Email
terric@wpi.edu
Office
60 Prescott St., 2nd floor, Graduate and Professional Studies
Phone
+1 (508) 8315380
Affiliated Department or Office
Chemical Engineering
Education
PhD Environmental Engineering Pennsylvania State University 2000
MS Environmental Engineering University of Arizona 1997
BS Chemical Engineering University of Rochester 1995
BS Environmental Science University of Rochester 1995

Terri A. Camesano has been the Dean of Graduate Studies at WPI since 2014, and was the inaugural full-time Dean of Graduate Studies. In her current role, she oversees Graduate Admissions, Graduate Student Professional Development, Online Graduate Education, and Professional Education. Dean Camesano is also the primary advocate for our 2000+ graduate students, and oversees Master's, PhD, and Certificate programs in all areas of Engineering, Arts & Sciences, and Business. Dean Camesano is also faculty in Chemical Engineering, and has been at WPI since 2000. 

Email
terric@wpi.edu
Affiliated Department or Office
Chemical Engineering
Education
PhD Environmental Engineering Pennsylvania State University 2000
MS Environmental Engineering University of Arizona 1997
BS Chemical Engineering University of Rochester 1995
BS Environmental Science University of Rochester 1995

Terri A. Camesano has been the Dean of Graduate Studies at WPI since 2014, and was the inaugural full-time Dean of Graduate Studies. In her current role, she oversees Graduate Admissions, Graduate Student Professional Development, Online Graduate Education, and Professional Education. Dean Camesano is also the primary advocate for our 2000+ graduate students, and oversees Master's, PhD, and Certificate programs in all areas of Engineering, Arts & Sciences, and Business. Dean Camesano is also faculty in Chemical Engineering, and has been at WPI since 2000. 

Office
60 Prescott St., 2nd floor, Graduate and Professional Studies
Phone
+1 (508) 8315380
Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being

SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

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SDG 4: Quality Education

SDG 4: Quality Education - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

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SDG 5: Gender Equality

SDG 5: Gender Equality - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

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SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

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SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

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SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions - Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

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Research Interests
Bacterial adhesion
Biofilms
Biomaterials
Atomic force microscopy

Scholarly Work

The Camesano lab has published extensively on bacterial adhesion, antimicrobial peptides, and atomic force microscopy applied to biomedical and environmental publications. Our publications have been featured in high-impact journals, such as Biomacromolecules, Biointerphases, Langmuir, and Colloids and Surfaces.

Featured publications:

Differentiating antimicrobial peptides interacting with lipid bilayer: Molecular signatures derived from Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring, Wang, K.F., Nagarajan, R., and T.A. Camesano. Biophysical Chemistry, 2015, 196: 53-67; DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2014.09.003 2014

Cranberries and their bioactive constituents in human health. Jeffrey B Blumberg, Terri A Camesano, Aedin Cassidy, Penny Kris-Etherton, Amy Howell, Claudine Manach, Luisa M Ostertag, Helmut Sies, Ann Skulas-Ray, Joseph A Vita. Advances in Nutrition 4 (6), 618-632, 2013 2013

 

Professional Highlights & Honors
ACE Fellow, 2022 - 2023
American Council on Education
Elected to MA Fulbright Board, 2024 - 2025
Fulbright
Fulbright Scholar, International Education Administrators Seminar, France, 2018
Chairman’s Exemplary Faculty Prize, WPI, 2014
Principal Investigator, IGERT: Training Innovative Leaders in Biofabrication, 2012-2020, 2012
From 2012-2020, I led a group of faculty and graduate trainees in our NSF IGERT program. This highly interdisciplinary graduate training program supported 20 PhD students in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biology & Biotechnology, Physics, and Interdisciplinary Studies.
HERS Faculty Fellow - (HERS Wellesley Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, 2011-2012, 2011
ELATE Fellow (Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and Engineering), 2012
Sigma Xi Junior Faculty Research Award (WPI Chapter), 2005
Women of Strength Award (WPI and Pratt-Whitney), 2005
NSF Career Award, 2003

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College Town: WPI to Host Women in Data Science Conference

The Telegram & Gazette's College Town led off with news of WPI hosting its second annual Women in Data Science Central Massachusetts Conference, a satellite event coinciding with the annual Global Women in Data Science Conference. 

Patents

Cell-Derived Matrix Scaffold
Other Inventor(s):
Fioleda Prifti, Denis Kole
Marsha Rolle, Tanja Dominko, Terri Camesano