College of Science & Engineering - Directory

Phillip S. Hartman, Dean

J. Richard Rinewalt, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies

C. Magnus L. Rittby, Associate Dean for Administration and Graduate Programs

Kathy Ferguson,

Assistant to the Dean

Biology

GIRIDHAR R. AKKARAJU, Associate Professor. B.S. (University of Bombay, India), 1985; Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine), 1997. Since 2002.

MATTHEW CHUMCHAL, Assistant Professor. B.S. (Southwestern University), 2001; M.S. (Texas Christian University), 2003; Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma), 2007. Since 2007.

MOLLI CRENSHAW, Instructor, B.S. (Texas A&M University), 2005; M.S. (Texas Christian University), 2009. Since 2012.

MICHAEL CHUMLEY Assistant Professor. B.S. (University of Wyoming), 1987; M.S. (Ibid.), 1994; Ph.D. (University of Colorado Health Sciences Center), 2000. Since 2008.

RAY W. DRENNER, Professor and Chair of the Department. B.A. (University of Kansas), 1972; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1977. Since 1977.

AMANDA HALE, Associate Professor. B.S. and B.A. (Purdue University), 1995; M.S. (Ibid.), 1998; Ph.D. (University of Miami). 2004. Since 2007.

PHILIP S. HARTMAN, Professor and Chair of The Health Professions Advisory Committee. B.S. (Iowa State University), 1975; Ph.D. (University of Missouri), 1979. Since 1981.

JOHN D. HORNER, Professor. B.S. (Louisiana State University), 1979; M.S. (University of New Mexico), 1983; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1987. Since 1990.

MARLO JEFFRIES, Assistant Professor, B.S. University of Nebraska at Omaha, M.S. (Ibid.), 2005; Ph.D. University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2010. Since 2013.

CLARK A. JONES, Instructor. B.S. (Texas Christian University), 1989; M.S. (Ibid.), 1992; Ph.D. (Southern Methodist University), 1997. Since 2008.

GAIL I. JONES, Instructor II. B.A. (Radford University), 1971; M.S. (Texas Christian University), 1979; Ph.D. (University of North Texas), 1992. Since 1997.

GLENN C. KROH, Associate Professor. Associate’s Degree (Pennsylvania State University), 1962; B.S. (Ibid.), 1966; M.S. (Ibid.), 1970; Ph.D. (Michigan State University), 1975. Since 1975.

SHAUNA M. McGILLIVRAY, Assistant Professor, B.A. (Concordia College), 1999; Ph.D. (University of California), 2006.  Since 2009.

MIKE MISAMORE Associate Professor. B.S. (University of Wisconsin), 1989; M.S. (College of Charleston, S.C.), 1993; Ph.D. (Louisiana State University), 1998. Since 2003.

LEO W. NEWLAND, Professor. B.S. (Texas A&M University), 1964; M.S. (University of Wisconsin), 1965; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1968. Since 1969.

MICHAEL SAWEY, Instructor. B.S. (Texas Wesleyan University), 1994; M.S. (Texas Christian University), 2008. Since 2008.

STEPHANIE WALLACE, Instructor, B.S. (University of Texas at Arlington), 2006; M.S. (Texas Christian University), 2009; Since 2013.

DEAN WILLIAMS, Associate Professor. B.A. (Coe College), 1988; M.S. (University of Alabama, Huntsville), 1991; Ph.D. (Purdue University), 2000. Since 2007.

Chemistry

ONOFRIO ANNUNZIATA, Associate Professor. M.S. (University of Naples), 1997; (Texas Christian University), 2001. Since 2004.

JEFFERY L. COFFER, Professor. B.S. (Wofford College), 1982; M.S. (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), 1985; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1987. Since 1990.

SERGEI V. DZYUBA, Associate Professor. Diploma in Chemistry (Odessa State University), 1998; Ph.D. (Texas Tech University), 2002. Since 2006.

JULIE A. FRY, Instructor, B.S. (Rice University), 1989; Ph.D. (Texas Christian University), 2011.  Since 2009.

