Graduate Student Advising

This list of Graduate Program Directors provides contact information for the main advisors for all CNS graduate programs.

Name Office Contact

Dom Alfandari

Graduate Program Director, Molecular & Cellular Biology

 427B ISB
(413) 577-4269
alfandar@vasci.umass.edu

Anne Averill

Graduate Program Director, Entomology

 Holdsworth Hall, Rm 301A
(413) 545-1054
averill@eco.umass.edu

Cynthia Baldwin

Graduate Program Director, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences

 Integrated Sciences Building, Rm 427E
(413) 545-3167
cbaldwin@vasci.umass.edu

Daniela Calzetti

Graduate Program Director (acting), Astronomy

 Lederle Graduate Research Tower, Room 619E
(413) 545-3556
calzetti@astro.umass.edu

Alice Cheung

Graduate Program Director, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

 LGRT
(413) 545-4027
acheung@biochem.umass.edu

Peggi Clouston

Concentration Advisor, Building Systems

 127 Holdsworth Hall
(413) 545-1884
clouston@eco.umass.edu

Michael Constantino

Graduate Program Director, Psychological & Brain Sciences

 612 Tobin
(413) 545-1388
mconstantino@psych.umass.edu

Carlo Dallapiccola

Graduate Program Director, Physics

 LGRT 1038
(413) 545-0994
carlod@physics.umass.edu

Andrew Danylchuk

Concentration Director, Marine Science

 Holdsworth Hall, Rm 311
(413) 545-2940
danylchuk@eco.umass.edu

Abbie Jensen

Graduate Program Advisor, Biology

 Morrill III, Room 108
(413) 545-4750
ajensen@bio.umass.edu

Geunhwa Jung

Graduate Program Director, Stockbridge School of Agriculture

 206 French
(413) 545-2243
jung@psis.umass.edu

Matthew Kelty

Concentration Advisor, Forest Resources & Arboriculture

 214 Holdsworth Hall
(413) 545-1799
kelty@eco.umass.edu

Michele Klingbeil

Graduate Program Director, Microbiology

 Life Sciences Lab, Rm N227
(413) 577-3823
Klingbeil@microbio.umass.edu

Ron Labbe

Graduate Program Director, Food Science

 Chenoweth
(413) 545-1021
rlabbe@foodsci.umass.edu

Kevin McGarigal

Concentration Advisor, Wildlife, Fisheries, & Conservation Biology

 304 Holdsworth
(413) 577-0655
mcgarigalk@eco.umass.edu

Craig Nicolson

Graduate Program Director, Sustainability Science

 218 Holdsworth
(413) 545-3154
craign@eco.umass.edu

Steven Petsch

Graduate Program Director, Geology/Geoscience

 Morrill Science Center II, 265
(413) 545-4413
spetsch@geo.umass.edu

Jeff Podos

Graduate Program Director, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

 Morrill II, Rm 332
(413) 545-0847
jpodos@bio.umass.edu

Timothy Randhir

Graduate Program Director, Environmental Conservation
Concentration Advisor, Water Wetlands & Watersheds

 Holdsworth Hall, Rm 326
(413) 545-3969
randhir@eco.umass.edu

Charles Schweik

Concentration Advisor, Environmental Policy & Human Dimensions

 Holdsworth Hall
(413) 545-1824
cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu

Rebecca Spencer

Graduate Program Director, Neuroscience & Behavior

 Tobin Hall
(413) 545-5987
rspencer@psych.umass.edu

Stan Stevens

Graduate Program Director, Geography

 Morrill Science Center IV, 256
(413) 545-0773
sfsteven@cns.umass.edu

Gregory Tew

Graduate Program Director, Polymer Science & Engineering

 A617 Conte
(413) 577-1612
tew@mail.pse.umass.edu

Dhandapani Venkataraman

Graduate Program Director, Chemistry

 Lederle Grad Research Tower, Rm 1534
(413) 545-2028
dv@chem.umass.edu

Elizabeth Vierling

Graduate Program Director, Plant Biology

 Life Sciences Lab, Rm N329
(413) 577-2890
vierling@biochem.umass.edu

Tom Weston

Graduate Program Director, Mathematics & Statistics, Applied Math

 LGRT
(413) 545-6037
weston@math.umass.edu