A RACE AGAINST

TIMECST professor and airline CEO work to protect Grand Bois mountain and its vanishing wildlife REAL-WORLD RESEARCH WITH WORLD-CLASS RESEARCHERS MEANS CST STUDENTS HAVE AN EDGE IN GRADUATE SCHOOL AND THE JOB MARKET

Your gift means more students get that experience. job in geology, biotechnology, information science and other growing sectors. The Undergraduate Research Program offers top students the opportunity to work alongside experienced researchers from Most universities simply don’t offer such an extraordinary CST and across Temple University. opportunity for their undergraduates. CST does. But we need your support to offer URP to more students. Out in the field, in the lab or at a powerful computer, students in URP learn what it takes to do advanced research: Make your gift at giving.temple.edu/URP. theoretical knowledge, technical skill, critical thinking and To discuss giving options, contact how to persevere through failure and build on success. Graham Smialowski, CST Major Gift The experience is essential to being accepted into a top Officer, at 215-204-8192 or graduate or professional school or to landing a high-paying [email protected]. CONTENTS

OUTLOOK News 3 Fall 2017 Research, accolades, awards and events College of Science and Technology Funded Research 11 400 Carnell Hall External research grants in each CST department 1803 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19122 Productive Partnerships 13 215-204-2888 Disparate researchers take on today’s challenges Michael L. Klein, FRS Dean and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Science Five Young Scientists 16 Postdocs, grad students and recent graduates Robert J. Levis 13 embark on promising careers Senior Associate Dean

Greg Fornia, KLN ’92 A Race Against Time 18 Editor and Director of CST professor helps create Haitian national parks Communications 16 Alumni Board Message 20 Cover photo by: Joel Timyan “Be proud of Temple and promote it every chance you get” cst.temple.edu Honor Roll 26 Supporters of the College of Science and Technology Follow the College of Science and Technology: Class Notes 34 Keep up with friends and former classmates

CST in the Community 36 Science, tech and math activities for young people

18 RESEARCH EXPENDITURES TEMPLE’S LATEST FRESHMAN CLASS UP 85% IS NEARLY OVER 5 YEARS 20% CST STUDENTS

DEAN’S MESSAGE GRADUATE AND POST-BACCALAUREATE Much of this issue of Outlook is devoted to collaborations and partnerships—among researchers, institutions, alumni and others—all working to advance the College of Science and Technology’s ENROLLMENT efforts in research and education. Our cover story—“A Race Against Time”—details efforts by S. Blair Hedges, Laura H. Carnell UP 90% Professor of Biodiversity, and an airline CEO to establish several national parks to preserve OVER 10 YEARS Haiti’s rapidly disappearing species. Their story, born from Hedges’ pioneering work to identify biodiversity “hot spots,” is a powerful reminder that CST’s research impact reaches far beyond the Temple University campus. Another feature story chronicles CST faculty partnerships with colleagues from other UNDERGRADUATE universities, as well as Temple schools and colleges, to understand how: self-driving cars improve ENROLLMENT NOW AT traffic and fuel efficiency; magnetics might be able to treat cardiovascular patients; and new materials can potentially decrease brain injuries in athletes and soldiers. CST’s success in research and education is the result of many collaborative efforts. Our 4,000 increasing research expenditures—up 85 percent in just five years—stem from CST scientists STUDENTS working across disciplines to look at scientific challenges from new angles. For example, CST earned a prestigious Keck Foundation grant for a new method to identify dark matter. Other CST researchers are making breakthroughs in detecting and destroying chemical weapons and investigating the anti-cancer properties of tomato extracts. CST is also succeeding in educating the next generation of innovators. Our undergraduate enrollment is at 4,000 students, making us one of the largest colleges at Temple. The increase in graduate and post-baccalaureate enrollment is particularly dramatic, up 90 percent from a decade ago. Together, CST faculty, advisors and professional development staff craft exceptional educational experiences, such as the Undergraduate Research Program, professional science master’s degrees and a pre-health post-baccalaureate, that attract top students. Some of our strongest partners are CST graduates and friends of the college. They volunteer for our Owl to Owl Mentor Program, serve on the Board of Visitors and invest in scholarships and faculty endowment. You can learn more about what inspires several supporters in this year’s Honor Roll section. I am so grateful for the financial contributions and for the time and expertise our supporters share with CST. I look forward to working together as we grow the college, push the boundaries of discovery and prepare our students for what is next in science.

Sincerely,

Michael L. Klein, FRS Dean and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Science

2 College of Science and Technology TEMPLE’S LATEST 5 9 11 FRESHMAN CLASS Materials science New PSM degree options Tomato extract and Photos this page: Kelly & Massa this page: Kelly Photos IS NEARLY breakthrough cancer prevention 20% CST STUDENTS N E W S

(left) In his keynote address, Robert M. Fineman, CST ’66, stressed the important work done at Temple.

Nearly 500 graduates participated in CST’s spring 2017 graduation ceremony.

CST GRADUATION FEATURES GOLDEN OWL AND RESEARCH GIANT

On May 11, at Temple University’s McGonigle Hall, nearly awarded Fineman a Certificate of Honor for his achievements 500 graduates were honored at the 2017 CST graduation and dedication to Temple. ceremony. CST faculty presented bachelor’s, master’s, The ceremony’s student speaker was Colton Howard, an professional science master’s and doctoral degrees and, after information science and technology major, who served as years of hard work, graduates spent the day celebrating with president of the National Association for Computing friends, family and professors. Machinery’s Temple chapter. After graduation, Howard took a The ceremony began with remarks from Dean Michael L. Klein, position as a technical solution specialist at IBM. FRS, who praised the graduates for their determination. Robert M. In a first for the college, Dean Klein and Temple University Fineman (BA ’66, Chem), a medical doctor and clinical professor of Board Member Solomon Luo presented an honorary doctor of pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of sciences degree to Professor C.N.R. Rao, FRS, for his Washington, Seattle, then delivered the keynote address. extraordinary accomplishments in chemistry. Rao is National Fineman, a Golden Owl for having graduated from Temple Research Professor, Linus Pauling Research Professor and more than 50 years ago, is proof that “the work done [at Temple] honorary president at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced makes all of us better human beings.” He is a passionate public Scientific Research in Bangalore, India. He has more than 1,600 health advocate, serving as dean of the Health and Human publications and has been awarded more than 70 honorary Services Department at North Seattle College from 2007 to degrees from universities around the world. 2012. In 2006, the Temple University Alumni Association —Hannah Amadio

