THE NATURAL PHENOMEN A
SUMMER 2015
Inside this Issue: Message from the Dean and Staff Appreciation Day……….…..………………...1 Department Accomplishments ………….2 The Department of Biology and the Department of Health Science and Human Ecology……….…...……..……………3 The Department of Nursing..…….….……4 Donor Thanks and Development Corner…..…...….……..…….……….……...5-6 Commencement 2015 and CNS Outstanding Alumnus, Graduate and Undergraduate…………..……..………...…..7 THE NATURAL PHENOMEN A
A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN awarded a Department of Education, Invest- nente Southern California Medical Group to ing in Innovation grant (i3). The amount re- develop and offer a Doctoral Program in Nurs- quested was $2,999,235. In order to receive ing Practice. This agreement includes develop- the funding, there was a required 15% private ing collaboratively, and in conjunction, with match or $450,000. We received funding the requirements of the CSU Fullerton DNP from the following foundations for the match: Consortium, a DNP that begins with the Nurse $75,000 from The Packard Foundation, Anesthesia track BSN to DNP. The current $150K from The Toyota USA Foundation and MSN to DNP track will continue to be offered $238,370 from The Heising-Simons Founda- by the consortium. tion, which totaled $13,370 more than we This past year we welcomed 13 new tenure- needed. This grant added pre-K students into track faculty members to the college, and 10 the mix. new faculty members will join them in fall Kirsten Fleming, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences Teaching English Learners Early Mathematics 2015. (TEEM) project aims to improve the academic The 2015-2016 year will be interesting and We are currently the largest college in the achievement of English Learners in pre-K challenging as we celebrate CSUSB’s 50th university with 30% of all students having a through grade 6 mathematics. TEEM will part- year, implement the university’s 2015-2020 major in CNS. We have several talented ner with the Riverside County Office of Educa- strategic plan and undertake the search to and successful faculty and this year, the tion, two Riverside County school districts and replace our highly respected provost, Dr. college’s awards went to Dr. John Tate of Head Start. TEEM will innovate though a fo- Andrew Bodman. the Department of Chemistry and Biochem- cus on inquiry for students, teachers and istry for teaching, Dr. Laura Newcomb of principals. the Department of Biology for research, A Memorandum of Understanding was signed scholarly and creative activities and Dr. to develop a Doctorate of Nursing Practice. Bryan Haddock of the Department of Kine- This agreement is between California State siology for service. Dr. Madeleine Jetter University, San Bernardino and Kaiser Perma- from the Department of Mathematics was STAFF APPRECIATION DAY
On July 13, 2015, the dean hosted staff appreciation day. The staff that participated went on a tour at Sony Pictures Studio in Culver City, and then had lunch at Farrell’s Restaurant. The tour of Sony was interesting and informative. The staff saw a short video on the history of Sony Studios and then they were taken around the lot. They got to see the set of the game show Jeop- ardy, the set of The Goldbergs and the world renowned Barbara Streisand Sound Stage.
