UMass Boston

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 Faculty

• Bob Chen, Interim Dean, School for the Environment
• Ellen Douglas, Associate Dean, 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
• Jesse Farmer, Assistant Professor of Geology & Paleoclimate, School for the EnvironmentJesse.Farmer
• Eugene Gallagher, Associate Professor of Benthic Ecology and Statistics, School for the EnvironmentEugene.Gallagher
• Richard Hung, Associate Professor of Economic Development, School for the EnvironmentRichard.Hung
• Karen H. Johannesson, Professor of Geochemistry, School for the Environment
• Paul Kirshen, Professor of Climate Adaptation, School for the EnvironmentPaul Kirshen
• Greg Koman, Assistant Professor, School for the EnvironmentGregory.Koman
• Georgia Mavrommati, Assistant Professor of Ecological Economics, School for the EnvironmentGeorgia.Mavrommati
• Helen C. Poynton, Professor of Molecular Ecotoxicology, School for the EnvironmentHelen.Poynton
• Antonio Raciti, Associate Professor of Community Planning and Ecological Design, Department of Urban Planning and Community Development, School for the EnvironmentAntonio.Raciti
• Kenneth Reardon, Professor of Urban Planning, School for the EnvironmentKenneth.Reardon
• Karen Ricciardi, Associate Professor of Mathematics, School for the EnvironmenKaren.Ricciardit
• Crystal Schaaf, Professor of Remote Sensing/GIS, School for the Environment
• Elizabeth L. Sweet, Associate 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
• Zong-Guo Xia, Professor of Geography, School for the Environment

Research and Adjunct Faculty

• Mark Borrelli, Research Faculty, Center for Coastal Studies
• Robert Bowen, Retired Professor, School for the Environment
• Amy Costa, Research Faculty, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
• Steve Curwood, Adjunct Faculty in Environmental Communications
• Robert Brock, Adjunct Faculty, School for the Environment
• Paul DiGiacomo, Adjunct Faculty, School for the Environment
• Beth Kaplin, Research Professor of Biodiversity, School for the Environment
• ZhongPing Lee, Emeritus Professor of Optical Oceanography, School for the Environment
• John Mandelman, Vice President and Chief Scientist, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life
• William E. Robinson, Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Aquatic Toxicology, School for the Environment
• C. Eduardo Siqueira, Professor of Environment and Public Health, School for the Environment
• Luke Simpson, Adjunct Faculty, School for the Environment
• Jianwei Wei, Research Assistant Professor of Ocean Color Remote Sensing
• Timothy Werner, Research & Adjunct Faculty, School for the Environment
• Jack Wiggin, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Urban Planning and Community Development, Senior Research Fellow, Urban Harbors Institute
• Stephanie Wood, Lecturer in Biology and Research Assistant Professor, School for the Environment
• Douglas Zook, Adjunct Faculty, School for the Environment

Instructional Faculty

• Vijaya Jyoti, Lecturer, School for the Environment
• David Merwin, Senior Lecturer, School for the Environment
• Justin Drew, Lecturer, School for the Environment
• Peter Schneider, Lecturer, Office of Environmental Health and Safety 

Affiliated Faculty

• Jarrett Byrnes, Associate Professor of Biology - Marine Ecology; Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function; Climate Change Ecology
• Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli, Associate Professor of Engineering, College of Science and Mathematics
• Michael Johnson, Professor, MPA Graduate Program Director, Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, McCormack Graduate School
• Benyamin B. Lichtenstein, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management
• Jose E. Martinez-Reyes, Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and School for the Environment
• Rosalyn Negrón, Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
• Amy Den Ouden, Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts
• Amit Patel, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, Public Policy PhD Program, Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, McCormack Graduate School
• Lisa Rivera, Associate Professor
• Maureen Scully, PhD Program Director, Associate Professor of Management, College of Management
• David Timmons, Associate Professor of Economics, College of Liberal Artsl
• Roberta L. Wollons, Professor of History, College of Liberal Arts
• Stephanie Wood, Lecturer in Biology and Research Assistant Professor, School for the Environment
• J. Cedric Woods, Director, Institute for New England Native American Studies
  Director, Critical Ethnic and Community Studies Program
• Douglas Woodhams, Associate Professor of Biology - Disease Ecology

Staff

• Alan Abend, Assistant Dean, School for the Environment
• Jennifer Bender, Associate Lecturer and Aquaculture Education Coordinator, School for the Environment
• Elizabeth Boyle, Director, Academic Achievement Service Centre, School for the Environment.
• Paula Cameron, Office Manager, School for the Environment
• Jill Carr, Coastal Data Scientist, Mass Bays, School for the Environment
• Rebecca Herst, Director, Sustainable Solutions Lab
• 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
• Prassede Vella, Senior Scientist, MassBays National Estuary Partnership School for the Environment