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Jeff Frolik is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at UVM's College
of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.
A faculty member of the College's Sensor Networks and Wireless Workgroup, he is the inventor of an in situ response analysis system for mechanical systems and the co-inventor of a wireless-sensor based snowpack monitoring system.
Jean Harvey-Berino is
Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences and
Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont.
Based on a distinguised career in clinical obesity research, Jean founded VTrim, a unique, behavioral weight-loss program, offered through facilitator-led in-person and online classes, that has been shown to result in an average weight loss of 24 pounds over 6 months.
Yvonne
Janssen-Heininger is a professor in the Department of Pathology.Her
research focuses on the role of lung epithelial cells in asthma and related
lung disorders, with specific interest in the molecular mechanisms of NO2-induced
cell death, allergic airway disease in the mouse, nitrogen dioxide and the
aggravation of inflamation, and inflamation and muscle wasting.
Yvonne's inventions include methods for detecting glutathionylated proteins and nitrosylated proteins. She describes her inventions in this video.
The
research group of Giuseppe
Petrucci is committed to the development
and application of technology for the analysis of organic aerosols, with
a focus on the use of analytical chemistry to address relevant issues regarding
environmental and human health.
Recent major developments in the Petrucci laboratory include the demonstration of PhotoElectron Resonance Capture Electron Ionization mass spectrometry (PERCI-MS) for the chemical characterization of organic aerosols at the molecular level and Electrostatic Particle Deposition Exposure System (EPDExS) for the noninvasive, reproducible in vitro dosing of pulmonary cells with aerosols. The particle exposure system is available for licensing.
Jeff Spees, Assistant
Professor of Medicine, has been working with other research
faculty to create a stem cell center at UVM.
He also provides expertise in
stem cell biology and isolates, cultures, characterizes and provides stem
cells used for research.
Jeff's research interests are cell fusion and the effects of factors secreted by bone marrow stem cells on the growth and support of native adult cardiac stem cells, with the goal of determining whether they will initiate repair in the heart. His technique for protecting tissues from injury in myocaridal infarction is currently available for licensing.
Chris
Landry, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Science, conducts
research in the rapidly emerging field of materials chemistry. His focus
on nanoporous materials includes collaboration with colleagues in the UVM
College of Medicine to develop mesoporous silica as a molecular delivery
device.
Current research includes a long-term study to examine the fate of APMS in vivo in mice and the possible use of a modified form of mesoporous silica in biomedical applications that could benefit from increased molecular transfer, such as gene therapy.