Page 1 DEPARTMENT ACCOMPLIS HMENTS
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry as a new assistant professor starting in Sep- We look forward to another productive Dr. Jeremy Mallari joins the faculty as a new tember 2015. Dr. Lazar specializes in ex- upcoming year! assistant professor in bio-organic chemistry. perimental petrology and geochemistry, and Department of Physics Dr. John Tate received the college Outstanding comes to us with a Ph.D. from UCLA and The department has had another exciting Teaching Award. After a 45-year career, Profes- several years as a postdoctoral fellow and year. We are continuing to grow - in the sor Dennis Pederson has entered full retire- visiting investigator at the Geophysical Lab number of students, the amount of re- ment. Dr. Kimberley Cousins presented at the of the Carnegie Institute of Washington. Dr. search going on, and in the number of fac- ACS National Meeting in March on her compu- Alison Sloat, assistant professor in resi- ulty. For those alumni out there from dec- tational materials science research, and the dence at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ades past, just imagine 65 students in investigation of student success using evi- was awarded the 2015 Outstanding Alumna Phys373. That’s the enrollment for the fall, dence-based strategies. Dr. John Zhang pub- award from the CSUSB Department of Geo- and it has Professor Paul Renteln a little lished journal articles with his students and Dr. logical Sciences. anxious. Bob Phalen in Health Science on ethanol per- In addition to growing class sizes, the num- meation through nitrile gloves, and the study of Department of Kinesiology ber of students doing research has sky- highly porous materials for hydrogen storage. Welcome to the Department of Kinesiology rocketed. With CREST, PRISM, and the Our outstanding undergraduate this year is at Cal State San Bernardino. Kinesiology is work going on at the Murillo Family Obser- Siyoung Lee. She is currently preparing her one of the fastest growing majors in the CSU vatory, we currently have ~20 students application for medical school. Alumni high- and in the United States. Visit http:// doing research on campus this summer, lights include Jonathan Forman who is a mem- www.insidehighered.com/ and ~15 at various NASA sites and doing ber of the Organization for the Nonproliferation news/2010/08/11/kinesiology for details. REUs. of Chemical Weapons, which won the Nobel Our department is growing in majors, devel- We are happy to announce that a new ex- Peace Prize in 2013. Karen Antonio, a gradu- oping new laboratories and replacing faculty perimental solid state physicist will be join- ate student at Notre Dame, organized a bio- members who leave CSUSB or retire. kinesi- ing the department in the fall. Dr. Sara catalysis symposium at the ACS National Meet- ology has almost 800 majors in three con- Callori, a specialist in X-ray and neutron ing. centrations: exercise science (45%), allied scattering analysis of functional materials, health professions (31%), pedagogy (11%) is our new assistant professor. Also, con- School of Computer Science and Engineering and undeclared (12%). Growth in kinesiolo- gratulations to Dr. Laura Woodney, who The School of Computer Science and Engineer- gy, particularly in the major is placing ex- has been promoted to full professor. ing passed several milestones 2014/2015. treme demands on our human and physical Alumni are encouraged to keep in touch. The school now has two ABET accredited pro- resources. Next fall two new faculty mem- Feel free to pop in any time, e-mail Dr. Dix- grams: the B.S. Computer Science degree pro- bers will join kinesiology replacing three who on at [email protected], or contact your gram has been reaccredited and the B.S. in left or retired. Unfortunately, Kinesiology will favorite professor directly (for addresses Computer Engineering has been awarded first- lose Dr. Shannon Siegel to the University of check out our website: physcs.csusb.edu). time ABET EAC accreditation. The school suc- San Francisco; Dr. Michelle Alencar to CSU ceeded in having the interdisciplinary B.S in Long Beach; and, Dr. Grenfell to the “good Bioinformatics converted from a pilot to a per- life” in Lake Arrowhead (retirement). Dr. manent program. In fall 2014, the M.S. pro- Aaron Moffett remains on leave of absence gram in Computer Science experienced a 79% working with the Wounded Warriors. Stay growth in graduate