NSM Faculty/Staff Newsletter

From the Office of the Dean

NSM Welcomes New Faculty and Staff

This fall, the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics is proud to welcome 17 new faculty and staff members across our departments and programs. Their diverse expertise and fresh perspectives strengthen our mission of discovery, teaching, and service. Please join us in giving them a warm NSM welcome as they begin their journeys in our college community.

Advancement

  • Lizbeth Pallathumadom, Director of Constituent Relations
  • David Tucker, Associate Director of Advancement

Department of Biology & Biochemistry and Center for Nuclear Receptors & Cell Signaling

  • Marianne Kramer, Lecturer - Biology
  • Bin Liu, Assistant/Associate Professor - Translational Immunology

Department of Chemistry

  • Trevor Latendresse, Assistant Professor - Chemistry
  • Crystal Young, Instructional Associate Professor - Organic Chemistry

Department of Computer Science

  • Peizhu Qian, Assistant or Associate Professor - Affective Computing and Human Centered AI
  • Ali Shokri, Assistant or Associate Professor - Software Systems

Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

  • Muhammad Nawaz Bugti, Research Scientist - Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
  • Philip Griggs, Lecturer - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Jinping Hu, Assistant or Associate Professor in Planetary Science
  • Jiaxuan Li, Assistant or Associate Professor - Subsurface Science and Imaging
  • Kunxiaojia Yuan, Assistant or Associate Professor in Coastal Resiliency

Department of Mathematics

  • Deepika Garg, Research Fellow - Finite Element Methods
  • Anthony Sanchez, Assistant Professor - Applied Computational Dynamical Systems
  • Mingtao Xia, Assistant Professor- Applied Mathematics with Focus on Mathematical Biology or Medicine

Department of Physics

  • Barak Schmookler, Assistant Professor - Experimental Nuclear Physics+