FIRST PROGRAM FACULTY

 


Research Faculty

This is a list of the 'Available Research Mentors' in the FIRST program. Other faculty mentors may apply for acceptance into the program with the approval of the Director. Interested faculty should review the "Criteria" section under Faculty Mentor Application.

A - E

  • John D. Altman, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology (Research Interests: T-cell immune responses to HIV infection; vaccine development; development of T-cell memory; HIV/AIDS)
  • Frank Anania, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division (Research Interests: mechanisms that promote liver fibrosis)
  • David R. Archer, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (Research Interests: hematopoietic stem cells; stem cell therapy for the treatment of inherited and acquired diseases)
  • Gilda A. Barabino, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine and Georgia Institute of Technology, Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (Research Interests: cellular and tissue engineering)
  • Thomas H. Barker, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine/Georgia Institute of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering (Research Interests: Pulmonary remodeling and regenerative medicine)
  • Bernard Beall, Ph.D., Chief, Streptococcus Laboratory, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Kenneth E. Bernstein, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pathology (Research Interests: Intracellular signaling; tyrosine phosphorylation; tissue-specific gene expression; molecular biology of renin-angiotensin)
  • Jeremy M. Boss, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology (Research Interests: Molecular immunology; regulation of major histocompatibility complex class II genes and tumor necrosis factor gene induction)
  • Roberd M. Bostick, M.D., MPH, Emory School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology (Research Interests: Cancer epidemiology; Etiology and primary prevention of colon and prostate cancer, focusing on the roles of diet and physical activity, and emphasizing the use of biomarkers of risk and molecular epidemiologic methods in observational studies and chemoprevention trials)
  • Barbara Boyan, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering (Research Interests: Mechanism of action of hormones and growth factors in chondrocytes and osteoblasts; Normal and pathological calcification; Tissue Engineering; Response of cells to biomaterials)
  • Lou Ann Brown, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (Research Interests: Chronic Ethanol mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis)
  • Robert J. Butera, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Computer & Electrical Engineering (Research Interests: neural control of breathing; pattern-generating neural circuits; real-time computing applied to electrophysiology; nonlinear dynamics in electronic circuits; nonlinear dynamics in biological circuits)
  • Ronald L. Calabrese, Ph.D., Emory College, Department of Biology (Research Interests: Motor pattern generation in invertebrates)
  • Tamara Caspary, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Human Genetics (Research Interests: Mouse embryogenesis especially patterning of the neural system and left-right axis specification)
  • Richard W. Compans, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology (Research Interests: Cell biology of virus replication, focusing on the membrane glycoproteins of enveloped RNA viruses)
  • Gray F. Crouse, Ph.D., Emory University, Department of Biology (Research Interests: DNA mismatch repair in yeast and mouse cell)
  • Michael E. Davis, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine and Georgia Institute of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering (Research Interests: cardiac drug delivery, regeneration)
  • Frans de Waal, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Research Interests: Social behavior and social cognition emphasizing mechanisms of reconciliation and reciprocity in nonhuman primates)
  • Ralph DiClemente, Ph.D., Emory School of Public Health, Associate Director for Prevention Sciences, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education (Research Interests: HIV/AIDS research)
  • Jin-Tang Dong, Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology and Oncology (Research Interests: Molecular genetics and biology of human cancer; tumor suppressors ATBF1 and KLF5's function and signaling pathways in normal and cancer cells.)
  • Douglas C. Eaton, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Physiology (Research Interests: Ion channels and cellular signaling)
  • Dale E. Edmondson, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry (Research Interests: Structure, function, and mechanism of oxidation-reduction enzymes)
  • Arthur W. English, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology (Research Interests: Spinal circuits and the musculoskeletal system)