KAYLA N. GREEN, Assistant Professor. B.S. (Tarleton State University), 2003; Ph.D. (Texas A&M University), 2007. Since 2010.

BENJAMIN JANESKO, Assistant Professor. B.S. (Allegheny College), 1999; Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon University), 2005. Since 2009.

DAVID E. MINTER, Professor. B.S. (Stephen F. Austin State University), 1968; M.S. (Ibid.), 1970; Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin), 1974. Since 1980.

JEAN-LUC G. MONTCHAMP, Professor. Diploma of Engineering in Chemistry (School of Industrial Chemistry, France), 1989; Ph.D. (Purdue University), 1992. Since 1998.

ROBERT H. NEILSON, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry. B.S. (Carnegie-Mellon University), 1969; Ph.D. (Duke University), 1973. Since 1978.

YOUGHA RYU, Associate Professor. B.S. (Postech University, Korea), 1991; Ph.D. (Texas A&M University), 2004. Since 2007.

YULIA V. SEVRYUGINA, Assistant Professor. B.S./M.S. (St. Petersburg State University, Russia), 2001; Ph.D. (SUNY Albany), 2007. Since 2013.

ERIC E. SIMANEK, Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry. B.S. (University of Illinois), 1991; Ph.D. (Harvard University), 1996. Since 2010.

Computer Science

LISA B. BALL, Associate Professor. B.A. (University of Texas, Arlington), 1980; M.S. (Ibid.) 1990; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1995, Since 2001.

JAMES R. COMER, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department. B.S. (University of Texas, Arlington), 1971; M.S. (Ibid.), 1972; Ph.D. (Texas A&M University), 1979. Since 1981.

BILLY J. FARMER, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice. B.S. (Howard Payne University), 1979; M.S. (East Texas State), 1995. Since 2002.

LIRAN MA, Assistant Professor. B.S.E.E. (Hunan University), 1999; M.S. (Beijing Jiaotong University), 2003; D.Sc. (George Washington University), 2008. Since 2010.

BONNIE E. MELHART, Associate Professor and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs. B.A. (Wright State University), 1972; M.S. (Southern Illinois University), 1974; M.S. (University of California-Irvine), 1988; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1990. Since 1990.

L. DONNELL PAYNE, Associate Professor. B.S. (Sam Houston State University), 1973; M.S. (Ibid.), 1976; Ph.D. (University of Texas, Arlington), 1988. Since 1988.

J. RICHARD RINEWALT, Associate Professor and Associate Dean. B.S.E.E. (University of Texas, Arlington), 1969; M.S.E.E. (Ibid.), 1971; Ph.D. (University of Illinois), 1976. Professional Engineer-Texas, 1982. Since 1986.

ANTONIO SANCHEZ-AGUILAR, Associate Professor. B.S. (Universidad Iberoamericana), 1975; M.S. (George Washington University), 1976; D.Sc. (Ibid.), 1983. Since 2005.

MICHAEL C. SCHERGER, Assistant Professor. B.S. (University of Akron), 1991; B.S. (Ibid.), 1992; M.S. (Kent State University), 1995; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 2005. Since 2012.

Engineering

BECKY BELLATTI BITTLE, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice. B.S. (Oklahoma State University), 1980; M.S. (Purdue University), 1993; Ph.D. (Oklahoma State University) 1994. Since 1998.

ROBERT R. BITTLE, Associate Professor. B.S. (Oklahoma State University), 1980; M.S. (Purdue University), 1983; Ph.D. (Iowa State University), 1994. Since 1994. Professional Engineer-Texas.

JOHN R. FANCHI, Matthews Professor of Petroleum Engineering, B.S. (University of Denver), 1974; M.S. (University of Mississippi), 1975; Ph.D. (University of Houston), 1977. Since 2009.

CUILING (SUE) GONG, Associate Professor, B.S. (Tsinghua University), 1990; M.S., (University of Minnesota), 1993; M. S. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 1996; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1999. Since 2011.

MORGAN KIANI, Assistant Professor. B.S. (University of Texas at Arlington), 2005; M.S., (Ibid.),2006; Ph.D., (Ibid.), 2009. Since 2011.

