Faculty and Staff

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

Dean of the College of Engineering and Sciences | Acting Director of the School of Engineering

Catherine Murphy, Ph.D.

Associate Dean; Professor of Mathematics

Vanessa S. Quinn, Ph.D.

Associate Dean; Professor of Biological Sciences

Christian G. Westring, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Crime and Forensics

J. Curtis Creighton, Ph.D.

Interim Chair, Biological Sciences; Professor of 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

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.

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Barbara Mania-Farnell, Ph.D.

Professor of Biological Sciences and Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Matthew A. Ladwig, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Integrative Human Health

Hassan Naji, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Practice

Robin W. Scribailo, Ph.D.

Professor of Biological Sciences

Michelle Spaulding, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Radmila Sarac Stanic, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

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.

Interim Chair, Department of Chemistry and Physics and Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Hisham Hasan Abad, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics

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

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Glynn E. Bricker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Physics

James W. Dolen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Physics

Nicholas E. Ernst, Ph.D.

Visiting 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.

Associate 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; Professor of Computer Science

Wei David Dai, Ph.D.

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

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 | Professor of 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

Nicoleta E. Tarfulea, Ph.D.

Chair of Mathematics and Statistics | Interim Chair of Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Gokarna Aryal, Ph.D.

Professor of Statistics

Norma Elias, Ph.D.

Limited Term 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

Jonathan Kuhn, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Statistics

Robert Merkovsky, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics

Weihua Ruan, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics

Nicolae Tarfulea, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics

Alain Togbe, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics

Diana Underwood Gregg, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Math Education

Nicoleta E. Tarfulea, Ph.D.

Chair of Mathematics and Statistics | Interim Chair of 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.

Lecturer and Director of Design Studio, School of Engineering

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, Math and Statistics

Dora Calderon

Administrative Assistant, School of Engineering

Jack Carrol

Technician/Computer Coordinator

Susan Delatorre

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

John Hruska

Lab Supervisor

Izabela Jannotta, M.S.

Chemistry Lab Technician

Zachary Mullaney, M.S.

Lab Coordinator

Matthew Norton, M.S.

Physics Lab Technician

LaTonya Ovie

Administrative Assistant, Biological Sciences

Nathan Poling, M.S.

Lab Coordinator

Bill Baginski

Academic and Student Success Advisor

Neil Hunt

Academic and Student Success Advisor

Patrick Leser

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 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

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