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2004-06 IUPUI Campus Bulletin

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Administrative Officers

DAVID L. STOCUM, Ph.D., Dean

JOSEPH E. KUCZKOWSKI, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Student Development

KIM S. NGUYEN, Ed.D., Assistant Dean for Recruitment and Special Projects

KATHRYN J. WILSON, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

N. DOUGLAS LEES, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Biology

RAIMA M. LARTER, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Chemistry

MATHEW J. PALAKAL, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Computer and Information Science

ANDREW P. BARTH, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Geology

BENZION BOUKAI, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Mathematical Sciences

B. D. NAGESWARA RAO, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Physics

J. GREGOR FETTERMAN, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Psychology

Resident Faculty

Abramovich, Yuri A., Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1989); M.S., 1968, Ph.D., 1972, Leningrad State University, U.S.S.R. Specialty: Functional Analysis.

Alexy, William D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology (1992); B.A., 1971, Concord College; M.A., 1972, Radford University; Ph.D., 1981, State University of New York at Buffalo. Specialty: Rehabilitation Counseling.

Allen, Ruth D., Associate Professor of Biology (1993); B.Sc., 1983, Ph.D., 1986, University of New Castle, Australia. Specialty: Immunology.

Aliprantis, C. D., Adjunct Professor of Mathematical Sciences, School of Science, and Adjunct Professor of Economics, School of Liberal Arts (1975); B.S., 1968, University of Athens, Greece; M.S., 1971, Ph.D., 1973, California Institute of Technology. Specialties: Functional Analysis, Operator Theory, Mathematical Economics.

Appleby, Drew C., Professor of Psychology (1999); B.A., 1969, Simpson College; M.S., 1971, Iowa State University; Ph.D., 1972, Iowa State University. Specialty: Teaching and Learning.

Atekwana, Eliot A., Assistant Professor of Geology (1998); B.S., 1984, University of Maryland, College Park; M.S., 1987, Howard University; Ph.D., 1996, Western Michigan University. Specialties: Hydrogeology, Hydrogeochemistry, Stable Isotope Geochemistry.

Bard, Martin, Professor of Biology (1975); B.S., 1965, City College of New York; Ph.D., 1971, University of California, Berkeley. Specialty: Biochemical Genetics.

Barman, Charles R., Adjunct Associate Professor of Biology (1994); B.S., 1968, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; M.S.T., 1972, University of Wisconsin-Superior; Ed.D., 1974, University of Northern Colorado. Specialty: Teacher Education.

Barth, Andrew P., Chairperson and Associate Professor of Geology (1989); B.S., 1981, M.S., 1985, California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D., 1989, University of Southern California. Specialties: Petrology, Geochemistry.

Belecky-Adams, Teri L., Assistant Professor of Biology (2001); B.S., 1985, University of Wyoming; Ph.D., 1994, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Specialties: Developmental Biology, Retinal Regeneration.

Bigatti, Silvia M., Assistant Professor of Psychology (2000); B.A., 1995, San Diego State University; Ph.D., 2000, San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. Specialty: Behavioral Medicine. Bittinger, Marvin, Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1968); B.S., 1963, Manchester College; M.S., 1965, The Ohio State University; Ph.D., 1968, Purdue University. Specialty: Mathematics Education.

Blazer-Yost, Bonnie J., Associate Professor of Biology (1993); B.S., 1973, Lebanon Valley College; Ph.D., 1984, University of Pennsylvania. Specialty: Physiology.

Bleher, Paul M., Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1994); M.S., 1970, Moscow State University, U.S.S.R.; Ph.D., 1974, Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. Specialties: Probability Theory, Mathematical Physics, Statistical Physics.

Bond, Gary R., Chancellor's Professor of Psychology (1983); B.S., 1966, Michigan State University; M.A., 1972, Ph.D., 1975, University of Chicago. Specialties: Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Program Evaluation.

Borden, Victor, M. H., Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Information Management and Institutional Research (1992); B.A., 1979, University of Rochester; M.S., 1983, Ph.D., 1987, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Specialties: Statistical Methods, Multivariate Analysis, Secondary Data Analysis, Student Life Research.

Boschmann, Erwin, Associate Vice President for Distributed Education and Professor of Chemistry (1968); B.A., 1963, Bethel College (Kansas); M.S., 1965, Ph.D., 1968, University of Colorado. Specialties: General Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry.

Boukai, Benzion, Chairperson and Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1990); B.A., 1983, M.A., 1985, University of Haifa, Israel; Ph.D., 1988, State University of New York at Binghamton. Specialties: Statistical Theory, Applied Statistics, Applied Probability.

Boyd, Donald, Research Professor of Chemistry (1986); B.S., 1963, Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., 1968, Harvard University. Specialty: Organic Chemistry.

Breen, John J., Assistant Professor of Chemistry (1992); B.S., 1981, Providence College; Ph.D., 1988, Pennsylvania State University. Specialties: Analytical Chemistry, Surface Probe Microscopy.

Brenner, Mark L., Professor of Biology, Vice Chancellor (1998); B.S., 1964, University of Massachusetts; M.S., 1965, University of Massachusetts; Ph.D., 1970, Michigan State University. Specialties: Horticulture, Landscape Architecture.

