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NS Faculty & Staff

 

BIOCHEMISTRY FACULTY Office Number Office Telephone/email
Jerry Johnson
Professor
Profile
OMB N606 713-221-2720
johnsonj@uhd.edu
Rachna Sadana
Professor, Department Chair
Profile
STB 426 713-226-5562
sadanar@uhd.edu
J. Akif Uzman
Professor, Dean
Profile  
OMB N723 713-221-8488
uzmana@uhd.edu

 

CHEMISTRY FACULTY Office Number Office Telephone/email
Maria Benavides
Associate Professor, Chemistry Program Coordinator, Assistant Chair
Profile
STB 340 713-221-8170
benavidesmar@uhd.edu
Houston Brown
Senior Lecturer
Profile
STB 226 713-221-8487
brownhs@uhd.edu
Bhagyashree Dixit
Lecturer
Profile
OMB N614E 713-221-2735
dixitb@uhd.edu

Mian Jiang
Associate Professor
Profile
STB 334 713-221-8954
jiangm@uhd.edu
Kenneth Johnson
Associate Professor, Geosciences Coordinator
Profile
N808 713-222-5375
johnsonk@uhd.edu
Robin Jose
Associate Professor, NS Honors Program Coordinator
Profile
STB 338 713-221-8115
joser@uhd.edu

Qiang(Ted) Li
Assistant Professor
Profile
STB 232 713-221-8227
liq@uhd.edu
Mesias Pedroza
Lecturer
Profile
N614C 713-226 -5237
pedrozam@uhd.edu

Vishakha Shembekar
Lecturer

N614B 713-223-7970
shembekarv@uhd.edu

Lydia St Hill
Lecturer

OMB N615 713-221-8140
sthilll@uhd.edu

Jacob Theruvathu
Assistant Professor

STB332 713-221-5804
theruvathuj@uhd.edu
Eszter Trufan
Associate Professor
Profile
STB328 713-222-5306
trufane@uhd.edu

 



MICROBIOLOGY FACULTY Office Number Office Telephone/email
Maria Gabriela Bowden
Associate Professor, Biology Program Coordinator, JAMP Faculty Director, Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC)
Profile
STB 224 713-222-5313
bowdenm@uhd.edu
Poonam (Gulati) Salhorta
Associate Professor
Profile
OMB S417D 713-221-8066
gulatip@uhd.edu
Lisa Morano
Professor, Director of Center for Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
Profile
STB 109 713-221-2782
moranol@uhd.edu

Xyanthine Parillon
Lecturer

OMB N608

713-221-5310
parillonx@uhd.edu


 

GEOLOGY FACULTY Office Number Office Telephone/email
Aimee Bichler
Lecturer
Profile
OMB N842 713-221-5052
bichlera@uhd.edu
Ayorinde Idowu
Lecturer
Profile
OMB N820 713-226-5230
idowual@uhd.edu
Kenneth Johnson
Associate Professor, Geosciences Coordinator
Profile
OMB N808 713-222-5375
johnsonk@uhd.edu

Qiang Li
Assistant Professor

STB 232

713-221-8227
liq@uhd.edu

Donald Musselwhite
Senior Lecturer
Profile
OMB N821 713-222-5374
musselwhited@uhd.edu

Yuriy Pinelis
Lecturer

OMB N819

713-221-8513
pinelisy@uhd.edu


 

PHYSICS FACULTY Office Number Office Telephone/email
Maria Benavides
Associate Professor, Chemistry Program Coordinator, Assistant Chair
Profile
STB 340 713-221-8170
benavidesmar@uhd.edu

Donald Musselwhite
Lecturer
Profile
OMB N821 713-222-5374
musselwhited@uhd.edu
Yuriy Pinelis
Lecturer
OMB N819 713-221-8513
pinelisy@uhd.edu

Heather Sartain
Lecturer

OMB N843

713-221-8140
sartainh@uhd.edu

Isabela Vrinceanu
Lecturer
OMB N615

713-221-8140
vrinceanui@uhd.edu

Ataollah Zamani
Lecturer

OMB S705

713-221-8140
zamania@uhd.edu


 

