The Faculty in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Neil Aaronson (2008), Professor of Physics; Ph.D., M.S., Michigan State University; B.S., The College of New Jersey: psychoacoustics, bioacoustics, audio quality perception, room acoustics, music perception, underwater acoustics. Performing Arts Adjunct Faculty.
Adam A. Aguiar (2011), Associate Professor of Biology; Ph.D., University of Delaware; B.S., Fairleigh Dickinson University: molecular biology, cell biology, marine biology, cancer biology.
Benjamin Agyare (2007), Assistant Professor of Physics; Ph.D., Temple University; M.S., Miami University at Oxford Ohio; B.S., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology: condense matter, quantum optics, radiation physics.
Rogers G. Barlatt (1980), Professor Emeritus of Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Connecticut; Dip.Ed., University of Sierra Leone; B.S., University of Durham: synthesis and characterization of solid-state inorganic materials, electrochemical analysis, physical science education.
Sandra Hartzog Bierbrauer (1971), Professor Emerita of Genetics; Ph.D., M.A., B.S., University of Massachusetts at Amherst: human genetics and evolution, ethnobotany, bio- archaeology.
Matthew F. Bonnan (2012), Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Northern Illinois University; B.S., University of Illinois at Chicago; A.S., College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois: dinosaurs, paleontology, functional morphology, evolutionary biology, morphometrics, kinematics, tetrapod locomotion, X-ray reconstruction of moving morphology (XROMM).
Erin E. Brown (2015), Associate Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; B.S., Gettysburg College: synthetic organic chemistry, continuous flow chemistry, asymmetric synthesis, catalysis.
Shelby M. Broughton (1971), Professor Emeritus of Chemistry; isolation and synthesis of natural products, synthetic, chromatographic, spectroscopic methods in organic chemistry.
David W. Burleigh (2005), Associate Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Old Dominion University and Eastern Virginia Medical School; M.S., Louisiana State University; B.S., California State University, Chico: advanced glycation end-product biology.
Frank A. Cerreto (1976), Professor of Mathematics and First-Year Studies; Ed.D., Rutgers, The State University; M.S., Stevens Institute of Technology; B.S., M.A., City College, The City University of New York: general education mathematics, mathematics education, curriculum development, first-year studies, technology in education, visual literacy.
Tait Chirenje (2003), Professor of Environmental Science; Ph.D., University of Florida; M.S., University of Guelph; B.S., University of Zimbabwe: urban trace metal geochemistry, indoor air quality, environmental remediation, indoor air quality, water chemistry, brownfields characterization, international sustainable development.
Kevin Coffey (2017), Teaching Specialist of Biology; M.S., University of Nebraska at Kearney, B.S., Richard Stockton College of New Jersey: human anatomy and physiology, mammalogy, evolutionary biology
Richard Colby (1971), Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology: cell and molecular biology, microscopy, tissue culture, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, mechanisms of movement in muscle and amoeboid cells, differentiation of cells in culture, lipid metabolism.
Pamela Cohn (2013), Associate Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Florida; M.S., B.S., Florida Atlantic University: physical organic chemistry and supramolecular materials chemistry.
Philip Eaton (2020), Associate Professor of Physics; Ph.D., M.S, Montana State University; B.S., University of North Dakota: psychometric analysis, network analysis, factor analysis, item response theory, field theories.
Claude M. Epstein (1971), Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science; Ph.D., Sc.M., Brown University; A.B., Hunter College: hydrology, water resources, geomorphology, wetland hydrology, geothermal energy, paleoecology, earth history, invertebrate paleobiology.
Weihong Fan (1995), Professor Emerita of Environmental Science; Ph.D., Colorado State University; M.S., Beijing Normal University; B.S., Northeast Normal University: geographic information systems, remote sensing, watershed management, landscape ecology, ecological modeling, and global climatic change.
Stewart C. Farrell (1971), Professor Emeritus of Marine Science and Geology; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Bradley Forrest (2009), Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D., M.S., Cornell University; B.S., Harvey Mudd College: geometric group theory, topology, community scholarship, recreational mathematics.
