Research Directory

Below is a directory of NSM research faculty at Wesleyan, listed by department. The designation 'summer mentor' indicates their student(s) participated in the Research in Science Summer Program within the last five years. 

College of Integrative Sciences

Phil Arevalo 

  • mathematical modeling
  • computational biology
  • genetics
  • computational biology
  • Summer mentor
  • parevalo@wes, x2080 
  • Hall-Atwater Labs, 165-C

Kelly Thayer

  • Computational molecular biophysics
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Markov State Models
  • sector analysis and machine learning/AI 
  • CIS workshops
  • Summer mentor
  • kthayer@wes, x2017
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 37

 College of Design and Engineering Studies

 Elizabeth Chang-Davidson

  • Mechanical engineering
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Directed energy deposition process
  • echangdavids@wes, x2026
  • Exley Science Center 547

 Daniel Moller

  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • dmoller@wes, x3195
  • Exley Science Center 553

 Christopher Weaver

  • Interactive media in education and simulation
  • Computational media
  • cweaver@wes, x2518
  • Exley Science Center 545

 Astronomy

Meredith Highes

  • Planet formation
  • Planetary science
  • WesWIS (Wesleyan Women in Science)
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • amhughes@wes, x3667
  • Van Vleck Observatory 109

Roy E. Kilgard

  • X-ray binary populations
  • Intermediate-mass black holes
  • Structure and evolution of active galactic nuclei
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor 
  • rkilgard@wes, x3664
  • Van Vleck Observatory B-3

Edward Moran

  • Intermediate-mass black holes
  • Structure and evolution of active galactic nuclei
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • emoran@wes, x3739
  • Van Vleck Observatory 104

Seth Redfield

  • Transiting exoplanets
  • Local interstellar medium
  • Planetary science
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • sredfield@wes, x3669
  • Van Vleck Observatory 101

Sarah Wellons

  • Galaxy formation theory
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • swellons@wes, x2540
  • Van Vleck Observatory 105

Biology

Gloster Aaron

  • Neurobiology and behavior
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • gaaron@wes, x3197
  • Shanklin Labs 211

Barry Chernoff

  • Genomics
  • Fishes
  • Environmental Biology
  • Summer mentor
  • bchernoff@wes, x2452
  • Exley Science Center 331
  • College of the Environment (COE)
  • 284 High Street

Fred Cohan

  • Microbial ecology and evolution
  • Origins of bacterial diversity
  • Genome evolution
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • fcohan@wes, x3482
  • Shanklin Labs 207

Joe Coolon

  • Ecology, evolution, and population biology
  • Genetics
  • Integrative genomic sciences
  • Molecular biophysics
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • jcoolon@wes, x2552
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 123

Ni Feng

  • Neurobiology and behavior
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • nfeng@wes, x3518
  • Shanklin Labs 302

Ruth Johnson

  • Morphogenesis
  • Cell biology
  • Developmental biology
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • rjohnson@wes, x2963
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 212

Laverne Melón

  • Neurobiology and behavior
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • lmelon@wes, x3489
  • Shanklin Labs 311

Jennifer Mitchel

  • Cell biology
  • Neurobiology and behavior
  • Bioengineering
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • jmitchel@wes, x3238
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 208 

Michael Signer

  • Ecology, evolution, and population biology
  • Summer mentor
  • msinger@wes, x2548
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 259

Sonia Sultan

  • Ecology, evolution, and population biology
  • Summer mentor
  • sesultan@wes, x3493
  • Shanklin Labs 311

Boris Tezek

  • Developmental biology
  • Cell fate decisions
  • Organ development
  • Reptiles
  • CIS affiliate
  • btezak@wes, x3232
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 254

Michael Weir

  • Computational biology
  • Molecular genetics
  • Integrative genomic sciences
  • Molecular biophysics
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • mweir@wes
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 114

Chemistry

Michael Calter

  • Computational chemistry
  • Drug design
  • Organic chemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • mcalter@wes, x2633
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 129

Michelle Chen

  • Physical chemistry
  • Organic chemistry
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • mchen2@wes, x2727
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 024

Ben Elling

  • Organic chemistry
  • Polymer chemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • belling@wes, x2699
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 135

Carlos Jimenez-Hoyos

  • Computational chemistry
  • Physical chemistry
  • Summer mentor
  • cjimenezhoyo@wes x2728
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 029

Brian Northrop

  • Synthetic chemistry
  • Organic materials
  • Computational chemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • bnorthrop@wes
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 39

Alison O'Neil

  • Biochemistry / biophysics
  • Neurodegenerative disease
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • aoneil@wes, x2615
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 22

Colin Smith

  • Biochemistry / biophysics
  • Computational chemistry
  • Physical chemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • csmith06@wes, x3274
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 130

