STEMS Faculty Mentors
Steven BenzelProfile page
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Office locationWatkins Academic Building, 176,聽
Nancy Dalman, Ph.D.Profile page
Professor & Department Head, Biology
Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 411,
Area(s) of Expertise: Environmental Toxicology, Marine Biology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Honors Program)
Bikash DasProfile page
Professor of Mathematics
Principal Investigator for the McNair Scholars Program
Office locationWatkins Academic Building, 118,
Area(s) of Expertise: Evolutionary and Developmental Biology, Embryonic Gene Expression, Vertebrate Head Development (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology)
Area(s) of Expertise: Ecology, Evolution, Botany, Phylogeography (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology)
Alan Dills
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Office locationWatkins Academic Building,105,
Dawn Drumtra, M.S.Profile page
Senior Lecturer, Biology
Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 115,
Area(s) of Expertise: Ornithology, Ecology, National History Museum (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology)
Gregory Feiden, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor
Director, North Georgia Astronomical Observatory
Office locationRogers Hall, 101,
Area(s) of Expertise: Stellar structure and evolution
Sarah Formica, Ph.D.Profile page
Professor, Physics
Fuller E. Callaway Professorial Chair
Office locationRogers Hall, 116A,
Ted Forringer, Ph.D.Profile page
Assistant Department Head in Physics
Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 212,
Amber Ignatius, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor of Geography and Geospatial Science
Office locationArt & Technology Building, 2122,
Student Resource Center, 594,
Area(s) of Expertise: Geography and Geospatial Science
Area(s) of Expertise: Microbiology, Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Molecular Genetics, Microbial Population Genetics (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Medicine)
Alison Kanak, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 433,
Area(s) of Expertise: Microbiology, Virology, Molecular Genetics, Environmental Microbiology , Microbial Bioremediation (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Physical Therapy)
Neal Lin, M.D., M.P.H.Profile page
Assistant Professor
Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 162,
Area(s) of Expertise: Clinical Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Medicine (general), Microbiology; (Advising Area of Expertise: Pre-Medicine)
Area(s) of Expertise: Geography and GIS, Hazards, Meteorology, Climatology, Earth Science, Emergency Management
Area(s) of Expertise: Geospatial Technology, Geospatial Model Development and Automation, Water Resources Engineering & Management, Soil Erosion & Conservation, Climate Change Impacted Environmental Management, Precision Agriculture & Site Specific Crop/Forage/Forest Management, WebGIS-based Decision Support System Development, Artificial Intelligence, and Sensing Technology
Hoang Pham, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor, Physics
Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 260,
Linda Purvis, Ph.D. Profile page
Associate Professor, Biology
Office locationWatkins Academic Building, 188,
Area(s) of Expertise: Poultry Science, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Immunology (Advising Area of Expertise: Poultry, Agriculture)
Area(s) of Expertise: Cell and molecular biology, developmental biology, neurobiology, human diseases (Advising Area of Expertise: Pre-Medicine)
Amanda Reynolds, Ph.D.Profile page
Assistant Professor
Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 427,
Area(s) of Expertise: Animal Physiology, Environmental Stressors, Cardiovascular Physiology, Fish and Reptiles; (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Physician's Assistant)
Area(s) of Expertise: Herpetology, Genetics, Cell Biology (Advising Area of Expertise: Pre-Veterinarian)
Redahegn Sileshi, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor of Engineering
Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 256,
Emilia Sola Gracia, Ph.D.Profile page
Lecturer in Biology
Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 429,
Area(s) of Expertise: Animal Behavior, Parasite-Host Interactions, Ecology, Social Behaviors
Area(s) of Expertise: Nuclear physics
Andrew Taylor, Ph.D.Profile page
Assistant Professor
Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 430,
Area(s) of Expertise: Fisheries Biology, Ichthyology, Conservation Biology, Ecology; (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Veterinarian)
Ryan Thompson, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office locationNewton Oakes Center, 216,
