Science and Engineering Faculty Refereed Journal Publications 2002-2006
Science and Engineering Faculty and their Research Interests
Ricardo Cortez, Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1995, Professor and Pendergraft William Larkin Duren Professorship in Mathematics. Computational fluid dynamics, Numerical methods and Scientific Computing, Biological fluid flow applications.
Lisa Fauci, Ph.D., New York University, 1986, Professor and Pendergraft Nola Lee Haynes Professorship in Mathematics. Numerical Analysis, Scientific Computing, Fluid Dynamics, Mathematical Biology.
Mac Hyman, Ph.D., New York University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 1976, Visiting Professor and Visiting Evelyn and John G. Phillips Distinguished Chair in Mathematics. Applied mathematics.
Morris Kalka, Ph.D., New York University, 1975, Professor and Department Chair. Complex Analysis, Differential Geometry, Partial Differential Equations.
Slawomir Kwasik, Ph.D., University of Gdansk, Poland, 1980, Professor. Algebraic and Geometric Topology.
Michael Mislove, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1969, Professor and Pendergraft Herbert Buchanan Professorship in Mathematics. Topological Algebra, Domain Theory and Ordered Structures, Non-well-found set theory, Semantics of High-Level Programming Languages, Concurrency Theory, Process Algebra and Probabilistic Models of Computation.
Victor Moll, Ph.D., New York University Mathematics, 1984, Professor. Classical analysis, Symbolic computation, Special functions and number theory.
Jim Rogers, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 1968, Professor. Dynamical Systems and Continuum Theory.
Xuefeng Wang, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1990, Professor. Partial differential equations and their applications.
Alexander Wentzell, Ph.D., Moscow State University, 1982, Professor. Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes, Functional Analysis, Partial Differential Equations.
Maurice Dupre, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1972, Associate Professor. Topological Algebra.
Tai Huy Ha, Ph.D., Queen's University, 2000, Associate Professor. Algebraic Geometry Commutative Algebra, Computational Algebra, Combinatorics.
Alexander Kurganov, Ph.D., School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, 1997, Associate Professor. Numerical methods for time-dependent PDEs, Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, Degenerate Parabolic Equations, Numerical Analysis.
John Liukkonen, Ph.D., Columbia University,1970, Associate Professor. Probability & Statistics.
Norbert Riedel, Ph.D., Technical University of Munich, 1977, Associate Professor. Functional Analysis, Operator Algebras.
Albert Vitter, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1971, Associate Professor. Differential Geometry, Several Complex Variables, Algebraic Geometry.
David Yang, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1986, Associate Professor. Riemannian Geometry, Analysis on Manifolds, Differential Geometry.
Mahir Can, Ph.D., Penn State University, Assistant Professor. Combinatorics, algebraic geometry, representation theory.
Gustavo Didier, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2007, Assistant Professor. Stochastic processes and time series analysis, with a focus on Wavelets, Long range dependence and Multivariate methods.
Rafel Komendarczyk, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006, Assistant Professor. Geometric analysis, contact and symplectic, typological fluid dynamics, knot theory and low dimensional typological.
Michelle Lacey, Ph.D., Yale University, 2003, Assistant Professor. Phylogeny reconstruction and evolutionary models, Bioinformatics.
Tewodros Amdeberhan, Ph.D., Temple University, 1997, Professor of Practice. Combinatorics, number theory, special functions, partial differential equations, computer algebra, algorithmic proof theory and harmonic analysis.
Abdelaziz Fellah, Professor of Practice. Appointed in Center for Computational Science.
Thomas Bishop, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996, Research Associate Professor. Structure and dynamics of DNA and chromatin. Appointed in Center for Computational Science.
Physics and Engineering Physics
Ulrike Diebold, Ph.D., University of Technology Vienna, 1990, Professor and Yahoo! Founder Chair in Science and Engineering. Experimental surface science, Solid state physics, Physical chemistry.
James MacLaren, Ph.D., Imperial College London, 1986, Professor and Dean of Newcomb-Tulane College. Theoretical solid state physics, Density functional calculations for materials, Magnetism.
Zhiqiang Mao, Ph.D., University of Science and Technology of China, 1992, Professor. Experimental superconductivity, Magnetism of materials, Novel physics of strongly correlated electron systems.
Jim McGuire, Ph.D., Northeastern University, 1969, Professor, Department Chair and Murchison-Mallory Chair in History of Physical Science. Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, Many body problem, Physics education.
John P. Perdew, Ph.D., Cornell University, 1971, Professor. Density functional theory of molecules and solids, Electronic structure theory, Fundamentals and approximations of condensed matter physics and quantum chemistry.
