Faculty & Staff

Biology

Anthony Arment, Ph.D. Associate Professor - B.S. Urbana University; Ph.D. Wright State University. 

Research Interests: Bioremediation of pollutants through microbial degradation, symbiotic relationships in degradation between microbial communities and the rhizosphere.

Sudhindra Gadagkar, Ph.D. Assistant Professor - B.S., M.S University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India; Ph.D. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.

Research Interests: use of computational methods in studying evolution, including phylogenetics, phylogeography, and the evolution of novel gene function.

Sharath Krishna, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, B.S., M.S, Ph.D. Mangalore University, India.

Research Interests: Snake ecology; snake venom proteomics and biomedical applications.

Cadance Lowell, Ph.D. Professor - B.S., Duke University, M.S., University of Florida; Ph.D. University of Florida.

Research Interests: Carbon & nitrogen partitioning in plants, Carbon sequestration and phytoremediation

Omokere Odje, Ph.D. Professor - B.S., Central State University; M.S., University of Dayton; Ph.D. University of Dayton.

Research Interests: Effects of stress on erythrocytic 2,3-diphosophoglycerate.

Chemistry

Daqing Gao, Ph.D. Assistant Professor - B.S. Beijing University; M.S. Yale University; Ph.D. Boston College

Research Interests: Computational studies of molecular interactions in physical organic, and biological chemistry, problems in chemical education

Gary Pierson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor - B.A. Hamline University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Research Interests: Conformational analysis of 2-alkoxytetradropyrans; problem solving exercises for general chemistry.

Joe Ross, Ph.D. Associate Professor - B.S. Jackson State University; M.S., University of Akron; Ph.D., Washington (MO) University. 

Research Interests:  Characteristics of biological macromolecules in solution.

Suzanne Seleem, Ph.D. Associate Professor - B.S. & M.S, The American University; Ph.D. University of London, UK. 

Research Interests: Illegal drug inhibition reactions, corrosion detection and prevention in archaeological materials and archaeometry.

Physics

Victor Aimiuwu, Ph.D. Professor - B.S., University of Ibadan, Professional Diploma in Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; M.A., Physics, Kent State; Ph.D., Physics, Kent State.

Research Interests: Renewable/Solar energy; science education.

Supporting Staff

• Mildred Banks, Secretary
• William Price, Lab Equipment Coordinator
• Sa' iyd Yasin, Stock Room Manager