College of Arts and Sciences
John P. McNulty Scholars Program for Excellence in Science and Math
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Dr. Paul J. Angiolillo, Associate Professor and Chair of Physics, serves as Lisa Mariani’s mentor. Dr. Angiolillo and his students conduct research in the area of experimental condensed matter and materials physics. |
| Dr. Catalina Arango, Assistant Professor of Biology, is the faculty mentor for Lianette Pappaterra. Dr. Arango is a microbiologist who studies gene regulation as it relates to catabolite repression and biofilm formation in S. meliloti. She is also interested in environmental microbiology. |
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Dr. Sylvia Forman, Associate Professor of Mathematics, is the faculty mentor for Annamarie Everman. Dr. Forman’s research lies in the field of abstract algebra. |
| Dr. Eileen Grogan, Professor of Biology, is the mentor for Maria
Galassi. Dr. Grogan studies the origin and relationships of
chondrichthyan fishes, and early vertebrates in general. |
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Dr. Piotr Habdas, Associate Professor of Physics, is the research
advisor for Lisa Mariani. Dr. Habdas specializes in the physics of soft
condensed matter, fluid dynamics, and the physics of granular materials. |
| Dr. Rachel Hall, Associate Professor of Mathematics, is the faculty
mentor for McNulty Scholar Corinna Nöel. Dr. Hall’s research focuses on
mathematical music theory and ethnomathematics. |
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Dr. Christina King Smith, Professor of Biology, is Catherine Elorette’s
faculty mentor. Dr. King Smith studies the cytoskeleton and cell
motility, especially actin-dependent organelle transport and
actin/myosin dynamics in lamellipodia.
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| Dr. Julia Lee-Soety, Assistant Professor of Biology, is the faculty
mentor for Kim Nguyen. Dr. Lee-Soety studies the maintenance of
chromosome ends using baker’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which
uses very similar mechanisms as that in human cells. |
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Dr. Deborah Lurie, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Director of
the Actuarial Science Program, is the mentor for Alexa Garrison. Dr.
Lurie’s research interests lie in the application of statistics in
medical research and in statistics education.
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| Dr. Scott McRobert, Professor of Biology, serves as the faculty mentor
and research advisor for Molly Southwell. Dr. McRobert’s research
focuses on the genetic, ecological, and evolutionary aspects of animal
behavior in organisms ranging from fruit flies to fish, frogs and
turtles. |
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Dr. Mark Reynolds, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Program Director
of Chemical Biology, serves as the research advisor for Kim Nguyen, who
has spent two summers in his lab, studying the oxygen sensing mechanism
of the heme protein FixL that regulates nitrogen fixation in some
plants.
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| Dr. Jean Smolen, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Environmental Science Program, is the faculty mentor for Heidi Kurn. Dr. Smolen is an environmental chemist who studies the fate of organic pollutants in aqueous environments. She is also interested in issues of water quality and sustainability. |
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Dr. Karen Snetselaar, Professor of Biology, is the faculty mentor for Christina Freeman, biology major. Dr. Snetselaar's research area is the study of fungi, and most projects in her lab involve a fungus that causes tumor-like growths on corn plants.
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| Dr. Clint Springer, Assistant Professor Biology, is the faculty mentor for Kathleen Logan, biology major. Dr. Springer’s research focus is plant physiological ecology with a focus on plant responses to global changes in climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide. |
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Dr. James Watrous, Professor of Biology, is the research advisor for Catherine Elorette. Dr. Watrous and his undergraduate and graduate students conduct research on the development of computer models for epilepsy, tremor and circadian rhythms.
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