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2025 - 2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025 - 2026 Undergraduate Catalog

College of Life and Physical Sciences (Faculty & Staff)


Biological Sciences 

Artenzia C. Young-Seigler, Ph.D., Department Chair 

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Carolyn B. Caudle, Associate Professor

B.A., 1967, Fisk University; M.A.,1970, Indiana University; M.S.,1979, Meharry Medical College; Ph.D., 1988, Meharry Medical College

Kimberly Cooney, Assistant Professor

B.S., 2011, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; Ph.D., 2018, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Carla Gardner-Jones, Associate Professor

B.A., 1993, Fisk University; M.S., 1997, Tennessee State University; Ph.D., 2001, Meharry Medical College

Dafeng Hui, Professor

B.S., 1989, Yangzhou University; M.S., 1994, Yangzhou University-China; Ph.D., 2002, University of Oklahoma

Michael T. Ivy, Professor

B.A., 1978, Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

Ho-Jin Koh, Associate Professor

B.S., 1995, Kyungpook National University; M.S., 1997, Kyungpook National University; Ph.D., 2002, Kyungpook National University

Elaine D. Martin, Professor

B.S. 1981, University of Montevallo; M.Ed., 1985, University of Montevallo; Ph.D., 1990, University of Alabama

Monique M. McCallister, Assistant Professor

B.S., 2003, Tennessee State University; M.S., 2005, Tennessee State University; Ph.D., 2012, Meharry Medical College

Joshua Ohair, Assistant Professor

B.S., 2011, University of Central Florida; M.S., 2014, Tennessee State University; Ph.D., 2018, Tennessee State University

Quincy A. Quick, Professor

B.S., 1994, Ferrum College; M.S., Virginia State University; Ph.D., 2002, New Mexico State University

John T. Robinson, Jr.,   Professor

B.S., 1985, North Carolina Central University; Ph.D., 1993, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Sarika Saraswati, Assistant Professor

B.S., 1993, University of Allahabad; M.S., 1995, University of Allahabad; Ph.D., 2008, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Venkataswarup Tiriveedhi, Associate Professor

M.B.B.S./M.D., 2002, Osmania Medical College; M.B.A., 2018, Tennessee State University; Ph.D., 2007, The University of Southern Mississippi

Xiaofei Wang, Professor

B.S., 1983, Sichuan University; M.S.,1987, Sichuan University; Ph.D., 1999, The University of Hong Kong

Artenzia C. Young-Seigler, Professor

B.S., 1990, Paul Quinn College; M.S., 2020, Tennessee State University; PhD., 1998, Meharry Medical College

Chemistry

Sujata Guha, Ph.D., Interim Department Chair

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Mohammad Al-Masum, Professor

B.S., 1984, M.S., 1986, Dhaka University (Bangladesh); Ph.D., 1996, Tohoku University (Japan)

Ryan Beni, Professor

B.S. 1995, M.S. 1997, Sharif University of Technology, Ph.D. 2002, Sharif University of Technology and Justus Liebig University

William Y. Boadi, Professor

B.Sc., 1982, University of Science and Technology (Ghana); M.Sc., 1988; Ph.D., 1991, Technion -  Israel Institute of Technology

Sujata Guha, Professor and Interim Department Chair

B.S., 1994, University of Dubuque; Ph.D., 2000, Purdue University

Mohammad R. Karim, Professor

B.S., 1978, M.S., 1980, Jahangirnagar University (Bangladesh); Ph.D., 1989, Kent State University

Joshua Moore, Professor

B.S., 1998, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Ph.D., 2003, Vanderbilt University

Cosmas O. Okoro, Professor

B.S., 1981, M.S., 1986, North Carolina Central University; Ph.D., 1993, Howard University

Nsoki Phambu, Professor

B.S., 1989, Universite Henri Diderot (Paris, France); Ph.D., 1996, Universite Henri Poincaré’ (France)

Tasneem Siddiquee, Professor

B.Sc. (Hons), 1993; M.Sc, 1994, Jahangirnagar University; Ph.D., 2007, University of WisconsinMilwaukee (Wisconsin)

Koen P. Vercruysse, Associate Professor

B.S., 1990, University of Ghent; Ph.D., 1995, University of Ghent

Mulugeta Wayu, Assistant Professor

B.S., 2000; Addis Ababa University; M.S., 2012, Middle Tennessee State University; Ph.D., 2015, Middle Tennessee State University

Margaret Whalen, Professor

B.S., 1979, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Ph.D., 1984, University of New Mexico

Mu Zheng, Associate Professor

B.S. 1987, M.S. 1990, Zhongshan University-China; D.A. 1997, Middle Tennessee State University

 

Mathematical Sciences

Michael E. Reed, Ph.D., Department Chair

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Mathematics

Dorjsuren Badamdorj, Associate Professor
Ph.D., 2006, University of Cincinnati

Ghan S. Bhatt, Associate Professor
Ph.D., 2004, Iowa State University

Noel Bourne, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., 2022, Howard University

Ben Celso, Instructor
M.S., 2013, Tennessee State University

Valerie Epps, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., 2019, Southern University, Baton Rouge

Kothandaraman Ganesan, Associate Professor
Ph.D., 1988, University of Illinois at Chicago

Patricio Jara, Associate Professor
Ph.D., 2008, Louisiana State University

Katherine Liles, Instructor
M.Ed., 2015, Alabama State University

Nolan McMurray, Jr., Professor
Ph.D., 2003, University of Mississippi

Wanda Payne, Associate Professor
Ph.D., 2013, University of Mississippi

Reed, Michael, Professor
Ph. D., 2004, University of Arkansas

Mathulani Sathananthan, Instructor
M.S., 1995, Tennessee State University

Martene Stanberry, Professor
Ph.D., 2010, North Carolina State University 

William Taylor, Associate Professor
Ph.D., 2018, The University of Arkansas

Matthias Winfree, Instructor
M.A., 2009, Lipscomb University

Linda Woodruff, Instructor
M.S., 1997, Tennessee State University

 

Physics

Orville Bignall, Professor
Ph.D., 1992, Florida State University

Geoffrey S. Burks, Associate Professor
Ph.D., 1991, University of Chicago

John Kelly, Associate Professor
Ph.D., 2002, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Lizhi Ouyang, Professor
Ph.D., 2001, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Moinuddin Sarkar, Professor
Ph.D., 1991, Kent State University