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Leonard Kass

Leonard Kass

Editorial Board Member
University of Maine USA Member since 2018

Biography

Leonard Kass graduated from the University of Illinois with degrees in physics, chemistry, biochemistry and physiology (special distinction). His doctorate research in physiology was conducted at the Eye Research Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. Having been awarded Grass and National Research Service Award (NIH Postdoctoral) Fellowships, his subsequent professional appointments have been in colleges of engineering, liberal arts and sciences, and natural sciences and forestry; departments of biology, physiology, physics, zoology, and, currently, in a school of biology and ecology. He has conducted research for 40 years in diverse fields within zoology and the life sciences. He has well over 30 peer-reviewed publications, including Nature and Science (cover photograph and lead article). He has functioned as a reviewer for several highly respected scientific journals. Although he has broad overall knowledge in the sciences, with concentration in the life sciences, his research interests and publications have been in the areas of animal behavior, ecology, cell and molecular biology, and neurobiology. He has received individual and collaborative grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Health, and the National Eye Institute. Dr. Kass has taught for three decades at undergraduate and graduate levels, winning teaching awards at the departmental, college, and university levels in areas as diverse as physics, biophysics, general biology, anatomy and physiology, cell and molecular biology, and neurobiology and behavior. He has held positions in leadership roles at various times during his academic and professional career. Dr. Kass present position is as tenured professor at the University of Maine.

Research Interests

Physiology Zoology Biology Behavior Ecology Cell and Molecular Biology Neurobiology Biophysics Evolution

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