Research Directory

Below is a directory of NSM research faculty at 911±¬ÁÏÍø, listed by department. The designation 'summer mentor' indicates their student(s) participated in the Research in Science Summer Program within the last five years. 

College of Integrative Sciences

Phil Arevalo 

  • Mathematical modeling
  • Computational biology
  • Genetics
  • Computational biology
  • Summer mentor
  • parevalo@wes, x2080 
  • Hall-Atwater Labs, 165-C

Kelly Thayer

  • Computational molecular biophysics
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Markov State Models
  • Sector analysis and machine learning/AI 
  • CIS workshops
  • Summer mentor
  • kthayer@wes, x2017
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 37

 College of Design and Engineering Studies

 Elizabeth Chang-Davidson

  • Mechanical engineering
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Directed energy deposition process
  • Summer mentor
  • echangdavids@wes, x2026
  • Exley Science Center 547

 Daniel Moller

  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • dmoller@wes, x3195
  • Exley Science Center 553

 Christopher Weaver

  • Interactive media in education and simulation
  • Computational media
  • cweaver@wes, x2518
  • Exley Science Center 545

 Astronomy

Meredith Hughes

  • Planet formation
  • Planetary science
  • WesWIS (911±¬ÁÏÍø Women in Science)
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • amhughes@wes, x3667
  • Van Vleck Observatory 109

Roy E. Kilgard

  • X-ray binary populations
  • Intermediate-mass black holes
  • Structure and evolution of active galactic nuclei
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor 
  • rkilgard@wes, x3664
  • Van Vleck Observatory B-3

Edward Moran

  • Intermediate-mass black holes
  • Structure and evolution of active galactic nuclei
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • emoran@wes, x3739
  • Van Vleck Observatory 104

Seth Redfield

  • Transiting exoplanets
  • Local interstellar medium
  • Planetary science
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • sredfield@wes, x3669
  • Van Vleck Observatory 101

Sarah Wellons

  • Galaxy formation theory
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • swellons@wes, x2540
  • Van Vleck Observatory 105

Biology

Gloster Aaron

  • Neurobiology and behavior
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • gaaron@wes, x3197
  • Shanklin Labs 211

Barry Chernoff

  • Genomics
  • Fishes
  • Environmental Biology
  • Summer mentor
  • bchernoff@wes, x2452
  • Exley Science Center 331
  • College of the Environment (COE)
  • 284 High Street

Fred Cohan

  • Microbial ecology and evolution
  • Origins of bacterial diversity
  • Genome evolution
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • fcohan@wes, x3482
  • Shanklin Labs 207

Joe Coolon

  • Ecology, evolution, and population biology
  • Genetics
  • Integrative genomic sciences
  • Molecular biophysics
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • jcoolon@wes, x2552
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 123

Ni Feng

  • Neurobiology and behavior
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • nfeng@wes, x3518
  • Shanklin Labs 302

Ruth Johnson

  • Morphogenesis
  • Cell biology
  • Developmental biology
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • rjohnson@wes, x2963
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 212

Laverne Melón

  • Neurobiology and behavior
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • lmelon@wes, x3489
  • Shanklin Labs 311

Jennifer Mitchel

  • Cell biology
  • Neurobiology and behavior
  • Bioengineering
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • jmitchel@wes, x3238
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 208 

Michael Signer

  • Ecology, evolution, and population biology
  • Summer mentor
  • msinger@wes, x2548
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 259

Sonia Sultan

  • Ecology, evolution, and population biology
  • Summer mentor
  • sesultan@wes, x3493
  • Shanklin Labs 311

Boris Tezek

  • Developmental biology
  • Cell fate decisions
  • Organ development
  • Reptiles
  • CIS affiliate
  • btezak@wes, x3232
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 254

Michael Weir

  • Computational biology
  • Molecular genetics
  • Integrative genomic sciences
  • Molecular biophysics
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • mweir@wes
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 114

Chemistry

Michael Calter

  • Computational chemistry
  • Drug design
  • Organic chemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • mcalter@wes, x2633
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 129

Michelle Chen

  • Physical chemistry
  • Organic chemistry
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • mchen2@wes, x2727
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 024

Ben Elling

  • Organic chemistry
  • Polymer chemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • belling@wes, x2699
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 135

Carlos Jimenez-Hoyos

  • Computational chemistry
  • Physical chemistry
  • Summer mentor
  • cjimenezhoyo@wes x2728
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 029

Brian Northrop

  • Synthetic chemistry
  • Organic materials
  • Computational chemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • bnorthrop@wes
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 39

Alison O'Neil

  • Biochemistry / biophysics
  • Neurodegenerative disease
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • aoneil@wes, x2615
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 22

Colin Smith

  • Biochemistry / biophysics
  • Computational chemistry
  • Physical chemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • csmith06@wes, x3274
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 130