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F - J

  • Victor Faundez, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology (Research Interests: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of endosomal membrane trafficking in neuronal systems)
  • Byron Ford, Ph.D. Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (Research Interests: Neurobiology; Cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and stroke)
  • Andreas Fritz, Ph.D., Emory College, Department of Biology (Research Interests: Developmental Biology and Genetics)
  • Tohru Fukai, M.D., Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology (Research Interests: Antioxidant defense system and cardiovascular disease)
  • Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., Morehouse School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute (Research Interests: Molecular vascular biology and role of microRNAs in redox-mediated angiotensin II-responsive gene expression)
  • Robert E. Guldberg, Ph.D., Georgia Tech/Emory Biomedical Engineering Program (Research Interests: Biomechanics, microCT imaging, and tissue engineering)
  • Shawn Hochman, Ph.D. Emory School of Medicine, Department of Physiology (Research Interests: Neuromodulation, plasticity, and regeneration of spinal cord functional systems)
  • Ikhide Imumorin, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Biology (Research Interests: Mammalian genetics; complex disease genetics)
  • Dean P. Jones, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division (Research Interests: Diet and cancer; antioxidants and aging)
  • George Jones, Ph.D., Emory College, Department of Biology (Research Interests: Mechanism and regulation of antibiotic synthesis in Streptomyces)

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K - O

  • Richard A. Kahn, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry (Research Interests: cell signaling/regulation by GTPases)
  • Bobby V. Khan, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division (Research Interests: Preventive cardiology; metabolic syndrome)
  • K. Sean Kimbro, Ph.D., Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology and Oncology (Research Interests: morinda citrifolia and breast cancer)
  • Ward G. Kirlin, Ph.D., Morehouse School of Medicine, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology (Research Interests: Chemical carcinogenesis and glutathione redox potential effects on enzyme expression; diet and cancer)
  • Janet Klein, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Renal Division (Research Interests: Renal transporter response to diabetes mellitus; Protein phosphorylation; Urea transporters)
  • Michael Koval, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Pulmonary Division (Research Interests: lung epithelia, cell junction)
  • Andrew P. Kowalczyk, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology (Research Interests: Molecular interactions, assembly, and signaling of vascular endothelial intercellular junctions)
  • J. David Lambeth, M.D., Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pathology (Research Interests: Biology of reactive oxygen; signal transduction; reactive oxygen intracellular signals; neutrophil regulation; phospholipases and cellular regulation)
  • Amy Lee, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology (Research Interests:studying the modulation of ion channels by Ca2+-binding proteins and its role in the regulation of neurosecretion and neuronal excitability)
  • William Lewis, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pathology (Research Interests: Mitochondrial DNA replication in disease: AIDS, congestive heart failure, hepatitis, renal failure)
  • Lian Li, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology (Research Interests: Vesicular trafficking in neurotransmission, signal transduction, neurodegenerative diseases)
  • Tianquan Lian, Ph.D., Emory University, Department of Chemistry (Research Interests: Electron transfer in nanomaterials; Molecular solar cell; Ultrafast dynamics in solid/liquid interface; Physical Chemistry of biological molecules)
  • Robert Liu, Ph.D., Emory College, Department of Biology (Research Interests: Computational Neuroethology; to explore the elegant hypothesis in neuroscience that the statistics and regularities of the sensory world are closely reflected in the coding strategies used by neurons)
  • John C. Lucchesi, Ph.D., Emory College, Department of Biology (Research Interests: Regulation of transcription; functional architecture of chromatin)
  • Charles P. Moran, Jr., Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology (Research Interests: Microbial genetics; gene expression during bacterial differentiation, RNA polymerase-promoter interactions)
  • Edward T. Morgan, Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology (Research Interests: Hepatic gene regulation; cytochrome P-450; mechanisms of hormone action)
  • Rita Nahta, Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology (Research Interests: breast cancer, endocrinology)
  • Laura L. Namy, Ph.D., Emory University, Department of Psychology (Research Interests: the role of comparison processes in conceptual development; early word learning and categorization in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers)
  • Charles B. Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Research Interests: Effects of psychopharmacological agents on brain neuropeptide systems)
  • J. Wylie Nichols, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Physiology (Research Interests: Phospholipid trafficking in yeast)
  • T. Richard Nichols, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine/Georgia Institute of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering (Research Interests: Neural and musculoskeletal mechanisms of motor coordination)
  • John Nickerson, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology (Research Interests: Retinal proteins and their expression in normal animals and in animal models exhibiting characteristics of human eye diseases)
  • Francis Novembre, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Emory Vaccine Center (Research Interests: SIV, HIV, and AIDS pathogenesis; disease development; HIV in chimpanzees; neuropathogenesis)
  • Solomon F. Ofori-Acquah, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (Research Interests: Endothelial barrier function involving leukocyte recruitment and angiogenesis, particularly as it relates to sickle cell disease; Gene regulation in haematopoiesis and sickle cell disease)