Bringle, Robert Gordon, Professor of Psychology (1974); B.A., 1969, Hanover College; M.S., 1972, Ph.D., 1974, University of Massachusetts. Specialties: Social Psychology, Program Evaluation, Methodology.

Brothers, Timothy S., Adjunct Associate Professor of Geology (1984); B.A., 1978, University of California, Davis; M.A., 1981, Ph.D., 1985, University of California, Los Angeles. Specialties: Biogeography, Human Impacts on Vegetation.

Bukhres, Omran A., Professor of Computer Science (1995); B.S., 1984, Indiana University; M.S., 1986, University of Dayton; Ph.D., 1990, North Dakota State University. Specialties: Distributed Database Systems; Mobile Computing Applications, Workflow Management Systems, Database Issues in Chem-Bioinformatics.

Burkinshaw, Owen, Professor of Mathematical Sciences, (1972); B.S., 1966, M.S., 1968, Ohio University; Ph.D., 1972, Purdue University. Specialty: Functional Analysis.

Chandrasekhar, Srinivasan, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology (1987); B.Sc., 1970, M.S., 1973, University of Madras, India; M.Sc., 1977, Ph.D., 1981, State University of New York at Albany. Specialty: Developmental Biology.

Chernoff, Ellen A. G., Associate Professor of Biology (1986); B.A., 1973, Ph.D., 1978, University of Chicago. Specialties: Developmental Biology, Neural Regeneration.

Chin, Raymond C. Y., Professor of Computer and Information Science (1990); B.A.E., 1962, M.A.E., 1964, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., 1970, Case Western Reserve University. Specialties: Parallel Solution of Partial Differential Equations, Asymptotic-numerical Methods.

Clack, James W., Assistant Professor of Biology (1990, IUPU Columbus); B.A., 1974, Indiana University; Ph.D., 1982, Purdue University. Specialties: Neurobiology, Visual Physiology.

Cohen, Michael R., Adjunct Professor of Geology (1968); B.S., 1960, City University of New York; M.A., 1963, Columbia University; M.S.T., 1964, Ph.D., 1968, Cornell University. Specialties: Science and Environmental Education.

Cooley, Judy E., Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences (1999); B.A., 1975, M.S., 1979, Indiana State University. Specialty: Mathematics Education.

Crowell, Dring N., Associate Professor of Biology (1991); B.S., 1981, Illinois State University; Ph.D., 1987, University of Wisconsin. Specialty: Molecular Biology.

Crowell, Pamela L., Associate Professor of Biology (1993); B.A., 1981, Augsburg College; Ph.D., 1988, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Specialties: Cancer Biology, Pharmacology.

Cutshall, Theodore W., Associate Professor Emeritus of Chemistry (1961); B.S.Ch.E., 1949, Purdue University; M.S., 1959, Ph.D., 1964, Northwestern University. Specialty: Organic Chemistry.

Davis, Robert, Professor Emeritus of Psychology (1976); B.S., 1958, Salisbury State University; M.Ed., 1962, Pennsylvania State University; Ed.D., 1968, University of Maryland. Specialties: Rehabilitation Psychology, Family Therapy.

de Caprariis, Pascal, Associate Professor of Geology (1978); B.S., 1964, M.S., 1967, Boston College; Ph.D., 1973, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Specialty: Quantitative Hydrology.

Decca, Ricardo S., Assistant Professor of Physics (2000); M.S., 1988, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba and Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina; Ph.D., 1994, Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina. Specialties: Condensed Matter, Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM).

Devine, Dennis J., Assistant Professor of Psychology (1996); B.S., 1990, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; M.A., 1993, Ph.D., 1996, Michigan State University. Specialties: Expert-Novice Differences, Group Decision Making, Team Selection and Training.

Dey, Tamal Krishna, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science (1992); B.E., 1985, Jadavpur University, India; M.E., 1987, Indian Institute of Science, India; Ph.D., 1991, Purdue University. Specialties: Analysis of Algorithms, Computational Geometry, Computer Graphics.

Dubin, Paul, Professor of Chemistry (1981); B.S., 1962, City University of New York; Ph.D., 1970, Rutgers University. Specialties: Analytical Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry.

Dykstra, Clifford E., Chancellor's Professor of Chemistry (1990); B.S. (Chemistry) and B.S. (Physics), 1973, University of Illinois; Ph.D., 1976, University of California, Berkeley. Specialties: Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.

Ernst, Michael D., Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1999); B.A.(Mathematics) and B.A. (Statistics),1992, St. Cloud State University; M.S.,1994, Ph.D., 1997, Southern Methodist University. Specialties: Nonparametric Statistics, Statistical Graphics, Statistical Education.

Evans, Jovier D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, (1998); B.A., 1989, Emory University; M.S., 1991, University of Miami, Ph.D., 1995, University of Miami. Specialties: Neuropsychology, Health Psychology.

Evenbeck, Scott E., Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education, Dean of University College, and Associate Professor of Psychology (1972); A.B., 1968, Indiana University; M.A., 1971, Ph.D., 1972, University of North Carolina. Specialties: Social Psychology, Program Evaluation, Methodology.

