauren Berkley
Lauren.Berkley@uvm.edu
Advisors: Dr. Joe Schall & Dr. Ellen Martinsen
Ilaria Coero Borga
656-4785
Ilaria.Coero-Borga@uvm.edu
Advisor: Dr. Laura May-Collado
Ben Camber
bcamber@uvm.edu
656-2952
Advisor: Dr. Sara Helms Cahan
Matt Futia
Matthew.Futia@uvm.edu
Advisor: Dr. Ellen Marsden
Ericka Griggs
656-0702
Ericka.Griggs@uvm.edu
Advisors: Drs. Joe Schall and Ellen Martinsen
Jacqueline Guillemin
jguillem@uvm.edu
656-0457
Advisors: Drs. Alicia Ebert
Alison Hall
aehall@uvm.edu
656-1722
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Pespeni
Andrew McCracken
andrew.mccracken@uvm.edu
656-1722
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Pespeni
George Ni
gni@uvm.edu
656-0451
Advisor: Dr. Nicholas Gotelli
Thomas O'Leary
tsoleary@uvm.edu
656-2921
Advisor: Dr. Brent Lockwood
Daniel Penados Richter
656-1391
Daniel.Penados-Richter@uvm.edu
Advisor: Dr. Bryan Ballif
Csenge Petak
cpetak@uvm.edu
656-1722
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Pespeni
Anna Schmidt
anna.schmidt@uvm.edu
Advisor: Dr. Jason Stockwell
Jacob Sorrentino
jacob.sorrentino@uvm.edu
Advisor: Dr. Sara Helms Chan
Emily Dombrowski
edombro1@uvm.edu
656-2921
Advisor: Dr. Brent Lockwood
Gwen Ellis
Gwen.Ellis@uvm.edu
656-1722
Advisors: Dr. Nicholas Gotelli & Dr. Brent Lockwood