NURSING PROGRAM FACULTY Office Number Office Telephone/email

Tonye Cox-Miller
Clinical Associate Professor

OMB N841

713-221-5731
coxmillert@uhd.edu

Toi Durham
Director of in Nursing
Profile
OMB N811 713-221-2731
dunel@uhd.edu

Song Ge
Associate Professor
Profile

OMB N810 713-221-5746
ges@uhd.edu
Jaqueline Santiago

Program Coordinator

OMB N818 713-221-5732
santiagoj@uhd.edu

 

SCIENCE EDUCATION FACULTY Office Number Office Telephone/email
Jon Aoki
Associate Professor, Biological & Physical Science
with Emphasis in Teacher Certification Program
Coordinator, AP Summer Institute Director
Profile
OMB N614A 713-221-8687
aokij@uhd.edu
Sam Sen
Lecturer
Profile
OMB N614H 713-226-5218
sens@uhd.edu

 

ADJUNCT FACULTY Office Number Office Telephone/email
Ramil Ahmadov
Adjunct
Profile
STB 426 713-221-8140
ahmadovr@uhd.edu
MeKonnen Birru
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
birrum@uhd.edu
Elene Bouhoutsos-Brown
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
bouhoutsosbrowne@uhd.edu
Mark Bouwens
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
bouwensm@uhd.edu
LaTasha Burns
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
burnsl@uhd.edu
Kam Chu
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
chuk@uhd.edu
Bachlien Dang
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
dangb@uhd.edu
Nina Das
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
dasn@uhd.edu
Kellie Donoghue
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
donoghuek@uhd.edu
Mehdi Esmaeiliyan
Adjunct
STB238 713-221-8140
esmaeiliyanm@uhd.edu
David (Larry) Greene
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
greenel@uhd.edu
Prashant Harjai
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
harjaip@uhd.edu
Cyril Harris
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
harriscy@uhd.edu
Mahmud Hasan
Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology, NS Adjunct
OMB N710 713-221-8016
hasanm@uhd.edu
Charlet Jose
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
josec@uhd.edu
Amal Khalil
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
khalila@uhd.edu
Igor Kosacki
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
kosackii@uhd.edu
Reyhan Koshkarly
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
koshkarlyr@uhd.edu
Archana Kumar
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
kumara@uhd.edu
Remya Mohanraj
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
mohanrajr@uhd.edu
Robert Nail
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
nailr@uhd.edu
Gloria Okome
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
okomeg@uhd.edu
Nicolle Patterson
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-5804
pattersonn@uhd.edu
Indira Pokkunuri
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
pokkunurii@uhd.edu
Thelma Quijiano
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
quijanot@uhd.edu
Monica Rasmus
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
rasmusm@uhd.edu
Bhavna Rawal
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
rawalb@uhd.edu
Joseph Reeve
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
reevej@uhd.edu
Nawal Sharma
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
sharman@uhd.edu
Evelyn Valdez Rangel
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
valdezrangele@uhd.edu
Padmaja Vedartham
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
vedarthamp@uhd.edu
Rajnish Verma
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
vermar@uhd.edu
Tracy Webb
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
webbt@uhd.edu
James Wooten
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
wootenj@uhd.edu
Sheeba Zaidi
Adjunct
STB 426 713-221-8140
zaidish@uhd.edu

 

PROFESSOR EMERITUS Office Number Office Telephone/email
Glen Merrill
Emeritus Professor
   
Byron K. Christmas
Emeritus Professor
Profile
   

 

LABORATORY STAFF Office Number Office Telephone/email

Courtney Cain
Biology Laboratory Technician

STB 126B

713/226-5273
cainc@uhd.edu

Mehdi Esmaeiliyan
Laboratory Director
STB 238 713-221-8177
esmaeiliyanm@uhd.edu
Bruce Greer
Instrument Technician
OMB S808 713-221-8988
greerb@uhd.edu
Mohammad Din Islam
Laboratory Coordinator
STB 126B 713-226-5561
islamm@uhd.edu
Suzette Mouchaty

Microbiology Technician 

STB 126B 713-222-5320
mouchatys@uhd.edu

 

STAFF Office Number Office Telephone/email
Chinaza Nwosu
Administrative Assistant II
STB426 713-221-8015
nwosuc@uhd.edu
Andrea Guillory
Department Business Administrative III
STB426 713-222-5346
guillorya@uhd.edu
Adriana Penabad-Galva 
Sustainability Coordinator
STB109 713-221-2712
penabada@uhd.edu
Jaqueline Santiago
Program Coordinator, RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing
N725G 713-221-5732
santiagoj@uhd.edu