DEMITRIS KOURIS, Professor, Diploma (National Technical University of Athens) 1982, MS; (Illinois Institute of Technology) 1984; Ph.D. (Northwestern University), 1987. Since 2009.

EFSTATHIOS E. MICHAELIDES, Moncrief Professor of Engineering. B.A. (Oxford University, 1977); M.S. (Brown University, 1979); Ph.D. (Ibid.) 1980; M.A.(Oxford University), 1983. Professional Engineer–Texas and Louisiana. Since 2011.

TRISTAN J. TAYAG, Professor. B.S.E.E. (Johns Hopkins University), 1986; M.S.E.E. (Ibid.); 1987; Ph.D. (University of Virginia), 1991. Since 1997.

PATRICK L. WALTER, Professor of Professional Practices in Engineering. B.S. (Pennsylvania State University), 1965; M.S. (University of New Mexico), 1967; Ph.D. (Arizona State University), 1978. Professional Engineer-New Mexico. Since 1995.

R. STEPHEN WEIS, Professor. B.S.E.E. (U. S. Naval Academy), 1979; M.S. (Georgia Institute of Technology), 1984; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1987. Since 1992. Professional Engineer-Texas.

WALTON E. WILLIAMSON, JR. Professor and Chair of the Department. B.S.M.E. (Stanford University), 1966; M.S.A.E. (University of Texas at Austin), 1967; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1970. Since 1999.

Environmental Science

BECKY JOHNSON, Associate Professor of Professional Practice. M.S. (Texas Christian University), 1996. Since 2007.

TAMIE MORGAN, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice. B.S. (Rice University), 1980; M.S. (Texas Christian University), 1982. Since 2008.

LEO W. NEWLAND, Professor. B.S. (Texas A&M University), 1964; M.S. (University of Wisconsin), 1966; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1969. Since 1969.

MICHAEL C. SLATTERY, Professor. B.A. (University of the Witwatersrand), 1988; M.S. (University of Toronto), 1990; Ph.D. (Oxford University), 1994. Since 1998.

Geology

HELGE ALSLEBEN, Associate Professor. B.S. (University of Hamburg), 1996; M.S. (San Jose State University), 2000; Ph.D. (University of Southern California), 2005. Since 2005.

ARTHUR B. BUSBEY, Associate Professor. B.S. (University of Texas at Austin), 1974; M.A. (Ibid.), 1977; Ph.D. (University of Chicago), 1982. Since 1985.

R. NOWELL DONOVAN, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Charles B. Moncrief Professor. B.Sc. (Newcastle University), 1966; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1972. Since 1986.

MILT ENDERLIN, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, 1977 B.S. (Sonoma State University), 2010 M.S. (Texas Christian University. Since 2011.

RICHARD E. HANSON, Herndon Professor. B.S. (Oklahoma State University), 1975; M.S. (Ibid.), 1977; Ph.D. (Columbia University), 1983. Since 1988.

JOHN HOLBROOK, Associate Professor. B.S. (Univ of Kentucky), 1985, M.S. (University of New Mexico), 1992, Ph.D. Indiana University, Since 2011.

RHIANNON G. MAYNE, Assistant Professor. B.S. (Edinburgh University), 2002; Ph.D. (University of Tennessee), 2008. Since 2009.

KEN M. MORGAN, Professor and Director of the School of Geology, Energy and the Environment and the TCU Energy Institute. B.S. (Indiana University), 1973; M.S. (Arizona State University), 1976; Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin), 1978. Since 1978.

XIANGYANG (CHEYENNE) XIE, Assistant Professor, School of Geology, Energy and the Environment. B.S. (Lanzhou University, China), 1998; M.S. (Northwest University, China), 2001; Ph.D. (University of Wyoming), 2007. Since 2013.

Mathematics

KATHY COLEMAN, Instructor II. B.A. (Texas Tech University), 1978; M.A. (Ibid.), 1971, 1989. Since 2005.

ROBERT S. DORAN, John William and Helen Stubbs Potter Professor. B.A. (University of Iowa), 1962; M.A. (Ibid.), 1964; M.S. (University of Washington), 1967; Ph.D. (Ibid.),1968. Since 1969.

