School of Sciences

Administration

DR. JAMES E. MOORE, Interim-Dean

DR. LYNDSEY PIERSON, Chair, Biology

DR. ANTHONY TRIMBOLI, Chair, Chemistry

CATHY GRILLI, Chair, Mathematics & Computer Science

DR. JENNIFER HITT, Director, Nursing & Chair, Health Science

DR. NICHOLE KNOX, Associate Director, Nursing

DR. JOHN A. VARRIANO, Chair, Physics & Natural Science

 

Faculty

Biology

WILLIAM E. GUNDLING, JR, Associate Professor

BS, MS, Clarkson University; MS, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana Champagne

 

JAMES E. MOORE, Professor

BS, West Virginia State College; MS, University of North Carolina Greensboro; PhD, The University of Memphis

 

LYNDSEY PIERSON, Associate Professor
BS, Canisus College; PhD, The University of Memphis 

 

KARL N. ROHRER, Assistant Professor
BS, Purdue University; PhD, The University of Memphis 

JAYCOB WARFEL, Assistant Professor
AS, Parkland College; BS, PhD, Louisiana State University

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Chemistry

DAVID P. DAWSON, Associate Professor

BS, Rhodes College; PhD, University of Arkansas

DENNIS MERAT, Associate Professor

BS, Southern Methodist University; PhD, Texas A & M University

ANTHONY TRIMBOLI, Professor

BS, Muhlenburg College; PhD, University of South Carolina

JOHN YOUNG, Professor

BA Hendrix College; PhD Mississippi State University

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Mathematics & Computer Science

WENDY DAVIS, Visiting Assistant Professor
BA, Christian Brothers University; MS, The University of Memphis

PAMELA DELGADO, Assistant Professor
BS, University of Costa Rica; MS, East Tennessee State University; PhD, University of Pittsburgh

ANDREW M. DIENER, Associate Professor

BA, St. Mary’s University (San Antonio, TX); MS, PhD, Texas A&M University

CATHY W. GRILLI, Professor

BA, MA, University of Mississippi

ALEXANDER HAPP, Associate Professor

BS, University of Tennessee; MA, PhD, University of Kentucky

 

JAMES W. MCGUFFEE, Professor

BS, Louisiana Tech University; PhD, Louisiana State University

 

SERGE SALAN, Associate Professor

BS, MS, St. Joseph Universite’ (Lebanon); MS, PhD, The University of Memphis

 

JUSTIN SMITH, Assistant Professor

BS, MS, Arkansas State University; PhD, Mississippi State University

JING WANG, Associate Professor

BS, University of Science and Technology of China; MA, PhD, The George Washington University

ARTHUR A. YANUSHKA, Professor

BA, Fordham University; MS, State University of New York at Stony Brook; PhD, University of Illinois

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Nursing and Health Science

 

JULIE BASU RAY, Associate Professor
BS, MS, University of Calcutta; Ph.D. Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto

 

THOMAS E. COOPER, Associate Professor
B.S., MSN-FNP, Union University; DNP, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

MARY C. ELLIOTTE, Associate Professor

B.S., The University of Memphis; M.S., The University of Memphis; D.N.P., The University of Alabama

 

BELINDA FLEMING, Associate Professor
BS, Southern Adventist University; MSN-FNP, Ph.D., University of Tennessee Health Science Center

JENNIFER HITT, Professor

BA, University of Mississippi; BS, University of Memphis; MS, University of Mississippi Medical Center; PhD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

 

NICHOLE KNOX, Assistant Professor

BSN, Baptist College of Health Sciences; MS, The University of Memphis; DNP, American Sentinel University

 

PAULA WALKER, Associate Professor

BS, Christian Brothers University; BSN,MSN,DNP, Union University

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Physics & Natural Science

TED CLARKE, Associate Professor

BS, MS, PhD, The University of Memphis

SUJA KOCHAT, Assistant Professor

BS, MS, University of Kerala; PhD, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

JOHN A. VARRIANO, Professor

BS, University of Pittsburgh; PhD, University of Rochester 

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Professors Emeriti

BROTHER JOEL BAUMEYER, FSC, Mathematics

BA, MEd, St. Mary’s College; MA, PhD, St. Louis University

LEIGH C. BECKER, Mathematics & Computer Science
BS, Illinois Institute of Technology; MS, University of Illinois; MS, PhD, Southern Illinois University

PASCAL BEDROSSIAN, Mathematics & Computer Science

BS, Christian Brothers University; MS, PhD, Memphis State University

WILLIAM J. BUSLER, Chemistry

BS, Christian Brothers College; PhD, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences

STEWART MICHAEL CONDREN, Chemistry

BS, University of Arkansas; MS, PhD, University of Missouri-Rolla

LAWRENCE GULDE, Mathematics

BS, MAT, St. Mary’s College; MA, Boston College; PhD, Memphis State University

JOHNNY B. HOLMES, Physics

BS, Rockhurst College; MS, PhD, University of Miami

RELBUE M. MORGAN, Physics

BS, Christian Brothers College; PhD, Iowa State University

 

MARY L. OGILVIE, Biology

BS, MS, PhD, Memphis State University

ANNA E. ROSS, Biology

A.B., Hope College; PhD, Clemson University

BROTHER EDWARD SALGADO, FSC, Biology

BA, La Salle University; MS, St. Mary’s University; PhD, University of the Philippines

 

SANDRA THOMPSON-JAEGER, Biology

BS, Ouachita Baptist University; MS, PhD, University of Munich (Germany)

LYLE D. WESCOTT JR., Chemistry

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology; PhD, Pennsylvania State University

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