Michael D. Geller (1976), Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science; Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton; B.A., University of Connecticut: mammalian ecology, population ecology, wetlands analysis, pine barrens botany, population regulation in mammals, ecology of reproduction, ecology of disease.
Sarah Gray (2018), Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Montana; B.A., St. Mary’s College of Maryland: analytical chemistry and aquatic biogeochemistry.
Jonathan S. Griffiths (1972), Professor Emeritus of Chemistry; Ph.D., A.M., Duke University; B.A., Gettysburg College: synthetic organic chemistry involving carbanions, investigation of chromic phenomena, “experiential” chemistry, chemical education.
Gordan Grguric (1995), Associate Professor of Marine Science; Ph.D., M.S., Florida Institute of Technology; B.S., Lehigh University: seawater aquarium chemistry, redox processes, interstitial water, physical and chemical modeling of closed seawater systems.
Jessica Hallagan (2017), Associate Professor of Environmental Science; Ph.D., Virginia Tech; B.S., Stockton University: soil science, soil biogeochemistry, trace element inorganic contaminants, nutrients, contaminant transport, plant bioavailability.
Kristen Hallock-Waters (2000), Associate Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Maryland at College Park; B.S., Long Island University, Southampton College: environmental chemistry, photochemistry, spectroscopic methods for determination of trace pollutants, statistical analysis of long-term pollution data.
Richard P. Hager (1974), Associate Professor Emeritus of Marine Science; Ph.D., University of New Hampshire; B.S., Bates College: marine ecology, general and population ecology, invertebrate zoology, biology of amphipod crustaceans, ecology of beaches.
Tim A. Haresign (1993), Associate Professor of Biology; Ph.D.; University of Connecticut at Storrs; B.S., State University College of New York at Plattsburgh: neuroscience, animal behavior, bioacoustics, evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, issues of diversity.
Nathaniel Hartman (2013), Assistant Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Wesleyan University; B.A., Clark University: neuroscience, stem cells, developmental biology, anatomy, physiology.
Charles W. Herlands (1975), Professor Emeritus of Mathematics; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; M.A., University of California, San Diego; B.S., Stanford University: algebra, category theory, homological algebra, history and philosophy of science, computer science.
Rosalind Herlands (1974), Professor Emerita of Biology; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; B.A., Stanford University: developmental biology, cell biology, embryology, immunology, histology, molecular biology studies on diamondback terrapins, bioethics, women’s studies.
Patrick Hossay (1999), Professor of Sustainability; Ph.D., The New School for Social Research; M.A., San Francisco State University; B.S., San Jose State University: sustainable technology, green vehicle technology, alternative energy and design, sustainable technology.
Michael J. Hozik (1976), Professor Emeritus of Geology; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst; M.S., University of Colorado; B.S., Dickinson College: structural geology, paleomagnetism, geophysics, environmental geology, rock mechanics.
Ron S. Hutchison (2005), Associate Professor of Sustainability; Ph.D., University of Illinois; B.A., Kenyon College: sustainable agriculture, plant biology, renewable energy, cell and molecular biology, photosynthesis, climate change.
Renganathan G. Iyer (1991), Associate Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.Sc., M.Sc., University of Pune: representation theory of finite and infinite dimensional Lie algebras, commutative algebra, curriculum development and mathematics education.
Maritza Jauregui (2006), Associate Professor of Sustainability; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; B.A., Columbia College, Columbia University: environmental health, environmental justice and environmental health disparities, sustainability policy, occupational health, sustainability management, and environmental risk communication.
Steven E. Kalman (2015), Associate Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Virginia; B.S., Muhlenberg College: inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, catalysis.
Kelly Keenan (1993), Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles; B.A., Colby College: Biochemistry, Proteomics.
Shannon Keough (2020), Math Teaching Specialist; M.S., B.S., Stockton University: mathematics, computational science, technology for math educators.
Shah Khan (2022), Assistant Professor of Coastal Zone Management; Ph.D., Drexel University; M.S., University of Rhode Island; B.Sc.Engg., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology: coastal resilience, coupled human-natural systems, nature-based solutions, water- and climate-sensitive infrastructure.