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P - U

  • David C. Pallas, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry (Research Interests: Polyomavirus tumor antigen-associated proteins; regulation of cell-cycle control)
  • Grace Pavlath, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology (Research Interests: stem cell biology/muscle growth and development)
  • Michael D. Powell, Ph.D., Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology (Research Interests: Molecular virology of HIV-1)
  • Mark R. Prausnitz, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering (Research Interests: microfabricated devices for drug delivery; ultrasound-mediated drug delivery; electroporation-mediated drug delivery; drug delivery to the eye; transfection of plant cells; magainin-mediated drug delivery)
  • S. Russ Price, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine, Renal Division (Research Interests: biochemical mechanisms of muscle atrophy)
  • Veena N. Rao, Ph.D., Morehouse School of Medicine, Cancer Biology Program, Department of OB/GYN (Research Interests: Cancer biology)
  • Winfield S. Sale, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept. of Cell Biology (Research Interests: Role of microtubules in cell motility, with emphasis on the mechanism and regulation of dynein ATPase)
  • Jeff Sands, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Renal Division (Research Interests: molecular physiology of urea transporters and water channels)
  • Subhabrata Sanyal, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology (Research Interests: Signaling dependant transcriptional control of neural plasticity in Drosophila)
  • June Scott, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology (Research Interests: Molecular mechanism of bacterial virulence; control of gene expression in bacteria.)
  • William Shafer, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology (Research Interests: Genetics of antibiotic resistance; antimicrobial peptides; transcriptional regulation of gene expression; mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis)
  • Dipali Sharma, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology/Oncology (Research Interests: Breast cancer, drug resistance, obesity)
  • Stephanie Sherman, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Human Genetics (Research Interests: Genetic epidemiology of complex human disorders including chromosome nondisjunction and Fragile X Syndrome.)
  • Hyunsuk Shim, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute (Research Interests: Cancer Metastasis)
  • Barry S. Shur, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology (Research Interests: Molecular basis of cellular interactions during fertilization and development)
  • Neil Sidell, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Research Interests: Hormonal regulation of reproductive tissue)
  • Paul Spearman, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (Research Interests: To understand molecular and cellular basis for the assembly of HIV particles, and to develop particle based HIV vaccines that can elicit effective neutralizing antibodies.
  • Samuel H. Speck, Ph.D. Emory School of Medicine, Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Research Interests: Pathogenesis of gamma-herpesviruses and development of lymphoma and other cancers)
  • Donald G. Stein, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept. of Emergency Medicine (Research Interests: Recovery from traumatic CNS injury; gender-specific hormones; CNS plasticity)
  • David S. Stephens, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine - Infectious Diseases (Research Interests: Genetic basis and regulation of bacterial virulence components)
  • W. Robert Taylor, M.D., Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine, Cardiology Division (Research Interests: Vascular inflammatory response; macrophage recruitment; hypertensive vascular disease; atherosclerosis.)
  • Lena H. Ting, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine/Georgia Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering (Research Interests: Neural control of posture and movement)
  • Yih-Ling Tzeng, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division (Research Interests: Bacterial Pathogenesis)
  • Guillermo Umpierrez, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Endocrinology Division (Research Interests: Ketosis-prone diabetes mellitus; Inpatient management of diabetes & hyperglycemic states; Secondary hypertension in diabetes)

