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Centers at University of Maryland
note: all email addresses end with .umd.edu unless otherwise indicated.
Program Areas of Expertise Phone Email
Agricultural and Resource Economics Department Environmental and natural resource economics, production economics and sustainable agriculture, and international development. 301-405-1293 caggour@arec.
Animal and Avian Sciences Department Aquaculture, applied animal behavior and welfare, biometrics, cell biology and biochemistry, equine, food safety and food products, dairy and livestock production systems, nutrition, poultry production, physiology, growth and development, reproduction. 301-405-1366 chelms@
Aquatic Pathobiology Center Pathogenesis of cell injury, carcinogenesis, environmental and comparative pathology, molecular biology, immunology and aquaculture science. 301-405-6808 akane@ umaryland.edu
Arabidopsis thaliana Research Initiative at UM (ATRIUM) Completion of the genome sequence, extensive mutant collections (including the most complete collection of loss-of-function mutations available in any multicellular organism), extensive databases and other powerful genetic tools. 301-405-1645 hsze@
Auditory Neuroethology Laboratory Auditory information processing, spatial perception and sensorimotor integration in vertebrates, using the echolocating bat as a model system. 301-405-2085 cc117@umail.
Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics Program (BEES) Behavior, ecology, evolution and systematics. 301-405-4552 BEESgrad @deans.
Biological Resources Engineering Dept. Relationships between mankind, other living things, and the environment; biomedical engineering, urban wildlife management, water resources engineering . 301-405-1193 fw4@umail.
Biology Department Neurobiology, physics, development, ecology, evolution, behavior, evolutionary developmental biology. 301-405-6887  
Biomaterials Laboratory Use of the principles of both engineering and life sciences to develop biomaterials which improve the quality of life of ill or injured patients.  301-405-7475 jpfisher@
Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Department Molecular evolution, genetics, immunology and virology 301-405-5435 ia1@umail.
Center for Auditory and Acoustic Research (CAAR) Experimental and theoretical investigation of the auditory system and acoustic signal processing. 301-405-6596 shantanu@isr.
Center for Biodiversity Origins and maintenance of biodiversity. 301-405-8941 sv47@umail.
Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Bioinformatics, computational biology. 301-405-6722 joseph@umiacs.
Center for Biomolecular Structure and Organization Biomolecular structure and organization. 301-405-2416 gl48@umail.
Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing Evolutionary and comparative approach to develop a better understanding of the function of auditory systems and the origins of vertebrate hearing. 301-405-5925 dooling@psyc.
Center for Environmental Energy Engineering Environmentally responsible, economically feasible distributed energy conversion systems for buildings and transportation. 301-405-5286 raderm@
Center for Government and Corporate Veterinary Medicine Diagnosing, preventing, and treating diseases of food, companion, and sporting animals 301-314-6820 PSL@
Center for Neural and Cognitive Sciences (NACS) Neural and cognitive sciences. 301-405-0069 ac61@umail.
Chemical Engineering Department Chemical engineering. 301-405-1935 barbari@glue.
Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Analtyical, environmental, biochemical, materials, inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. 301-405-1795 mdoyle3@
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Civil and environmental engineering. 301-405-7768 haghani@
Cognitive Motor Behavior Laboratory Neural and higher-level mechanisms underlying the selection, planning, learning, initiation, and execution of movement. 301-405-2450 hani@
Computer Science Department Computer science. 301-405-2661 csgradof@cs.
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Program (Biology Department) Ecology, evolution and behavior. 301-405-6942 wilkinso@
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Electrical and computer engineering. 301-405-3683 marcus@eng.
Entomology Department Entomology. 301-405-3911 cmitter@
Evolutionary Developmental Biology Program (Biology Department) Evolutionary developmental biology. 301-405-6884 jeffery@
Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) Ensuring a safe, wholesome food supply as well as providing the infrastructure for contributions to national food safety programs and international food standards. 301-405-8382 jifsan@umail.
Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) Computer vision and graphics, parallel and distributed computing, human-computer interaction, computational linguistics, etc. 301-405-6722 info@umiacs.
Institute for Physical Science and Technology Chaotic dynamics, chemical physics, optical physics, space and upper atmospheric physics, scientific computation, and statistical physics. 301-405-4874 cgoebele@ipst.
Institute for Systems Research Connecting, understanding and controlling the physical world. 301-405-6615 abed@isr.