Erika Taylor

  • Biochemistry / biophysics
  • Computational chemistry
  • Drug design
  • Organic chemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • eataylor@wes, x2739
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 142

David Westmoreland

  • Inorganic chemistry
  • Physical chemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • westmoreland@wesx2743
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 132

Computer Science

Norman Danner

  • Program analysis, especially as applied to privacy
  • Programming Languages and static cost analysis
  • Summer mentor
  • ndanner@wes, x2185
  • Exley Science Center, 629

Daniel Krizanc

  • Design and analysis of algorithms
  • Distributed computing
  • Networking
  • Computational biology
  • Informatics and modeling
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • dkrizanc@wes, x2186
  • Exley Science Center, 631

Dan Licata

  • Programming languages
  • Functional programming
  • Homotopy type theory
  • Logic
  • Category theory
  • Summer mentor
  • dlicata@wes, x2250
  • Exley Science Center 633 

James Lipton

  • Computational logic and logic programming
  • Categorical logic and higher-order constraint logic programming
  • Calculus
  • Summer mentor
  • jlipton@wes, x2188
  • Exley Science Center, 635

Victoria Manfredi

  • Computer network behavior
  • Machine learning
  • Network analysis
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • vumanfredi@wes, x2194
  • Exley Science Center, 627

Sonia Roberts

  • Knitting
  • Soft robotics
  • CoDES affiliate
  • sfroberts@wes
  • Exley Science Center, 622

Sebastian Zimmeck

  • Information privacy and security
  • Applied Computational Data Analysis
  • Summer mentor
  • szimmeck@wes
  • Exley Science Center, 645

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Raquel Bryant

  • Paleoceanography
  • Marine paleoecology
  • Geoscience Education/Advocacy 
  • Summer Mentor
  • rbryant@wes
  •  Exley Science Center (435-office, 413-lab)

Martha Gilmore

  • Long Island Sound Studies
  • Planetary science
  • Summer mentor
  • mgilmore@wes, x3129
  • Exley Science Center, 429

James Greenwood

  • Biogeochemistry
  • Planetary science
  • Summer mentor
  • jgreenwood@wesx2743
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 132

Timothy Ku

  • Biogeochemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • tcku@wes, x2265
  • Exley Science Center

Suzanne OConnell

  • Geoscience education
  • Paleoclimatology
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • soconnell@wes, x2262
  • Exley Science Center, 431

Helen Poulos

  • Plant ecology
  • Fire Ecology
  • Climate Change
  • Forests and Global Change
  • Plant Ecophysiology
  • Summer mentor
  • hpoulos@wes, x4205
  • 284 High Street, 304

Phillip Resor

  • Geoscience education
  • Structural geology & tectonophysics
  • Summer mentor
  • presor@wes, x3139
  • Exley Science Center, 441

Dana Royer

  • Fossil plants and ancient climates
  • Summer mentor
  • droyer@wes, x2836
  • Exley Science Center, 445

Mathematics

Ilesami Adeboye

  • Hyperbolic geometry
  • Complex hyperbolic geometry
  • Projective geometry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • iadeboye@wes, x3857
  • Exley Science Center, 647

Wai Kiu Chan

  • Arithmetic theory of quadratic forms
  • Algebraic groups
  • Lattices in Euclidean spaces
  • Modular forms
  • Summer mentor
  • wkchan@wes, x2197
  • Exley Science Center, 617

Karen Collins

  • Edward Burr Van Vleck Professor of Mathematics
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • kcollins@wes, x2169
  • Exley Science Center, 615

David Constantine

  • Differential geometry
  • Geometric flows
  • Rigidity theory
  • Metric geometry
  • dconstantine@wes, x2167
  • Exley Science Center, 609

Cameron Hill

  • CIS affiliate
  • cdhill@wes, x2183
  • Exley Science Center, 6th Floor

Mark Hovey

  • Stable homotopy theory
  • Homological algebra
  • Algebraic topology
  • CIS affiliate
  • mhovey@wes, x2337
  • North College, 321

Alex Kruckman

  • Mathematical logic
  • Model theory
  • Summer mentor
  • akruckman@wes, x2460
  • Exley Science Center, 621

Han Li

  • Dynamics on homogeneous spaces
  • Harmonic analysis
  • Ergodic theory
  • Unitary representation theory
  • Operator algebras
  • hli03@wes, x2460
  • Exley Science Center, 639

David Pollack

  • Arithmetic cohomology of higher rank matrix groups
  • Number theory
  • Summer mentor
  • dpollack@wes, x4741
  • Exley Science Center, 651

Felipe A. Ramírez

  • Ergodic theory and dynamical systems
  • Diophantine approximation
  • Fractal geometry
  • Summer mentor
  • framirez@wes, x3100
  • Exley Science Center, 619

Christopher Rasmussen

  • Arithmetic geometry
  • Computational number theory
  • crasmussen@wes, x2315
  • Exley Science Center, 613

