The College of Sciences is excited to introduce 21 new faculty members into eight departments in 2018. Welcome!
Laura Yang, Ph.D.
Mathematics, Lecturer
Combinatorics
Dana-Marie Dennis, Ph.D.
Chemistry, Lecturer
Forensic science and chemistry education
Martha Hubertz, Ph.D.
Psychology, Lecturer
Social psychology and the relationship between attitudes and behavior
Michelle R. Gaither, Ph.D.
Biology, Assistant Professor
Ichthyology, deep-sea, coral reefs, genomics, eDNA
Jonathan Caranto, Ph.D.
Chemistry, Assistant Professor
Metalloenzymology, biosynthesis and microbial physiology
Xiaohu Xia, Ph.D.
Chemistry, Assistant Professor
Materials science, nanotechnology and bio-sensing
Vasileios Anagnostopoulos, Ph.D.
Chemistry, Assistant Professor
Environmental radiochemistry
Shiyang Su, Ph.D.
Psychology, Assistant Professor
Psychometrics, statistics and methodology, computerized adaptive testing, adaptive learning and training, and employee well-being
Jacopo A. Baggio, Ph.D.
School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, Assistant Professor, National Center for Integrated Coastal Research Core member, Sustainable Coastal System Cluster
Social-ecological systems, complex adaptive systems, policy effectiveness, resilience, networks, agent based modeling
Christian Keller, Ph.D.
Mathematics, Assistant Professor
Stochastic analysis and mathematical finance, optimal control, partial differential equations
Kristin Horan, Ph.D.
Psychology, Assistant Professor
Interventions that improve employee safety, health, and well-being, the unique health and safety needs of high-risk occupations, and the relationship between health behaviors and work.
Eric Goolsby, Ph.D.
Biology, Assistant Professor
Plant evolutionary genomics, plant biochemistry, C4 and CAM photosynthesis, metal hyperaccumulation
Kristy Lewis, Ph.D.
Biology, Assistant Professor
Researches how environmental changes can impact both coastal ecosystems and the human communities nearby. UCF Coastal core faculty member.
Patrice Kohl, Ph.D.
Communication, Assistant Professor
Journalism
Science and environmental communication, conservation biology, and science and technology studies
Carlos Borges, Ph.D.
Mathematics, Assistant Professor
Forward and inverse scattering problems, wave propagation phenomena, scientific computation and numerical analysis
Gerrit Welper, Ph.D.
Mathematics, Assistant Professor
Numerical analysis, mainly on reduced order modeling uncertainty quantification and high dimensional approximation
Kenicia Wright, Ph.D.
School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, Assistant Professor
Public policy, the interplay of race, gender, and political representation, and state politics and policy
Hanyi “Haylee” Min, Ph.D.
Psychology, Assistant Professor
Psychometrics and measurement as it applies to the workplace, personality scales and attitudinal scales, workplace incivility and counterproductive work behavior; group differences in the workplace, such as sex difference and race differences.
Charles Micchelli, Ph.D.
Mathematics, Visiting Professor
Doris Stanley, M.A.
Sociology, Instructor
Popular culture and socialization in media
Mohamed Aburweis, Ph.D.
Statistics, Visiting Assistant Professor