Associate Professor of Biology

B.S. University of Delaware; Ph.D. Uniform Sciences University of Health Science

Research Interests:  1) The regulation of cytokines modulation, the inflammatory response to bacterial infection 2) the role of transcription factors in controlling the growth of myeloid tumor cells

Mark Allen, Ph.D. - mallen@msmary.edu
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry

B.S. Chemistry; University of Puget Sound; M.S. Chemistry, University of Oregon; Ph.D. Chemistry, University of California Davis

Research Interests: Inorganic nanomaterials, photo catalysts for water splitting, alternative fuels research

Rosie Bolen, Ph.D.— bolen@msmary.edu
Assistant Professor of Biology

B.A. Mary Baldwin College; Ph.D. Miami University

Research Interests:  Behavioral ecology, foraging behavior, plant-herbivore evolution

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Sarah Brown - smbrown@msmary.edu
Lecturer, Biology Lab Manager,

B.A. St. John's College; M.S. Hood College

Kathryn Dye, Ph.D. - dye@msmary.edu
Assistant Professor of Biology

B.A. Augustana College; Ph.D. Loyola University Chicago

Research Interests:  Microbiology and Immunology-B and T lymphocyte responses to Ebola virus, Cell biology- differentiation of antibody secreting plasma cells via the unfolded protein response

Michael Epstein, Ph.D. — epstein@msmary.edu
Associate Professor of Chemistry

B.S., Ph.D. University of Maryland

Research Interests:  Instrument automation, trace element spectrochemical analysis, chemical archeology, environmental and forensic science

http://www.mikeepstein.com/

Patti Kreke, Ph.D. - kreke@msmary.edu
Associate Professor of Chemistry

B.A. Transylvania University; Ph.D. University of Tennessee

Research Interests:  Directs student research in the area  of surfactant chemistry and the development of experiments utilized in the undergraduate laboratories; additional interests include polymer chemistry and the history of women in space.

Christine McCauslin, Ph.D. — mccauslin@msmary.edu
Associate Professor of Biochemistry

B.S. Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.S. Hood College; Ph.D. George Washington University

Research Interests: Transcriptional regulation of brain stress responses

Danny G. Miles, Jr., Ph.D. — miles@msmary.edu
Professor of Chemistry

B.S., M.S. University of Alabama; Ph.D. University of North Carolina

Research Interests:  Developing novel optical methods to study time dependent chemical and biophysical phenomena

Jeffrey Simmons, Ph.D. — simmons@msmary.edu
Associate Professor of Environmental Science

B.A. University of Rochester; M.S., Ph.D. Cornell University

Research Interests:  Ecosystem ecology, aquatic ecology, toxicology, watersheds, effects of heavy metal pollutants on stream ecosystems

Andrea Solis, Ph.D. — solis@msmary.edu
Assistant Professor of General Science, Chemistry Lab Manager

B.S. Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico; M.S., Ph.D. National Autonomous University of Mexico

Research Interests:   Absorption and desorption of polymer thin films, deposition and characterization of semiconductor and metallic thin films

Dana Pirone Ward, Ph.D. — dward@msmary.edu
Assistant Professor of Biology

B.S. Mount St. Mary's University; Ph.D. Georgetown University

Research Interests: Vascular cell biology, mechanisms of arteriosclerosis, angiogenesis, microfabrication technologies