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Located in western Massachusetts, UMass Amherst is the flagship campus of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' five-campus University of Massachusetts system. UMass Amherst is a nationally recognized teaching and research institution with a current enrollment of about 28,500 students.
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Muzzo Uysal
Carney Family Endowed Professor of Hospitality & Tourism Management
Muzzo Uysal is an expert on tourism demand/supply interaction, tourism marketing, and quality of life research in tourism.
Tipping Quality-of-Life (QOL) Research in Hospitality and Tourism Tourist Demand Estimation Tourism Development Tourism Impacts International Hospitality and Tourism Tourism & Hospitality
Laura Vandenberg
Associate Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Research and Engagement and Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Laura Vandenberg looks at how exposures to plastics, and other chemicals especially early in life, can predispose individuals to diseases.
Plastics and Human Health Endocrine Disruptors Plastic Exposure Developmental Biology Hazard Assessment Chemical Exposure
Marta Vicarelli
Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Marta Vicarelli's research focuses on the risks and the socioeconomic impacts of climate variability and climate change.
Economics of Sustainability Political Economy of the Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Economics Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change
Lucy Xiaolu Wang
Assistant Professor of Resource Economics
Economics of innovation & digitization in health care markets, particularly in the biopharmaceutical & digital health industries.
Industrial Organization Innovation Economics Health Economics Public Finance
Isabella Weber
Associate Professor of Economics
Economist Isabella Weber has gained international attention and accolades for her ground-breaking ideas on price controls and inflation.
Price Caps Seller's Inflation Inflation History of Economic Thought
Katherine Whitaker
Associate Professor of Astronomy
Kate Whitaker is an observational extragalactic astronomer who studies galaxy formation and evolution at the very edges of the universe.
Detection of Dead Galaxies Galaxy formation and evolution Astronomy
Jennifer Whitehill
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management
Jennifer Whitehill’s research centers on preventing injuries from a variety of mechanisms among youth and young adults.
Injury Prevention and Substance Use Cannabis Policy Injury Prevention Substance Use Mobile Technology and Health (mHealth)
Jun Yao
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jun Yao has made international news for his discovery of how to create power from the humidity in air.
Synthesis of Nanomaterials Green Electronics Nanoelectronic Devices and Sensors Bioelectronic Interfaces and Wearable Devices Electricity from Air
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