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Membership Directory

This directory includes brief vitae of the members of VASE, outlining their expertise and interests, and providing contact information.  Please note that some vitae may not be current.

Full Name
Field
Focus
Inducted
John Abele
Medical Devices and Education
Founder, Boston Scientific
2011
Christopher Allen
UVM: Chemistry
Professor Emeritus
Briar L. Alpert
Analytical Life Science & Diagnostics
Former CEO, BioTek Instruments
2006
Steven W. Arms
Mechanical Engineering
Founder, Microstrain, Inc.
2007
Bryan A. Ballif
Developmental Neurobiology
Professor
2020
Alan K. Betts
Physics
Climate Science
2002
Bruce D. Beynnon
Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Professor
2012
Ernest B. Blood
2010
Edwin G. Bovill
UVM: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Professor Emeritus
2008
John Bramley
UVM: Animal Science, Provost
Professor Emeritus
2004
Matthias Brewer
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Professor & Chemistry Dept. Chair, UVM
2023
Alain J. Brizard
St. Michael's College: Physics
Plasma Physics and Mathematical Physics
2010
Ralph Budd
2024
John M. Burke
Cell and Molecular Biology, and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Emeriti Faculty
1998
Jan Carney
2024
Frances Carr
Pharmacology
Endocrine Cancer
2020
Gary Carver
Optical Science
Multispectral Imaging of Materials
Marilyn J. Cipolla
Neurological Sciences and Electrical, Bio-Medical Engineering
PhD: Professor and Chair Dept. Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
2023
Kyle Clark
Engineering
Electrical Aviation
2020
Dennis P. Clougherty
Physics
Theoretical Physics
John Cohn
Computer & Electrical Engineering/STEM Outreach
Chief Scientist - IBM
Mary Cushman
Hematology
Professor of Medicine
2020
Kirk Dombrowski
2024
Sylvie Doublié
UVM: Structural Biology, DNA Repair
Professor
2013
Peter Dreissigacker
2024
Dick Dreissigacker
2024
Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux
Climatology
Climatology, Climate Change and Education
2015
Jeff Finkelstein
Engineering
President, Microprocessor Designs
Ted B. Flanagan
2002
Christopher Francklyn
Biochemistry
Protein Synthesis and Neurodevelopment
2020
Naomi K. Fukagawa
Colchester Research Facility
Emeriti Faculty
2008
Richard A. Galbraith
2003
Suresh Garimella
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
2019
Greg George
Mechanical Engineering
Electro/opto-mechanical systems
2020
Nicholas J. Gotelli
Biology
Professor
2013
Noah Graham
Physics
Theoretical and Computational Physics
Richard M. Greenwald
Engineering
Medical Devices, Biomedical Engineering
2006
David Harame
2015
Bernd Heinrich
Biology
Professor of Biology, emeritus, UVM
1997
Peter Heinz
Engineering
Semiconductor Tooling
1998
Edith D. Hendley
Molecular Physiology
Professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, emerita, UVM
2002
Randall Holcombe
Oncology
2022
Judith Van Houten
Biology
Distinguished Professor of Biology, emerita, UVM
Alan Howe
2024
Emmett Hughlett
Electrical Engineering
2006
David Japikse
Concepts NREC
1999
Scott Johnson
2024
Robert J. Johnson
UVM
Emeriti Faculty
2011
William E. Geiger, Jr.
Chemistry
Research Affiliate
2009
Howard Kalter
Engineering
Semiconductor Technologies, Circuit Design Chip Architectures,
1997
David Kaminsky
Beth Kirkpatrick
Infectious Disease
Professor and Chair
2021
Steve Knowlton
Auburn University: Physics
Professor
2014
Louis M. Larosiliere
Elliott Group, Ebara Corp
Senior Consulting Engineer
2012
Mark Levine
Infectious Disease
Commissioner- VT Dept. of Health
2020
Matthys Levy
Engineering
Structures & Forensics
2024
Jane Barbara Lian
Biochemistry
Professor, Biochemistry
2016
Wolfgang K. Liebmann
1996
Matthew Liptak
2024
Richard L. Page, M.D.
Cardiology
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
2020
Patricia L. Manley
Geology/Geophysics
Professor Emeritus
2005
Kenneth G. Mann
UVM
Professor Emeritus
1996
Jeff Marshall
2024
Dwight E. Matthews
Chemistry
Bioanalytical Chemistry, Mass Spec., Omics
2007
David Maughan
2004
Michael Metz
Engineering
Materials Science, Metallurgist, Entrepreneur
2020
Paul Millman
Photonics
2023
Brooke T. Mossman
Pathology
Professor of Pathology, emerita, UVM
2000
Mark T. Nelson
Biology
Physiology, Pharmacology, Neuroscience
1998
John O'Meara
2015
Colin Osborne
Aerospace Engineering
Chief Engineer - Concepts NREC
2007
Leslie Parise
Biology
Microbio & Molec Genetics
2021
Giuseppe Petrucci
Analytical Chemistry
Professor
2021
George F. Pinder
Environmental Engineering
Distinguished Professor
2007
Donna M. Rizzo
Engineering
Artificial Intelligence; Surface & Groundwater Remediation
2016
Alan S. Rubin
UVM: Medicine and Psychiatry
Linda Schadler
Engineering & Math
Dean, UVM College of Engineering and Math
2022
Daniel Scharstein
Computer Science
Computer Vision
2009
Sallie P. Sheldon
2006
Grace Spatafora
Microbial Genetics
Dean and Distinguished Professor
2008
Janet Swinehart Stein
UVM: Biochemistry
Professor
2016
Gary S. Stein
Cancer Biology
Professor/Chair Biochemistry
Regina Toolin
STEM Education
Associate Professor of STEM Education
2022
Paula B. Tracy
UVM
Retired Faculty
2003
Jim Vigoreaux
Biology
Professor of Molecular Physlgy & Biophysics Animal and Veterinary Sciences
2015
Susan S. Wallace
Cancer Biology
Distinguished Professor
1996
Gary E. Ward
Cell Biology
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
2009
David M. Warshaw
Muscle Biology
Distinguished Professor
1999
Rory Waterman
Inorganic Chemistry
Professor
2019
Daniel J. Weiss
Cell and Molecular Biology & BioEngineering
Professor, University of Vermont
2023
William T. Wickne
2002
Frank Winkler
Middlebury College: Physics
Professor Emeritus
2005
Richard Wolfson
MIddlebury College
Tsukasa Yoshinaka
2005
Deceased Members
Dr. Norman R. Alpert (1996)
Dr. John A. Bevan (1999)
Dr. Dale Critchlow (1996)
Robert C. Dean, Jr. (2023)
Dr. Paula Fives-Taylor (1996)
L. Frederick Hackett (2018)
Dr. Mahlon Hoagland (1996)
John R. Hughes (2000)
Mr. Edwin E. Kintner(1997)
Dr. Andrew Paul Krapcho (2024)
Dr. Martin E. Kuehne (2017)
Dr. Jerold F. Lucey (2017)
Dr. Wesley L. Nyborg (1997)
Dr. Henry M. Paynter
Dr. Burton E. Sobel (1996)
Dr. Junru Wu (2022)
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