Faculty Credentials

Benny E Arney (F) - Vita

Rukma Sanjeewanie T Basnayake (F) - Vita

Timea Fernandez (F) - Vita

Dustin E Gross (F) - Vita

• Author of 36 peer-reviewed publications in chemistry journals.
• Postdoctoral Research at the University of Illinois (2009-2012) with Jeffrey Moore.

Donovan C Haines (F) - Vita

• Author of 22 peer reviewed journal articles in Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Medical Journals
• Postdoctoral Researcher in the Julian A. Peterson Laboratory in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (1999-2001)
• Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), The Society of Toxicology (SOT), and The American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Christopher Eugene Hobbs (F) - Vita

Richard E Norman (F) - Vita

• Post-doctoral associate with Peter J. Sadler at Birkbeck College, University of London, 1985-1987. Post-doctoral associate with Lawrence Que, Jr. at the University of Minnesota from 1987-1989.
• Published over 50 peer-reviewed research articles in various aspects of inorganic chemistry and X-ray crystallography.
• Directed (to completion) one Ph.D. and fifteen M.S. students.Served as Graduate Programs Coordinator for over 5 years at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Chair of the Department of Chemistry since 2005.

Samuel L Perkins (F) - Vita

Ilona Petrikovics (F) - Vita

• NIH-DOD Award (2006-Present): Co-PI in the Project of 'Efficacy Testing of Next Generation Cyanide Antidotes and Development and Evaluation of Improved Cyanide Diagnostic Strategies'. Research has been carried out in the Army Med. Research Institute of Chem. Defense, APG, MD. Catalytic Bio-Scavengers with Broad Specificity Against OP Nerve Agents, NIH Funding, 5 UG1 NS058035-02. Principal Investigator: Wild, James, R. Texas A & M University(TAMU), 10/01/06 ' 09/30/11, Sub-Award with TAMU-SHSU (2007-Present), Principal Investigator: Petrikovics, I., Sub-Award#: 570376.
• Over 35 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals, 7 book chapters, 6 proceedings and over 70 presentations at National and International Scientific Meetings
• (2004-2005)Associate Research Scientist, TAMU, Department of Biochemistry-Biophysics. (2003-2004) Research Analytical Chemist, Clinical Pharmacology and Anal. Chem. Laboratory, TAMU Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology. (2002-2003) National Research Council Senior Fellow, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen, MD. (1990 - 2002)Assistant Research Scientist, TAMU, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology. (1988 - 1990) Laboratory Head, Biogal Pharmaceutical Company Debrecen, Hungary, Europe. (1985 - 1988) Research Fellow, Research Group of Antibiotics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary.
• Full Member of the American Society of Toxicology

Melanie Y Rose (F) - Vita

• Lecturer in Chemistry at Baylor University, 1982-1984, teaching Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry
• Post doctoral associate in Henry Strobel Laboratory, 1981-1982, University of Texas Medical School in Houston
• Over 11 years experience teaching Introductory and General Chemistry.
• Licensed practicing physician, 1988-2001
• Director of Laboratory Services for Falls Community Hospital and Clinic in Marlin Texas, 1998-2001
• Authored several peer reviewed professional journal articles.
• Authored laboratory manual for Inorganic and Environmental Chemistry

Hemantha Kumara Siyambalagoda (F) - Vita

• Laboratory Coordinator: Chemistry 1406 & 1407

David E Thompson (F) - Vita

• Post doctoral researcher, collaborating on studies of condensed phase vibrational dynamics, in the lab of Professor Michael Fayer at Stanford University (1999-2002).
• Co-author of over 25 peer reviewed research articles. Member of the review panel for the journal RSC Advances.
• Mentored 8 masters students and 2 undergraduate honors students in research, writing and defense of their theses.
• Beneficiary of a fall 2006 sabbatical leave. This brief sabbatical leave was focused on learning about surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy methods in the labs of Professor Richard Van Duyne at Northwestern University.
• Recipient of the 2008 Lawrence University Mortar Board Honorary Award, which is presented annually to a faculty member or administrator who best advances the spirit of scholarship, recognizes and encourages leadership, and provides service, those ideals upon which Mortar Board was established. Lawrence University. Recipient of the 1997 Roger Carlson Memorial Award. Division of Analytical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin.
• Member of the American Chemical Society. Member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

Tarek Mohsen Trad (F) - Vita

• Publications, Book Chapters, and Presentations in Chromatography and Separations (see vita)

Adrian Villalta-Cerdas (F) - Vita

• Author of 10 peer reviewed journal articles in nanomaterial chemistry, and chemical education research.
• Author of 2 book chapters on electrochemistry.
• Author of 1 laboratory manual for General Chemistry I and II.
• Member of the American Chemical Society.
• Lecturer in Chemistry (two years) in Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at California State University, Bakersfield.
• Chemical Analyst (two years) for quality control of commercial products for taxation purposes. Customs Laboratories, Treasury Department of Costa Rica; and LASA Analytical Laboratories, University of Costa Rica.

Ricky C. White (P) - Vita

• Prof., Drake University 1978--84Prof. Sam Houston State 1984-presentVisiting Prof. Washington, Univ.Visiting Prof. University of KansasVisiting Prof., Texas Woman's UniversityVisiting Prof. University of Wuerzburg, GermanyVisiting Prof. University of Siegen
• 20 peer reviewed publications in organic chemistry

Darren Lee Williams (F) - Vita

• More than 15 peer-reviewed publications in physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, environmental chemistry, and spectroscopy since 2004. Managed over a million dollars of research funding and capital purchases for the betterment of chemical research and education.
• Sectional Scientist (2001-2004) with the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's Pantex Production Plant. Roles and responsibilities were to develop analysis methods and instrumentation for the analysis of powdered and plastic-bonded explosives used in or associated with nuclear weapons, improvised explosive devices, and shaped charges.

Christopher M Zall (F) - Vita

• Associate Sponsored Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory through the DOE Visiting Faculty Program (Summer 2017) in a collaboration with the Catalysis Science Group at PNNL to develop catalysts for hydrogenation of CO2 to renewable fuels.
• Member of the American Chemical Society.
• Postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Aaron Appel in the Catalysis Science Group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2013-2016).
• Co-author of 5 peer-reviewed research articles in inorganic chemistry and molecular catalysis.