Profiles

Faculty

Faculty Profiles

Daniel Schmidt

Associate Professor, Plastics Engineering
Daniel Schmidt and his team have identified an alternative to BPA.
Ardeth Thawnghmung

Political Science
When Ardeth Thawnghmung of the political science department teaches international relations, her students will be learning from someone with real hands-on experiences.
Linda Williams

Criminology and Justice Studies
Williams has spent decades studying family violence, violence against women, and child sexual abuse. Her recent work includes a study of commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth and domestic and international trafficking of humans.
Ashleigh Hillier

Psychology
Ashleigh Hillier’s work in the areas of neuropsychology, psychophysiology and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is cutting-edge, interesting and extraordinarily beneficial to young people in the community and beyond.
Joey Mead

Plastics Engineering
For most of her professional life, Prof. Joey Mead has been interested in plastics.
Joshua Dyck

Co-director, Center for Public Opinion
Joshua Dyck is an expert in political and public-opinion polling, elections and campaigns, and national and state politics.
Susan Braunhut

(Honorary University Professor, 2008-2011) Biological Sciences
Susan Braunhut has researched limb regeneration and developed the smart bandage, among other medical devices.
Chad Montrie

History
For someone who wasn’t born and bred in Lowell, Prof. Chad Montrie has a strong kinship for the Mill City. Montrie, a native of Louisville, Ky., saw the opportunity to work at UMass Lowell as a golden one. “I really can’t see myself anywhere else,” he says.
Lisa Abdallah

Nursing
Lisa Abdallah loves the Merrimack Valley. When the Lawrence native heard of a faculty opening with UMass Lowell’s School of Nursing in 2003, she didn't have to think twice.
Mignon Duffy

Sociology
Mignon Duffy researches paid care work and authored "Making Care Count: A Century of Gender, Race and Paid Care."
David Martins, ’79

Music Performance
Professor David Martins was one of the first two students to graduate from the Masters in Music Performance program. He liked the department so much that he’s been a faculty member for more than 30 years.
Pauline Ladebauche

Assistant Dean, College of Health Sciences
Pauline Ladebauche creates a positive educational experience for all Health Sciences students.
Laura Punnett

Work Environment, Center for Public Health in the New England Workplace
University Professor Laura Punnett heads the Center for Public Health in the New England Workplace, one of four CDC national Centers for Excellence of the NIOSH Total Worker Health(TM) program.
Meg Bond

Psychology Department
Meg Bond is co-principle investigator for the NSF Advancing STEM Women in the Academy grant.
Maureen Stanton

English
Award-winning Assoc. Prof. Maureen Stanton shares her love of storytelling with students in writing classes.
Xinwen Fu

Computer Science, i-SAFER
Xinwen Fu is spearheading efforts to help protect the country’s national cyber infrastructure.
Stefanie Tate

Manning School of Business
Stefanie Tate brings a competitive skater’s dedication and passion for her work to the classroom.
Steven Tello, ’80, ’02

Assoc. Vice Chancellor, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development; Assoc. Prof. Management and Entrepreneurship
Steven Tello credits UMass Lowell with providing the education, skills and confidence he needed to accomplish significant success in his lifetime.
Wael Kamal

Digital Media Program, Art
As director of the Digital Media program and art lecturer, Wael Kamal helps students learn skills needed to share stories and break barriers in a global world.
Kay Doyle

Clinical Laboratories and Nutritional Sciences
Prof. Kay Doyle has always been driven to help students succeed.
Robert Giles, ’86

Physics & Applied Physics, Submillimeter Wave Technology Lab Professor, Chair, Director
Bob Giles' Submillimeter Wave Technology Laboratory brings in $5 million per year and his biomedical imaging research will help cancer patients, but its his work in Haiti that is close to his heart.
Thomas B. Shea

Director, Center for Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Research
Tom Shea's research looks at ways to prevent or slow down brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and ALS.
Thomas Wilson, ’87

Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences, Biomedical Engineering
Thomas Wilson researches the study of micronutrients on inflammation and the development of nanotechnology in the use of drug and nutrient delivery systems and bioavailability.
May Futrell

School of Nursing
As a young nursing student on hospital duty, May Futrell was struck by the neglect of elderly patients, which ultimately defined her career and helped implement the first graduate program in the U.S. to educate primary-care gerontological nurse practitioners.
Keith Mitchell

English
Keith Mitchell’s search for a university that challenged him as a teacher and scholar as well as offered a diverse campus community ended when he visited UMass Lowell in 2004.
Javier Horta

Clinical Laboratory & Nutritional Sciences
Javier Horta understands that today’s students are practically born with technology at their fingertips. In his Physiological and Organic Chemistry courses, he continues to innovate and utilize new technologies to help his student learn.
Jie Wang

Computer Science
Jie Wang enjoys teaching computer science at UMass Lowell and likes the freedom of doing research in a university environment.
Arno Minkkinen

Art, Photography
Fans of Prof. Arno Minkkinen’s iconic photography may be surprised to know that the camera was not his first artistic love affair.
Silas Laycock

Lecturer Physics & Applied Physics, Director of UMass Lowell Astronomical Observatory
Silas Laycock researches black holes, neutron stars and time-domain astrophysics.
Frank Talty

Co-director, Center for Public Opinion
Frank Talty, whose experience spans law, politics and Irish history, is a popular source during election season.

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