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V - Z

  • Erwin G. Van Meir, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Departments of Neurosurgery and Hematology/Oncology (Research Interests: Brain tumor biology and genetics, angiogenesis, p53, tumor suppressor, adenovirus)
  • Kim Wallen, Ph.D., Emory College, Department of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (Research Interests: Neuroendocrinology of primate behavior; role of hormones on life span development and behavior in primates)
  • Edmund Waller, M.D., Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute (Research Interests: Immune reconstitution after bone marrow or stem cell transplantation)
  • David Weinshenker, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Human Genetics (Research Interests: Norepinephrine signaling in genetically-engineered mice)
  • Thomas Wichmann, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Department of Neurology (Research Interests: Physiology of the basal ganglia; pathophysiology of movement disorders; pharmacologic and surgical treatments of movement disorders)
  • Keith D. Wilkinson, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry (Research Interests: Mechanism and regulation of protein synthesis and degradation)
  • Myron N. Williams, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Chemistry (Research Interests: Prostate Cancer biomarkers, immunochemistry)
  • Mark E. Wilson, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Division of Psychobiology (Research Interests: Neurobiology of puberty; neuroendocrine regulation of socio-sexual behavior)
  • Gina M. Wingood, Sc.D., Emory School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Science & Health Education (Research Interests: designing, implementing and evaluating HIV prevention programs for many subpopulations of women, including female adolescents, young adult women, and heterosexual couples)
  • Vincent Yang, M.D., Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases (Research Interests: Proliferation and differentiation of mammalian intestinal epithelial cells)
  • C. Chris Yun, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases (Research Interests: signal transduction)
  • A. Maziar Zafari, M.D., Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division (Research Interests: Investigations in vascular biology to further understand the contribution of oxidative stress and chronic infections to the process of atherosclerosis.)

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Teaching Faculty

This is the list of ‘Available Teaching Faculty’ at the Atlanta University Center complex of schools. Fellows are encouraged to contact potential teaching mentors listed on their own. Since not all faculty at the AUC are considered appropriate teaching mentors for this program, only those faculty on the list or those approved in writing by a member of the FIRST Executive Committee as well as the proposed mentor’s Chairman should be contacted by FIRST fellows. FIRST will also arrange for fellows to visit institutions as a group. By mid-February, fellows and mentors will submit a list of their top three choices and, based on those lists, the optimal fellow-mentor match will be made.