OUTLOOK / Fall 2017 3 Alix Davatzes

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NSF GRANT ENHANCES CAREER PREP FOR URBAN GEOSCIENCE STUDENTS

The Department of Earth & Environmental Science (EES) has received a three-year, $359,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s GEOPATH program to enhance recruiting of undergraduate geology and environmental science majors and to enhance their career development. The goal is to entice students within CST’s EES Department and from across Temple University to pursue urban geoscience. Three EES faculty members, Professor Jonathan Nyquist, Associate Graduate students Katrina Korman and Shannon Hibbard are studying Professor Alix Davatzes and Professor Laura Toran, teamed up with Carol asteroid strikes in South Africa with Associate Professor Alix Davatzes. Brandt, an associate professor in the College of Education, on the successful grant proposal. One of NSF’s priorities is increasing student interest in pursuing STEM careers, with the GEOPATH program focusing on enhancing student engagement in the geosciences. “We want students to realize that geology isn’t just about mapping PROBING ASTEROID STRIKES BILLIONS OF mountains out West,” says Toran. “There are local problems that impact where YEARS OLD students live, such as protecting impaired streams, working on chemical hazards Between 3.5 billion and 2.4 billion years ago, more than 10 large asteroids found in urban soils and understanding coastal hazards caused by storms.” pulverized the Earth’s crust and mantle as deep as 16 kilometers. The impacts The grant also includes a one-on-one math mentoring program in which vaporized megatons of rock into the atmosphere, which then crystallized into EES student volunteers help students through the required math sequence; an rounded, hail-sized particles called spherules that coated the entire planet. enhanced curriculum geared toward providing job skills; an internship With a five-year, $445,000 NSF CAREER research grant, Associate program that recently linked up its first cohort of students with participating Professor Alix Davatzes has been studying the environmental impacts of the employers; and, pending the approval of the Temple University Board of asteroid strikes during the early evolution of life on earth. She is doing so in Trustees, an environmental professional certificate. the only known areas of the world were these deposits can be found—in near-desert environments in Western Australia and near the South Africa- Temple University Photography Swaziland border east of Johannesburg which, at the time, were submerged under ocean waters. “What we’re hoping to learn is how the impacts altered the atmospheric chemistry and surface conditions,” says Davatzes. “We’ve been able to make an argument that plate tectonics started possibly a quarter-billion years earlier than the previously agreed-upon evidence, as early as 3.25 billion years ago. Even though these impact sites don’t exist anymore—either because the sites have been covered by other layers of rock or recycled by plate tectonics—it’s really exciting that the remaining evidence of these impacts is giving us a glimpse of the Earth more than 3 billion years ago.”

—Bruce E. Beans

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Professor Xiaoxing Xi’s work will impact many electronic, magnetic and superconducting applications.

MATERIALS SCIENCE BREAKTHROUGH

In a materials science breakthrough, an international team of researchers led by Xiaoxing Xi, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Physics, has developed a novel technique to create nanoscale-level oxide interfaces and heterostructures. The research, according to Xi, has potential electronic, magnetic and superconducting applications—including possibly creating new computing, detector and energy-production devices. In their study, published in npj Quantum Materials, an open-access Nature research journal, Xi and 16 colleagues from Temple and other institutions describe how they successfully constructed oxides with well-controlled chemical compositions and atomic-layer precision. The new method is called atomic layer-by-layer laser molecular beam epitaxy (ALL-Laser MBE). It is built upon, and improves on, the combined strengths of the two most successful methods utilizing oxide interfaces to synthesize new artificial structures. “There is a significantly enhanced capability to grow these oxide materials one atomic layer at a time, not just to make existing materials better but to also create materials that don’t exist naturally,” says Xi, whose research was funded by a three-year, $367,000 U.S. Department of Energy grant. “The method pushes current boundaries for growing new functional materials that are theoretically predicted but cannot be made with existing techniques.” Other Physics Department researchers involved in the study include Qingyu Lei, Maryam Golalikhani, Guozhen Liu, Ravini Chandrasena, Weibing Yang, Alexander Gray, Qiao Qiao and Bruce Davidson.

—Bruce E. Beans N E W S

Dean Michael L. Klein, FRS (below right), helped present more than 100 awards and scholarships at the 2017 recognition luncheon held in the Science Education and Research Center. Photos this page: Kelly & Massa

CST PRESENTS SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS AT RECOGNITION LUNCHEON

On April 20, the College of Science and Technology presented more than 100 awards, scholarships and other recognitions to the college’s graduate and undergraduate students at the annual Scholarships, Awards and Student Recognition Luncheon. With nearly 200 attendees filling the Science Education and Research Center lobby, the luncheon celebrated the success of talented students from the college’s departments of Biology; Chemistry; Computer & Information Sciences; Earth & Environmental Science; Mathematics; and Physics, as well as from TUTeach and the Undergraduate Research Program. In attendance were many graduates and friends who established or contributed significantly to college scholarships and awards, including Sina Adibi (BA ’84, CIS; FOX ’86), CST Alumni Endowed Scholarship; Albert Brown (BA ’64, Chem) and Marie Koals (EDU ’63), Albert B. Brown Chemistry Scholarship; Arthur Dawson (BA ’67, PhD ’76, Chem), Hazel M. Tomlinson, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship; Eva Havas, Peter Havas Humanitarian Scholarship for Outstanding Physics Graduate Students; Gerald Kean (BA ’65, Bio) and Marlene Chachkin, Chachkin-Kean Fund for Undergraduate Research; Guenadiy Lazarov (MA ’97, PhD ’00, Phys) and Physics Professor Emeritus Theodore Burkhardt, Stanislav Kotsev (CST ’99) Memorial Award; physics professor Mia Luehrmann, Natan Luehrmann-Cowen Memorial Award; Rosemary Poole, J.A. Poole Award for Exceptional Department Service by an Undergraduate; Seda Tarzian (BA ’48, Bio), Seda Tarzian Endowed Scholarship; Henry Harrison, James A. Harrison Memorial Award; and David Tepper (BA ’64, Math; CLA ’66, ’69), David Tepper and Elaine Kowalewski Scholarship in Mathematics.

