Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)

INVEST Leadership and Staff

Sara Helms Cahan

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

Scahan@uvm.edu
Expertise

Social insect ecology, ant species, entomology, UVM natural history collections. 

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Christopher Berger

Dean, Graduate College and Postdoctoral Studies • Professor, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Christopher.Berger@uvm.edu
Expertise
Corine Farewell

Corine Farewell

Director

Corine.Farewell@uvm.edu
Expertise
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Polly Ericksen

Director, Food Systems Research Institute • Research Professor, Community Development and Applied Economics

Polly.Ericksen@uvm.edu
Expertise

Agriculture, food systems, global environmental change, livestock animals, smallholder farming, international policy. 

Alexa Woodward, Executive Director of the Vermont Complex Systems Center

Alexa Woodward

Executive Director, Vermont Complex Systems Center

alexa.woodward@uvm.edu
Expertise
Yuri Hudak

Yuri Hudak

Director, Center for Biomedical Innovation

yuri.hudak@uvm.edu
Expertise

Mechatronic Systems Design, Medical Technology Development, Biomechanics, Medical Image Analysis Algorithms, Deep Learning