Associate professor, molecular evolution Providence College Phone: 401.865.2158 (office) x 1604 (lab) Email: earevalo@providence.edu Research Elisabeth Arevalo is interested in many aspects of evolutionary biology, including phylogenetics, speciation, and social evolution. She has combined field observations and molecular techniques to address questions in a phylogenetic framework. She used lizards and wasps as model organisms and has […]

 Associate marine research scientist | professor-in-residence | supervisor, Marine Science Research Facility URI Graduate School of Oceanography Phone: 401.874.6216 Email: lmaranda@uri.edu Research Lucie Maranda’s areas of interest include: algal blooms, anti-fouling treatments, biofouling, biology, ecosystem dynamics, fouling dynamics, microbial ecology, phytoplankton ecology, and suboxic ecology. In the marine environment, biofouling is the natural settlement of live organisms […]

Professor, biology Brown University Phone: 401.863.2890 / 401.863.1063 Email: David_Rand@Brown.EDU Research David Rand interested in how natural selection acts on genes and genomes. One major focus of his research is how the mitochondrial genome and its interactions with the nuclear genome influence animal performance, evolutionary fitness, and aging. A second major interest is how thermal […]

Associate professor, biology and biomedical sciences Salve Regina University Phone: 401.341.3165 Email: jd.swanson@salve.edu Research J.D. Swanson’s research lab works primarily on cell-cell communication, using raspberry and blackberry prickles, human stomach cancer cells and algal blooms as models. The goal of his research is to address the big picture question of relationship vs. form/function, by way of comparing across […]

Dean, Business, Science and Technology Community College of Rhode Island Phone: 401-825-2147 Email: pwoodberry@ccri.edu Biography Peter Woodberry is responsible for seven academic departments, including the natural sciences, business, computer studies, engineering and technology. In the natural sciences, he oversees CCRI’s Associate in Science (AS) in Science, the AS in Chemical Technology and a Certificate in Biotechnology.  He also chairs several college-wide committees, including […]