Ellen Marsden aboard the Melosira research vessel on Lake Champlain

What makes our faculty members tick?

Get up close and personal with our professors. Learn about their passions, their paths to UVM and why they love what they study, from the mysteries of Lake Champlain's sculpin to the stories of homeless children in Pakistan.

  • Bierman in Greenland
    Paul Bierman
    Geology professor, studying melting ice sheet that covers Greenland
  • Cousins and Liptak looking at new light source
    Morgan Cousins and Matt Liptak
    Part of team who have discovered a new form of light
  • Christine Vatovec in the field
    Christine Vatovec
    Research professor studying pharmaceutical pollution
  • Christelle Vincent
    Christelle Vincent
    Assistant professor of Math, part of international team creating new mathematical atlas
  • Melissa Pespeni
    Melissa Pespeni
    Assistant professor of biology, studying sea star wasting disease
  • Li
    Jianing Li
    Assistant professor of chemistry, deciphering the sugar code
  • Keller
    Steve Keller
    Assistant professor of plant biology, plant evolution expert
  • Rohan
    Kelly Rohan
    Professor of psychological sciences, expert in study of Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Alice Fothergill
    Sociology professor studied Hurricane Katrina's long-term impact on children
  • Severin Schneebeli
    Severin Schneebeli
    Part of chemistry team that invented new technique for controlling molecular shape