Erika Taylor

  • Biochemistry / biophysics
  • Computational chemistry
  • Drug design
  • Organic chemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • eataylor@wes, x2739
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 142

David Westmoreland

  • Inorganic chemistry
  • Physical chemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • westmoreland@wesx2743
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 132

Computer Science

Norman Danner

  • Program analysis, especially as applied to privacy
  • Programming Languages and static cost analysis
  • Summer mentor
  • ndanner@wes, x2185
  • Exley Science Center, 629

Daniel Krizanc

  • design and analysis of algorithms
  • distributed computing
  • networking
  • computational biology
  • informatics and modeling
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • dkrizanc@wes, x2186
  • Exley Science Center, 631

Dan Licata

  • programming languages
  • functional programming
  • homotopy type theory
  • logic
  • category theory
  • Summer mentor
  • dlicata@wes, x2250
  • Exley Science Center 633 

James Lipton

  • computational logic and logic programming
  • categorical logic and higher-order constraint logic programming
  • calculus
  • Summer mentor
  • jlipton@wes, x2188
  • Exley Science Center, 635

Victoria Manfredi

  • computer network behavior
  • machine learning
  • network analysis
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • vumanfredi@wes, x2194
  • Exley Science Center, 627

Sonia Roberts

  • knitting
  • soft robotics
  • CoDES affiliate
  • sfroberts@wes
  • Exley Science Center, 622

Sebastian Zimmeck

  • information privacy and security
  • Applied Computational Data Analysis
  • Summer mentor
  • szimmeck@wes
  • Exley Science Center, 645

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Raquel Bryant

Martha Gilmore

  • Long Island Sound Studies
  • Planetary science
  • Summer mentor
  • mgilmore@wes, x3129
  • Exley Science Center, 429

James Greenwood

  • Biogeochemistry
  • Planetary science
  • Summer mentor
  • jgreenwood@wesx2743
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 132

Timothy Ku

  • Biogeochemistry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • tcku@wes, x2265
  • Exley Science Center

Suzanne OConnell

  • Geoscience education
  • Paleoclimatology
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • soconnell@wes, x2262
  • Exley Science Center, 431

Helen Poulos

  • Plant ecology
  • Fire Ecology
  • Climate Change
  • Forests and Global Change
  • Plant Ecophysiology
  • Summer mentor
  • hpoulos@wes, x4205
  • 284 High Street, 304

Phillip Resor

  • Geoscience education
  • Structural geology & tectonophysics
  • Summer mentor
  • presor@wes, x3139
  • Exley Science Center, 441

Dana Royer

  • Fossil plants and ancient climates
  • Summer mentor
  • droyer@wes, x2836
  • Exley Science Center, 445

Mathematics

Ilesami Adeboye

  • hyperbolic geometry
  • complex hyperbolic geometry
  • projective geometry
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • iadeboye@wes, x3857
  • Exley Science Center, 647

Wai Kiu Chan

  • arithmetic theory of quadratic forms
  • algebraic groups
  • lattices in Euclidean spaces
  • modular forms
  • Summer mentor
  • wkchan@wes, x2197
  • Exley Science Center, 617

Karen Collins

  • Edward Burr Van Vleck Professor of Mathematics
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • kcollins@wes, x2169
  • Exley Science Center, 615

David Constantine

  • differential geometry
  • geometric flows
  • rigidity theory
  • metric geometry
  • dconstantine@wes, x2167
  • Exley Science Center, 609

Cameron Hill

  • CIS affiliate
  • cdhill@wes, x2183
  • Exley Science Center, 6th Floor

Mark Hovey

  • stable homotopy theory
  • homological algebra
  • algebraic topology
  • CIS affiliate
  • mhovey@wes, x2337
  • North College, 321

Alex Kruckman

  • mathematical logic
  • model theory
  • Summer mentor
  • akruckman@wes, x2460
  • Exley Science Center, 621

Han Li

  • dynamics on homogeneous spaces
  • harmonic analysis
  • ergodic theory
  • unitary representation theory
  • operator algebras
  • hli03@wes, x2460
  • Exley Science Center, 639

David Pollack

  • arithmetic cohomology of higher rank matrix groups
  • number theory
  • Summer mentor
  • dpollack@wes, x4741
  • Exley Science Center, 651

Felipe A. Ramírez

  • ergodic theory and dynamical systems
  • Diophantine approximation
  • fractal geometry
  • Summer mentor
  • framirez@wes, x3100
  • Exley Science Center, 619

Christopher Rasmussen

  • arithmetic geometry
  • computational number theory
  • crasmussen@wes, x2315
  • Exley Science Center, 613

Emily Stark

  • geometric group theory
  • low-dimensional topology
  • quasi-isometric classification and rigidity
  • notions of commensurability
  • group boundaries
  • surfaces and 3-manifolds
  • estark@wes

