Working in Arts and SciencesTo work in the School of Arts and Sciences is to be a member of a diverse and vibrant intellectual community committed to making a positive impact on the world. You work with academically-talented and energetic students, high impact scholars and researchers, dedicated and inspiring teachers, and talented and creative staff members. The School is located on the Medford/Somerville Campus, which is alive with exhibitions, speakers, concerts, and performances. The campus is located less than one mile from Davis Square, an active urban center with cafés, shops, and restaurants, served by the "T", Boston's public transit system. A short subway ride brings you to the attractions and neighborhoods of Cambridge and Boston. |
L. Michael Romero BACKGROUND: Raised in Albuquerque, NM; Ph.D. in biology, Stanford; post-doctoral fellowships from National Science Foundation and American Psychological Association; at Tufts since 1996. CURRENT RESEARCH: Using neuroscience, physiology, and ecology-in the lab and in the field-to learn about stress in vertebrates, specifically how levels of stress-related hormones released in an animal are barometers for how well it is coping with its environment; currently focused on what role those hormones play in survival. WHY TUFTS: "It's rare to find a department where faculty members co-author papers the way we do here. That's because it's rare to find a biology department with such a wide range of faculty as we have-including a physiologist, plant scientist, ecologist, neurobiologist, molecular biologist, geneticist, conservation biologist, and animal behaviorist. Tufts also is unusual in the closeness graduate students have with their advisers; most of our biology labs have only two or three graduate students in them." AFTER-HOURS: "I read science fiction voraciously; I also enjoy hiking, skiing and bridge. |