students; enrollment in- abreast of kinesiology by visiting http:// creased further, and the school expects 90+ kine/csusb.edu active graduate students for fall 2015. In fall 2014, the faculty welcomed two new tenure- Department of Mathematics track assistant professors, Dr. Quingquan Sun The math department has had another pro- and Dr. Zhenpging Wu. The year ended on a ductive year. Davida Fischman and Su high note for the school with the celebrating of Liang each have published work in the field two outstanding individuals: the 2015 Out- of mathematics education. Rollie Trapp standing Undergraduate Student in the Col- (knot theory) and Corey Dunn (geometric lege, Andrew Brinker, and the 2015 Outstand- group theory) have also each been pub- ing Alumnus, Dr. Kenton McHenry (2001), lished in the last year. Finally, Chetan Pra- kash has published two works about theo- currently at NCSA, University of Illinois. ries of consciousness in the last year as well. Department of Geological Sciences The department has also been very active in The Department of Geological Sciences con- terms of obtaining grants. Madeleine Jetter gratulates Dr. Alan Smith on his retirement and was awarded $3 million from the U.S. De- is grateful for his 15 years of dedicated service partment of Education to fund her Teaching as chair of the department. Dr. Sally McGill is English Learners Early Mathematics (TEEM) now serving as interim department chair. In program; Dr. Fischman and Dr. Diane Brant- spring 2015 she published a paper, with John ley (COE) are collaborators in the project. McGill and Joan Fryxell, on the results of GPS Dr. Dunn and Dr. Trapp have also been data collected by CSUSB students from 2002- awarded $240,000 from the National Sci- 2014. Dr. Erik Melchiorre will be on sabbatical ence Foundation to continue their long run- during 2015-16 and will be publishing his re- ning and successful Summer Research Ex- search on placer gold at Rich Hill, Ariz., as well perience for Undergraduates program. This as beginning new projects in astrobiology. The program is jointly funded by CSUSB. department is proud to welcome Dr. Codi Lazar
Page 2 THE NATURAL PHENOMEN A DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
The Department of Biology has had teachers in the Coachella Valley Presentation at the Regional Divi- a very productive year for our facul- area to bring Next Generation Sci- sion of Vertebrate Morphology ty and students. First, we wel- ence Standards into the science Meeting. Jose Ramirez (Newcomb comed new faculty member Dr. and math curriculum. Our $2.7 lab) was a finalist for the CSUPERB Jeremy Dodsworth to CSUSB. Dr. million Bridges to Stem Cells train- Glenn Nagel Undergraduate Re- Dodsworth received his Ph.D. ing grant, funded by the California search Award. Graduate student from the University of Washington, Institute for Regenerative Medicine Alicia Davis (Newcomb lab) won the Seattle in microbiology and comes (CIRM) and directed by Dr. Nicole Southern California Branch of the Department Chair: to us as a postdoctoral researcher Bournias, was just renewed. This American Society of Microbiology Michael Chao and research assistant professor grant provides training, research M.S. Graduate Student Research from the University of Nevada, Las stipends, and tuition support for Award and the CSUPERB Don Eden Professors: Nicole Bournias Vegas; he is an environmental mi- both undergraduate and graduate Graduate Research Award. Stacey James Ferrari crobiologist interested in organ- students who are interested in Nerkowski (Metcalf lab) won the Anthony Metcalf isms that live in extreme environ- pursuing a career in stem cell re- CSUSB and CSU statewide Gradu- Paul Orwin ments such as geothermal hot search. All these grants provide ate Student Research Competition, David Polcyn John Skillman springs. He brings many new areas vital experiential learning opportu- and was also the Outstanding Stuart Sumida of expertise to our department, nities for our students and prepare Graduate Student for the College of Kimberlyn Williams including archaeal microbiology them for future success in the Natural Sciences. All of our under-