Iris Yoon

  • topological data analysis
  • network theory
  • machine learning
  • CIS affiliate
  • hyoon@wes
  • Exley Science Center, 607

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Oriana Fisher

  • X-ray crystallography
  • Bioinorganic chemistry
  • Molecular Biophysics
  • ofisher@wes, x2443
  • Hall-Atwater Labs 228

Scott Holmes

  • Molecular biology
  • Molecular genetics
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • sholmes@wes, x3557
  • Shanklin Labs 109

Amy MacQueen

  • Molecular biology
  • Cell biology
  • Cellular imaging
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • amacqueen@wes, x2561
  • Hall-Atwater Labs, 238

Rich Olson

  • Molecular biophysics
  • Crystallography
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • rolson@wes, x3070
  • Hall-Atwater Labs, 224

Tere Padilla-Benavides

  • Molecular biology
  • Transition metals
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • tpadillabena@wes, x2284
  • Hall-Atwater Labs, 234

Physics

Reinhold Blumel

  • Experimental condensed matter and biophysics
  • Experimental atomic and molecular physics
  • Theoretical and computational physics
  • Engineering

Tsampikos Kottos

  • Theoretical and computational physics
  • Mathematics
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • tkottos@wes, x2036
  • Exley Science Center, 251

Grace McKenzie-Smith

  • Biological physics
  • Computational physics
  • Summer mentor
  • gmckenziesmith@wes, x2046
  • Exley Science Center, 231

Renee Sher

  • Experimental condensed matter and biophysics
  • Environmental studies
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • msher@wes, x2033
  • Exley Science Center, 239

Francis Starr

  • Theoretical and computational physics
  • Engineering
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • fstarr@wes, x2044
  • Exley Science Center, 227

Brian Stewart

  • Experimental atomic and molecular physics
  • Environmental studies
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • bstewart@wes, x2054
  • Exley Science Center, 237

Greg Voth

  • Experimental physics
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Soft and active matter
  • Fluid Engineering
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • gvoth@wes, x2035
  • Exley Science Center, 229

Psychology

Hilary Barth

  • Cognitive Development Labs (CDL)
  • Summer mentor
  • hbarth@wes, x2468
  • Judd Hall, 204

Lisa Dierker

  • Education studies
  • Summer mentor
  • ldierkerr@wes, x2137
  • Judd Hall, 302

Royette Dubar

  • Sleep and Psychosocial Adjustment Lab (SPA)
  • Summer mentor
  • rtdubar@wes, x2206
  • Judd Hall, 106

Barbara Juhasz

  • Eye Movement and Reading Lab
  • Neuroscience and behavior
  • Education studies
  • Civic engagement
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • bjuhasz@wes, x4978
  • Judd Hall, 508

Kyungmi Kim

  • Memory, Cognition, and Self Lab (MCS)
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • kkim01@wes, x2414
  • Judd Hall, 217

Matthew Kurtz

  • Schizophrenia Cognition Lab
  • Neuroscience and behavior
  • Summer mentor
  • mkurtz@wes, x2072
  • Judd Hall, 314

Alexis May

  • Risk, Prevention, and Intervention Lab (RPI)
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • amay01@wes, x2328
  • Judd Hall, 2o1D

Jill Moreawski

  • Science and Technology Studies
  • Historical dynamics of psychology
  • Gender and race psychology
  • Summer mentor
  • jmorawski@wes, x2344
  • Judd Hall, 317

Andrea Negrete

  • Community-engaged Adolescent Research for Equity (CARE) Lab
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • anegrete@wes, x2868
  • Judd Hall, 404

Andrea Patalano

  • Reasoning and Decision Making Lab (RDM)
  • Neuroscience and behavior
  • Summer mentor
  • apatalano@wes, x2310
  • Judd Hall, 401

Michael Perez

  • Cultural psychology
  • Critical Race Theory
  • CIS affiliate
  • Summer mentor
  • mperez01@wes, x2719
  • Judd Hall, 400

Scott Plous 

  • Social Psychology Network (SPN)
  • Summer mentor
  • splous@wes, x2638
  • Judd Hall, 219

Patricia Rodroguez Mosquera

  • Culture and Emotion Lab
  • Feminist, gender, and sexuality studies
  • Summer mentor
  • prodriguezmo@wesx4958
  • Judd Hall, 503

Charles Sanislow

  • Cognitive Affective Personality Science Lab (CAPS)
  • Neuroscience and behavior
  • Summer mentor
  • canislow@wes, x2750
  • Judd Hall, 306

Anna Shusterman

  • Cognitive Development Labs (CDL)
  • Education Studies
  • Summer mentor
  • ashusterman@wes, x4859
  • Judd Hall, 410

Steven Stemler

  • Psychometric Lab
  • Education Studies
  • sstemler@wes, x2207
  • Judd Hall, 216