Shared Core Research Facilities

UMBC provides easy access to a variety of shared core facilities. Please use the links below to learn more about the capabilities of each facility and contact the listed person for scheduling and pricing and to discuss your specific research needs.

Three researchers—a Black woman, an East Asian woman, and a White man—smile for a photo in a laboratory filled with scientific equipment, chemical bottles, and storage boxes.
Molecular Characterization and Analysis Complex (MCAC)
Meyerhoff Chemistry Building, Room 006
Dr. Cynthia Tope Niedermaier
College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
mcac@umbc.edu
410-455-2815

Keith R. Porter Core Imaging Facility  
Dr. Tagide deCarvalho
College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
tagided@umbc.edu
410-455-2296

High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)
Roy Prouty
Assistant Director of Research Computing
Division of Information Technology
proutyr1@umbc.edu
443-617-5771

A man wearing safety goggles uses a torch to heat and shape clear glass in an industrial workshop.Research Animal Center
Sridhar Saminemi
Director of Veterinary Management
saminemi@umbc.edu
410-455-3428

Aquaculture Research Center (ARC)
IMET, Baltimore Inner Harbor
John Stubblefield
Institute of Marine Biotechnology
stubblef@umbc.edu
410-234-8824

A man stands in the center of a large, circular aluminum rig mounted with dozens of digital cameras pointing inward, located within a brightly lit laboratory or studio.Glass Shop
Anthony Baney
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
abaney@umbc.edu
410-455-2966

Photogrammetry Facility
Dr. Marc Olano
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
olano@umbc.edu
410-455-3094