ZE-LI DOU, Associate Professor. B.A. (City University of New York, Queens College), 1987; Ph.D. (Princeton University), 1993. Since 1994.

PENG FAN, Associate Professor. B.A. (National Taiwan Normal University), 1970; M.A. (National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan), 1972; Ph.D. (Indiana University), 1980. Since 1983.

GREG FRIEDMAN, Associate Professor. B.S. (Brown University), 1996; M.S. (New York University), 1998; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 2001. Since 2005.

GEORGE T. GILBERT, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department. B.A. (Washington University), 1979; Ph.D. (Harvard University), 1984. Since 1990.

RHONDA L. HATCHER, Associate Professor. B.A. (University of Colorado), 1980; A.M. (Harvard University), 1982; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1987. Since 1990.

SCOTT NOLLET, Professor. B.S. (University of Minnesota), 1985; Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley), 1994. Since 2000.

ALLISON C. OWEN, Instructor II. B.A. (Kansas Wesleyn University), 1981; M.L.S. (Texas Women's University), 1983; M.A. (Ibid.), 1987. Since 2000.

EFTON PARK, Professor. B.S. (University of Oklahoma), 1983; Ph.D. (State University of New York, Stony Brook), 1988. Since 1992.

IGOR P. PROKHORENKOV, Associate Professor. B.S. (Moscow State University), 1991; Ph.D. (Rice University), 1997. Since 1998.

KEN RICHARDSON, Professor. B.A. (Rice University), 1986; M.A. (Ibid.), 1989; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1993. Since 1994.

KRISTI E. RITTBY, Instructor II. B.S. (Texas Christian University), 1997; M.S. (University of Texas, Arlington), 2000. Since 2002.

LOREN SPICE, Assistant Professor. B.S. (Towson University), 1998; M.S. (University of Chicago), 2000; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 2004. Since 2009

SUSAN G. STAPLES, Associate Professor. B.S. (Case Western Reserve University), 1983; Ph.D. (University of Michigan), 1988. Since 1995.

KENNETH STEVENSON, Instructor II. B.A. (Cameron University), 1971; M.S. (Southwest Texas State University), 1980; Ed.D. (Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi), 1995. Since 2005.

QIAO ZHANG, Associate Professor. B.S. (Shandong University), 1996; M.S. (Ibid.), 1998; Ph.D. (Columbia University), 2003. Since 2008.

Nutritional Sciences

LYN DART, Associate Professor. B.S. (Texas Woman's University), 1980; M.S. (Ibid.) 1994; Ph.D. (Ibid.) 2001. Since 2001.

REBECCA DORITY, Instructor II. B.S. (University of Maine), 1999; M.S. (Tufts University) 2001. Since 2007.

MARY ANNE GORMAN, Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences. B.A. (University of North Texas), 1970; M.Ed. (Ibid.), 1974; Ph.D. (Texas Woman's University), 1983. Since 1983.

GINA J. HILL, Associate Professor. B.S. (Texas Tech University), 1998; M.S. (Ibid.), 1999; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 2003. Since 2003.

ANNE D. VANBEBER, Professor. B.S. (Texas Tech University), 1979; M.S. (Texas Woman's University), 1982; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1991. Since 1992.

Physics and Astronomy

HANA M. DOBROVOLNY, Assistant Professor. B.Sc. (University of Winnipeg), 1997; M.A. (Bryn Mawr College), 2000; Ph.D. (Duke University), 2008. Since 2012.

PETER M. FRINCHABOY III, Assistant Professor, B.S. (California State University), 2000; M.S. (University of Virginia), 2002; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 2006. Since 2009.

WILLIAM R. M. GRAHAM, Professor and Chair of the Department. B.Sc. (University of Western Ontario), 1966; M.Sc. (Ibid.), 1968; Ph.D. (York University) 1971. Since 1977.

ZYGMUNT KAROL GRYCZYNSKI, W. A. "Tex" Moncrief Jr. Professor. M.S. (Gdansk University), 1982; Ph.D. (ibid.), 1987. Since 2010.

