NSM Faculty/Staff Newsletter

From the Office of the Dean

Faculty Promotions Approved

Congratulations to the following faculty whose promotions received final approval from the UH System Board of Regents.

In addition, base-funded non-tenure track faculty upon promotion are also awarded a Renewable Employment Agreement (REA) which provides a number of protections on top of a three-year rolling contract every year.

Tenured and Tenure-Track Promotions

Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure

  • Kerri Crawford, Biology & Biochemistry
  • Mehrdad Kalantar, Mathematics
  • Alexander Mamonov, Mathematics
  • Andrew Renshaw, Physics
  • Judy Wu, Chemistry

Tenure Approved

  • Qin Feng, Associate Professor, Biology & Biochemistry

Promotion to Professor

  • Arne Lekven, Biology & Biochemistry
  • Thamar Solorio, Computer Science
  • Yuhong Wang, Biology & Biochemistry

Non-Tenure Track Promotions

Promotion to Associate Professor

  • Melahat Almus, Instructional Associate Professor, REA, Mathematics
  • Daniel Hauptvogel, Instructional Associate Professor, REA, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
  • Cathy Poliak, Instructional Associate Professor, REA, Mathematics
  • James West, Instructional Associate Professor, REA, Mathematics