Fang, Shiaofen, Assistant Professor of Computer Science (1996); B.S., 1983, M.S., 1986, Zhejiang University, China; Ph.D., 1992, University of Utah. Specialties: Computer Graphics and Visualization.

Fastenau, Philip S., Associate Professor of Psychology (1996); B.A., 1984, Concordia Teachers College; M.A., 1988, Appalachian State University; Ph.D., 1994, Michigan State University. Specialties: Clinical Neuropsychology, Test Construction.

Felsten, Gary, Associate Professor of Psychology (1993, IUPU Columbus); B.A., 1974, Cornell University; M.S., 1977, Ph.D., 1979, Purdue University. Specialty: Health Psychology.

Fetterman, J. Gregor, Chairperson and Professor of Psychology (1989), B.A., 1973, Alma College; M.A., 1977, Hollins College; Ph.D., 1982, University of Maine. Specialty: Learning.

Fife, Wilmer K., Professor of Chemistry (1971); B.S., 1955, Case Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1960, The Ohio State University. Specialties: General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry.

Filippelli, Gabriel M., Assistant Professor of Geology (1994); B.S., 1986, University of California, Davis; Ph.D., 1994, University of California, Santa Cruz. Specialties: Sedimentary Geochemistry, Paleoceanography, Paleoclimatology.

Fisher, Timothy G., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Geology (1996); B.Sc., 1987, University of Alberta; M.Sc., 1989, Queen's University; Ph.D., 1993, University of Calgary. Specialties: Glacial Geology, Glacial Sedimentology.

Fleener, Don E., Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology (1966); B.S. (Ed), 1949, Indiana Central College; Ph.D., 1967, Indiana University. Specialties: Behavioral Medicine, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology.

Forsythe, Kelsey M., Assistant Scientist (2001); B.S., 1992, Truman State University; Ph.D., 1998, University of Illinois. Specialties: Physical and Computational Chemistry.

Fortier, Robert H., Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology (1966); B.S., 1947, Ph.D., 1952, Western Reserve University. Specialties: Child Psychology, Personality.

Frankel, Michael L., Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1984); M.S., 1971, Novosibirsk State University, U.S.S.R.; Ph.D., 1984, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Specialty: Applied Mathematics.

Fricke, Gordon H., Associate Dean for External Development, School of Science, and Associate Professor of Chemistry (1972); B.A., 1964, Goshen College; M.S., 1966, State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., 1970, Clarkson College of Technology. Specialties: General Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry.

Gavrin, Andrew D., Associate Professor of Physics (1995); B.S., 1983, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A., 1986, Ph.D., 1992, The Johns Hopkins University. Specialty: Materials Physics.

Geller, William, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1994); A.B., 1982, Harvard University; Ph.D., 1989, University of California, Berkeley. Specialty: Dynamical Systems.

Ghosh, Swapan K., Adjunct Associate Professor of Geology (1988); M.S., 1973, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Ph.D., 1975, Syracuse University. Specialties: Geochemistry, Sedimentology, Environmental Chemistry.

Goldberg, Carlos I., Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology,(1969); B.S., 1961, Brooklyn College;M.A.,1964, Ph.D., 1969, City University of New York. Specialties: Social Psychology, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Goodlett, Charles R., Professor of Psychology (1993); B.S., 1977, University of Kentucky; M.A., 1981, Ph.D., 1983, State University of New York at Binghamton. Specialty: Biopsychology.

Haitjema, Hendrick M., Adjunct Associate Professor of Geology (part-time), School of Science, and Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, School of Public and Environmental Affairs (1989); M.S., 1976, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands; Ph.D., 1982, University of Minnesota. Specialties: Groundwater Mechanics, Groundwater Flow Modeling, Soil Mechanics.

Hall, Robert D., Professor of Geology (1974); B.S., 1963, Purdue University; M.S., 1966, University of Colorado; Ph.D., 1973, Indiana University. Specialties: Geomorphology, Environmental Geology, Quarternary Geology, Glacial Geology, Soils.

Hanford, Peter V., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, (1960); B.S., 1952, M.S., 1953, Ph.D., 1958, Pennsylvania State University. Specialties: Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Motivation.

Harris, Andrew J., Lecturer in Computer and Information Science (1995); B.S., 1990, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Specialties: General Computing, Computer Programming.

Hazer, John T., Associate Professor of Psychology (1975); B.A., 1970, Miami University; M.A., 1974, Ph.D., 1976, Bowling Green State University. Specialties: Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Human Resource Management.

Heiman, Mark L., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology (1996); B.A., 1974, University of New Orleans; Ph.D., 1978, Louisiana State University Medical School. Specialties: Physiology, Neuroendocrinology.

Holladay, Susan R. H., Lecturer in Chemistry (2002); B.S., 1990, Miami University; M.S., 1995, Ph.D., 2001, Purdue University. Specialty: Chemical Education.

Huang, Jeffrey, Assistant Professor of Computer Science (2000); B.S., 1986, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, R.O.C.; M.S.E., 1992, Catholic University; Ph.D., 1998, George Mason University. Specialty: Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, Multimedia.

Its, Alexander R., Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1993); M.S., 1974, Ph.D., 1977, Leningrad State University, U.S.S.R. Specialty: Mathematical Physics.

