University of Massachusetts Amherst

2024 · research · Investigator Profile

Lillian Fritz-Laylin — HHMI Investigator Profile (2024-Present)

Lillian Fritz-Laylin · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute

2024–2026 · research · R21

Super-Resolved Multimodal Imaging Biomarkers for Frontotemporal Dementia

Joyita Dutta · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$268.7k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Plumbing watershed CO2 evasion

Colin Gleason · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Science Foundation

$385.4k

2024–2029 · research · R35

Role of chromatin mechanics in nuclear shape and integrity

Andrew Daniel Stephens · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$384.4k

2024–2029 · grant · Continuing Grant

National Science Foundation Expeditions in Computing for Computational Decarbonization of Societal Infrastructures at Mesoscales

Prashant Shenoy · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Science Foundation

$6M

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: The genomics of host-specific response and adaptation in the parasitic agricultural pest, Cuscuta

Ana Caicedo · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Science Foundation

$599.7kPlant Parasitism and Resistance

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: HNDS-I: NewsScribe - Extending and Enhancing the Media Cloud Searchable Global Online News Archive

Ethan Zuckerman · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Science Foundation

$78k

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Priming abstract modal representations in causatives and (other) modals

Shota Negishi · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Science Foundation

$15.5k

2024–2029 · research · R01

Innate sensing of M. tuberculosis by alveolar macrophages

Alissa Chen Rothchild · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$447kTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

2024–2028 · cooperative agreement · Cooperative Agreement

ART: Facilitating Impactful New Entrepreneurs to Accelerate Research Translation (FINE ART)

Peter Reinhart · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Science Foundation

$6M

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Exploiting the paradoxical effect of surface roughness on the interfacial pinning of colloids to engineer stimuli responsive emulsions

Peter Beltramo · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Science Foundation

$412k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

FMRG: Eco: Carbon-Inverted Manufacturing of Inverted Cements (CIMIC)

Guoping Zhang · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Science Foundation

$3M

2024–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Expansion of Political Participation of Young Adults in Urban Communities

Elizabeth Krause · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Science Foundation

$31.5k

2024–2027 · research · R33

Develop and validate demineralized bone paper-based human bone metabolic and senolytic assays

Jungwoo Lee · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$394.5k3D Printing in Biomedical Research

2024–2029 · research · R35

Biophysics and Cell Biology of Meso-scale Gap Closure

Yubing Sun · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$391.2k

2024–2027 · research · R21

The Role of Oligodendrocytes in Cognitive Decline after Alcohol and Aging

Heather Noël Richardson · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$187.9k

2024–2027 · research · R61

A Portable Fluorescence Lateral Flow Device for Self-Testing of HIV

Nianqiang Wu · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$426.4k

2024–2029 · research · R01

Serum PFAS and risk of fracture and bone loss

Katherine Whitney Reeves · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$1M

2024–2027 · research · R00

Development of edible sorbent therapies to mitigate dietary exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Meichen Wang · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$480.9k

2024–2027 · research · R00

Triclosan, pubertal hormones, and the gut microbiome: implications for neurobehavior

Hannah Elizabeth Laue · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$494.4k

2024–2027 · research · R33

Develop and validate demineralized bone paper-based human bone metabolic and senolytic assays

Jungwoo Lee · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$396.3k

2024–2029 · research · R35

Rapid Culture-Independent Detection of Sepsis Causing Microorganism Directly from Blood

Chang Liu · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$406k

2024–2027 · research · R33

Flexible bioelectronics platform converging capillary-like delivery network and sensing feedback network for improving cardiac tissue engineering

Jun Yao · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$470.5k

2024–2029 · research · R35

Role of chromatin mechanics in nuclear shape and integrity

Andrew Daniel Stephens · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$386.2k

2024–2026 · research · R21

Super-Resolved Multimodal Imaging Biomarkers for Frontotemporal Dementia

Joyita Dutta · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$205.1k

2024–2027 · research · R21

Dissecting inter-region communication in human organoid models with dual-color optogenetic probes

Guangyu Xu · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$223.2k

2024–2027 · research · R21

HearEase: A Candidacy Tool for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

Jasleen Singh · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$199.2k

2024–2029 · research · R01

Innate sensing of M. tuberculosis by alveolar macrophages

Alissa Chen Rothchild · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$456k

2024–2027 · research · R01

MFB: Fluidics system for efficient site-specific labeling of RNAs

Craig T Martin · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$421.6k

2024–2029 · research · R01

Genomics-guided sleep biomarker discovery for early Alzheimer's disease: A wearables study

Joyita Dutta · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$772.9k

2023 · research · Cooperative Agreements and Special Projects (Education)

Question Everything 2023

Ned Markosian · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Endowment for the Humanities

$15k

2023–2025 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Safe and Efficient Robot Learning from Demonstration in the Real World

Scott Niekum · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Science Foundation

$221.9k

2023–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

eMB: Collaborative Research: New mathematical approaches for understanding spatial synchrony in ecology

Jonathan Machta · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Science Foundation

$57.7kAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies

2023–2026 · research · R01

Fixed-Target Platforms for Time-Resolved Crystallography

Sarah Louise Perry · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$315.1kEnzyme Structure and Function

2023–2026 · research · R21

Perfluoroalkyl substances and breast cancer tissue biomarkers

Katherine Whitney Reeves · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$405.3kPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research

2023–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: HCC: Designing Visualizations to Support Critical Thinking and Calibrated Trust in Data

Ya Yang Xiong · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Science Foundation

$538.4kData Visualization and Analytics

2023–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Fluid-Structure Interactions of Ultrasoft Shape-Morphing Membranes

Varghese Mathai · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Science Foundation

$554.2kBiomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms

2023–2025 · fellowship · F31

Locus coeruleus ensembles in active avoidance and reward seeking

Ellen Marie Rodberg · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$49kNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

2023–2028 · research · R35

Discovering and Exploiting Caspase Regulatory, Allosteric and Exosites

Jeanne Ann Hardy · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$389.4kCell death mechanisms and regulation

2023–2025 · research · R21

Hospital quality, processes of care, and racial disparities in birth mode for individuals with a prior cesarean

Laura B Attanasio · University of Massachusetts Amherst · funded by National Institutes of Health

$201.8kMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions