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Executive Committee

Kate Beard-Tisdale

Kate Beard-Tisdale

Digital libraries; spatial uncertainty; geographic information systems (GIS)

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Email: beard@spatial.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2147

Keith Hutchison

Keith Hutchison

genomics, gene expression, nuclear organization

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Email: keithh@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2827

Barbara Knowles

Barbara Knowles

Embryonic Development, Oocyte to Embryo Transition, Tolerance to Tumor Antigens

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Email: bbk@jax.org

Robert Lad

Robert Lad

materials science, ceramics, thin film synthesis, surface characterization, sensors

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Email: rjlad@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2257

Don Wojchowski

Don Wojchowski

Issues in hematopoietic cell growth and development.

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Email: wojchd@mmc.org
Phone: (207) 885-8258

Core Faculty

Susan Ackerman

Susan Ackerman

Neurodegeneration, Neurodevelopment

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Email: susan.ackerman@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6494

Carol Bult

Carol Bult

Comparative Genomics, Genome Informatics, Large-scale Mutagenesis Informatics, Biological Databases

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Email: cbult@spatial.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2143

Gary Churchill

Gary Churchill

Statistical Genetics, QTL Analysis

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Email: garyc@jax.org

Scott Collins

Scott Collins

MEMS, nanofabrication, micromechanical components, microphotonic devices

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Email: scott.collins@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2269

Max Egenhofer

Max Egenhofer

Spatial reasoning; geographic database systems; user interfaces for geographic information systems (GIS); mobile computing

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Email: max@spatial.maine.edu

Eva Eicher

Eva Eicher

Reproductive Abnormalities, Gonad Development, Sex Determination, Ovarian Cancer

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Email: eva.eicher@jax.org

Robert Friesel

Robert Friesel

Growth factors (FGFs), signal transduction, vascular biology, skeletal development, cancer

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Email: friesr@mmc.org
Phone: (207) 885-8147

Thomas Gridley

Thomas Gridley

Birth defects, Developmental mutants, Notch signaling pathway in development and disease, Snail family genes, cardiovascular development

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Email: tom.gridley@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6237

Mary Ann Handel

Mary Ann Handel

Spermatogenesis, Testis Development, Infertility Genetic Models

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Email: maryann.handel@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6778

Simon John

Simon John

Glaucoma

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Email: swmj@jax.org

Carol Kim

Carol Kim

Zebrafish, zebrafish disease, disease modeling, infection

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Email: carolkim@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2803

Mohamad Musavi

Mohamad Musavi

Neural networks; fuzzy systems; digital image processing and computer vision

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Email: musavi@eece.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2243

Jürgen Naggert

Jürgen Naggert

Neural Control of Metabolic Diseases

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Email: jkn@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6382

David Neivandt

David Neivandt

Determination of the orientation and conformation of interfacial species; surface spectroscopies/microscopies; model cellular membranes; biological and chemical sensors

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Email: dneivandt@umche.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2288

Luanne Peters

Luanne Peters

Erythrocyte and Platelet Disorders

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Email: luanne@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6391

Martin Ringwald

Martin Ringwald

Gene Expression Database

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Email: ringwald@informatics.jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6436

Derry Roopenian

Derry Roopenian

Immunobiology, autoimmune disease genetics, therapeutic antibodies

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Email: dcr@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6396

Rosemary Smith

Rosemary Smith

Microfluidic instruments for biomolecular analysis, microsensors, biomedical microdevices

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Email: rosemary.smith@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-3361

Rebecca Van Beneden

Rebecca Van Beneden

Environmental Oceanography, Environmental Toxicology, Marine Molecular Genetics, Tumorigenesis, Molecular Carcinogenesis in Aquatic Organisms, Marine Biology

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Email: rebeccav@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2602

Associate Faculty

Yaacov Barak

Yaacov Barak

Diabetes, Embryonic Development, Adipogenesis, Gene Regulation

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Email: yaki.barak@jax.org
Phone: 207-288-6704

Robert Burgess

Robert Burgess

Neurodevelopment, Synapse Formation

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Email: robert.burgess@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6706

Joel Graber

Joel Graber

computational biology bioinformatics genomics mRNA processing gene expression polyadenylation posttranscriptional gene processing

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Email: jhgraber@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6782

Clarissa Henry

Clarissa Henry

Cell and molecular biology of segmentation and muscle development in Zebrafish

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Email: Clarissa.Henry@umit.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2816

Sam Hess

Sam Hess

Super-Resolution Microscopy, Instrumentation Development, Biomembrane Organization, and Influenza

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Email: sam.hess@umit.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-1036

Andre Khalil

Andre Khalil

Analysis, Wavelets, Fractals, Image Analysis

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Email: akhalil@jax.org
Phone: 207-581-3911

Lucy Liaw

Lucy Liaw

Vascular development and remodeling

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Email: liawl@mmc.org
Phone: (207) 396-8142

Volkhard Lindner

Volkhard Lindner

Blood vessels and the factors that control the growth of cells in the vessel wall

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Email: lindnv@mmc.org
Phone: (207) 885-8143

Paul Millard

Paul Millard

biosensors, microbial pathogen detection

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Email: paul.millard@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2265

Kevin Mills

Kevin Mills

DNA Repair, Genome stability, and Cancer

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Email: kevin.mills@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6821

Anja Nohe

Anja Nohe

Image correlation spectroscopy, surface spectroscopy/microscopy, bio-molecular kinetics and dynamics, signal transduction, biological membranes, bone and joint development, nano-particles, molecular diffusion

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Email: Anohe@umche.maine.edu
Phone: 581-2270

Leif Oxburgh

Leif Oxburgh

Understanding the regulation of progenitor cells that give rise to the adult kidney, and manipulating these pathways to promote regeneration of the organ following injury or disease.

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Email: oxburl@mmc.org
Phone: (207) 885-8115

Mauricio Pereira da Cunha

Mauricio Pereira da Cunha

Biosensors; microfluidic devices and systems; new piezoelectric materials and acoustic wave devices for military electronic systems; Microwave Acoustic Devices; High Frequency RF Devices; Wireless Communication; Signal Processing; High Temperature Acoustic Wave Sensors and materials

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Email: mdacunha@eece.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2384

Lindsay Shopland

Lindsay Shopland

Genome Structure and Function Within the Nucleus

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Email: lss@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6739

Touradj Solouki

Touradj Solouki

breath analysis, breath, portable analytical detectors

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Email: solouki@maine.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-1172

Carl Tripp

Carl Tripp

surface chemistry, infrared/Raman spectroscopy, nanoparticles, organic thin films, colloids, biointerfaces

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Email: ctripp@maine.edu
Phone: (207 581-2235

Tom Wheeler

Tom Wheeler

Intelligence, Software Engineering Environments, Programming Languages, Formal Specification and Verification, Software Interfacing and Interoperability, Distributed Systems, Modeling and Simulation, Computer Aided Design

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Email: wheeler@umcs.maine.edu
Phone: 207 581-3937

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