Its, Elizabeth, Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences (1997); M.S., 1975, Ph.D., 1980, Leningrad State University, U.S.S.R. Specialties: Mathematical Geophysics, Applied Mathematics.

Ji, Ronghui, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1986); B.S., 1982, University of Science and Technology of China, China; Ph.D., 1986, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Specialties: Operator Algebras, K-Theory.

Johnson, Kathy E., Associate Professor of Psychology (1993); B.S., 1987, M.S., 1989, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Ph.D., 1992, Emory University. Specialty: Cognitive/Developmental Psychology.

Juillerat, Florence, Associate Professor of Biology (1966); B.S., 1962, M.S., 1967, Ph.D., 1974, Purdue University. Specialties: Cell Biology, Biology for Teachers, Biology for Nonmajors.

June, Harry L., Associate Professor of Psychology (1992); B.S., 1979, South Carolina State College; M.A., 1986, University of the District of Columbia; M.S., 1987, Ph.D., 1990, Howard University. Specialty: Behavioral Psychopharmacology.

Kaminker, Jerome Alvin, Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1973); B.A., 1963, University of California, Berkeley; M.A., 1965, Ph.D., 1968, University of California, Los Angeles. Specialties: Operator Algebras, K-Theory.

Kaplan, Jerome I., Professor Emeritus of Physics (1974); B.S., 1950, University of Michigan; Ph.D., 1954, University of California, Berkeley. Specialties: Condensed Matter, Solar Energy, Biological Physics.

Keck, Robert William, Professor of Biology (1972); B.A., 1962, M.S., 1964, University of Iowa; Ph.D., 1968, The Ohio State University. Specialty: Plant Physiology.

Kemple, Marvin D., Professor of Physics (1977); B.S., 1964, Purdue University; M.S., 1965, Ph.D., 1971, University of Illinois. Specialties: Magnetic Resonance, Biological Physics.

Kleinhans, Frederick W., Associate Professor of Physics and Adjunct Professor of Geology (1972); B.S., 1965, University of Michigan; Ph.D., 1971, The Ohio State University. Specialties: Biological Physics, Computational Physics.

Kleyle, Robert M., Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1973); B.A., 1960, Duquesne University; M.S., 1962, University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., 1968, Harvard University. Specialty: Statistics.

Klimek, Slawomir, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1991); M.Sc., 1983, Ph.D., 1988, Warsaw University, Poland. Specialties: Mathematical Physics, Noncommutative Geometry.

Kremer, John F., Professor of Psychology (1975); B.A., 1966, St. Meinrad College; M.S., 1969, University of Notre Dame; M.S., 1974, Ph.D., 1975, Loyola University. Specialties: Clinical Psychology, Evaluating Teaching, Program Evaluation.

Krishnan, Gary, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology (1999); B.Sc., 1987, University of Bombay; M.Sc., 1989, University of Bombay; Ph.D., 1994, Texas A & M University. Specialty: Developmental Biology.

Kroupa, Shenan L., Lecturer in Psychology (2000); B.A., 1993, University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S., 1996, Ph.D., 1999, Purdue University. Specialties: Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology.

Kuczkowski, Joseph E., Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Student Development, School of Science, and Professor of Mathematics (1966); B.S., 1961, Canisius College; M.S., 1963, Ph.D., 1968, Purdue University. Specialties: Semigroup Theory, Mathematics Education.

Larter, Raima M., Chairperson and Professor of Chemistry (1981); B.S., 1976, Montana State University; Ph.D., 1980, Indiana University. Specialty: Theoretical Physical Chemistry.

Lauer, Joan B., Associate Professor of Psychology (1973); A.B., 1964, Ph.D., 1973, Indiana University. Specialties: Clinical Psychology, Physiological Psychology, Learning.

Lees, Norman Douglas, Chairperson and Professor of Biology (1973); A.B., 1967, Providence College; Ph.D., 1973, Northwestern University. Specialties: Microbiology, Molecular Biology.

Licht, Kathy J., Assistant Professor of Geology (2000); B.S., 1992, St. Norbert College; M.S., 1995, Ph.D., 1999, University of Colorado. Specialty: Geomorphology.

Lindsey, Greg H., Adjunct Associate Professor of Geology (1996); B.A., 1977, University of Illinois; M.A. (Environmental Studies), 1987, Northeastern Illinois University; M.A. (Geography and Environmental Engineering), 1989, Ph.D., 1992, The Johns Hopkins University. Specialties: Environmental Planning and Policy, Environmental Science.

Lipkowitz, Kenneth B., Professor of Chemistry (1976); B.S., 1972, State University of New York College at Geneseo; Ph.D., 1975, Montana State University. Specialties: Theoretical and Synthetic Organic Chemistry.

Liu, Wei-min, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science (1987); B.S., 1968, Shanghai College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China; M.S., 1981, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, China; M.S., 1986, Ph.D., 1987, Cornell University. Specialties: Dynamical Systems Theory, Differential Equations, Biomathematics.

Liu, Zhiqing, Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science (1997); B.Eng., 1989, Tsinghua University, Beijing; M.S., 1992, Ph.D., 1995, New York University. Specialty: Computer Systems.

