Faculty and Staff

Name	Title	Office	Phone (910)	Email
Chemistry
Cevdet Akbay	Associate Professor of Chemistry, Assistant Chair Analytical Chemistry B.S., Inonu University, Turkey M.S. & Ph.D., Louisiana State University Research interests: Separation of small and large molecules using capillary electrophoresis and high performance liquid chromatography	LSA 322	672-1943	cakbay@uncfsu.edu
Daniel E. Autrey	Associate Professor of Chemistry Physical Chemistry B.S., Southern Missouri University Ph.D., Texas A & M University Research interests:Biological Raman spectroscopy	STB 314	672-1354	dautrey@uncfsu.edu
Bidisha Bose-Basu	Assistant Professor of Chemistry Organic Chemistry B.S., University of Calcutta, India M.S., University of Calcutta, India Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, IN Research interests:	STB 311	672-1052	bbosebas@uncfsu.edu
Jonathan G. Breitzer	Assistant Professor of Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Planetarium director B.A., Grinnell College Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research interests:Cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries; sulfur-rich molecules; synthesis of nanoscale materials; demonstrations for chemical education	STB 310	672-1026	jbreitzer@uncfsu.edu
Jairo Castillo-Chara	Associate Professor of Chemistry Physical Chemistry B.S., Universidad del Valle, Cali-Colombia M.S., University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez , PR Ph.D., Texas A & M University, College Station, TX Research interests:Computational Chemistry	STB 313	672-2062	jcastill@uncfsu.edu
Shubo Han	Associate Professor of Chemistry Analytical Chemistry B.E., Hebei University of Science and Technology Ph.D. & M.S., University of Science and Technology of China Research interests:Protein Interactions in neurodegenerative diseases, Nanomaterials, Biosensors, Electrochemistry	LSA 334	672-1303	shan@uncfsu.edu
Booker Juma	Professor of Chemistry, Chair Organic/Organometalic Chemistry B.S., University of Nairobi Ph.D., Louisiana State University Research interests:Synthesis, isolation and characterization of boeswellic acids from boswellia serrata: isolation of oligomeric proanthocyanidins: homogeneous catalytic studies.	STB 305C	672-1975	bjuma@uncfsu.edu
Subir Nagdas	Associate Professor of Biochemistry Biochemistry B.S., Calcutta University, Calcutta, India M.S., Calcutta University, Calcutta, India Ph.D., Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India Research interests:Identification and characterization of acrosomal enzymes and acrosomal protein-protein interactions to elucidate their physiological roles in mammalian fertilization.	LSA 336	672-2073	snagdas@uncfsu.edu
Darren Pearson	Associate Professor of Chemistry Organic Chemistry B.S., Virgina Politechnic Institute and State University Ph.D., University of South Carolina - Columbia Research interests:Synthesis, characterization, and application of conducting rigid rod organic oligomers for use in molecular rectifiers, transistors, and other electronic devices.	LSA 332	672-1346	dpearson@uncfsu.edu
Physics
Abdirahman Y. Abokor	Associate Professor of Physics B.S., Somali National University Ph.D., Texas Tech University Research interests:	STB 321	672-1358	aabokor@uncfsu.edu
Zhiping Luo	Associate Professor of Physics and Materials Science SENCR-MIC Manager Materials Science and Engineering B.E., Dalian Jiaotong University, China M.S.E., Southwest Jiaotong University, China Ph.D., Chinese Aeronautical Establishment Research interests:Fabrication of novel nanostructured materials with enhanced performance for energy-related applications; material structures through electron microscopy; material structure-property correlations.	LS 129	672-2647	zluo@uncfsu.edu
John Mattox	Professor of Astronomy & Physics B.S., University of Florida Ph.D., Stanford University Research interests:Phenomena in Astronomy and Acoustics	STB 319	672-1652	jmattox@uncfsu.edu
Gurcharan S. Rahi	Associate Professor of Natural Sciences M.S., U.P.A. University, Pantnagar Ph.D., Mississippi State University Research interests:	STB 315	672-1653	grahi@uncfsu.edu
Alex Umantsev	Professor of Physics B.S., Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology M.S., Moscow Institute for Transportation and Engineering Ph.D., National Research Lab for Metallurgy, Moscow Research interests:Condensed- and soft-matter physics, computational materials physics and biophysics; particularly processes of pattern formation, nonequilibrium thermodynamic and dynamics of interfaces, theoretical methods and computer simulations.	STB 320	672-1449	aumantsev@uncfsu.edu
Jianshi Wu	Professor of Physics B.S., Tsinghua University, China Ph.D. Yale University Research interests:Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics, elasticity of Microemulsion	STB 318	672-1926	jwu@uncfsu.edu
Earth Sciences
Vacant	Earth Sciences	LS 123	672-1692
Fire Science
Barbara Russo	Assistant Professor of Fire Science BS Averett University MS Oklahoma State University PhD Oklahoma State University (Fall 2013) Research interests:Gender issues in emergency services, law and policy in emergency services	LSA 322	6722652	brusso@uncfsu.edu
Laboratory Managers
Ivy Rittenhouse	Research Operation Coordinator BS Fayetteville State University	LS 305 STB 440	672-1054	irittenhouse@uncfsu.edu
Grace Chavis	Laboratory Manager BS Fayetteville State University (Chemistry) MS Fayetteville State University (Biology)	STB 232A	672-1860	gchavis@uncfsu.edu
Secretary
Brenda Fuller	Administrative Secretary	STB 305B	672-2441	bfuller@uncfsu.edu

Department of Chemistry and Physics

Faculty and Staff