Profiles

Research & Scholarship

Research & Scholarship Profiles

Daniel Schmidt

Associate Professor, Plastics Engineering
When Daniel Schmidt first visited the University and learned more about it, he was very impressed with the facilities available in the Plastics Engineering Department as well as its history.
Mallory Hillard, ’11

Community Health & Sustainability
Thanks to UMass Lowell, Hillard says she's found true satisfaction and happiness in her career and in herself.
Xinwen Fu

Computer Science
Asst. Prof. Xinwen Fu is spearheading efforts to help protect the country’s national cyber infrastructure.
Mary-Kathryn Hazel, ’13

History, Political Science minor
At UMass Lowell, Mary-Kate has blossomed as a scholar of history.
Analissa Iversen, ’12

Sociology
Analissa Iversen found an intellectual home in the Sociology Department and became an award-winning student leader.
Mark Lalli, ’12

Chemical Engineering
In just three years, Commonwealth Scholar and UMass Lowell alumni, Mark Lalli graduated with a B.S. in chemical engineering. Because of his research opportunities at the University, he's able to purse a Ph.D. in fall 2012.
Thomas Wilson, ’87

Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences, Biomedical Engineering
When Thomas Wilson graduated from the University’s medical technology program in 1987, little did he know then that he’d return as a researcher and faculty member working side-by-side with his former teachers.
Mignon Duffy

Sociology
Prof. Mignon Duffy is passionate about teaching and inspiring students, and finds that the Sociology Department attracts students who want to make a difference in the world.
Silas Laycock

Lecturer Physics & Applied Physics, Director of UMass Lowell Astronomical Observatory
Physics lecturer Silas Laycock plans to engage with students and faculty to pursue exciting research into black holes, neutron stars and time-domain astrophysics.
Robert Giles, ’86

Physics & Applied Physics, Submillimeter Wave Technology Lab Professor, Chair, Director
To watch Prof. Bob Giles interact with students in the classroom and laboratory, you would never know that he was once a reluctant university educator.
Susan Braunhut

(Honorary University Professor, 2008-2011) Biological Sciences
Students in Prof. Susan Braunhut’s Biology class are fortunate to talk shop; they share ideas and debate real life scenarios.
Ianna Hondros-McCarthy, ’12, ’13

Psychology, English (pre-med), Peace and Conflict Studies
Ianna Hondros-McCarthy knows that you don’t have to travel far, or mortgage your future, to get an excellent education. She says, “Coming to UMass Lowell was the best possible decision for me.”
Neha Manohar, ’14

Chemical Engineering
Through her summer internship at UMass Lowell, Neha Manohar gained hands-on research experience and the opportunity to present her findings at a national meeting of the American Chemical Society.
Meg Bond

Psychology Department
Meg Bond combines her passion for social justice with an equal passion for research, teaching in the renowned Community Social Psychology graduate program.
Jennifer Yee, '13

Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Softball Coach
If there is one motto that Jennifer Yee has always lived by, it’s to be the best and train accordingly.
Thomas B. Shea

Director, Center for Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Research
You can have the best research facilities in the world and still might be missing the essential element to the university experience—the interaction between faculty and students.
Mikhaila Schaefer, ’13

Economics, Math minor
First in her family to attend college, Mikhaila Schaefer likes to work hard, enjoys research and is pleased to be graduating without any debt.

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