Long, Eric C., Associate Professor of Chemistry (1991); B.S., 1984, Albright College; Ph.D., 1989, University of Virginia. Specialties: Biological Chemistry, Peptide and Metallopeptide-DNA Interactions.

Luke, Jon, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science (1975); B.S., 1962, M.S., 1963, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1966, California Institute of Technology. Specialty: Applied Mathematics.

Malik, David J., Professor of Chemistry (1980); B.S., 1968, M.S., 1969, California State University; Ph.D., 1976, University of California, San Diego. Specialties: Theoretical Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics.

Marrs, Kathleen, Assistant Professor of Biology (1998); B.A., 1984, Illinois Wesleyan University; Ph.D., 1990, University of Illinois-Chicago. Specialties: Science Teaching, Plant Molecular Biology.

McGrew, John H., Associate Professor of Psychology (1991); B.M.E., 1977, GMI Engineering and Management Institute; M.S.E., 1977, University of Michigan; Ph.D., 1991, Indiana University. Specialties: Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Health Psychology.

McIntyre, John A., Adjunct Professor of Biology (1987); A.B., 1966, Rockford College; Ph.D., 1971, Wake Forest University. Specialties: Immunology, Reproductive Biology.

Meiere, Forrest T., Professor Emeritus of Physics (1969); B.S. (Physics) and B.S. (Math), 1959, Carnegie-Mellon University; Ph.D., 1964, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Specialties: High Energy Physics, Biological Physics.

Metzner, Barbara S., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology (1986); A.B., 1962, M.S., 1964, Indiana University; B.A., 1979, Purdue University; Ed.D., 1983, Indiana University. Specialty: Educational Research.

Miller, John Grier, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1978, IUPU Columbus); S.B., 1963, S.M., 1964, University of Chicago; Ph.D., 1967, Rice University. Specialty: Geometric and Algebraic Topology.

Mirsky, Arthur, Professor Emeritus of Geology (1967); B.A., 1950, University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., 1955, University of Arizona; Ph.D., 1960, The Ohio State University. Specialties: Urban Geology, Environmental Geology, Geowriting, Evolution of the Earth.

Misiurewicz, Michal, Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1992); M.A., 1971, Ph.D., 1974, Warsaw University, Poland. Specialties: Dynamical Systems, Ergodic Theory.

Molnar, Bob, Lecturer in Computer and Information Science (2000); B.A., 1994, Indiana University, Bloomington; B.S., 1996, Indiana University, Bloomington. Specialties: General Computing, Web Development, Multimedia.

Moser, William H., Assistant Professor of Chemistry (1998); B.A., 1991, St. Olaf College; Ph.D., 1995, Colorado State University. Specialties: Organic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry.

Muhoberac, Barry B., Associate Professor of Chemistry (1985); B.S., 1972, Louisiana State University; Ph.D., 1978, University of Virginia. Specialty: Biophysical Chemistry.

Mukhin, Evgeny, Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences (2001); M.S., 1992, Moscow State University, U.S.S.R.; Ph.D., 1998, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Specialties: Modern Analysis, Representation Theory.

Mukhopadhyay, Snehasis, Associate Professor of Computer Science (1994); B.E., 1985, Jadavpur University, Calcutta; M.E., 1987, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; M.S., 1991, Ph.D., 1994, Yale University. Specialties: Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Information Agents.

Murphy, James M., Professor of Psychology (1989); B.A., 1971, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; M.A., 1974, Ph.D., 1978, Bowling Green State University. Specialties: Psychopharmacology and the Neurobiology of Behavior, Alcoholism and Drugs of Abuse.

Naumann, Christoph A., Assistant Professor of Chemistry (1999); Diploma, 1990, University of Leipzig; Ph.D., 1995, Technical University of Munich. Specialty: Biological Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Biomaterials.

Neal-Beliveau, Bethany S., Associate Professor of Psychology (1993); B.S., 1980, Purdue University; M.S., 1985, Ph.D., 1987, University of Minnesota. Specialty: Psychopharmacology.

Ng, Bart, Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1975); B.S., 1968, St. Joseph College; M.S., 1970, Ph.D., 1973, University of Chicago. Specialty: Applied Mathematics.

Nguyen, Marie, Lecturer in Chemistry (1994); B.S., 1983, M.S., 1993, Purdue University. Specialty: Physical Chemistry and Chemical Education.

Novak, Gregor M., Professor Emeritus of Physics (1964); M.S., 1964, University of Chicago; Ph.D., 1975, Indiana University. Specialties: Physics Education, Mathematical Physics.

Nurok, David, Associate Professor of Chemistry (1978); B.Sc., 1959, Ph.D., 1966, University of Capetown, South Africa. Specialties: Analytical Chemistry, Chromatography.

O'Donnell, Martin J., Professor of Chemistry (1975); B.S., 1968, University of Iowa; Ph.D., 1973, Yale University. Specialty: Organic Chemistry.

Olson, Andrew M., Associate Professor of Computing and Information Science (1984); B.S., 1959, University of Wyoming; M.S., 1961, University of Wisconsin; D.Sc., 1969, Washington University. Specialties: Computational Mathematics, Advanced Computing Environments, Software Engineering.