Daniel W. Ki (2016), Associate Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., Rutgers University; M.S., Stevens Institute of Technology, B.S., Ajou University: materials chemistry, solid state chemistry, inorganic chemistry.
Min Kook Kim (2024), Assistant Professor of Environmental Science; Ph.D., University of Maine; M.U.P., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.A., Seoul National University; B.Ec., Chung-Ang University: geospatial technology for natural resource management and conservation, park and protected area management.
Pamela Kosick (2009), Associate Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D., M.S., University of Delaware; B.A., The College of New Jersey: finite fields and applications, polynomials over finite field, commutative semifields.
Michael R. Lague (2006), Associate Professor of Biology; Ph.D., M.A., The State University of New York at Stony Brook; B.A., New York University: biological anthropology, human evolution, skeletal biology, morphometrics, size and scaling, functional morphology.
Matthew Landau (1987), Professor Emeritus of Marine Science; Ph.D., Florida Institute of Technology; M.S., Long Island University; B.S., St. John’s University: aquaculture, tropical marine biology, crustacean biology, science education, comparative physiology and biochemistry, biostatistics, and biometry.
Michael J. Law (2017), Associate Professor of Biology; Ph.D., University of Southern California; B.S., Stockton University: molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, differentiation, transcription, epigenetics.
Douglas Lessie (1975), Professor Emeritus of Physics; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; M.S., University of Vermont; B.S., Queens College, City University of New York: solid-state physics, surface physics, quantum theory, nonlinear physics, physics education.
Margaret E. Lewis (1996), Professor of Biology; Ph.D., M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook; B.A., Rice University: paleontology, vertebrate anatomy, physical anthropology, functional morphology, paleoecology, evolutionary biology, forensics.
Fang Liu (2003), Associate Professor of Physics; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; M.S., B.S., Tsinghua University: biomedical and health physics, positron emission tomography (PET), PET surgical probes, biomedical optics imaging, biophysics.
Craig Michael Lind (2017), Assistant Professor of Biology; Ph.D., University of Arkansas; M.S., California Polytechnic State University; B.S., University of Illinois: physiology, herpetology, ecology.
Tara Harmer Luke (2004), Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Boston University: molecular systematics, biology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents, symbiosis, bioinformatics, molecular biology, prokaryotic transcription, marine microbial ecology and underwater technology.
Vashti Mahadeo (2023), Teaching Specialist of Environmental Science; Ph.D., Binghamton University; M.S., Adelphi University; B.S., Stony Brook University: urban ecology, riparian ecology, scientific teaching.
Jennifer Martin (2019), Associate Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Virginia; B.S., The Pennsylvania State University - Berks College: biochemistry, protein structure/function relationship, enzyme kinetics, protein folding.
Daniel A. Moscovici (2009), Professor of Environmental Studies and Sustainability; Ph.D., M.S., University of Pennsylvania; MBA, Villanova University; B.S., Lehigh University: environmental planning, natural resource management, sustainability, parks and recreation, wine economics, international tourism, land use, study abroad pedagogy, international sustainability, energy and conflict.
Susanne M. Moskalski (2014), Associate Professor of Marine Science; Ph.D., M.S., University of Delaware; B.S., The Pennsylvania State University: sediment transport, coastal processes, time series analysis, marshes and estuaries, sedimentology.
Raymond G. Mueller (1978), Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science; Ph.D., University of Kansas; M.S., Montana State University; B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo: soil science, geoarchaeology, sustainable agriculture, physical geography, geomorphology.
Suzanne Nezzar (2005), Associate Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles; B.S., Santa Clara University: image processing, radial basis functions, spectral methods, radon transform.
Amanda Norvell (2022), Professor of Biology; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; B.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst: developmental cell biology, post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression during Drosophila oogenesis.
Robert J. Olsen (2002), Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., M.A., Brandeis University; physical chemistry, chemical physics, nonlinear chemical dynamics, computational science, computational chemistry.