Laboratory for Automation Psychology and Decision Processes Cognitive processes involved at the human/computer interface. 301-405-5938 lapdp@lap.
Laboratory of Comparative Psycho-acoustics Hearing in birds, effects of noise on birds' hearing. 301-405-5940 bbrittanpowell @psych.
Laboratory of Comparative and Functional Neuroanatomy Comparative and functional neuroanatomy. 301-405-5874 brauth@psyc.
Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Sciences Program Oceonography, ecology, environmental molecular biology/biotechnology, environmental chemistry, fisheries science, environmental science. 301-405-6938 paynter@
Maryland Center for Agro-Ecology Enhancing Maryland's farms, forests and other "working lands" through research, education and policy programs 410-827-6202 kmiller5@
Materials and Nuclear Engineering Department Materials and nuclear engineering. 301-405-5208 rbriber@
Mathematics Department Mathematics 301-405-5048 pmf@math.
Mechanical Engineering Department Mechanical engineering. 301-405-5297 abc@
Meteorology Department Meteorology. 301-405-5391 russ@atmos.
Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture Department Plant sciences, soil sciences, landscape architecture. 301-405-1306 nrslweb@umail.
Neural Systems Laboratory Processing and recognition of complex sounds and speech in the auditory nervous system 301-405-6596 sas@isr.
Neurobiology, Biophysics and Development Program (Biology Department) Neurobiology, biophysics, development. 301-405-6887 jeffery@
Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) Program Neuroscience and cognitive science. 301-405-8910 ap17@umail.
Physical Chemistry Program (Chem. and Biochem. Dept.) Physical chemistry. 301-405-1795 mdoyle3@
Plant Nematology Laboratory Plant parasitic nematodes, root-knot nematode, soybean cyst nematode. 301-405-7877 sardanelli@
Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH) Technology commercialization, strengthening of companies, catalyzing new ventures in Maryland. 301-314-3906 schurr@eng.
Biomolecular Engineering Graduate Certificate Program (MTECH) A 12-credit graduate certificate program focused on the application of engineering principles to biotechnology. Courses cover cellular and molecular bioengineering, advanced topics and experiments in biomolecular and biochemical systems, quantitative systems biology, and bioseparation technology 301-405-0362 enpm-program @eng.
Bioprocess Scale-Up Facility (MTECH) Development and Scale-up of biotech products and processes. 301-405-3909 woodard@
Maryland Biotechnology Program Bioprocessing facilities and services, graduate degree programs, and training and consulting for Maryland companies. (MTECH) 301-405-7806 sybert@
Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) Accelerates the commercialization of technology in Maryland by providing matching funds for collaborative R&D projects between companies and University System of Maryland faculty. (MTECH) 301-405-3891 marthac@
Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology (CONS) Program (Biology Dept.) Sustainable development and conservation biology. 301-405-7409 consoffc@umail.
(Back to top) II. Centers at the Biotechnology Institute (UMBI)    Note: All email addresses end with .umd.edu unless otherwise indicated.
Program Areas of Expertise Phone Email
Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) Biotechnology: biosystems, marine biotechnology, human virology, medical biotechnology. 301-990-4800 devcomm@umbi.
Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB) (part of UMBI) Structure, function, design and evolution of biological macromolecules 301-738-6272 devcomm@umbi.
Center for Agricultural Biotechnology Engineering of mycoviruses for purposes of understanding and controlling fungal pathogenesis 301-405-0334 nuss@umbi.
Center for Biosystems Research (CBR) (part of UMBI) Biotechnology with innovation in bioprocess engineering 301-405-1581 nuss@umbi.
Center of Marine Biotechnology (COMB) (part of UMBI) Application of the tools of modern biology and biotechnology to study, protect and enhance marine and estuarine resources. 410-234-8896 zohar@umbi.
Institute of Human Virology (IHV) (part of UMBI) The linking of basic research, population studies and clinical research in an effort to discover new ways to diagnose and treat viral diseases. Development of new treatments, cures, and, ultimately, prevention of chronic viral diseases 410-706-8614 coleman@umbi.
Medical Biotechnology Center (MBI) (part of UMBI) Molecular medicine through biotechnology, e.g. biodefense, fluorescence, cell structure and development, molecular cardiology, computational biology, nanotechnology, neurodegenerative diseases, prion diseases, molecular medicine, etc. 410 706-8181 lederer@umbi.