6 College of Science and Technology Ryan S Brandenberg

RESEARCHERS EXPLORE NEW WAYS TO DETECT AND DESTROY CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS

Department of Chemistry researchers have been awarded two different $1.5 million grants from a U.S. Department of Defense agency for the exploration of new technologies that could be used to detect and destroy chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals and nerve gas. Each three-year grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Joint Science and Technology Office could also be extended another two years and increased by an additional $1 million. Professor Eric Borguet is collaborating with a team of University of Pittsburgh researchers to develop more economical methods to sense and eliminate weapons of mass destruction. The researchers are investigating the use of what are called multifunctional, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with plasmonic cores comprised of metal nanoparticles. “If we are successful in identifying metallic materials that are cheaper and more abundant than gold and silver, which are most commonly studied for these purposes,” says Borguet, “it Chelsea Walton, the Selma Lee Bloch Brown Professor of Mathematics, is Temple’s could impact not only chemical warfare agents but also other first Sloan Fellow since 1989. plasmonic applications.” Meanwhile, a Temple-led team that includes two Department of Chemistry professors and researchers from UCLA and the CHELSEA WALTON NAMED A 2017 SLOAN RESEARCH Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense FELLOW (AMRICD) is exploring a new technology that has the potential The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation named Temple mathematician Chelsea Walton a 2017 to convert highly toxic organophosphate nerve agents into Research Fellow, putting her in company with academicians from Stanford University, harmless phosphates. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University. The highly competitive and Professor and principal investigator Christian Schafmeister’s prestigious honor identifies rising scientists who’ve made significant marks on their field and team plans to synthesize complex, shape-programmable represent the next generation of leaders in the U.S. and Canada. macromolecules called “spiroligomers” or “molecule Lego.” Walton’s work on such algebraic structures is part of her larger exploration of the field of Much more robust and stable than currently used enzymes, noncommutative algebra. She explains that in noncommutative algebra, multiplication doesn’t Schafmeister says that these metal-containing macromolecules behave as expected. “That is, a x b doesn’t have to be b x a. This occurs more often than one would be able to bind organophosphorus nerve agents and greatly might think because functions are naturally noncommutative,” she says. speed up their breakdown into harmless compounds—and A 2011 recipient of a PhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan, Walton has not generate immune responses in humans. presented her research widely, including at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in —Bruce E. Beans Berkeley, California. She comes to Temple from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a National Science Foundation-funded postdoctoral fellow. Walton joined Temple’s faculty in 2015 as a Selma Lee Bloch Brown Professor of Mathematics. She was drawn by the unusual number of experts in noncommutative algebra at Temple: five including herself and a postdoctoral fellow. Walton is the fourth African American Sloan Fellow in mathematics since the award’s inception in 1955. She’s the first Sloan Fellow at Temple since 1989, when Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen was honored for neuroscience. Walton plans to use the $60,000 grant from the fellowship to fund her travel for research

as well as the research expenses of her postdoctoral fellow and her graduate and and JD Northrup Schafmeister Christian undergraduate students and mentees.

—Eryn Jelesiewicz Spiroligomers or “molecular Lego” will accelerate the breakdown of nerve agents into harmless compounds.

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Greg Fornia C.N.R. RAO DELIVERS INAUGURAL SHEIKH SAUD LECTURE

The College of Science and Technology and Temple TMI is the focal point for materials research at Temple Materials Institute (TMI) hosted the inaugural Sheikh Saud University, enabling collaborative interdisciplinary research Lecture on Advanced Materials in May featuring Professor on advanced materials ranging from complex functional C.N.R. Rao, FRS, National Research Professor, Linus Pauling solids and fluids to novel thin-film superconductors and Research Professor and honorary president at Jawaharlal materials for strategic applications. Nehru Centre (JNC) for Advanced Scientific Research, The Sheikh Saud Lecture on Advanced Materials is India, and director of JNC’s International Centre for named for H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, United Materials Science. Arab Emirates (UAE) Supreme Council Member and Ruler As one of the world’s preeminent chemists, Rao is the of Ras Al Khaimah, a northern UAE emirate. The Sheikh author of more than 1,600 research papers and recipient of Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research some of the top honors in his field. During the Sheikh Saud was established in 2009 and aims to establish relationships Lecture, he discussed his work with inorganic graphene with talented scholars and world-class universities, analogues. Graphene is one of the most sensational innovative public-policy research centers, established discoveries of recent years, with applications for government institutions, and strategic partners in the superconductivity, transistors and electrocatalysts. private and nongovernmental sectors.

CHEMISTRY LEGEND FRANKLIN DAVIS RETIRES

Professor Franklin A. Davis, winner of the Cope Scholar Award and the John Scott Medal and Fellow of the American Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry, retired in 2017. He joined the Department of Chemistry in 1995, coming from Drexel University. At that time he was considering several offers, and while Temple had real advantages, there were also shortcomings. “While the department had a high-field NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer), Kelly & Massa it lacked X-ray and mass spectrometry facilities and operational support for instrumentation,” says Davis. “The laboratories were old and the heating and air conditioning were erratic. Chemistry is now considered one of the top departments in the university.” The chemistry that Davis developed is regularly used by academic and industrial laboratories worldwide. His sulfur-nitrogen compounds (i.e., “Davis reagents”) include N-sulfonyl oxaziridines for oxidations and asymmetric hydroxylations and N-sulfinyl imines (sulfinimines) for asymmetric synthesis of chiral amine derivatives. “Beyond Frank’s commitment to research, he always found time to be a tremendous mentor and supporter of students and colleagues,” said Professor Daniel Strongin, Chemistry Department chair. “The lively lunchtime conversations with Frank over the years will be missed.” Davis says that he will not miss writing another proposal or even another paper. “What I will miss,” he says, “are my colleagues and the many students I have had the honor and pleasure to teach and mentor over many years.” Other recent retirements at CST include Professor David Dalton of the Department of Chemistry and Professor Theodore Burkhardt and Professor Dieter Forster of the Department of Physics.

—Bruce E. Beans NEW PSM DEGREES IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING AND CYBER DEFENSE

CST has introduced two new Professional Science Master’s (PSMs), scientific writing and cyber defense and information assurance. PSMs offer students the professional skills highly valued by top employers as well as advanced technical training. The new programs join CST’s existing PSMs in bioinformatics, bioinnovation, biotechnology and forensic chemistry. The new program in scientific writing was developed in response to the growing need of companies, nonprofit organizations and news outlets to communicate science clearly and succinctly. Students with diverse STEM backgrounds will be able to develop the expertise to pursue scientific writing careers. It also gives professionals currently employed in science and technology fields an opportunity to broaden their skills for their career advancement. With the rise of cybercrime and terrorism and their impact on privacy, finance and national security, the new PSM in cyber defense and information assurance provides professionals with Temple University Photography the skills necessary to protect organizations from these increasing cyberthreats. The curriculum is technology-intensive, yet also bridges the increasing gap between cybersecurity DANIEL SZYLD’S WORK EARNS AMS AND SIAM RECOGNITION technology and the overarching cybersecurity standards and policies. Information on CST’s PSM program is available Daniel Szyld, professor in the Department of Mathematics, has been elected to the 2017 at cst.temple.edu/psm. Class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and to the 2017 Class of Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The honors recognize his contributions to numerical and applied linear algebra and his exemplary Temple University Photography research and service to the community. Szyld’s research, which has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, utilizes computational linear algebra and applied linear algebra to explore a variety of complex systems arising in biology, physics or engineering. Szyld’s work with his colleague, Professor Isaac Klapper, has examined the metabolism of bacteria in microbial communities, for example, on ponds in Yellowstone National Park. Another of his research projects is computing the gravitational potential of the Yucatan’s Chicxulub crater area, thought to have been formed by the impact of the meteorite responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs. With a grant from Temple’s Office of Vice Provost for Research, Szyld is working with Tonia Hsieh, associate professor in the Department of Biology, to study lizard locomotion across complex, natural surfaces. Szyld is Temple University’s first SIAM Fellow. Along with Professors Shiferaw Berhanu, Irina Mitrea and Igor Rivin, Szyld is the fourth Temple mathematics professor to become an AMS fellow in the past three years.