Ou, Zhe-Yu (Jeff), Associate Professor of Physics (1992), B.S., 1984, Beijing University, China; M.S., 1986, Ph.D., 1990, University of Rochester. Specialties: Experimental Physics, Quantum Optics.

Pachut, Joseph F., Jr., Associate Professor of Geology (1978), B.A., 1972, State University of New York College at Oneonta; Ph.D., 1977, Michigan State University. Specialties: Invertebrate Paleontology, Paleoecology, Geobiology, Biometrics, Evolution of the Earth.

Palakal, Mathew J., Chairperson and Professor of Computer and Information Science (1988); B. Comp. Sci., 1979, M. Comp. Sci., 1983, Ph.D., 1987, Concordia University, Canada. Specialty: Artificial Intelligence, Speech Recognition, Pattern Recognition, Artificial Neural Networks.

Patterson, Richard R., Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science (1974); B.A., 1961, DePauw University; Ph.D., 1966, University of California, Berkeley. Specialty: Geometric Modeling.

Pearlstein, Robert M., Professor of Physics (1982); A.B., 1960, Harvard University; Ph.D., 1966, University of Maryland. Specialties: Biological Physics, Statistical Mechanics.

Penna, Michael A., Professor of Mathematical Sciences and of Computer and Information Science (1973); B.A., 1967, Union College; A.M., 1968, Ph.D., 1973, University of Illinois. Specialty: Differential Geometry.

Perry, Allen O., Adjunct Professor of Geology (2001); B.S., 1961, Indiana University; M.S., 1972; Ph.D., 1977, Purdue University. Specialties: Environmental Geology, Engineering Geology, Processing, and Mined Land Reclamation.

Petolino, Joseph F., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology (1994); B.A., 1976, M.S., 1978, Rutgers University; Ph.D., 1982, University of Maryland. Specialties: Biotechnology, Plant Genetics.

Pflanzer, Richard Gary, Associate Professor of Biology, School of Science, and Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine (1969); A.B., 1964, Ph.D., 1969, Indiana University. Specialty: Medical Physiology.

Podgorski, Krzysztof, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1994); M.Sci., 1986, Ph.D., 1991, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland; Ph.D., 1993, Michigan State University. Specialties: Mathematical Statistics, Applied Probability.

Prezbindowski, Dennis R., Adjunct Associate Professor of Geology (1991); B.S., 1973, Indiana University; M.S., 1974, Michigan State University; Ph.D., 1981, University of Texas at Austin. Specialties: Environmental Geochemistry, Sedimentology, Hydrogeology, Petroleum Geology.

Raje, Rajeev R., Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science (1996); B.E., 1984, University of Bombay; M.S., 1994, Ph.D., 1994, Syracuse University. Specialties: Distributed Processing and Programming, Object-Oriented Design and Programming, Programming Languages.

Rajecki, D. W., Professor of Psychology (1980); B.A., 1968, Kent State University; Ph.D., 1972, University of Michigan. Specialty: Attitudes and Public Opinion.

Randall, Stephen K., Associate Professor of Biology (1990); B.S., 1976, University of Connecticut; Ph.D., 1982, Indiana University. Specialties: Biochemistry, Cell Biology.

Rangazas, Sharon Z., Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences (1989); B.S., 1984, M.A.T., 1987, Indiana University. Specialty: Curriculum Development.

Rao, B. D. Nageswara, Chairperson and Professor of Physics (1978); B.S., 1955, M.S., 1956, Andhra University, India; Ph.D., 1961, Aligarh Muslim University, India. Specialties: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biological Physics.

Reid, William H., Adjunct Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1989); B.S., 1949, M.S., 1951, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., 1955, Sc.D., 1968, Cambridge University, U.K. Specialty: Applied Mathematics.

Rhodes, Simon J., Associate Professor of Biology (1995); B.Sc., 1984, University of Sheffield; Ph.D., 1991, Purdue University. Specialties: Cell Biology, Endocrinology.

Rigdon, Robert, Associate Chairperson and Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1975); A.B., 1965, Princeton; Ph.D., 1970, University of California, Berkeley. Specialty: Algebraic Topology.

Roberts, Michele, Lecturer in Computer Science (1998); B.S., 1976, Central College; M.S., 1978, Indiana State University; M.B.A., 1994, Indiana Wesleyan University. Specialties: Application Courses for Non-Majors, Web Authoring, Instructional System Design.

Robinson, Bret A., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Geology (1991); B.A., 1984, Indiana University; M.S., 1986, Ph.D., 1991, Southern Illinois University. Specialties: Fluvial Geomorphology, Hydrogeology.

Rosenberg, Gary D., Associate Professor of Geology (1979), B.S., 1966, University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., 1972, University of California, Los Angeles. Specialties: Biomineralization, Evolution, Paleobiochemistry, Historical Geology.

Rothman, Neal J., Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Sciences (1982); B.S., 1951, University of Delaware; M.S., 1954, Tulane University; Ph.D., 1958, Louisiana State University. Specialties: Functional Analysis, Harmonic Analysis.

Rytting, Marvin, Associate Professor of Psychology and Assistant Dean for Academic Programs (1975, IUPU Columbus); B.S., 1971, Brigham Young University; M.S., 1973, Ph.D., 1975, Purdue University. Specialties: Personality Theory, Social Psychology, Human Sexuality.