Associate Professors: and genomics. In terms of extra- STEM professions they will be en- graduate and graduate students Laura Newcomb mural funding efforts; here are tering. Our biology students have continue to impress with their on- some highlights. In the area of been, simply put, outstanding. Jus- going research projects, and Assistant Professors: research funding, Dr. Angela Horn- tin Minck (Bournias lab) won the CSUSB students from the Chao, Jeremy Dodsworth Angela Horner er was awarded a prestigious three CSUSB Undergraduate Student Newcomb, and Ferrari labs have Tomasz Owerkowicz -year National Science Foundation Research Competition sponsored also co-published with their men- David Rhoads (NSF) grant totaling $318,000 to by the Office of Student Research tors in peer-reviewed journals this study the effects of age on muscle and represented our campus at the year. Dr. Laura Newcomb and her Department Office: Debbie Reynolds performance. In the area of sci- statewide competition. Nick students have had a particularly Katrina Preciado ence education, Dr. Dave Polcyn Schwartz (Horner lab), who was productive year; no wonder she was awarded a $1,500,000 grant this year’s Outstanding Undergrad- was nominated as Outstanding Support Technicians: Lisa Anderson Tom Benson from the California Department of uate Student in the Biology Pro- Professor in Research for the David Coffey Cindy Chrisler Education partnering with K12 gram, won Best Undergraduate College of Natural Sciences.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCE AND HUMAN ECOLOGY
Our undergraduate programs in departments of Biology and Span- Prevention. Another graduate public health education, nutrition ish. Our second new faculty mem- student in the MPH program and food sciences, health care ber is Monideepa Bhattacharya received the Randall Lewis Health management, and environmental Becerra who earned a Dr.PH. in Policy Fellowship and her work health science continued to show Health Education and a Master’s in resulted in an academic- dramatic increased enrollment. Public Health (MPH) in Health Policy community partnership to ad- There are now more than 700 and Leadership from Loma Linda dress farmers’ market utilization students in the undergraduate and University. She also earned a B.S. needs in the city of Rialto. An graduate MPH and MSHSA pro- in Botany and Plant Sciences from undergraduate student in the grams. More than 150 undergrad- the University of California, River- Public Health Education program Department Chair: uate public health education, side. Marsha Greer was selected for the competitive health care management, and Faculty were engaged with students Student Mentorship Program for Professors: environmental health science stu- in research and other scholarly ac- Hispanic Health Research from Ted Coleman dents completed internships in the tivities. Dr. Bob Phalen with two Hispanic Serving Health Profes- Lal Mian Inland Empire. Student members students presented a paper at the sions Schools. She also received Associate Professors: of Eta Sigma Gamma, Delta Chap- American Industrial Hygiene Associ- the prestigious and competitive Dorothy Chen-Maynard ter (the national honorary in health ation meeting. One student present- National Diversity Internship Pro- Robert Phalen education) celebrated National ed results on the removal for Arse- gram from the Veterans Admin-
Assistant Professors: Public Health Week in discussions nic from water using a modified istration and will be working at Monideepa Becerra with fellow students about food Nicaraguan water filter at the Water the Washington, D.C. Veterans Joseph Hughes security and resources, including Resources and Policy Initiatives Administration during summer Angie Otiniano-Verissimo The DEN, the newly opened cam- (WRPI) Conference. Dr. Becerra 2015. Lecturers: pus food bank. published two papers and present- We look forward to hearing from Robert LaChausse Two new faculty members were ed a paper at a Hispanic Serving all our alumni, and encourage you hired in fall of 2014. Angie Otin- Health Professions Schools' Profes- to write and update the faculty on Department Office: Deanna Rinebolt iano Verissimo earned a Ph.D. and sional Development Workshop where you are and what you are Leann Bactad-Pulido an MPH degree from the Depart- at NIH. One graduate student in the doing. Keep in touch by complet- ment of Community Health Scienc- MPH program published a peer- ing our survey at http:// es at the University of California, reviewed article in Preventing www.surveygizmo.com/ Los Angeles. She earned a B.A. Chronic Disease published by the s3/2030545/Student-Login-Page from the University of Redlands, Centers for Disease Control and
Page 3 DEPARTMENT OF NURSING