—Greg Fornia, KLN ’92

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CST’s New tenure-track faculty

Jocelyn Behm include geometric typology and geometric group ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF theory with a focus on hyperbolic geometry and BIOLOGY dynamics. In particular, he has studied the geometry of bundles as well as various statistical Jocelyn Behm earned her MS and PhD in ecology properties of geometrically significant groups. A and biodiversity conservation from the University passionate educator, Taylor has a deep interest in of Wisconsin-Madison after graduating summa helping students succeed. He works to foster an cum laude from Drexel University with a BS in interest in mathematics among younger students, environmental science. She was an adjunct and has participated in math groups open to the professor at Ursinus College in 2015 and brings public during his time teaching at both Yale and more than 10 years of teaching experience to her UT-Austin. new position at CST. She has received more than $750,000 in grants for her research in ecology, especially in regard to lizards, frogs, molecular Kai Zhang Jocelyn Behm ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ecology and species extinction. Behm has COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES dedicated her time to mentoring undergraduate and master’s students in various aspects of her Kai Zhang, a former research staff member at research. She has been awarded both the NWO NEC Labs America, scientist at Siemens Corporate Dutch Aspasia Women in Science Fellowship and Research and guest researcher with Lawrence the Fulbright Institute of International Education Berkeley National Laboratories, has devoted his Fellowship. Her natural history notes have been research to big-data mining, machine learning, published in the Herpetological Review, and she bioinformatics and time series/complex network has published a field guide to the frogs of modeling. Zhang earned his PhD in computer science southwest China. At Temple, she will be studying in 2008 from the Hong Kong University of Science patterns of biodiversity and invasive species in and Technology and his master’s degree in pattern both the Caribbean and southeastern Pennsylvania. recognition from the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Zhang is a winner of the NEC Labs America 2016 Business Contribution award and Samuel J. Taylor Samuel J. Taylor ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF 2016 Best Paper Runner-up awarded by the ACM MATHEMATICS Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining special- interest group. His research in brain functional Samuel Taylor, a Philadelphia-area native, comes to networks was an editor’s choice cover story in Temple from the Yale University Department of Brain: A Journal of Neurology. Currently, Zhang is Mathematics. At Yale, he held the title of Gibbs collaborating with the largest brain initiative in China Assistant Professor and was awarded an NSF to uncover the underlying mechanism of the human Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in 2014. Taylor brain network in information processing and various earned BAs in mathematics and economics in mental disorders. 2009 from The College of New Jersey, and a PhD in mathematics from the University of Texas at —Hannah Amadio Austin in 2014. He has also conducted research at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California. Taylor’s research interests

Kai Zhang

10 • Evolutionary Bioinformatics of Reduction, Honda Research Xubin He Zoran Obradovic Tumor Profiles,NIH Institute USA Inc. • Adaptive Shared Memory • Big Data Analytics for • Innovative Molecular Timing Management for Clinical Trials Optimization, Christian Schafmeister Applications to Obtain Accurate Heterogeneous CPU-GPU Quintiles Inc. Histories of Early Life, NASA • Atomically Precise Membranes Architectures, NSF for the Separation of • Big Data Spokes Collaborative: • CSR: Small: Cost Effective, Smart Grids Big Data, NSF Frank Nelson Hydrocarbons, Mainstream High Performance Solutions • Inference-Making and Engineering Corporation • Reverse Engineering Host Using Erasure Codes for Big Resilience, Harvard University FUNDED Reasoning, University of Illinois • Molecular Lego Based Data Management in Large Organophosphatase Mimics, Data Centers, NSF Jamie Payton Sergei Pond Defense Threat Reduction Agency • SHF: Small: ASF: An Adaptive • Theseus: A Mobile Security • Biological Properties of HIV-1 • Synthesis of Selective Water RESEARCH V3 Evolutionary Variants, NIH Scaling Framework for High Management Tool for Permeable Biomimetic Scalability of XOR-Based RAID Mitigating Attacks in Mobile • MRI: Acquisition of a Flexible Aquaporins, Department of Systems, NSF Networks, University of North High-Performance Computing the Army Carolina at Greensboro AT CST System for Data and Compute Bo Ji Francis Spano Driven Scientific Discovery,NSF • CAREER: Theory and Avinash Srinivasan NEW EXTERNAL • Tuning Big Data Analysis • SusChEM: Collaborative Algorithms for Efficient • N16a-T013 Cyber Forensic Tool GRANTS: JULY 1, 2016 Infrastructure for HIV Research, NSF Control of Wireless Networks Kit for Machinery Control, TDI Research, NIH Technologies Inc. TO JUNE 30, 2017 Yugang Sun with Jointly Optimized Performance: High • Self-Assembled Nanocellular Chiu Tan Robert Sanders Throughput, Low Delay, and Composites with Super • Ecological Impact of Mixotrophic Low Complexity, NSF • TWC: Small: Evidence Of Algae in a Changing Artic Marine Thermal Insulation and Presence for Intelligent Biology • CRII: CIF: Models, Theories and Climate, NSF Soundproof for Single Pane Vehicles Using Environment- Algorithms for Timeliness Vincenzo Carnevale Windows, University of Chicago Based Security, NSF • Ion Channels Response in Weidong Yang Optimization in Information- Vincent Voelz update Systems, NSF Physiological Conditions, NSF • Super-Resolution Microscopy • Structure-Based Design of Study of Molecular Transport • Markov State Model Xe-129 Nmr Biosensors For Mechanisms, NIH Approaches for Folding, Binding and Design, NIH Multiplexed Cancer Detection, TOMATO EXTRACT MAY PREVENT AND University of Pennsylvania Chemistry Rongsheng Wang TREAT STOMACH CANCER Frank Chang Rodrigo Andrade • Development of Chemical Probes to Study Post- • Development of New • Asymmetric Synthesis of Translational Modifications Key Researchers at CST’s Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Pancreatic Cancer Biomarkers, Alkaloids Enabled by Novel to Human Disease, Fox Chase Schweitzer Group Methodology, NSF Molecular Medicine have found that whole extracts from two Cancer Center varieties of tomatoes blocked the growth of stomach cancer Erik Cordes Eric Borguet Sarah Wengryniuk cells and dampened their malignant characteristics. Their • Collaborative Research: • Design, Synthesis and • Cationic Nitrogen-Substituted Quantifying the Biological, Characterization of Hybrid findings were published in theJournal of Cellular Physiology. lambda3-Iodanes for the Chemical, and Physical Linkages Stratified MOF-Plasmonic Functionalization of Chemical According to the American Cancer Society, there are more Between Chemosynthetic Nanoparticle Materials for Feedstocks, American than 20,000 cases of stomach cancer, also known as gastric Communities and the Detection and Destruction of Chemical Society, Petroleum Surrounding Deep Sea, NSF Chemical Agents, Defense cancer, diagnosed in the U.S. each year. It is most common Research Fund Threat Reduction Agency among older adults; around 60 percent of adults diagnosed are Mark Feitelson • Simplified Approaches ot • Emerging STEM Scholars, NSF • HBV Capsid Inhibitors, NIH/NIAID Medium-Sized Heterocycles aged 65 or older. Previous studies have suggested that • Therapeutic Vaccine Against Graham Dobereiner for the Synthesis of Bioactive compounds found in tomatoes, such as lycopene, a carotenoid Hepatitis B Virus (Hbv), • Ion-Paired Cooperative Small Molecules, NIH that gives tomatoes their red color, may help to fight cancer. Theravectys Catalysts for Carbon-Carbon Sara Zahim However, Antonio Giordano, professor and Sbarro Institute Bond Formation, NSF Antonio Giordano • Natural Product-Inspired director, noted that few studies have investigated the anti-cancer Approaches Toward the • Sbarro Health Research, Michael Klein effects of whole tomatoes, a research gap they set out to Sbarro Health Research • Interaction of Inhalational Development of Antivirulence, Organization Inc. Anesthetics, University of Wallonie-Bruxelles address with their new study. Pennsylvania International To reach their findings, the researchers tested the effects of Jody Hey • MRI: Acquisition of a Flexible • ABI Development, University whole extracts from San Marzano and Corbarino tomatoes on High-Performance Computing Auxiliary and Research Services Computer & stomach cancer cell lines. They found System for Data and Information that each extract not only halted Rob Kulathinal Compute Driven Scientific Sciences • A Multi-Level Predictive Analytics Discovery, NSF the growth of gastric cancer cells, Xiaojiang Du and Motif Discovery Across Ronald Levy but they also interfered with cell Large Dynamic Spatio-Temporal • Af16-At10: Securing the • HIV Interactions and Viral Networks and in Complex Internet of Things in Tactical migration, whereby cancer cells Evolution, The Scripps Socio-Technical Systems, NSF Environments, Air Force begin to move away from the Research Institute Research Lab Sudhir Kumar primary tumor to invade Yi Rao • Light-Weight and Effective • eQTL Mega-Analysis for Security Schemes for Wireless surrounding tissues, and led • Studies of Copper Functional Assessment of Medical Devices, Qatar Nanostructures for High- to cancer-cell death. Multi-Enhancer Gene National Research Fund Efficient Electrochemical Co2 Regulation, NIH