Saligoe-Simmel, Jill, Adjunct Professor of Geology (2001); B.S., 1990, Ball State University; M.S., 1984, Indiana State University; Ph.D., 1997, Oregon State University. Specialties: Resource Geography, Spatial Analysis, and GIS Policy and Planning.

Sarkar, Jyotirmoy, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1991); B.Stat., 1985, M.Stat., 1987, Indian Statistical Institute, India; Ph.D., 1990, University of Michigan. Specialties: Mathematical and Applied Statistics, Applied Probability, Applied Mathematics.

Schild, John H., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology (1999); B.S., 1983, Case Western Reserve University; M.S., 1988, Case Western Reserve University; Ph.D., 1994, Rice University. Specialty: Sensory Electrophysiology, Computational Neuroscience.

Schoepp, Darryle D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology (1989); B.S., 1978, North Dakota State University; Ph.D., 1982, West Virginia University. Specialty: Pharmacology.

Schultz, Franklin A., Professor of Chemistry (1987); B.S., 1963, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1967, University of California, Riverside. Specialties: Analytical Chemistry, Electrochemistry.

Scott, William L., Research Professor of Chemistry (2002); B.A., 1967, Williams College; Ph.D., 1972, UCLA. Specialty: Organic Chemistry.

Sen, Asok K., Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1981); B.S., 1972, Indian Institute of Technology, India; M.S., 1975, University of Minnesota; Ph.D., 1979, Cornell University. Specialty: Applied Mathematics.

Sen, Stephanie E., Associate Professor of Chemistry (1992); B.A., 1984, Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., 1989, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Specialties: Organic Chemistry, Biological Chemistry.

Seubert, James W., Associate Professor Emeritus of Physics (1968); A.B., 1958, Washington University; M.S., 1964, Ph.D., 1968, Indiana University. Specialty: Nuclear Physics.

Shen, Zhongmin, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1992); B.S., 1983, University of Science and Technology of China, China; M.S., 1986, Academia Sinica, China; Ph.D., 1990, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Specialty: Differential Geometry.

Siddiqui, Rafat Ali, Adjunct Associate Professor of Biology (1996); B.Sc., 1978, M.Sc., 1980, University of Karachi; Ph.D., 1988, Australian National University. Specialty: Biochemistry.

Smith, Charles K. II, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology (1994); B.S., 1973, University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., 1979, University of New Hampshire. Specialty: Animal Science.

Smith, Rosamund C., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology (1991); B.A., 1979, Cambridge University, U.K.; Ph.D., 1983, Oxford University, U.K. Specialty: Developmental Biology.

Souch, Catherine J., Adjunct Associate Professor of Geology (1990); B.A., 1982, University of Cambridge, U.K.; M.S., 1984, Ph.D., 1990, University of British Columbia, Canada. Specialties: Climate Change, Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions.

Srour, Edward F., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology (1996); B.S., 1979, M.S., 1981, American University of Beirut; Ph.D., 1986, University of Illinois. Specialties: Immunology, Virology.

Stillwell, William H., Professor of Biology (1978), B.S., 1967, State University of New York at Albany; M.S., 1973, Ph.D., 1974, Pennsylvania State University. Specialties: Biochemistry, Membranes, Origin of Life.

Stocum, David, Dean of the School of Science and Professor of Biology (1989); B.A., 1961, Susquehanna University; Ph.D., 1968, University of Pennsylvania. Specialty: Developmental and Cell Biology.

Sunderwirth, Stanley, Professor of Chemistry (1988, IUPU Columbus); B.A., 1951, Tarkio College; Ph.D., 1955, The Ohio State University. Specialties: General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry.

Svanum, Soren, Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Science, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry, School of Medicine (1976); A.B., 1971, San Francisco State University; M.A., 1973, Ph.D., 1976, University of Montana. Specialties: Clinical Psychology, Alcoholism, Health Care Psychology.

Swope, R. Jeffrey, Assistant Professor of Geology (2000); B.S., 1983, M.S., 1988, Ohio State University; Ph.D., 1997, University of Colorado. Specialty: Mineralogy.

Tam, Richard Yiu Hang, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1986); B.S., 1980, University of Alberta, Canada; M.Sc., 1982, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D., 1986, Cornell University. Specialty: Applied Mathematics.

Tedesco, Lenore P., Associate Professor of Geology, Director of Center for Earth and Environmental Science (1991); B.A., 1984, Boston University; Ph.D., 1991, University of Miami. Specialties: Sedimentation, Marine Geology, Sedimentary Petrology, Carbonate Diagenesis, Coastal Processes.

Terrell, Mark A., Assistant Professor of Biology (2001); B.S., 1995, State University of New York, Fredonia; M.S., 1997 (Geology); M.A., 1999 (Educational Psychology); Ed.D., 2002 (Biology), Ball State University. Specialties: Biology Education, Ecology.

Thatcher, Frederick C., Associate Professor of Physics (1970); B.S., 1961, University of Chicago; M.S., 1964, DePaul University; Ph.D., 1969, University of California, Riverside. Specialties: Condensed Matter Physics, Applied Optics.

