Leadership

PVLSI Science Director Lawrence M. Schwartz, Ph.D. serves as CEAR's Director. PVLSI Scientist Sallie Smith Schneider, Ph.D. serves as its Associate Director. They are joined in leading CEAR by the PVLSI management team, the Advisory Board's CEAR Sub-Committee, and Board of Directors.

Membership

Membership in CEAR is open to all PVLSI, Baystate Health and UMass Amherst life scientists, physical scientists, engineers, and clinicians with a general interest in cell death or the potential to bring new technologies to the discipline. Current members represent a number life science disciplines and clinical specialties, as well as fields that are becoming increasingly important to biomedical research such as polymer science and chemical engineering. For information about eligibility and for more information about joining the CEAR community, download here »

Current Members

Dominique Alfandari, Ph. D., Asst. Professor, Veterinary and Animal Sciences, UMass Amherst

Juan Anguita, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Veterinary and Animal Sciences, UMass Amherst

Kathleen F. Arcaro, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Veterinary and Animal Sciences, UMass Amherst

Richard Arenas, M.D., Chief of Surgical Oncology, Baystate Health; Adjunct Professor, Biology, UMass Amherst. Download profile »

Tobias Baskin Ph.D. Assoc. Professor, Biology, UMass Amherst

Surita Bhatia, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Chemical Engineering, UMass Amherst

Eric L. Bittman, Ph.D. Professor, Biology, UMass Amherst

Barry Braun, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor, Kinesiology, UMass Amherst

John Burand, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor, Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, UMass Amherst

Priscilla M. Clarkson, Ph.D., Dean, Commonwealth College; Distinguished Professor, Kinesiology, UMass Amherst

Giovanna Crisi, M.D. Ph.D. Director, Electron Microscopy and Renal Pathology Service, Co-Director Breast Pathology Service, Baystate Health

Geert De Vries, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology, UMass Amherst

Gerald B. Downes, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Biology, UMass Amherst

Todd Emrick, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Polymer Science and Engineering, UMass Amherst

Rafael Fissore DVM, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor Veterinary and Animal Sciences, UMass Amherst

Katherine V. Fite, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology, UMass Amherst

Neil Forbes, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, UMass Amherst. Download profile »

Nancy G. Forger, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology, UMass Amherst

Lila M. Gierasch, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst

David J. Gross, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst

Hiromi Gunshin, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Nutrition, UMass Amherst

Joseph Hamill, Ph.D., Professor, Kinesiology, UMass Amherst

Jean Hardy, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Chemistry, UMass Amherst

Daniel Hebert, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst

Michael Henson, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering, UMass Amherst

Abigail M. Jensen, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Biology, UMass Amherst

D. Joseph Jerry, Ph.D., Professor, Veterinary and Animal Sciences, UMass Amherst; Director, Breast Cancer Working Group, PVLSI.
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Gary Kamen, Ph.D., Professor, Kinesiology, UMass Amherst

Rolf Karlstrom, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Biology, UMass Amherst

Jane Kent-Braun, Ph.D., Professor, Kinesiology, UMass Amherst

Luis A. Moral, M.D., Director, Autopsy/Neuropathology, Baystate Health

James D. Mueller, M.D., Chief, Div. of Molecular Genetics and Pathology Research, Baystate Health

John Nambu, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Biology, UMass Amherst

Barbara A. Osborne, Ph.D., Professor, Veterinary and Animal Sciences, UMass Amherst

Christopher N. Otis, M.D., Director, Surgical Pathology and Immunohistochemistry, Baystate Health

Sandra L. Petersen, Ph.D. Professor, Biology, UMass Amherst

Susan C. Roberts, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Chemical Engineering, UMass Amherst

Vincent Rotello, Ph.D., Professor, Chemistry, UMass Amherst

Sallie Smith Schneider, Ph.D. Research Scientist, PVLSI; Adjunct Research Asst. Professor, Veterinary and Animal Sciences, UMass Amherst. Download profile »

Lawrence M. Schwartz, Ph.D., Science Director, CEAR and PVLSI; Professor, Biology, UMass Amherst. Download profile »

Rong Shao, M.D., Ph.D., Research Scientist, PVLSI; Adjunct Research Asst. Professor, Veterinary and Animal Sciences, UMass Amherst. Download profile »

Hava Siegelmann, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Computer Science, UMass Amherst

J. Enrique Silva, M.D., Chief, Endocrinology, Baystate Health; Adjunct Professor, Biology, UMass Amherst. Download profile »

Janice C. Telfer, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Veterinary and Animal Sciences, UMass Amherst

Lynmarie Thompson, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Chemistry, UMass Amherst

Melissa Troester, Ph.D. Asst. Professor, School of Public Health, UMass Amherst. Download profile »

Christopher L. Woodcock, Ph.D., Gilbert Woodside Professor, Biology, UMass Amherst

R. Thomas Zoeller, Ph.D., Professor, Biology, UMass Amherst