OUTLOOK / Fall 2017 11 Mathematics James Napolitano Equipment for PSI MUSE • Fundamental Physics Experiments Experiment, NSF Shiferaw Berhanu CHASING PROTEINS AND RNAs IN with Reactor Neutrinos, US • Studies of Hadronic Structure, • The Regularity of Cauchy- Department of Energy US Department of Energy CANCER CELLS Riemann Mappings and Solutions of Systems of John Perdew Rongjia Tao Dysfunctional nuclear transport through the sub-micrometer Nonlinear Differential • Density Functional Theory of • Demonstration of Viscosity nuclear pore complex (NPC) connecting the cytoplasm with Equations, NSF Electronic Structure, NSF Reduction with Saudi Aramco Crude Oil Samples, QS Energy, Inc. the nucleoplasm in human cells, has been linked to various Vasily Dolgushev and Chelsea Adrienn Ruzsinszky • Mass Spectroscopy Measurement Walton • CAREER: Electron Correlation cancers, including leukemia. for Ionized Air by Various • Algebra Extravaganza, NSF and Optical Spectra with a Isotopes and Other Gas Ionizers, By developing and employing high-speed super-resolution Nonlocal Energy-Optimized David Futer and Matthew Stover Naval Research Laboratory microscopy techniques, Associate Professor Weidong Yang and (NEO) Kernel, NSF • Graduate Student Conference • Reduction of Blood Viscosity his research team have successfully tracked individual proteins • Toward the Chemical Accuracy in Algebra, Geometry, and and Turbulence by Magnetic for the Description of the or RNAs as they move through the NPCs—providing 3-D, Topology, NSF Field Reduces Atherosclerosis, Catalytic Desulfurization Process, super-resolution information for molecular transport kinetics American Heart Association Cristian Gutiérrez American Chemical Society and routes in leukemia and other cancer cells. Widely published • OP: Monge-Ampère Type Petroleum Research Fund Xiaoxing Xi in high-profile journals, Yang’s laboratory has received more than Equations and Geometric Nikolaos Sparveris • Coating of Magnesium Optics, NSF Diboride on 3 Ghz Cavities, $2 million since 2010 from NIH and other funding agencies. • Collaborative Research: Argonne National Laboratory Yang’s related collaborations with researchers from the Axel Kohlmeyer University of Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley • Continuous Integration and have received another $2.2 million grant; and he recently received GitHub Project Management for the LAMMPS Molecular STUDY BY EES RESEARCHERS ADDS NEW a five-year, $2 million National Institute of General Medicine grant. Dynamics Software, Sandia National Laboratories INSIGHTS INTO FAIRY CIRCLES OF NAMIBIA

Brian Rider Numbering in the millions, the so-called fairy circles are in the • Operator Limits of Random Slobodan Vucetic Earth & Matrices, NSF eastern interior of the coastal Namib Desert, stretching from • Incorporating Residential Environmental • Thematic Semester on southern Angola to northern South Africa. Ranging in size Histories into Space-Time Probabilistic Methods in from about 12 feet to more than 100 feet, they are bare patches Models for Health Geographic Science Geometry, Topology, and Analysis, NSF Alexandra Davatzes Mathematical Physics, NSF of soil ringed by tall grasses. The origins of the circles have long • SBIR Phase II: Using Data • Understanding and Promoting been debated by researchers. Mining to Optimally Customize Spatial Learning Processes in Benjamin Seibold and Dong Zhou “This study provides some ‘fresh eyes’ for looking at the Therapy for Individuals with the Geosciences, NSF • Collaborative Research: Autism, Guiding Technologies Overcoming Order Reduction existing debate, using new field methodologies and data for a Corporation Alexandra Davatzes, Jonathan and Stability Restrictions in less studied location,” said Sujith Ravi, lead author of the study Nyquist and Laura Toran High-order Time-stepping, NSF and assistant professor in the Department of Earth & Anduo Wang • GP-IMPACT: Career Paths for • CRII, NeTS: Towards a Database- Urban Geoscientists: Matthew Stover Environmental Science (EES). “It’s a major contribution to defined Network,NSF Recruitment, Retention and • Discrete Groups and Character resolving the fairy circles enigma.” Varieties, Simons Foundation • Student Travel Support for the Apprenticeship, NSF Ravi and another EES faculty member, Associate Professor Ilya ACM SOSR 2017 Conference, NSF Sujith Ravi Daniel Szyld Buynevich, worked with researchers from Indiana University-Purdue Jie Wu • Meeting SunShot Cost and • Asynchronous Iterative Solvers for Extreme-Scale Computing, University and the National Museum of Namibia. Their work • NeTs: Medium: Collaborative Deployment Targets Through US Department of Energy was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Research: Coexistence of Innovative Site Preparation and Impact Reductions on the Heterogeneous Wireless Samuel Taylor a peer-reviewed journal of the American Geophysical Union. Access Technologies in the 5 Environment (InSPIRE), DOE/ • Negative Curvature in Fiber The team’s results provide support to the self-organization GHz Bands, NSF National Renewable Energy Lab Bundles and Counting hypothesis of fairy-circle formation. Self-organization theory Laura Toran Problems, NSF says that the circular vegetation pattern is created by plant • Assessment of Storm Water Dean’s Office Chelsea Walton competition for scarce water. It’s believed that the bare patches Susan A. Varnum Controls in the Upstream Suburban Philadelphia Cluster, • Quantum Symmetry, NSF percolate more rainfall and act as water reservoirs, which the • Early Grades Instructional William Penn Foundation Leadership (EGIL) Project, grass along the edges of the circle can access. PA Department of Education • Storm Water Control Physics Management & Monitoring, PA • Mathematics and Science A. Marjatta Lyyra —Greg Fornia, KLN ’92 Department of Transportation Partnership (MSP) Grant, Delaware • Molecular Quantum Control by County Intermediate Unit • Upstream Suburban Coherence Effects,NSF Philadelphia Cluster Phase 2, • 2016-17 Navy After School Pennsylvania Environmental Andreas Metz Programming, Naval Surface Council Inc. Warfare Center • Coordinated Theoretical • Wissahickon Watershed Approach to Transverse • 2017 ExxonMobil Bernard Improvement Plan (2016-2018) Momentum Dependent Harris Summer Science Camp Development of Technical Hadron Structure in QCD, US at Temple University, Harris Basis and Implementation Department of Energy Foundation Strategy, Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc.

