Faculty, Postdocs, and Staff

Meet Our Faculty

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Bryan Ballif

Professor

Bballif@uvm.edu (802) 656-1389

Antonio Cepeda-Benito

Professor • Chairperson Interim

acepeda@uvm.edu (802) 656-2671
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Kristin Bishop

Lecturer

kristin.bishop-von-wettberg@uvm.edu (802) 656-4282

Sara Helms Cahan

Howard Professor of Natural History • Associate Vice-President for Research

Scahan@uvm.edu (802) 656-2962
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Jan Decher

Adjunct Research Associate

jan.decher@uvm.edu
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Bin Deng

Research Professor

bin.deng@uvm.edu (802) 656-5099

Alicia Ebert

Associate Professor

alicia.ebert@uvm.edu (802) 656-0458

Nicholas J. Gotelli

University Distinguished Professor of Biology • George H. Perkins Professor of Zoology

nicholas.gotelli@uvm.edu (802) 656-0450
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Ryann Guayasamin

Lecturer

Ryann.Guayasamin@uvm.edu (802) 656-4585

Linden Elizabeth Higgins

Senior Lecturer

Linden.Higgins@uvm.edu (802) 656-9598
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Ying Wai Lam

Research Associate Professor

ying-wai.lam@uvm.edu (802) 656-4709

M. Elise Lauterbur

Assistant Professor

mlauterb@uvm.edu

Brent L. Lockwood

Associate Professor

bllockwo@uvm.edu (802) 656-1321

Ellen Martinsen

Lecturer • Vertebrate Collections Manager

Ellen.Martinsen@uvm.edu
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Laura J. May-Collado

Associate Professor

Lmaycoll@uvm.edu (802) 656-4138
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Emily Mikucki

Lecturer

Emily.Mikucki@uvm.edu (802) 656-0613
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John Mitchell

Senior Lecturer

john.mitchell@uvm.edu (802) 656-0454

Joaquin Nunez

Assistant Professor

joaquin.nunez@uvm.edu (802) 656-8286
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Melissa Pespeni

Associate Professor

melissa.pespeni@uvm.edu (802) 656-0628

Rachel Plouffe

Lecturer

Rplouffe@uvm.edu (802) 656-0705
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Molly Stanley

Assistant Professor

molly.stanley@uvm.edu (802) 656-4086

Leo Tsz Ho Tang

Assistant Professor

leo.tang@uvm.edu
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Jim O. Vigoreaux

Breazzano Family Green and Gold Professor

jim.vigoreaux@uvm.edu (802) 656-4627
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Sarah Wittman

Senior Lecturer

Sarah.Wittman@uvm.edu (802) 656-7708

Professors Emeriti

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Alison K. Brody

Professor Emerita

alison.brody@uvm.edu
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Eugene Delay

Associate Professor Emeritus

eugene.delay@uvm.edu
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Rona Delay

Associate Professor Emerita

rona.delay@uvm.edu
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George Happ

Professor Emeritus

george.happ@uvm.edu

Bernd Heinrich

Professor Emeritus

bernd.heinrich@uvm.edu

Judith Van Houten

University Distinguished Professor Emerita

judith.vanhouten@uvm.edu
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Bill Kilpatrick

Professor Emeritus

c-william.kilpatrick@uvm.edu

Richard Landesman

Associate Professor Emeritus

richard.landesman@uvm.edu
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Joe Schall

Professor Emeritus

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Lori Stevens

Professor Emerita

lori.stevens@uvm.edu

Junji Yano

Research Assistant Professor Emeritus

junji.yano@uvm.edu

Post-Doctoral Associates

Nasreen Zeeba Broomand

Post Doctoral Associate

Nasreen.Broomand@uvm.edu

Victoria Marie Glynn

Post Doctoral Associate

Victoria.Glynn@uvm.edu

Matthew Kling

Post Doctoral Associate

Mkling@uvm.edu

Emily Longman

Post Doctoral Associate

Emily.Longman@uvm.edu

Daniel Sadler

Post Doctoral Associate

Daniel.Sadler@uvm.edu

Staff

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StaffPosition TitleMarsh Life Science
Office Building/Room		Office Phone
Alvarez-Ortiz, PedroBCOR Academic CoordinatorJeffords 107A69976
Apjohn, JacobLab/Research Technician222 
Audette, KaylaLab/Research Technician  
Bora, KatieLab Research Technician113A60455
Burnham, PhillipInfo Tech Assist/Programmr  
Duncan, KarenSPA Post Award AdministratorAvailable via Teams68645
Hill, KaseyFinancial Analyst/Manager  
Merrill, NathanielAcademic Lab Coordinator218A69010
Newman, LauraStudent Services Specialist107A Jeffords69976
Portela, MichaelCAS Administrative Coordinator120 
Rajendran, VanithaSuppt Facility Coordinator12060436
Skelton, ZacharyLab/Research Technician222 
Skelton, ZoeLab/Research Technician Sr007 
Vaccaro, MayaLab/Research Technician  
Zoller, KaitlynLab/Research Technician208 

Graduate Students

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Graduate StudentsPosition TitleMarsh Life Science
Office Building/Room		Office Phone
Amissah, CarlosGraduate Rsrch/Teach Asst  
Arntsen, ChristianGraduate Rsrch/Teach Asst  
Austin, MaiaGraduate Rsrch/Teach Asst21764138
Bean, TaylorGraduate Teaching Asst  
Camber, BenjaminGraduate Rsrch/Teach Asst  
Coero Borga, IlariaGraduate Rsrch/Teach Asst  
Dombrowski, EmilyGraduate Teaching Asst  
Ellis, GwenGraduate Teaching Asst  
Griggs, ErickaGraduate Rsrch/Teach Asst  
Guillemin, JacquelineGraduate Teaching Asst  
Hall, AlisonGraduate Teaching Asst  
MacLeod, CollinGraduate Teaching Asst  
McCracken, AndrewGraduate Rsrch/Teach Asst32661722
Ni, GeorgeGraduate Teaching Asst21160451
O'Connor, MeganGraduate Teaching Asst  
O'Leary, ThomasGraduate Teaching Asst20262921
Oppenheimer, FrancesGraduate Teaching Asst  
Paredes, LeslieGraduate Teaching Asst  
Penados Richter, DanielGraduate Rsrch/Teach Asst  
Petak, CsengeGraduate Teaching Asst32661722
Recchia, BenjaminGraduate Teaching Asst  
Schmidt, AnnaGraduate Rsrch/Teach Asst  
Stover, SarahGraduate Teaching Asst  
Takahashi, AmaneGraduate Assistant