Dionne· Fortenberry (2000)  

Department Chair

Professor of Chemistry

 B.Sc., Dillard University (New Orleans, LA)

Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

Research Areas: Nonlinear Dynamics and Polymer Chemistry 

Advising Areas: Chemistry and Pre-health professions 

Teaching Assignments: Introduction to Chemistry, General Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis, Instrumental Analysis 

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Bonnie L. Oppenheimer (1998)

Associate Department Chair

Professor of Mathematics

B.Sc., Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio)

B.M., Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio)

M.A.T., University of Chicago

M.A., Mississippi State University

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Research Area: Teacher Preparation

Advising Areas: Mathematics, Mathematics Education

Teaching Assignments: Intermediate Algebra, Modern Elementary Mathematics, College Algebra, Trigonometry, Precalculus, Calculus, Modern Geometry, Discrete Mathematics, Mathematics for Secondary School Teachers, Materials and Methods in the Teaching of Secondary Mathematics, Supervisor to Mathematics Student Teachers.

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Lauren Brandon (2003)

Associate Professor of Biology

B.Sc., The Ohio State University

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Research Area: Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis using Shigella as a model organism

Advising Areas:  Microbiology, Biology, Pre-health professions

Teaching Assignments: General Microbiology, Microbiology for Majors, Food Microbiology, Microbial Genetics, General Biology

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Agnes Carino (2013)

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

B.Sc., University of the Philippines Los Banos

M.Sc., Mississippi State University

Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Research Areas: Differential and difference equations

Teaching Assignments: College Algebra, Statistics, Precalculus

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T. Michael Dodson (2009)

Instructor of Biology

B.Sc., Western Kentucky University

M.Sc., University of Ohio

Teaching Assignments: General Biology, Botany

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Marta Guerra

Instructor of Physics

B.Sc., National University of Colombia

M.Sc., Mississippi State University

Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Research Areas: Computational Physics, Solid State Physics, Quantum Mechanics

Teaching Assignments: General Physics, Calculus-based Physics

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Joshua Hanes (2008)

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

B.Sc., Millsaps College

M.Sc., University of Mississippi

Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Research Areas: Graph Theory, Combinatorics

Advising Area: Mathematics

Teaching Assignments: Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra, Precalculus, Calculus, Linear Algebra

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Ghanshyam Heda (2008)

Assistant Professor of Biology

B.Sc., Osmania University (India)

M.Sc.,Osmania University (India)

Ph.D.,Osmania University (India)

Research Areas: Role of misfolded proteins in causing genetic diseases specifically Cystic fibrosis; Proteomics

Advising Area: Biology

Teaching Assignments: General Biology, Human Anatomy

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Dorothy A. Kerzel (1997)

Professor of Mathematics

B.S., Lewis & Clark College (Oregon)

M.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
  

Ph.D., Washington State University

 Research Area: Combinatorics.

Advising Areas: Mathematics, Biology Education, Physical Sciences Education

Teaching assignments: Number Theory, Mathematical Statistics, Probability and Statistics, Calculus, Discrete Mathematics, Survey of Calculus, Precalculus, Statistics

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Xiaoxia Li (2007)

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

B.E., Chongqing University (China)

M.Sc., Zhejiang University (China)

Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Research Areas: NMR and protein structure

Advising Area: Chemistry

Teaching Assignments: Introduction to Chemistry, General Chemistry, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry

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Paul Mack (2006)

Associate Professor of Biology

B.Sc., University of California at Riverside

M.Sc., University of California at Davis

Ph.D., University of Georgia

Research Areas: Intersexual conflict and reproductive genetics

Advising Area: Biology

Teaching Assignments: General Biology, General Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Vertebrates

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George Pinchuk (2004)

Professor of Biology

M.D., Kiev Medical University (Ukraine)

Ph.D., Institute of Medical Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.

Research Area: Molecular and Cellular Immunology

Advising Areas: Biology, Microbiology

Teaching Assignments: General Biology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, General Microbiology, Immunology, Pathophysiology

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Jiben Roy (2004)

Professor of Chemistry

B.Sc., University of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

M.Sc., University of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Research Areas: Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Advising Area: Chemistry

Teaching Assignments: Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, General Chemistry, Introductory Chemisty

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Nicole Turrill Welch (2008)

Professor of Biology

B.S., Marshall University (West Virginia)

M.S., Marshall University (West Virginia)

Ph.D., University of Tennessee

 

Research Areas: Anthropogenic effects on forest ecosystems; plant-soil interactions

Advising Area: Biology

Teaching Assignments: Ecology, General Biology, Plant Ecology, Environmental Ecology

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Ross Whitwam (1999)

Professor of Biology

B.Sc., Carleton University (Canada)

M.Sc., Carleton University (Canada)

Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

Research Area: The molecular and cell biology of yeast prion proteins

Advising Areas: Biology, Pre-health professions

Teaching Assignments: General Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology, General Biology, Biochemistry, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Animal Physiology

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Sherry Durkin (2011)

Administrative Assistant