Matthew Olson (2019), Assistant Associate Professor of Environmental Science; Ph.D., University of Maine; M.S., University of Tennessee; B.S., University of Maine; A.A.S., Paul Smith’s College: forest regeneration & stand dynamics, fire ecology, silviculture, ecological forestry.
Sipra Pal (1986), Professor Emerita of Physics; Ph.D., Georgetown University; M.S., University of Delhi; B.S., University of Calcutta: solid state physics, theoretical surface physics, mathematical physics, energy studies and computational modeling.
Edward Paul (1972), Professor Emeritus of Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Oregon; B.A., Brandeis University: physical chemistry, chemical physics, thermodynamics, phase diagrams, chemical mechanical polishing, tool wear in precision engineering, mathematical modeling, scientific models and structures.
Kayla Pennerman (2024), Assistant Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Rutgers University; M.S., Virginia Tech; B.A., Salisbury University: bioinformatics, microbiology, molecular biology, mycotoxins.
Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert (2015), Associate Professor of Marine Science; Ph.D., University of Rhode Island; M.S., University of California Santa Cruz; B.A., Carleton College: coastal physical oceanography, estuaries, biological-physical interactions, biogeochemical fluxes.
Donald Plank (1971), Professor Emeritus of Mathematics; Ph.D., University of Rochester; M.A., Yale University; B.S., Trinity College: algebra, general topology, rings of functions, ordered algebraic systems, collective choice theory.
Elizabeth C. Pollock (2006), Associate Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., Yale University; B.A., Oberlin College: biochemistry, nuclear magnetic resonance, food science.
Brandy Lynn Rapatski (2005), Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D., University of Maryland; M.S., B.S., New Jersey Institute of Technology: mathematical epidemiology, mathematical biology, differential equations.
GorDan Tyson Reeves (2016), Associate Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., Drexel University; M.B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson; B.A., Lincoln University, Pennsylvania: inorganic/organometallic synthesis (platinum group metals), redox chemistry, luminescence.
Marc L. Richard (2007), Associate Professor of Chemistry; Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S., Northwestern University: materials science, physical chemistry, phase transformations, trace explosive analysis, archaeometallurgy.
Brian Rogerson (1998), Professor Emeritus of Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; B.S., Florida International University: biochemistry, molecular immunology, B-lymphocyte immune responses, somatic mutation of antibody genes.
Melanie L. Schroer (2015), Instructor of Biology; M.S., Northern Arizona University; B.S., University of New Hampshire: biology, environmental science, ecology, anatomy and physiology, pedagogy.
Ekaterina G. Sedia (2001), Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University; B.S., equivalent, Moscow State University: community and ecosystem ecology, ecological role of non-vascular plants and lichens, environmental philosophy, honeybee ecology and behavior.
Matthew Severs (2009), Associate Professor of Geology; Ph.D., Virginia Tech; B.A., Colby College: igneous and metamorphic petrology, volcanology, geochemistry, ore deposits, planetary geology, mineralogy.
Lauren Seyler (2020), Assistant Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Rutgers University; B.A., Rutgers University: marine and subsurface microbial ecology, carbon cycling, geobiology, biogeochemistry, astrobiology.
Steven G. Shaak (2016), Associate Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Mississippi State University; B.A., Hiram College: entomology, ecology, evolutionary biology, biodiversity, anatomy.
Monir H. Sharobeam (1991), Professor of Engineering Science; Ph.D., University of Tennessee; M.S., B.S., University of Cairo: mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, fracture mechanics, finite element methods, computational science, computer-aided design and solid modeling.
Yitzhak Y. Sharon (1972), Distinguished Professor of Physics and Weinstein Professor of Jewish Studies; Ph.D., M.A., Princeton University; A.B., Columbia University: theoretical low-energy nuclear physics, physics education, theoretical and mathematical physics, applications of physics to oceanography.
Yujin Shen (1986), Associate Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D., M.S., University of Delaware; B.S., Kirin University: mathematical statistics, probability, actuarial science.
Camilla Alves Souto (2022), Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil; B.S., Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil: systematics, biogeography, macroevolution, marine invertebrates.