DOUGLAS R. INGRAM, Instructor II. B.A. (University of Texas at Austin), 1990; M.Sc. (University of Washington), 1991; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1996. Since 1996.

DEMITRIS KOURIS, Professor, (National Technical University of Athens) 1982, M.S. (Illinois Institute of Technology) 1984, Ph.D. (Northwestern University), 1987. Since 2009.

BRUCE N. MILLER, Professor. B.A. (Columbia University), 1963; M.Sc. (University of Chicago), 1965; Ph. D. (Rice University), 1969. Since 1971.

C. MAGNUS L. RITTBY, Professor and Associate Dean. B.S. (University of Sussex), 1980; Ph.D. (University of Stockholm), 1985. Since 1990.

YURI M. STRZHEMECHNY, Associate Professor. M.S. (Khrakov Politechnic University), 1988; Ph.D. (City University of New York), 2000. Since 2005.

T. WALDEK ZERDA, Professor. M.S. (Silesian University), 1971; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1978; D.S. (Poznan University), 1983. Since 1987.

Psychology

TIMOTHY M. BARTH, Professor. B.S. (St. Bonaventure University), 1979; M.S. (Wesleyan University), 1982; Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin), 1986. Since 1990.

GARY W. BOEHM, Associate Professor. B.A. (Utah State University), 1989; M.S. (University of Connecticut), 1992; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1996. Since 1999.

ELLEN W. BROOM, Instructor, B.A. (University of Texas at Arlington) 1992; M.Ed. (University of North Texas), 1995; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 2000. Since 2011.

BRENT GRANT COOPER, Associate Professor. B.S. (University of New Mexico), 1993; Ph.D. (University of Utah). Since 2007.

CATHY R. COX, Assistant Professor. B.A. (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs), 2000; M.A. (Ibid.), 2004; Ph.D. (University of Missouri), 2009. Since 2009.

DAVID R. CROSS, Associate Professor. B.A. (University of California, Fresno), 1977; M.A. (University of Michigan), 1984; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1985. Since 1985.

NAOMI V. EKAS, Assistant Professor, B.A. (University of California, Davis), 2005; M.A. (University of Notre Dame), 2007; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 2009. Since 2011.

PATRICK M. FLYNN, Professor, Saul B. Sells Chair of Psychology, and Director, Institute of Behavioral Research. B.A. (Gannon University), 1972; M.A. (West Virginia College of Graduate Studies Institute), 1975; Ph.D. (University of Miami), 1982. Since 2000.

SARAH E. HILL, Associate Professor. B.A. (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), 2000; Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin), 2006. Since 2008.

KENNETH J. LEISING, Assistant Professor. B.S. (Texas Christian University), 2003; M.A. (UCLA), 2004; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 2008. Since 2009.

CHARLES G. LORD, Professor. B.A. (University of Rhode Island), 1976; Ph.D. (Stanford University), 1980. Since 1987.

DIANA MCFARLAND, Associate Professor of Professional Practice; Coordinator, Psychology of Leadership Minor. B.S. (Phillips University) 1985; M.S. (Texas Christian University) 1992; Ph.D. (Ibid.) 1996. Since 1994.

VANESSA MILLER, Instructor, B.A. (University of California, Irvine), 2002; M.A. (Chapman University), 2005; Ph.D. (University of California, Riverside), 2011. Since 2011.

MAURICIO R. PAPINI, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology. Licentiate (University of Buenos Aires), 1976; Ph.D. (University of San Luis, Argentina), 1985. Since 1990.

KAREN PURVIS, Professor of Professional Practice. B.S. (Texas Christian University), 1997; M.S. (Ibid.), 2001; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 2003. Since 2008.

ANNA INGEBORG PETURSDOTTIR, Assistant Professor. B.A. (University of Iceland), 1996; M.A. (Western Michigan University), 2004; Ph.D. (Ibid.). Since 2006.

S. K. UMA TAUBER, Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychology. B.A. (Augustana College), 2004; M.A. (University of Colorado), 2007; PhD (Colorado State University), 2010. Since 2013.





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