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Faculty & Staff

UMass Boston’s School for the Environment is home to more than 400 environmental science, marine science, urban planning, sustainability, and community development faculty, post-docs, staff, graduate, and undergraduate students. Below you will find contact information for core and research faculty (those whose primary home is the School for the Environment), affiliate faculty (those whose secondary home is the School for the Environment), adjunct faculty (those whose affiliation is outside of the University of Massachusetts Boston), and the School’s staff, including those directly supporting institutes, centers, and facilities.

Core, Research, and Practice Faculty

• Adenrele Awotona, Professor, Sustainable Urban Development, School for the Environment
• Mark Borrelli, Director and Associate Scientist, CaPE Lab
• Robert Bowen, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy and Management, School for the Environment
• Bob Chen, Interim Dean, School for the Environment
• Steve Curwood, Professor of Practice in Environmental Communications
• Ellen Douglas, Professor of Hydrology, School for the Environment
• John Duff, Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, School for the Environment
• Lorena Estrada-Martínez, Assistant Professor of Environment and Public Health, School for the Environment
• Eugene Gallagher, Associate Professor of Benthic Ecology and Statistics, School for the Environment
• Richard Hung, Associate Professor of Economic Development, School for the Environment
• Karen H. Johannesson, Professor of Geochemistry, School for the Environment
• Beth Kaplin, Research Professor of Biodiversity, School for the Environment
• Paul Kirshen, Professor of Climate Adaptation, School for the Environment
• Scott Kraus, Vice President and Senior Science Advisor, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life
• Tim Lam, Assistant Research Professor, School for the Environment
• ZhongPing Lee, Professor of Optical Oceanography, School for the Environment
• Molly Lutcavage, Research Professor, School for the Environment
• Jonathan Mandelman, Vice President and Chief Scientist, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life
• Georgia Mavrommati, Assistant Professor of Ecological Economics, School for the Environment
• Travis McCready, Professor of Practice of Economic Development, School for the Environment
• Helen C. Poynton, Associate Professor of Molecular Ecotoxicology, School for the Environment
• Antonio Raciti, Assistant Professor of Ecological Design, School for the Environment
• Kenneth Reardon, Professor of Urban Planning, School for the Environment
• Karen Ricciardi, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies
• William E. Robinson, Professor of Environmental and Aquatic Toxicology, School for the Environment
• Crystal Schaaf, Professor of Remote Sensing/GIS, School for the Environment
• C. Eduardo Siqueira, Associate Professor of Environment and Public Health, School for the Environment
• Elizabeth L. Sweet, Assistant Professor of Equitable and Sustainable Development
• Michael Tlusty, Associate Professor of Sustainability and Food Solutions, School for the Environment
• Juanita Urban-Rich, Associate Professor of Zooplankton Ecology, School for the Environment
• Jianwei Wei, Research Assistant Professor of Ocean Color Remote Sensing
• Jack Wiggin, Professor of Practice in Coastal Urban Planning
• Alan G. Wiig, Assistant Professor, School for the Environment
• Stephanie Wood-LaFond, Lecturer in Biology Department; Research Assistant Professor of Seal Biology, School for the Environment
• Zong-Guo Xia, Professor of Geography, School for the Environment

Affiliated Faculty

• Jarrett Byrnes, Assistant Professor of Biology - Marine Ecology; Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function; Climate Change Ecology.
• Amy Den Ouden, Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts
• Jose E. Martinez-Reyes, Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and School for the Environment
• Lisa Rivera, Associate Professor
• Maureen Scully, PhD Program Director, Associate Professor of Management, College of Management
• David Terkla, Professor of Economics and Dean, College of Liberal Arts
• David Timmons, Associate Professor of Economics, College of Liberal Arts
• Roberta L. Wollons, Professor of History, College of Liberal Arts
• Douglas Woodhams, Assistant Professor of Biology - Disease Ecology.
• Lap-Fai (Craig) Yu, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, College of Science and Mathematics
• J. Cedric Woods, Director, Institute for New England Native American Studies
  Director, Critical Ethnic and Community Studies Program

Adjunct and Instructional Faculty

• Michael Armstrong, Adjunct Professor, School for the Environment
• Jennifer Bender, Aquaculture Education Coordinator, School for the Environment
• Robert Brock, Adjunct Professor, School for the Environment
• Michael E. Brookfield, Adjunct Professor of Geology, School for the Environment
• Vijaya Jyoti, Lecturer, School for the Environment
• Jeff Licht, Adjunct Professor, School for the Environment
• David Merwin, Lecturer, School for the Environment
• Luke Simpson, Adjunct Professor, School for the Environment
• Jun Zhu, Lecturer, School for the Environment
• Douglas Zook, Associate Lecturer, School for the Environment
• Peter Schneider, Professor of Practice, Office of Environmental Health and Safety 
• Stephanie Wood-LaFond, Lecturer in Biology Department; Research Assistant Professor of Seal Biology, School for the Environment

Staff

• Alan Abend, Assistant Dean, School for the Environment
• Elizabeth Boyle, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, School for the Environment
• Paula Cameron, Office Manager, School for the Environment
• Rebecca Herst, Research Fellow, School for the Environment
• Helenmary Hotz, Director, Academic Labs, School for the Environment
• Schanna James, Business Manager, School for the Environment
• Allison Novelly, Research Analyst, Urban Harbors Institute
• Jolanda Omari, Administrative Assistant, School for the Environment
• Francesco Peri, Research Engineer and Project Manager, School for the Environment
• Kimberly Starbuck, Senior Research Associate, Urban Harbors Institute
• Kristin Uiterwyk, Director, Urban Harbors Institute, School for the Environment
• Yvonne Vaillancourt, Director, Nantucket Field Station, School for the Environment