The Department of Nursing (DON) nity health or nursing education reer here at this campus in the offers three major programs lead- and we retain about 50 students late 1980s. She comes most re- ing to a degree. These are: the in these programs at any one time. cently from West Coast University undergraduate entry-into-practice This program continues its working where she served as associate program (BS), the Master of Sci- relationship with Tra Vinh Universi- dean and previously, from the Los ence in nursing program (MS) and ty outside of Ho Chi Minh City in Angeles campus where she earned the RN to BSN program. Additional- Vietnam with two of our profes- tenure and served as an associate ly, a special summer program for sors, Dr. Teresa Dodd-Butera and professor known for technological Foreign-Trained Nurses is offered Ms. Damaris Lizzaraga, serving as innovations in the classroom. Department Chair: in the summer. It is designed to visiting professor there in Decem- Faculty had an especially good Mary Anne Schultz facilitate the entrance of nurses ber 2014. Additionally, Dr. Dodd- showing at our Honor Society’s Professors: trained outside of the United Butera is the primary investigator (Sigma Theta Tau) Annual Re- Marilyn Smith-Stoner States into practice in California. for a Nurse-Faculty Loan Program search and innovation event, Odys-
Associate Professors: This academic year the profession from HRSA (Health Resources and sey, in fall 2014. Featured pre- Claudia Davis of nursing welcomed over 100 Services Administration) of over senters included: Ms. Dawn Blue Teresa Dodd-Butera graduates from our undergraduate $200,000 to benefit students (increasing confidence levels asso- Cindi Fike program who are now eligible to sit destined for a teaching career ciated to simulation experiences),
Assistant Professors: for the entry-into-practice exam, through our MSN program. Ours Dr. Cindy Fike (health literacy lev- Alham Albuatiq NCLEX-RN (National Council Licen- was one of two CSU Nursing De- els related to nursing interventions Susan McGee-Stehsel sure Exam for Registered Nurses). partments to boast such an honor. in an environment of care), Ms. With over 300 students in the un- Changes in faculty include full Dee Wojnar (the importance of Lecturers: Deborah Cohen dergraduate program at any one tenured professor, Dr. Marylin covert data collection in a study of Kathy Tiras time, an assertive goal the depart- Stoner, who entered her first year nosociomial infection avoidance) Anna Wilson ment has is to integrate simulation of the FERP program while continu- and Ms. Susan McGee-Stehsel
Department Office: experiences into the curriculum ing to offer her expertise in a cut- (the role of County Behavioral Patrick Bungard through the new Prem Reddy Sim- ting-edge nursing research course Health programs for those in treat- Lorena Gomez ulation Center located in the HP and a technology in nursing ment of Post Trauma). It was a Clayton Okafuji complex. course. The department also wel- proud day for nursing.
Support Technicians: The MSN program launched 10 comed a new chair this academic Alan Lin new graduates in the fields of pop- year, Dr. Mary Anne Schultz, who ulation health, advanced commu- began her nursing education ca-
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DEVELOPMENT CORNER
It was a great year their extraordinary legacy commitment. required to be in place before the federal for the College of The Corporate and Foundation Front funds could be released. Natural Sciences. The development office had the good fortune We exceeded the private match by securing The college re- to work with biology Professor Kimberlyn $468,000 in total private funds and Dr. Jet- ceived current stu- Williams on a grant that brought approxi- ter's research on how children learn math dent scholarship mately 900 students from the San Bernardi- can now begin in earnest. Funders of the support from alum- no City Unified School District and the matching grant included: The Toyota USA ni, staff and faculty, funding for research on Coachella Valley United School District to Foundation, The Packard Foundation and how children learn math, corporate funding CSUSB to learn about habitat conservation Heising-Simons Foundation. to support conservation education and a and education. The grant, Cal State Promotes Dean’s Council on Philanthropy: planned gift that will assist future students Coastal Sage Scrub Conservation and Envi- A new CNS initiative, the Dean’s Council on enrolled in STEM