12 College of Science and Technology PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPS Working with scientists from across Temple and beyond, CST faculty make advances in traffic flow, heart disease and more Associate Professor To quote an old Motown song, behave generally, but the results of any such simulation must be taken Benjamin Seibold (fourth “it takes two”—or sometimes three with a grain of salt because of the unpredictable ways people actually from the left) and drive in the real world,” he says. “Ultimately, only an experiment research partners from or four researchers—to tackle a involving real human drivers can reveal whether the ideas work.” three other universities scientific puzzle. demonstrated—for the Seibold’s predictions were confirmed on a circular test track first time—that just one As an applied mathematician, for example, Associate Professor in Arizona, when—for the first time—researchers were able to self-driving car can demonstrate that just one self-driving car, whose pace was controlled smooth out the traffic Benjamin Seibold knows a lot about creating traffic models and flow of more than 20 computer simulations, but little about self-driving cars. As a physicist, via algorithms based, in part, on Seibold’s models and simulations, cars driven by humans. Professor Rongjia Tao knows a lot about how electrical fields can can smooth out the traffic flow of 22 other cars driven by humans. enhance the flow and viscosity of everything from crude oil to melted They also concluded that eliminating stop-and-go traffic waves, or chocolate, but less about how blood flows through the human body. jamitons, could reduce total fuel consumption by up to 40 percent. That’s why these professors and others are among the many CST Due to many technological, market and policy constraints, it will faculty members who are partnering with researchers from other be years before fully autonomous cars make up a majority of motor Temple colleges and schools and from other universities. vehicles. However, understanding and predicting the near-term Seibold and researchers from three other American universities scenario, when just a few self-driving cars will be intermixed with recently demonstrated that just a few self-driving cars can dramatically mostly human drivers, is even more challenging, according to Seibold. improve traffic flow for everyone. Such vehicles can eliminate stop-and- “The proper design of autonomous vehicles requires a profound go traffic jams caused by human drivers—along with the accident risks, understanding of how humans will react to them,” he says, “and fuel inefficiencies and increased pollution that such driving causes. traffic experiments like the one we conducted play a crucial role in Funded by a National Science Foundation’s Cyber-Physical understanding this interplay of human and robotic agents.” Systems Synergy grant, the research indicates that self-driving cars and related technology may be even closer to revolutionizing traffic As northbound I-95 traffic whizzed control than previously thought. The study, says Seibold, wouldn’t above their heads, a small group of have been possible if he had not collaborated with researchers from researchers were busily assessing the effectiveness of Rutgers University, Camden; the University of Illinois at Urbana- a newly built two-block-long storm-water retention basin. Near Champaign; and the University of Arizona. “For research like this the Girard Avenue interchange, the basin is sandwiched between to have any chance of working, we needed to bring together four the interstate and brick rowhomes in Philadelphia’s Fishtown disciplines that included traffic models and computer simulations, neighborhood. control theory, someone with autonomous car expertise and civil Professor Laura Toran, a groundwater geologist with CST’s engineering experts,” says Seibold. Department of Earth & Environmental Science (EES), and one “Vehicles are becoming increasingly automated, electrified and of her postdoctoral fellows, Rob Rossi, were opening small well shared (Uber and Lyft), and designing for these transitions or making holes to measure groundwater levels, which average about 17 feet predictions about how they will modify transportation as we know it below the surface. At 1,000 feet from the Delaware River, these can be extremely difficult. It is not a one-person, one-perspective job,” groundwater levels can fluctuate depending on tidal influences. says Daniel Work, another researcher on the project and an assistant Meanwhile, Sasha Eisenman, associate professor in the Tyler professor in civil and environmental engineering at the University of School of Art’s Department of Landscape Architecture and Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Horticulture, was leading about half a dozen researchers from Seibold’s simulations indicated that it would be possible to Temple and Rutgers University in assessing the condition of nine of eliminate phantom traffic jams if just one in every 20 to 25 vehicles the 63 different plant species that PennDOT planted within and on were self-driving. “Our traffic models factor in how humans drive and the edge of the shallow retention basin. These included reed grass;