Trexler, Lance E., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology (1990); B.A., 1974, Indiana University; M.S., 1976, Ball State University; Ph.D., 1979, Purdue University. Specialty: Neuropsychology.

Tuceryan, Mihran, Associate Professor of Computer Science (1997); B.S., 1978, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1986, University of Illinois. Specialties: 3D Computer Graphics and Visualization, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, User Interfaces, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition.

Tzeng, Oliver C. S., Professor of Psychology (1976); B.Ed., 1966, National Taiwan Normal University, Republic of China; M.S., 1969, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Ph.D., 1972, University of Illinois. Specialties: Quantitative Psychology, Cross-Cultural Social Psychology, Personality.

Vasavada, K. V., Professor of Physics (1970); B.S., 1958, University of Baroda, India.; M.S., 1960, University of Delhi, India; Ph.D., 1964, University of Maryland. Specialties: High Energy Physics, Biological Physics.

Vemuri, Gautam, Associate Professor of Physics (1992); B.Sc., 1984, Delhi University, India; M.S., 1986, Brown University; Ph.D., 1990, Georgia Institute of Technology. Specialties: Laser Physics, Nonlinear Optics.

Vlahos, Chris J., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology (1999); B.S., 1984, Santa Clara University; M.S., 1984, Ph.D., 1987, University of Michigan. Specialties: Cell Biology, Signal Transduction.

Wagner, Patrick A., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology (1992); A.B., 1969, M.S., 1971, Ph.D., 1976, Indiana University. Specialty: Rehabilitation Counseling.

Wang, Qi, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1991); B.S., 1982, Nankai University, China; M.S., 1988, Ph.D., 1991, The Ohio State University. Specialties: Computational Mathematics, Non-Newtonian Fluid Dynamics, Nonlinear Differential Equations.

Wang, Xianzhong, Assistant Professor of Biology (2001); B.A., 1986, Zhejian University; M.S., 1989, Academia Sinica; Ph.D., 1999, Ohio State University. Specialties: Ecology, Plant Physiological Ecology.

Ware, Joseph Roger, Associate Professor of Psychology (1972); B.S., 1957, M.S., 1961, University of Louisville; Ph.D., 1972, University of Kentucky. Specialties: Humanistic Psychology, Group Dynamics, Psychological Type.

Wassall, Stephen R., Associate Professor of Physics (1984); B.Sc., 1973, Southampton University, U.K.; Ph.D., 1981, Nottingham University, U.K. Specialties: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biological Physics.

Watson, John C., Associate Professor of Biology (1994); B.S., 1975, Butler University; Ph.D., 1982, Indiana University. Specialties: Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology.

Watt, Jeffrey X., Associate Chairperson and Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1988); B.S., 1983, Michigan Technological University; M.S., 1985, Purdue University; Ph.D., 1990, Indiana University. Specialties: Curriculum and Instruction of Mathematics, Educational Statistics, Assessment.

Williams, Jane R., Associate Professor of Psychology (1995); B.A., 1989, College of St. Benedict; M.A., 1992, Ph.D., 1995, University of Akron. Specialty: Performance appraisal.

Wilson, Kathryn J., Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, School of Science, and Associate Professor of Biology (1976); B.A., 1971, University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A., 1976, Ph.D., 1976, Indiana University. Specialties: Plant Developmental Anatomy and Morphology, Electron Microscopy.

Wojciechowski, Krzysztof P., Professor of Mathematical Sciences (1989); M.S., 1977, Poznan University, Poland; Ph.D., 1982, Mathematical Institute of Polish Academy of Science, Poland. Specialties: Modern Analysis, Representation Theory.

Wyma, Richard J., Associate Professor of Chemistry (1969); A.B., 1958, Hope College; M.S., 1960, Ph.D., 1964, University of Michigan. Specialties: General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry.

Yost, Robert W., Lecturer in Biology (1993); B.S., 1973, Lebanon Valley College; Ph.D., 1984, University of Pennsylvania. Specialties: Physiology, Biochemistry.

Young, Bruce A., Assistant Scientist (2001); B.S., 1984, Moravian College; Ph.D., 1989, The University of Kentucky.

Yovits, Marshall C., Dean Emeritus, School of Science, and Professor of Computer and Information Science (1980); B.S., 1944, M.S., 1948, Union College; M.S., 1950, Ph.D., 1951, Yale University. Specialties: Information Systems, Decision Making.

Zevin, Miles R., Lecturer in Biology (1980); B.S., 1969, M.S., 1977, University of Chicago. Specialty: Anatomy.

Zheng, Jiang Y., Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science (2001); B.S. Comp. Sci., 1983, Fudan University, China, M.S., 1987, Ph.D., 1990, Control Eng., Osaka University, Japan. Specialty: Computer Vision, Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Robotics.

Ziemian, Krystyna, Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences (1992); M.S., 1977, Ph.D., 1985, Warsaw University, Poland. Specialties: Dynamical Systems, Ergodic Theory.

Zuckerman, Steven H., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology (1988); B.S., 1973, New York University; Ph.D., 1977, University of Minnesota. Specialty: Immunology.

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