or business majors. ronmental Education, brought elementary, Philanthropy, provides members an oppor- The Patricia A. Kraemer and James W. Stock- middle and high school students to campus tunity to support and promote the future suc- man Endowed STEM/Business Scholarship in March 2015. Students received cess of the College of Natural Sciences. Fund. “Conservation through Education” back- Members serve as ambassadors for the col- Pat and Jim, alumni of Cal State San Bernar- packs, a pair of folding binoculars, a com- lege and assist the dean in securing support dino recently created a planned gift, currently pass and a specially prepared 33-page lab for its programs, outreach to the community, valued at $500,000, designed to help the manual that helped students learn more and provide direct and indirect financial sup- next generation of scientists and business about astronomy, paleontology, coastal sage port for college initiatives. Please welcome leaders. Jim is a business major, with an scrub, landscape patterns and geology. Fun- our founding members, Dr. Paula Estrada de extensive career in business management. ders of the grant included: National Fish and Martin ’95, ’97 Biology, Mr. Bhrigu Celly ’02 Pat is a mathematics major, having worked in Wildlife Foundation/Wells Fargo, Computer Science, and Dr. Leo Connolly, the defense industry (as a rocket scientist!) Southern California Edison and The Commu- professor emeritus. For more information and the finance field, both personal and cor- nity Foundation/The SL Gimbel Foundation. about the Dean’s Council of Philanthropy, porate. In their own words, “We want to help Matching funds for i3 Department of Educa- please contact Duke Graham, director of the students that are already proving their tion grant: $468,000 development, at 909-537-5267 or via email drive by paying their own way, working their Last summer, Dr. Madeleine Jetter from the at [email protected]. way through school. We know just how much math department was awarded a prestigious this scholarship can help. We want to pro- i3 grant from the U.S. Department of Educa- vide a scholarship that would have helped us tion for $3 million to study how English learn- all those years ago!” Dean Fleming and the ers acquire math. However, a 25 percent rest of the CNS and CSUSB community ex- match of private funds or $450,000 was tend a heartfelt thank you to Pat and Jim for
Page 6 COMMENCEMENT 2015 The College of Natural Sciences’ commencement ceremony took place on June 20th at 4 p.m. at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontar- io. Before a crowd of their families and friends, more than 480 students received their diplomas. Among those students were several who were singled out for various honors. Each year, the college chooses students it determines to be outstanding, both from the undergraduate and graduate populations. This year, the outstanding graduate students are Stacey Nerkowski, from biology; Thomas Crane, from geological sciences; Christy Scroggins from health science and human ecology; Leonard Lamp, from mathematics and April Joy Santos from nursing. These students have shown great promise in their chosen fields, and the college is proud to recognize them. The outstanding undergradu- ate students are Nick Schwartz from biology; Siyoung Lee, from chemistry and biochemistry; Stephen Bryce, from geology; Gena Alltizer from health science and human ecology; Adrianna Mitchell, from kinesiology; Amy Strauss, from mathematics; Brent Lukacs from nursing and Emily Brown from physics. These students have worked very hard and richly deserve the honors. Additional students received departmental honors. From the Department of Biology: Patricia Holt-Torres, Cory Kunkel, Michael Ramos, Nick Schwartz, Tyler Valdez, David Vasconcellos and Teresa Villasenor; from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry: Katie Morrow; from the School of Computer Science and Engi- neering: Alan Perez and Jonathan Perez; from the Department of Geological Sciences: Stephen Bryce; from the Department of Health Sci- ence and Human Ecology: Diana Iwais and Christopher Wills; from the Department of Kinesiology: Nick Acevedo, Gerardo Alvarez Vargas, Elmine Beard, Anna Brodzki, Alexander Camarillo, Teresa Del Real Delfin, Aubree Downtain, Jackelin Felix, Adam Galeckas, Ronald Gonzalez -Trujillo, Bradley Herrock, Emily Hill, Manjot Hundal, Paul Jackman, Hyun Kim, Kris Malapira, Adrianna Mitchell, Matthew Montgomery