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flowers such as daylilies, milkweed and bee balm; and shrubs and single treatment. Autieri, whose research focuses on trees such as redosier dogwood and river birch. vascular inflammation, is conducting experiments To gauge the plants’ health, Eisenman’s team was utilizing five to see how effective the technique would be in mice $50,000 portable photosynthesis gas exchange devices. By placing who have been fed high-fat diets for three months. a sensor-equipped clamp on a leaf, they were able to determine, Tao, meanwhile, is awaiting approval to conduct among other things, how much carbon dioxide each plant was clinical trials. The study’s subjects would place one taking in and how much water it was releasing in the process. of their arms in a magnetized collar for 15 to 20 The PennDOT-funded research project also includes EES minutes a day. Professor Jonathan Nyquist, who has conducted laser-based In 2016, several weeks after Tao first contacted LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) surveys of the basin’s him, Autieri saw Tao on a TV news programs surface topography; Temple faculty from the College of discussing how electrical fields can reduce both Engineering who are focusing on water quality and pollution viscosity and fat content in the production of chocolate. Professor Laura Toran (left) and impacts; and Villanova University researchers who are analyzing Rob Rossi, postdoctoral fellow, “People take all types of medicines to reduce cardiovascular review the effectiveness of the impact of the quantity of the storm-water runoff. risk, but most can lead to bleeding disorders,” says Autieri. “This storm-water retention The ennDOTP project ultimately will involve rebuilding treatment could reduce blood viscosity and accomplish the same efforts near I-95 in the entire I-95 corridor through Philadelphia. “It’s likely to be thing without those risks. This could be paradigm-changing.” Philadelphia. a long-term project that involves lots of miles and dollars, and we’re essentially creating a living urban laboratory,” says Toran. —Bruce E. Beans “PennDOT wants to put in storm-water controls that are more effective, so we are assessing what’s already been built and using what we learn to help improve PennDOT’s future designs.” For Toran, this is real-world collaboration, not just talk. “With everybody bringing their expertise to bear and everyone having INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM FOCUSES slightly different approaches to doing things,” explains Toran, “it enhances the questions and answers you can come up with and ON MATERIALS, BRAIN INJURY really enriches your research.” Tyler’s Eisenman agrees. “We each have a focus area, and In one of the largest cooperative agreements for research in the university’s history, an when we combine these we can look at the broader functionality interdisciplinary team of CST and Temple faculty is participating in a $20 million, two-year of systems—such as heavy-metal analysis from Temple’s agreement with other universities and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL). Environmental Engineering and hydrology from EES,” he says. Temple is working with ARL in three major research areas: understanding and improving “By coordinating and combining data sets and expertise, we can the performance of materials through the use of computational modeling; understanding the really get the broader picture beyond what we could do alone.” mechanisms and thresholds of traumatic brain injury by reviewing clinical, behavioral and biochemical changes related to traumatic brain injuries and concussions; and exploring new Funded by the American Heart ways to improve protection against ballistics impacts. Other collaborators include the University Association, Professor Rongjia Tao is collaborating of Southern California, the University of Southern Mississippi and the University of North Texas. with Michael Autieri, associate director and professor of the CST’s researchers include Michael L. Klein, FRS, Dean and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Cardiovascular Research Center at Temple’s Lewis Katz School Science, and John Perdew, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Physics and Chemistry. Other Temple of Medicine, to determine if magnetics could improve the health researchers are T. Dianne Langford of Temple’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine and Ryan Tierney of cardiovascular patients—and serve as a safer alternative to in the College of Public Health. aspirin and other heart medications. “Recent research indicates that The esearchr effort, which aims to create a new class of materials for use in personal protective high blood viscosity and turbulence are two key factors in heart equipment and decrease brain injuries, will leverage CST’s Center for Computational Design of attacks and strokes,” says Tao, whose previous research tackled Functional Layered Materials and Temple Materials Institute to develop and test new materials, similar flow issues with oil in pipelines and chocolate in the sweets as well as the university’s varied expertise in monitoring and understanding the consequences of manufacturing process. head injuries. Red blood cells contain iron. In preliminary experiments using “This award evidences that by working together across schools, colleges and universities, human blood samples, the researchers have demonstrated that Temple’s faculty is able to provide national leadership in the design, development and exposing blood plasma to a magnetic field for 15 to 20 minutes measurement of advanced materials to protect army personnel as well as athletes,” says Michele polarizes red blood cells and organizes them into short Masucci, Temple’s vice president for research. “Through improving our knowledge of the chains—chains that align themselves parallel to the direction protective effects of such materials by conducting clinical studies of their use, we hope to of the blood flow. dramatically improve the safety of individuals at risk for traumatic brain injury.” “This magneto-rheology technique significantly reduces both blood viscosity and turbulence,” says Tao. In addition, the reduction in viscosity and turbulence lasts for 24 hours after a

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Kelly & Massa Patra’s other research involves bonding of biomolecules and finding a new method to predict the weak interactions of molecules. He applied the method he developed to noble gasses such as argon and crypton. He’s also working on hydrogen evolution reaction. “At the center, we’re looking at how to create new materials and ways to use them, such as producing hydrogen by means of photocatalysis of water. Using hydrogen fuel in cars would be far less polluting.” It’s exciting to be part of a field that is constantly innovating research methods and technologies. Patra revels in the practical potential for his electronic structure calculations. “This work helps create better technologies, extend human life and helps us sustain our environment,” he says. “It’s research we need for our future.” Uncovering Material Mysteries “People think that the periodic table is a fixed set of data, but in the past few years, scientists have been breaking barriers and Young CST researchers—postdocs, grad discovering new properties from old elements that have a lot of Young researchers Jefferson Bates (left) students and recent graduates—embark promise for different applications,” says Jefferson Bates, a recent and Abhirup Patra on promising research careers postdoctorate fellow in the Physics Department. “The work I’m doing is like creating specialty paint brushes that can elucidate a bhirup Patra is motivated by the most immediate impacts his new level of detail in a painting.” A research can have on the world. “I love looking at materials Bates has always worked at the nexus between disciplines. right in front of us, right now, and looking for ways we can He started out as a chemist and received a hybrid chemistry and improve them,” says the PhD candidate in physics. material physics PhD at the University of California, Irvine before Patra began his doctoral studies at Tulane University coming to Temple in 2015. In August 2017, he began a new with John Perdew, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Physics and position as an assistant professor in the chemistry department at Chemistry, but came to CST when Perdew joined Temple. His Appalachian State University. research involves computation of metal surface properties and Bates’ research focuses on theories of electronic structure, the catalysis of chemical reactions. “In our group, we are lucky which he has used to study a variety of topics involving atoms, to study with Professor Perdew, who is the most-cited physicist molecules and bulk materials. By creating new computational on density functional theory,” Patra says. “We basically create methods to obtain more accurate results and predictions, he can new functionals to improve the accuracy and predictive power guide experiments to both test the properties of existing materials of the method and use them to study matter at different phases and create new ones. “The nice thing about electronic structure and examine its structure at a subatomic level.” theory is that it can be used in so many ways, such as to study the Patra tests the newly developed density functionals, such as reactions of producing ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen for SCAN+rVV10, for CST’s Center for Computational Design of fertilizer, or how to better convert sunlight to useful energy.” At Functional Layered Materials (CCDM). “Each new functional Temple, he worked with Adrienn Ruzsinszky, Selma Lee Bloch gives you better approximates for the physical and chemical Brown Professor in Physics, to create accurate methods to study properties of materials,” says Patra. “I look at the surfaces, surface properties and catalysis. which are of immense technical importance, such as the surface At Appalachian State, Bates’ work will focus on studying of a gold sheet.” magnetic materials for improving data storage and other energy