Robert D. Purrington, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1966, Professor. Theoretical nuclear physics, Quantum and classical scattering, Ocean acoustics, History of physics.
Wayne F. Reed, Ph.D., Clarkson University, 1984, Professor. Macromolecular physics and chemistry, Light scattering, Innovative instrumentation and methodology, Advanced characterization of equilibrium and non-equilibrium properties of biological and synthetic polymers.
George Rosensteel, Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1976, Professor. Mathematical physics, Theoretical nuclear structure physics, Hamiltonian dynamical systems.
Frank Tipler, Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1976, Professor. Global general relativity, Cosmology, Anthropic principles, Theoretical particle physics.
Fred E. Wietfeldt, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1994, Professor. Experimental nuclear physics, Neutron fundamental interactions and decay using cold and ultracold neutrons, Nuclear astrophysics.
Lev Kaplan, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1996, Assistant Professor. Quantum and wave chaos, Dynamics and transport in complex systems, Semiclassical methods.
Dae Ho Kim, Ph.D., Seoul National University, 2003, Assistant Professor. Nanostructures.
Norman Horwitz, M.S., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1972, Professor of Practice. Industrial engineering.
Timothy Schuler, Ph.D., Tulane University, 2004, Professor of Practice. Experimental solid state physics and physics instruction.
Khazhgery Shakov, Ph.D., Tulane University, 2004, Professor of Practice. Quantum Control Theory, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Alina Alb, Ph.D., Tulane University, 2004, Assistant Research Professor. Experimental polymer science.
Shao-Chun Li, Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2004, Assistant Research Professor. Surface science.
Dmitry B. Uskov, Ph.D., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 1985, Assistant Research Professor. Quantum information theory, Atomic molecular and optical physics.
Oscar Barbarin, Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1975, Professor and Lila L. and Douglas J. Hertz Endowed Chair. Educational intervention and assessment in school-aged children, role of community and family in health risks and health threats.
Gary P. Dohanich, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1981, Professor. Steroid action, neurotransmitters, learning and memory.
Jeffrey J. Lockman, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1980, Professor. Perception-action development, early cognitive development, spatial cognition.
Janet B. Ruscher, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1991, Professor and Department Chair. Social psychology, stereotyping and prejudice in communication.
Terry E. Christenson, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1974, Associate Professor. Animal behavior, reproductive strategies, sexual selection and evolutionary psychology.
Paul J. Colombo, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1994, Associate Professor. Behavorial neuroscience, neuronal mechanisms of memory, age-related memory impairment.
Michael Cunningham, Ph.D., Emory University, 1994, Associate Professor. Adolescent development in diverse contexts, African American adolescents and families.
Jill M. Daniel, Ph.D., Tulane University, 2000, Associate Professor. Role of ovarian hormones in the regulation of nonreproductive behaviors.
Bonnie Nastasi, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1986, Associate Professor. School psychology.
Stacy Overstreet, Ph.D., Tulane University, 1995, Associate Professor. Stress and trauma, developmental psychopathology, resilience.
R. Enrique Varela, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2002, Associate Professor. Cognitive, family, and socio-cultural factors related to children's anxiety; parenting across cultures; trauma response in children.
C. Chrisman Wilson, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1976, Associate Professor. Applied behavior analysis, psychopathology.
David M. Corey, Ph.D., Tulane University, 1999, Assistant Professor. Sex differences in verbal fluency and auditory processing; imaging of brain anatomy and function; quantitative methods.
Edward Golob, Ph.D., Dartmouth College, 1999, Assistant Professor. Cognitive neuroscience, memory, aging.
Lisa Molix, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007, Assistant Professor. Intergroup relations, mental health and well-being among marginalized populations.
Laurie O’Brien, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2002, Assistant Professor. Stigma, stereotype-threat, legitimizing myths.
Lisa Szechter, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University. 2003, Assistant Professor. Early childhood, education comprehension of spatial-graphic representation among children.
Julie Alvarez, Ph.D., Emory University, 2005, Professor of Practice. Intersection of cognition and emotion with a focus on attentional and executive functioning.
Thomas Hebert, Ph.D., Tulane University, 1996, Professor of Practice. Behavioral neuroscience.
Beth Wee, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1986, Professor of Practice and Co-Director of the Neuroscience Program. Neuroendocrinology, Biological rhythms, Animal behavior, Learning and Memory.
Carrie Wyland, Ph.D., Dartmouth College, 2004, Professor of Practice. Social psychology; social cognitive neuroscience; cognitive biases underlying self-esteem; self-regulation; mood effects on information processing.
Kate Baker, Ph.D., 1992, University of Michigan, Research Professor.
Appointed in Tulane University National Primate Center.