NSM Faculty/Staff Newsletter

From the Office of the Dean

NSM Faculty and Staff Service Awards

Ninety-five NSM faculty and staff members were recognized for reaching service milestones at the end of the academic year. Congratulations to all and special recognition to 16 employees with 40+ years of service to UH:

Charles Tucker - 55 years
Garret Etgen - 53 years
Rosalie Maddocks - 53 years
Lowell Wood - 52 years
Klaus Kaiser - 51 years
Matthew O’Malley - 49 years
Siemion Fajtlowicz - 48 years
William “Fitz” Fitzgibbon - 48 years

Lawrence Pinsky - 48 years
Edger Bering - 47 years
Philip Walker - 47 years
Edward Kao - 44 years
Chin Ting - 44 years
Ching Wu “Paul” Wu - 43 years
Ernst Leiss - 41 years
John Casey - 40 years

Biology & Biochemistry

Adil Alvi, Systems Administrator 1 - 15 years
Farah Babul, Assistant Business Administrator - 5 years
Amin Esmaeilniakooshkghazi, Research Assistant Professor - 5 years
Masaya Fujita, Professor - 15 years
Seema Khurana, Professor - 10 years
Richard Knapp, Instructional Professor - 15 years
Audrey-Ann Liew, Senior Researcher - 5 years
Frank McKeon, Professor - 5 years
Donna Pattison, Instructional Professor and Assistant Dean - 15 years
Madhan Tirumalai, Research Assistant Professor - 15 years
Shan Wang, Senior Researcher - 5 years
Rebecca Zufall, Associate Professor - 15 years

Chemistry

Steven Baldelli, Professor - 20 years
Maurice Brookhart, Professor - 5 years
Arkadiusz Czader, Instructional Associate Professor - 20 years
Jessica Feil, Financial Coordinator 2 - 10 years
David Hoffman, Professor and Chair - 30 years
Davy Lu, Electronics Technician 2 - 15 years
Shahab Tayyab, Assistant Business Administrator - 5 years
Thi Viet Tran, Postdoctoral Fellow - 5 years
Xiqu Wang, Research Associate Professor - 25 years
Judy Wu, Associate Professor - 5 years

Computer Science

Kam-Hoi Cheng, Associate Professor - 35 years
Christoph Eick, Associate Professor - 35 years
Edgar Gabriel, Professor - 15 years
Ernst Leiss, Professor - 41 years
Pranav Mantini, Research Associate 2 - 10 years
Shishir Shah, Professor and Chair - 20 years
Weidong “Larry” Shi, Associate Professor - 10 years
Bridget Smalley, Department Business Administrator - 10 years
Chang Yun, Instructional Associate Professor - 20 years

Center for Nuclear Receptors & Cell Signaling (CNRCS)

Sanghyuk Chung, Associate Professor - 10 years
Chin-Yo Lin, Associate Professor - 10 years
Kristi Martin, Department Business Administrator - 20 years
Yanting Zhang, Research Associate 2 - 5 years

Dean’s Office

Andrea Arias-Rodriguez, Director, Distance and Online Operations - 20 years
Ashley Askew, Director of Planning and Assessment - 10 years
Susan Clements, Academic Advisor 2 - 5 years
Javier Diaz, Systems Administrator 1 - 10 years
Jasmine Harrison, Development Coordinator 2 - 5 years
Kathy Major, Executive Director of Communications - 10 years
Judy Mata, Department Business Administrator - 5 years
Jim McGee, Application Developer 4 - 35 years
Fred McGhee, Executive Director, Academic Affairs - 25 years
Emily Merrell, College Business Administrator - 10 years
Ngozi Onwuama, Application Developer 3 - 5 years

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Muhammad Bugti, Researcher 1 - 5 years
John Casey, Professor - 40 years
Daniel Hauptvogel, Instructional Associate Professor - 5 years
Fred Hilterman, Distinguished University Professor - 25 years
Tom Lapen, Professor and Chair - 15 years
Rosalie Maddocks, Professor - 53 years
Thomas Malloy, Research Professor - 5 years
Paul Mann, Robert E. Sheriff College Professor - 10 years
Michael Murphy, Professor - 20 years
Ewa SzyMcZyk, Researcher 3 - 20 years
Guoquan “Bob” Wang, Professor - 10 years
Jonny Wu, Assistant Professor - 5 years

Mathematics

Robert Azencott, Professor - 15 years
Matthew Caputo, Instructional Assistant Professor - 5 years
Beatrice Constante, Lecturer - 20 years
Garret Etgen, Professor - 53 years
Siemion Fajtlowicz, Professor - 48 years
William “Fitz” Fitzgibbon, Professor - 48 years
Roland Glowinski, Professor and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair - 35 years
Shahinda Hafeez, Lecturer - 25 years
Klaus Kaiser, Professor - 51 years
Mehrdad Kalantar, Associate Professor - 5 years
Edward Kao, Professor - 44 years
Nhi “Amy” Kha, Financial Coordinator - 5 years
Rachael Lee, Administrative Coordinator - 15 years
Alexander Mamonov, Associate Professor - 5 years
Leah McAlister, Lecturer and Academic Program Manager, teachHOUSTON - 20 years
Matthew O’Malley, Professor - 49 years
Tsorng-Whay Pan, Professor - 30 years
Cathy Poliak, Instructional Associate Professor - 5 years
Charles Tucker, Associate Professor - 55 years
Jay Walia, Director, College IT Support (CASA) - 20 years
Philip Walker, Associate Professor - 47 years
Thomas Weber, Instructional Assistant Professor - 10 years

Physics

Rene Bellwied, M.D. Anderson Professor - 10 years
Edger Bering, Professor - 47 years
Ching Wu “Paul” Wu, Professor and T.L.L. Temple Foundation Chair in Science (TcSUH) - 43 years
Gemunu Gunaratne, Moores Professor - 30 years
Jackqueline Owens, Financial Coordinator 1 - 10 years
Lawrence Pinsky, Moores Professor - 48 years
Andrew Renshaw, Associate Professor - 5 years
Hasan Salehi Najafabadi, Postdoctoral Fellow - 5 years
Jason Shulman, Research Associate Professor - 10 years
Wu-Pei Su, Professor - 35 years
Anthony Timmins, Associate Professor - 10 years
Chin Ting, Professor - 44 years
Art Weglein, Professor and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair - 20 years
Lowell Wood, Professor - 52 years
Pengzhi Zhang, Research Scientist - 10 years