Emily Stark

  • Geometric group theory
  • Low-dimensional topology
  • Quasi-isometric classification and rigidity
  • Notions of commensurability
  • Group boundaries
  • Surfaces and 3-manifolds
  • estark@wes

Iris Yoon

  • Topological data analysis
  • Network theory
  • Machine learning
  • CIS affiliate
  • hyoon@wes
  • Exley Science Center, 607

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Oriana Fisher

  • X-ray crystallography
  • Bioinorganic chemistry
  • Molecular Biophysics
  • ofisher@wes, x2443
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 228

Scott Holmes

  • Molecular biology
  • Molecular genetics
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • sholmes@wes, x3557
  • Shanklin Labs 109

Amy MacQueen

  • Molecular biology
  • Cell biology
  • Cellular imaging
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • amacqueen@wes, x2561
  • Hall-Atwater Labs, 238

Rich Olson

  • Molecular biophysics
  • Crystallography
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • rolson@wes, x3070
  • Hall-Atwater Labs, 224

Tere Padilla-Benavides

  • Molecular biology
  • Transition metals
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • tpadillabena@wes, x2284
  • Hall-Atwater Labs, 234

Physics

Reinhold Blumel

  • Experimental condensed matter and biophysics
  • Experimental atomic and molecular physics
  • Theoretical and computational physics
  • Engineering

Tsampikos Kottos

  • Theoretical and computational physics
  • Mathematics
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • tkottos@wes, x2036
  • Exley Science Center, 251

Grace McKenzie-Smith

  • Biological physics
  • Computational physics
  • Summer mentor
  • gmckenziesmith@wes, x2046
  • Exley Science Center, 231

Renee Sher

  • Experimental condensed matter and biophysics
  • Environmental studies
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • msher@wes, x2033
  • Exley Science Center, 239

Francis Starr

  • Theoretical and computational physics
  • Engineering
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • fstarr@wes, x2044
  • Exley Science Center, 227

Brian Stewart

  • Experimental atomic and molecular physics
  • Environmental studies
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • bstewart@wes, x2054
  • Exley Science Center, 237

Greg Voth

  • Experimental physics
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Soft and active matter
  • Fluid Engineering
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • gvoth@wes, x2035
  • Exley Science Center, 229

Psychology

Hilary Barth

  • Cognitive Development Labs (CDL)
  • Summer mentor
  • hbarth@wes, x2468
  • Judd Hall, 204

Lisa Dierker

  • Education studies
  • Summer mentor
  • ldierkerr@wes, x2137
  • Judd Hall, 302

Royette Dubar

  • Sleep and Psychosocial Adjustment Lab (SPA)
  • Summer mentor
  • rtdubar@wes, x2206
  • Judd Hall, 106

Barbara Juhasz

  • Eye Movement and Reading Lab
  • Neuroscience and behavior
  • Education studies
  • Civic engagement
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • bjuhasz@wes, x4978
  • Judd Hall, 508

Kyungmi Kim

  • Memory, Cognition, and Self Lab (MCS)
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • kkim01@wes, x2414
  • Judd Hall, 217

Matthew Kurtz

  • Schizophrenia Cognition Lab
  • Neuroscience and behavior
  • Summer mentor
  • mkurtz@wes, x2072
  • Judd Hall, 314

Alexis May

  • Risk, Prevention, and Intervention Lab (RPI)
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • amay01@wes, x2328
  • Judd Hall, 2o1D

Jill Moreawski

  • Science and Technology Studies
  • Historical dynamics of psychology
  • Gender and race psychology
  • Summer mentor
  • jmorawski@wes, x2344
  • Judd Hall, 317

Andrea Negrete

  • Community-engaged Adolescent Research for Equity (CARE) Lab
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • anegrete@wes, x2868
  • Judd Hall, 404

Andrea Patalano

  • Reasoning and Decision Making Lab (RDM)
  • Neuroscience and behavior
  • Summer mentor
  • apatalano@wes, x2310
  • Judd Hall, 401

Michael Perez

  • Cultural psychology
  • Critical Race Theory
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • mperez01@wes, x2719
  • Judd Hall, 400

Scott Plous 

  • Social Psychology Network (SPN)
  • Summer mentor
  • splous@wes, x2638
  • Judd Hall, 219

Patricia M. Rodroguez Mosquera

  • Culture, Emotion, and Social Image Lab
  • Feminist, gender, and sexuality studies
  • Summer mentor
  • prordriguez@wes, x4958
  • Judd Hall, 503

Charles Sanislow

  • Cognitive Affective Personality Science Lab (CAPS)
  • Neuroscience and behavior
  • Summer mentor
  • canislow@wes, x2750
  • Judd Hall, 306

Steven Stemler

  • Psychometric Lab
  • Education Studies
  • sstemler@wes, x2207
  • Judd Hall, 216