Faculty and Staff

Bruce W. Berdanier, Ph.D., PE, PS

Dean, College of Engineering and Sciences | Director, School of Engineering

Vanessa S. Quinn, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Sciences

J. Curtis Creighton, Ph.D.

Department Chair, Biological Sciences

Mitchell S. Alix, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Scott T. Bates, Ph.D.

Nils K. Nelson Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Young D. Choi, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

Edward Draper

Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology

John J. Durocher, Ph.D., ACSM-EP, CSCS

Nils K. Nelson Endowed Professor of Integrative Human Health

Lindsay M. Gielda, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Kenneth (Chris) Holford, Ph.D.

Chancellor

Barbara Mania-Farnell, Ph.D.

Professor of Biological Sciences

Matthew A. Ladwig, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Integrative Human Health

Hassan Naji, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Practice

Michelle Spaulding, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Radmila Sarac Stanic, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Graduate Program Coordinator

Ernest Talarico

Assistant Professor of Practice in Anatomy & Physiology

Feng-Song Wang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Michael I. Zimmer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Adam W. Rengstorf, Ph.D.

Department Chair, Chemistry and Physics

Reynaldo (Rey) D. Barreto, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Khagendra Bhandari

Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics

Glynn E. Bricker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Physics

James W. Dolen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Physics

Nicholas E. Ernst, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Dawit Gizachew, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Farai C. Gombedza, M.S., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Meden F. Isaac-Lam, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry

Robert A. Kramer, Ph.D., CEM, CDSM, CEA

Professor of Physics

Neeti Parashar, Ph.D.

Professor of Physics; Director, Center for High Energy Physics

Libbie S. W. Pelter, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Michael W. Pelter, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Kathryn L. Rowberg, J.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Charles A. Steele, M.S.

Lecturer of Physical Science

Daniel Suson, Ph.D.

Professor of Physics

Aaron R. Warren, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Physics

Shuhui Grace Yang, Ph.D.

Department Chair, Computer Science

Shukri Abotteen

Lecturer of Computer Science

Muhammed Tawfiq Chowdhury

Visiting Lecturer of Computer Science

Wei David Dai, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Director of Advanced Intelligence Software Lab

Victor Guo

Lecturer of Computer Science

Roger Kraft, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Sayanti Roy, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Ruijian Zhang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Hairong Zhao, Ph.D.

Professor of Computer Science; Graduate Advisor

Lizhe Tan, Ph.D.

Department Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rehan Ahmad

Visiting Assistant Professor

Khair Al Shamaileh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

Arash Asrari, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

Nasser Houshangi, Ph.D.

Professor of Electrical Engineering

Arkan Kadum

Lecturer

David Kozel, Ph.D.

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Quamar Niyaz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohsen Saffari, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering

Nicoleta E. Tarfulea, Ph.D.

Department Chair, Mathematics and Statistics

Gokarna Aryal, Ph.D.

Professor of Statistics

Alisa Clauson

Limited Term Lecturer, Mathematics and Statistics

Norma Elias, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Mathematics

Anthony D. Elmendorf, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics

David Feikes, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics

Harshini Fernando, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics

Jeff Gregg, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics Education

Grethe Hystad, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Statistics

Bir B. Kafle, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics

Benjamin Kelly

Limited Term Lecturer, Mathematics and Statistics

Jonathan Kuhn, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Statistics

Tareg Mansour

Limited Term Lecturer, Mathematics and Statistics

Weihua Ruan, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics

Nicolae Tarfulea, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics

Alain Togbe, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics

Svetla Tzvetkov

Visiting Instructor of Mathematics

Diana Underwood Gregg, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Math Education

Chandramouli Viswanathan Chandramouli, Ph.D.

Department Chair, Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Veera Gnaneswar Gude, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, D.WRE, F.ASCE, F.EWRI

NiSource-Meyer Charitable Foundation Professor of Energy and the Environment | Director, PNW Water Institute

Victor Gomez

Visiting Instructor

Hansung Kim, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Yun (Tom) Liu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Subbarao Venkata Majety, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of the Design Studio

Masoud Mojtahed, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Kimia Mortezaei, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Practice

Xiuling Wang, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Wubeshet Woldemariam, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

Aref Yadollahi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Nuri Zeytinoglu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Shengyong Zhang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Chenn Zhou, Ph.D.

NIPSCO Distinguished Professor of Engineering Simulation | Director, the Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS)

Rose Benoit

Administrative Assistant, Mathematics and Statistics

Jessica Butler

Laboratory Technician, Biological Sciences

Dora Calderon

Administrative Assistant, School of Engineering

Amanda Deaner

Lab Operations Coordinator, Biological Sciences

Susan Delatorre

Senior Administrative Assistant to the Dean, College of Engineering and Sciences

Elizabeth Espinoza

Administrative Assistant, Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Jody Howton

Part Time Laboratory Technician, Chemistry and Physics

John Hruska

Lab Coordinator, Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Izabela Jannotta, M.S.

Chemistry Lab Coordinator

Jake Manzo

Student Service, Mechanical Engineering Lab

Jennifer Marynowski

Administrative Assistant, Computer Science

Zachary Mullaney, M.S.

Laboratory Operations Coordinator

Karen Norman

Administrative Assistant, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Matthew Norton, M.S.

Physics Lab Coordinator

LaTonya Ovie

Administrative Assistant for Biological Sciences

Atanu Pathak

Post Doctorate Research Associate, Chemistry and Physics

Lidia Serrato

Administrative Assistant, Chemistry Physics

Kristyn Akert

Academic and Student Success Advisor

Bill Baginski

Academic and Student Success Advisor

Ellie Barnes

Academic and Student Success Advisor

Michelle Bush

Lead Academic and Student Success Advisor

Leslie Dorworth Thompson, M.S.

Aquatic Ecology Specialist

Harvey Abramowitz, Eng.Sc.D

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

Constantin Apostoaia, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering

Barrie Burridge

Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering

Purna Das, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Physics

Gayla Domke, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Emerita of Mathematics

Howard Gerber, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering

Kaliappan Gopalan, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering

Donald Gray, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering

Richard Hengst, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Biology

Toma Hentea

Professor Emeritus of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Robert Merkovsky, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

Robert Peloquin, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

Edward Pierson, Sc.D.

Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering

Keith Schwingendorf, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

Robin W. Scribailo, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

W.T. Evert Ting, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences

Peter Turbek, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

Laura Unger, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Chemistry