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Faculty Research Interests

The School of Science's research interests page provides an overview of the primary areas of focus that our faculty specialize in. Additional details about our faculty can be found within their individual bios. For more information about specific undergraduate research opportunities, program curricula, or learning outcomes, please contact us.

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Michael Powers:

  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Emergency medicine including heat illness
  • Performance-enhancing supplements and drugs
  • Neuromuscular control

Mark Gildard:

  • Case Report Research
  • Critical Analysis

Raymond Kepner:

  • Microbial ecology of aquatic and polar systems
  • Extremophiles
  • Exobiology
  • Bacterial and cyanobacterial viruses
  • Protozoology
  • Ice-covered lakes
  • Freshwater ecotoxicology

Michael Becuwe:

  • Lipid homeostasis
  • Cell production and lipid storage

Megan Dennis:

  • Biogenesis of lysosome related organelles (LROs)

Kristen Dragos:

  • Planaria regeneration
  • Mutagenicity of preservatives and additives

Luis Espinasa:

  • Cave Biology
  • Evolution of blindness and depigmentation
  • Taxonomy of nicoletiid insects
  • Fossils of Pleistocene megafauna found in caves

Elizabeth Godin:

  • Isolation and identification of novel bacteriophage
  • Developmental and environmental toxicology
  • Science education
  • Retention in STEM and STEM-related careers

Jennifer Han:

  • All things plant and fungi

Victoria Ingalls:

  • Behavioral and evolutionary ecology
  • How evolution shapes sex differences,
  • How evolutionary forces shape fictional heroes

Heather Schiller:

  • Microbiology
  • Archaea
  • Microscopy
  • Biofilms
  • Genetics

Nicoline Kiwiet:

  • Chemical Education
  • Green Chemistry

Neil Fitzgerald:

  • Atomic analysis using flow through and microwave chemistry
  • Environmental chemistry

John Galbraith:

  • Theoretical aspects of chemical bonding through computational modeling

Navneet Kaur:

  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Selective Delivery of Anticancer Drugs using Polyamine Transporter
  • Macrocycles (Ionophores)
  • Self-assembling molecules
  • Natural Products
  • Process Chemistry

Jocelyn Nadeau:

  • Design, synthesis, and study of organic molecules with complex structures that exhibit interesting electrochemical and photophysical properties

Matthew Pennachio:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Energy Storage and Charge Transfer Applications
  • Carbon-Based Materials
  • Advanced Spectroscopic Techniques

Nelson Sivers:

  • Optics & Imaging
  • Microscopy
  • Astronomy
  • Semiconductors

Elisa Woolridge:

  • Mechanism and application of enzymes for biomass conversion

Bill Zhao:

  • Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy
  • Chemical imaging

Richard Feldman:

  • Fern Tor Nature Preserve management plan & Japanese knotweed control
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Freshwater ecology

Zion Klos:

  • Collaborative pursuit of integrated basic and applied questions
  • Research on techniques in teaching and mentorship to advance collective understanding on how we can best foster the next generation of critical thinkers

Ramesh Laungani:

  • Plant Ecology
  • Climate Change
  • Nutrient Cycling
  • Biochar and other climate change solutions

Katherine Weiss:

  • Urban evolutionary ecology and human-wildlife coexistence
  • Urban wildlife ecology
  • Wildlife management
  • Ecophysiology
  • Endangered species policy and conservation

 

Francine Sage King:

  • Rehabilitation post Brain Injury
  • Biomechanics
  • DPT Learning Environment

Terrance Paskell:

  • Clinical chemistry
  • Body fluid analysis

Jeffrey Midgley:

  • Physical Diagnostics
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Medical Simulation

Christopher Barela:

  • Urgent Care medicine
  • Occupational medicine
  • Education within the Physician Assistant profession

Jessica Ferraiolo:

  • Occupational Health

Padmavati Garvey:

  • Women’s health
  • Plant-based nutrition
  • Lifestyle medicine

Michael Lacroix-Fralish:

  • Physiology and Pharmacology
  • Neuroscience (sensory and neurodegenerative disorders)
  • Aging and Gerontology

Jennifer Winus-Robinson:

  • Cancer prevention and early detection
  • Prevention and management of cancer treatment toxicities
  • Dermatologic manifestations of systemic disease
  • Patient education in at-risk and diverse populations
  • Palliative Medicine for the Oncology Patient

 

James Rauh:

  • Healthcare Informatics and Outcomes
  • Cost and Utilization in Healthcare

Julie Fineman:

  • Motor Learning & Control
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Dual Task
  • Self-Efficacy & Exercise Engagement

Yvonne Egitto:

  • Assessing validity and reliability of current standardized balance assessment as they relate to patient self efficacy
  • How to effectively move from clinical practice to education
  • Mentoring

Christina Fojas:

  • Student learning
  • Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI)
  • Learning Approaches and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI)
  • Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory (RASI)
  • Development and validation of a new inventory to measure the learning environment of physical therapy programs

Holly Korzendorfer:

  • Comprehensive wound management and population health-related topics
  • High-impact educational practices for health professional students

Kristin Mende:

  • Concussion prevention and management
  • Psychosocial factors in education and healthcare
  • Role of physical therapy in the management of chronic health conditions

Brian Pecchia:

  • Use of Nano-technology in the development of student’s manual therapy skills
  • Examination and intervention for individuals with orthopaedic conditions 

Heather Roberts:

  • Physical therapy management of orthopedic sequelae in patients with scoliosis
  • Integration of MSK US into physical therapy practice and research

Francine Sage King:

  • Rehabilitation post Brain Injury
  • Biomechanic
  • DPT Learning Environment