Rodri- guez, Ryan Ortanez, Lizbeth Ortiz, Adali Quinonez, Danielle Talbot and Tabitha Toral; from the Department of Mathematics: Joshua Bowlin, Brain Friday, Bianca Larios, Amy Strauss, Katelyn Thompson and Steven Thompson; from the Department of Nursing: Anna Acosta, Patrick Allen, Tiffany Alvarado, Jose Arriaga, Mirela Astilean, Victoria Bernal, Brenda Bitka, Josh Bongga, Elizabeth Wisner, Sara Brunn, Kyrstina Crofoot, Paulina Cross, Lindsay Dang, Heaven Douglas, Kathleen Duenez, Allen Duran, Cathy Emerdinger, Stephanie Erickson, Rocio Gam- boa, Mandivar Gill, Katie Hade, Joana Harrison, Amanda Hayden, Alaina Helt, Mike Henderson, Mary Hoy, Melina Hurtado, Dominique Hust, Matthew Juback, Tayler Kelley, Brittany King, Alexandra Kliewer, Codie Koenke, Hojun Kyung, Jonathan Labib, Alyssa Ledbetter, Bawoo Lee, Brent Lukacs, Kaylee Maeda, Adeline Manese, Ana Mata, Vanessa McCall, Melanie McMillan, Fabrianne Mendez, Yarlenis Miranda, Tony Ngo, Jane Ngugi, Marlene Ortiz, Romnick Pablo, Matthew Parke, Yvonne Pedroza, Sarah Perez, Dalawna Polk, Marzena Richardson, Joy Rit- tenhouse, Cristaline Rodriguez, Anthony Saldana, Jose Samson, Kacie Schmidt, Sia Shayo, Elizabeth Steele, Partenamaria Stefanidis, Sa- mantha Stueckle, Kristin Sullivan, Deizon Sy, Kaitlyn Taylor, Jessica Tovar, Julie Tran, Uwa Ukwu, Lianna Uribe, Britney Vrooman, Whitney Weaver, Lindsey West, Leika Widby and Morgana Wyman; from the Department of Physics: Alberto Acevedo, Stefan Awender and Emily Brown.
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Dr. Kenton McHenry gradu- Stacey Nerkowski grad- Andrew Brinker gradu- ated from CSUSB in 2001 uated with a Master’s of ated with a Bachelor’s with a Bachelor of Science Science in Biology. of Science in Comput- in Computer Science. Prior Stacey’s thesis focuses er Science and a cu- to graduating, Dr. McHenry on molecular ecology, mulative GPA of 3.85. Kenton McHenry did a summer internship in this research derived During his time at the Department of Computer Science at UC Stacey Nerkowski from her internship with Andrew Brinker CSUSB, Andrew pub- Berkeley. While there, he conducted comput- the CSUSB Water Resources Institute, which lished and presented research in computer er vision research under the supervision of introduced her to the topic of ecological visions, machine learning, combinatorial Dr. David Forsyth. preservation through genetic analysis. Her game theory algorithms and law. Last sum- In 2008, Dr. McHenry received his Ph.D. in research will provide government agencies mer, he took part in a research experience at Computer Science from the University of Illi- with the necessary information for conserva- University of North Carolina at Charlotte in nois at Urbana-Champaign. tion management strategies and restoration which he worked on a project to aid in the Presently, he is a Senior Research Scientist of our local biodiversity. diagnosis of breast cancer. at the National Center for Supercomputing Stacey published and presented the results Andrew helped establish a vibrant computer Applications (NCSA), at the University of Illi- of her research. In 2014, she was awarded science and engineering club on campus. He nois, Urbana-Champaign. the Outstanding Graduate Student in Natural is especially proud of the tutoring program He has published widely, given many scholar- Sciences at the 27th Annual CSU Student offered by the club, which he started and for ly presentations, and his work has been ex- Research Competition. which he has volunteered hundreds of hours tensively featured in the media. At the same As a graduate student, she established a over the past two years. time, Dr. McHenry has also been an adjunct graduate level biology club, Bio-Grad, taught Andrew volunteers his time setting up com- assistant professor. lower division biology laboratory classes and puters, categorizing and sorting books for the All who knew him at CSUSB had expectations participated in the Science Networking and Inland Empire Children’s Book Project, a that he would develop into a highly compe- Recruiting Forum sponsored by the USDA and charity which provides free books to teachers tent and successful individual and computer Coyote Careers. and underprivileged students. scientist, and Dr. McHenry has distinguished She intends to pursue her Ph.D. in Biology in himself far beyond those expectations. order to teach and conduct research at the university level.
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