  • Jann Adams, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Psychology
  • Godwin Ananaba, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Biological Sciences (Courses Taught: Molecular Cell Biology and Fundamentals of Genetics, which includes classical, molecular and population genetics)
  • Cynthia Bauerle, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught: Cell and Molecular Biology; Senior Seminar)
  • Lawrence S. Blumer, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught: General Biology for Science Majors 1 & 2; Ecology; Ecology Laboratory; Environmental Biology; Senior Seminar in Biology)
  • Dolores V. Bradley, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Psychology (Areas of interest include brain and behavior, sensation and perception and learning and memory and quantitative methods)
  • Karen Brakke, Ph.D., Spelmam College, Department of Psychology (Courses Taught: General Psychology)
  • Joanne Chu, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught: General Biology I lab, General Biology II lecture, General Biology II lab, Behavioral Endocrinology, Principles of Animal Communication)
  • David Collart, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Biological Sciences (Courses Taught: Biochemistry)
  • Deborah Cook, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Biological Sciences Interests: Plant Physiology)
  • David B. Cooke, III, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught: Principles of Physiology; Principles of Physiology laboratory; Senior Seminar in Biology)
  • Anna Edlund, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught: The Biology of Women; Developmental Biology; Introductory Biology Laboratory; Cell Motility or Microscopy Techniques)
  • Isabella N. Finkelstein, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Biological Sciences (Courses Taught: General Biology for Majors)
  • Emma Frazier, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Public Health Sciences
  • John Hall, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Chemistry
  • Winfred Harris, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Biological Sciences (Courses Taught: General Biology for Majors and Cell Biology Laboratory)
  • J. K. Haynes, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught: Cell Biology; Biological Research I and II; Senior Seminar in Biology)
  • Valerie Haftel, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught: General Biology and General Biology Laboratrory for Science Majors; General Biology Lab-Honors) **Former FIRST Fellow
  • Latanya Hammonds-Odie, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught: Bio 471 – Cell and Molecular Biology; Bio 475 – Methods in Modern Biology; Bio 486 – Molecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction)
  • Triscia Hendrickson, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught: General Biology lecture and lab (freshman bio majors); Cell Biology lab (usually sophomore bio majors); Biological Research (usually junior and senior bio majors); Introduction to Research (usually sophomore science majors)) **Former FIRST Fellow
  • Lisa Hibbard, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Chemistry
  • Keith Howard, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Biology (Interests: Plant Sciences)
  • Ikhide Imumorin, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Biology (Interests: Mammalian Genetics and Genetics of Complex Human Diseases)
  • Duane Jackson, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Psychology (Courses Taught: Learning and Memory; Animal Behavior and Stats)
  • Kimberly Jackson, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Chemistry (Courses Taught: Biochemistry and Food Chemistry)
  • Nathan Jideama, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Biological Sciences (Courses Taught: Vertebrate Anatomy)
  • Ishrat Khan, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Chemistry (Courses Taught: Organic Chemistry; Introduction to Polymer Chemistry; Techniques in Polymer Chemistry)
  • Shafiq A. Khan, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Biological Sciences (Interests: Cell and Molecular Biology)
  • Brian Lawrence, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Chemistry
  • Mark Lee, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught: General Biology BIO 111; Biomolecules BIO 470; Senior Seminar BIO 485)
  • David Logan, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Biological Sciences (Courses Taught: Microbiology)
  • Peter MacLeish, Ph.D., Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
  • Mark Maloney, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught: Immunology; Bioinformatics; Parasitology; General Biology; Microbiology; Interdisciplinary Science Course)
  • Bryant Marks, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Psychology (Research Interests: The psychological impact of the Black College experience; The impact of activated stereotypes on performance and behavior; Gender stereotypes among African Americans; Racial identity as a predictor of academic achievement, self-esteem, and ingroup and outgroup racial attitudes)
  • Kai McCormack, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Psychology (Courses Taught: Brain and Behavior and Statistics) **Former FIRST Fellow
  • Michael E. McGinnis, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught: Bio 112 General Biology II and Lab; Bio 485 Senior Seminar; Bio 372 Neurobiology)
  • Valerie Odero-Marah, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Biological Sciences (Teaching Interests: Genetics)
  • Chuma Okere, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Biological Sciences (Courses Taught: Human Physiology)
  • Aditi Pai, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught: Ecology)
  • James L. Reed, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Chemistry (Research Interests: Inorganic Chemistry)
  • David Wall Rice, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Psychology (Research Interests:Identity theory development; Discourse, narrative and life-story-tellings as related to identity construction; The impact of popular culture on personality correlates and psychological behavior; Identity and the negotiation of achievement, particularly among African American males; The impact of psycho-social constructs on academic achievement (i.e. race self complexity, multiple- selves, stereotype threat)
  • Willie Rockward, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Physics and Dual-Degree Engineering Program (Courses Taught: BIO 200G Science and Society; General Physics I - PHY 151 and Physics II - PHY 152)
  • William Seffens, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of Biological Sciences (Courses Taught: Cell Biology Laboratory; Physical Chemistry for Biologists; Environmental Biology)
  • Lance Shipman, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Chemistry (Courses Taught: General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry and Undergraduate Research and Independent Study) **Former FIRST Fellow
  • Albert N. Thompson, Jr., Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Spelman College (Courses Taught: General Chemistry 111 & 112)
  • Melvin Webb, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University (Courses Taught: General Biology for Majors; Invertebrate Zoology)
  • Leyte Winfield, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Spelman College

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