23 faculty and 8 courses in Biochemistry at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- Elizabeth Vierling, Distinguished Professor h-index 76
Primarily in processes that occur post-transcriptionally and post-translationally to regulate cell function. A major component of
Notable: “The Roles of Heat Shock Proteins in Plants” (1991) · 1,447 citations
- Lila M. Gierasch, Distinguished Professor h-index 69
Notable: “Sending Signals Dynamically” (2009) · 514 citations
- Alice Y. Cheung, Distinguished Professor h-index 61
In understanding signaling strategies in plants that support growth and reproduction. A focus area of our work is in understanding the cell-cell communicative processes between male (pollen)-female (pistil) that lead to fertilization. An
Notable: “The FERONIA Receptor Kinase Maintains Cell-Wall Integrity during Salt Stress through Ca2+ Signaling” (2018) · 756 citations
- Hen-Ming Wu, Research Professor h-index 49
Our laboratory share the common focus of dissecting the signal transduction pathways that mediate plant cell responses to external growth and developmental stimuli. One area of our work is understanding the signaling of directional polle
Notable: “The locus of sequence-directed and protein-induced DNA bending” (1984) · 1,455 citations
- Daniel N. Hebert, Professor h-index 44
Notable: “In and Out of the ER: Protein Folding, Quality Control, Degradation, and Related Human Diseases” (2007) · 664 citations
- Li-Jun Ma, Professor h-index 36
Notable: “Prognostic value of a microRNA signature in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a microRNA expression analysis” (2012) · 306 citations
- Jennifer Normanly, Professor, Department Head h-index 32
Notable: “Flavonoids Act as Negative Regulators of Auxin Transport in Vivo in Arabidopsis” (2001) · 810 citations
- Scott C. Garman, Professor h-index 32
Notable: “The Molecular Defect Leading to Fabry Disease: Structure of Human α-Galactosidase” (2004) · 402 citations
- Peter Chien, Professor h-index 31
Notable: “Conformational variations in an infectious protein determine prion strain differences” (2004) · 777 citations
- Jennifer Rauch, Assistant Professor h-index 29
Notable: “LRP1 is a master regulator of tau uptake and spread” (2020) · 561 citations
- Stephen J. Eyles, Extension Professor, Mass Spectrometry Center Director h-index 26
Notable: “Studies of biomolecular conformations and conformational dynamics by mass spectrometry” (2002) · 270 citations
- Alejandro P. Heuck, Associate Professor h-index 25
Notable: “The Mechanism of Membrane Insertion for a Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin” (1999) · 366 citations
- Laura Danai, Senior Lecturer h-index 23
Include: (a) to identify the specific metabolic programs that PDAC cells utilize in vivo and (b) to systematically examine how these metabolic adaptations contribute to PDAC initiation, growth, and metastasis. Publications Sulli
Notable: “Amino Acids Rather than Glucose Account for the Majority of Cell Mass in Proliferating Mammalian Cells” (2016) · 657 citations
- Margaret Stratton, Associate Professor h-index 18
Notable: “A Mechanism for Tunable Autoinhibition in the Structure of a Human Ca2+/Calmodulin- Dependent Kinase II Holoenzyme” (2011) · 271 citations
- ChangHui Pak, Associate Professor h-index 17
Synaptic dysfunction in complex brain disorders Developmental deficits associated with neurodevelopmental syndromes Development of improved human iPSC-based tools We take an integrative approach combining CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, patient
Notable: “Rapid Single-Step Induction of Functional Neurons from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells” (2013) · 1,781 citations
- Eugenia Clerico, Research Associate Professor h-index 15
Notable: “How Hsp70 Molecular Machines Interact with Their Substrates to Mediate Diverse Physiological Functions” (2015) · 321 citations
- Sibongile Mafu, Associate Professor h-index 11
Notable: “To Gibberellins and Beyond! Surveying the Evolution of (Di)Terpenoid Metabolism” (2014) · 304 citations
- Ludmila Tyler, Senior Lecturer II h-index 8
Encompass utilizing the model plant Brachypodium distachyon to investigate the genes controlling agriculturally relevant traits. Native to the Mediterranean region, Brachypodium is a small, annual grass which is more research-tractabl
Notable: “DELLA Proteins and Gibberellin-Regulated Seed Germination and Floral Development in Arabidopsis” (2004) · 628 citations
- DurreShahwar Muhammad, Assistant Professor h-index 7
Notable: “Pirin1 (PRN1) Is a Multifunctional Protein that Regulates Quercetin, and Impacts Specific Light and UV Responses in the Seed-to-Seedling Transition of Arabidopsis thaliana” (2014) · 38 citations
- Becky Miller, Senior Lecturer
. 1) Analyze how students participate in a one semester nonmajors biochemistry course, why students make their specific choices and whether these decisions impact learning. 2) Assess collaboration between STEM faculty and English writing ex
- Dong Wang, Associate Professor
- Elizabeth Mearls, Senior Lecturer
Has been on the process of sporulation, which is used by some bacteria to escape undesirable environments. By forming a metabolically dormant cell type known as a spore, cells can avoid starvation when nutrients are scarce and persist in th
- Gonzalo Gonzalez-Del Pino, Assistant Professor
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.