Louise S. Sowers (1984), Professor Emeritus of Chemistry; Ph.D., M.S., Drexel University; A.B., Rutgers, The State University: chemical impact of energy systems on the environment, pollution analysis, trace analysis, trace explosive analysis, instrumental techniques.
Lynn F. Stiles (1973), Professor Emeritus of Physics; Ph.D., M.S., Cornell University; B.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook: geothermal systems, energy management, solar energy, environmental physics.
Peter Straub (1994), Distinguished Professor of Biology and Coastal Zone Management; Ph.D., M.S., University of Delaware; B.S., Stockton University: molecular biology, marine ecology, beach and salt marsh plants, scientific diving, and marine survey.
Mark Sullivan (2006), Professor of Marine Science; Ph.D., University of Miami; M.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook; B.S., Tulane University: ichthyology, early life history of fishes, fisheries management, fisheries oceanography, climate change, marine debris.
Christine Thompson (2017), Assistant Professor of Marine Science; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.; B.S., University of Notre Dame: estuarine ecology, biological-physical interactions, plankton ecology, benthic/larval biology, shellfish biology, restoration ecology.
Juan Tolosa (1988), Professor Emeritus of Mathematics; Ph.D., Patrice Lumumba University, USSR: local and global theory of dynamical systems, mathematical biology, retarded and neutral functional differential equations, ordinary differential equations, maps of the interval, chaos.
Catherine A. Tredick (2013), Associate Professor of Environmental Science; Ph.D., M.S. Virginia Tech; B.S., Duke University: wildlife ecology, population dynamics, wildlife habitat use, wildlife conservation, wildlife management.
Joseph Jude Trout (2011), Professor of Physics; Ph.D., M.S., Drexel University; B.S., The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey: atmospheric physics, astronomy, computational physics, applied physics, meteorology, physics education.
Hannah Turner (2024), Assistant Professor of Mathematics; PhD., University of Texas at Austin; B.S., Ball State University: topology, knot theory, braids.
Lori A. Vermeulen (2016), Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., M.A., Princeton University; B.S., University of Scranton: inorganic/organic hybrid materials, photochemistry, photophysics, impact of mindfulness on teaching and learning and in higher education administration, teaching pedagogy in in-person versus online modalities.
Benita P. Villar (2003), Instructor of Physics; M.A. Higher Education: Physics with Science Supervisor Certification, Rowan University; B.A. in Physics with Minor in Spanish, Rowan University; NJ Substance Abuse Counseling Certification, Georgian Court College; Crisis Intervention Certification, Eugenia Hospital.
Judith A. Vogel (2001), Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D., M.A., Temple University; B.A., Stockton University: numerical analysis, numerical linear algebra, and iterative methods.
Jeffrey R. Webber (2016), Associate Professor of Geology; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.S., The University of Vermont; B.S., Montana State University: structural geology, metamorphic petrology, tectonics, rock magnetism, and geophysics.
Emma L. Witt (2014), Associate Professor of Environmental Science; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; M.S., University of Minnesota; B.S., University of Kentucky: hydrology, water quality, groundwater-surface water interactions.
Aaron Wohlrab (2011), Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego; B.S., The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey: organic chemistry, total synthesis of natural products.
Roger C. Wood (1971), Professor Emeritus of Zoology; Ph.D., Harvard University; B.A., Princeton University: conservation biology, vertebrate paleontology, evolution, zoogeography, systematics.
Chia-Lin Wu (1996), Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; M.A., California State University at Long Beach; B.S., National Kao-Hsiung Normal University: probability and statistics, queueing theory, data analysis, optimization.
Karen York (1995), Professor Emerita of Biology; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; B.S., Western Kentucky University: genetics, molecular genetics and microbiology.
George Zimmermann (1982), Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science; Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University; M.S., Utah State University; B.S., Cook College, Rutgers, The State University: forest ecology, ecological forest management, silviculture, wildlife-forest interactions, quantitative methods in ecology.
Melissa Zwick (2006), Associate Professor of Biology and Physical Therapy; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; B.S., Plattsburgh State University of New York: inclusive pedagogy, case study pedagogy, neurobiology, physiology, scientific literacy.