16 College of Science and Technology Kelly & Massa “WE KNEW AT TEMPLE WE'D

and electronic applications. “My dream is to come up with a BE EXPOSED TO new computational method to accurately describe the magnetic STATE-OF-THE-ART properties of the Lanthanides, some of nature’s heavy metals,” he says. RESEARCH AND FOUNDATIONS FOR SUCCESS As Bates gears up for the next phase of his career, he’s grateful INTERACT WITH for the groundwork at CST. “Temple is an excellent institution that’s rapidly grown its computational resources in the last few TOP THINKERS...” years, and provides untold opportunities in both teaching and research for postdocs and students,” he says. “Coming here and – DJORDIE GLIGORIJEVIC being able to participate in these projects, to collaborate with both theorists and experimentalists on complex problems has Research duo Jelena solidified my drive to work in this field.” Improving Healthcare With Analytics Stojanovic and Djordje Gligorijevic A duo in research and in life, Djordje Gligorijevic and Jelena Advancing Green Computing Stojanovic met as students at the University of Belgrade in Serbia. They came to CST in 2013, after sitting in on an inspiring talk Dawei Li realized early on that as a computer scientist he could on bioinformatics by Zoran Obradovic, Laura H. Carnell have an impact on improving energy usage and sustainability Professor of Data Analytics. in the IT industry. “These are critical issues in human society,” “We knew at Temple we’d be exposed to state-of-the-art he says. research and interact with top thinkers. Temple has given us all Li chose to pursue his PhD at Temple because he wanted of those opportunities and more,” says Gligorijevic. “We’ve been to work with Jie Wu, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Computer thrilled to have so many collaborative research projects and the Engineering, who eventually became his advisor. “I started guidance of Professor Obradovic as our advisor.” working on energy-related problems in small-scale systems As PhD students in computer and information sciences, the (multi-processor platforms) and gradually moved to large-scale pair have focused much of their research on healthcare data systems, data centers and cloud computing.” modeling and mining. They’re working to solve problems such During his time in CST’s computer and information sciences as discovery of disease-disease and disease-gene associations; program, he worked across three different research areas: green characterizing quality of healthcare; and estimating customer computing and energy-aware scheduling on multiprocessor engagement with data science, with the goal of creating platforms; data-center networks; and cloud computing, including automated and smart systems that provide useful and timely virtual-machine placement, cloud-application scheduling information for both patients and doctors. and cloudlet deployment for mobile cloud computing. That “We've worked with the emergency department at Temple versatility, he says, served him well because it gave him a chance University Hospital to learn more about patients and how to infer to explore multiple topics of interest while helping him shape better ways to prioritize their care,” Stojanovic says. A new project distinct areas of expertise. involves collaborating with pharmaceutical companies on clinical Ultimately, Li wrote his thesis on the design and analysis of trials and finding ways to help connect patients with caregivers. large-scale data-center network architecture, looking at flow As they approach the end of their dissertation research, scheduling with software-defined networking technologies. Gligorijevic and Stojanovic are looking ahead to potential career After completing his degree in 2017, he accepted an instructional paths. In 2016, they both worked as interns at Yahoo Research specialist position at Montclair State University and recently Labs, a valuable professional experience, and they think they will began a tenure-track position there as an assistant professor. “Both eventually land in the private sector. teaching and having excellent teachers at Temple prepared me Whether they will end up working together after their studies well for this position,” says Li. is unknown, but the newly-wed couple hopes to continue apace, For his future research projects, Li plans to expand out into Stojanovic says. “We make a good team, and having two people software-defined networking and big-data processing, where think about the same problems is always better than one.” there is potential for big impact. “The methodology developed from my research can definitely help people build greener systems —Elisa Ludwig in the real world,” he says.

OUTLOOK / Fall 2017 17 Sarah Hanson

AGAINSTA RACE TIME CST professor and airline CEO work to protect Grand Bois mountain and its vanishing wildlife

18 College of Science and Technology n a pursuit to preserve Haiti’s disappearing species, a CST professor and a Haitian CEO have teamed up to Iestablish private nature reserves. Now, the first such park has been purchased: Morne Grand Bois, a mountain in the southwest of Haiti with rare and endangered plants and animals. “Haiti is on the brink of a mass extinction due to deforestation,” says Professor S. Blair Hedges, director of Temple University’s Center for Biodiversity, who has been surveying the last remaining tracts of Haiti’s original forests before they disappear. Using a helicopter to access mountaintop tracts, he has identified In 2015, Haiti declared Grand Bois a dozen biodiversity “hot spots” where original forests and their species still exist. “Even here, as well as across the nation, a national park, identifying it as a priority the widespread cutting of trees for energy and agriculture is threatening the survival of Haiti’s native species and creating an for conservation and validating the critical environmental disaster for its people as well.” need to acquire and protect the area. Hedges’ groundbreaking research identified a shortlist of hot spots throughout Haiti. His partner in the effort is Haitian businessman Philippe Bayard, CEO of Sunrise Airways and president of the leading conservation group in Haiti, Société “That Grand Bois and the two other areas were named as Audubon Haiti. Since they teamed up six years ago, Hedges and Philippe Bayard, national parks based on our work has been very gratifying,” says CEO of Sunrise Bayard raised public awareness about Haiti’s disappearing species Hedges. “Now with funding from Global Wildlife Conservation Airways, credits through video, brochures and public lectures, as well as the and Rainforest Trust, we are beginning the process of land the partnership distribution of 80,000 printed calendars throughout Haiti and the purchase and management to build a network of private nature with Professor S. production of a documentary film titledExtinction in Progress. Blair Hedges and reserves in the country.” others for helping Haiti’s government took notice. In 2015, Haiti declared Grand Bayard and Hedges continue to work closely with the Haitian to preserve Haiti’s Bois a national park, identifying it as a priority for conservation government. The pair recently founded Haiti National Trust to biodiversity. and validating the critical need to acquire and protect the area. preserve the country’s natural environment and biodiversity. Parks were also created for Deux Mamelles and Grand Colline, “When I first landed on Grand Bois mountain with Professor other hot spots in southwestern Haiti. There are, however, little Hedges, I knew it needed to be protected,” said Audubon Society or no resources from the Haitian government for protection of of Haiti President Bayard. “But it could not have happened large and remote areas. Some hot spots are privately owned, so without this special partnership of scientists, business and unchecked tree cutting continues. nongovernmental organizations working together to save “The cutting of nearly all of Haiti’s original forests—for habitat and species in Haiti.” building materials, slash-and-burn agriculture, and charcoal Morne Grand Bois is found in Haiti’s Massif de la Hotte production—has resulted in fatal floods, compromised mountain range, the number-one-priority conservation site in the water quality and tremendous threats to biodiversity,” says country and one of the most important sites for amphibians in Hedges, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Biodiversity. “Protecting the world. Because 17 amphibians here are critically endangered, Grand Bois mountain and its forests is a first step to thwarting the Massif de la Hotte is an Alliance for Zero Extinction site and environmental catastrophe and protecting the country’s also a Key Biodiversity Area, which is a nationally identified site of unique biodiversity.” global significance. To assemble the mountain tracts, Bayard and Hedges sought In addition to his research and conservation work in Haiti, donors to purchase private land and help pay for park management. Hedges has collaborated with the Philadelphia Zoo to keep Two experienced conservation organizations, Global Wildlife alive and/or captively breed 10 of the most endangered frog Conservation and Rainforest Trust, joined the effort. The Grand species still found in the country. As head of Temple’s Center Bois purchase was finalized in summer 2017. “It is a jewel of for Biodiversity, Hedges coordinates research that seeks to biodiversity with about one half of the original forest intact above understand how species evolved, what species currently exist, 1,000 meters of elevation,” explains Hedges. “Its more than 1,200 how species interact with each other and the environment, and acres hold 68 species of vertebrates, including species found how scientists and society can save species from extinction. nowhere else and other plants and animals thought to be extinct, such as the Ekman’s magnolia tree and the Tiburon stream frog. ­—Greg Fornia, KLN ’92

OUTLOOK / Fall 2017 19 ALUMNI

Message from the CST Alumni Board president In May 2017, I represented the Alumni Board at with students to map out career paths. Others the college’s graduation ceremony, speaking to connected with CST graduates at one of the CST faculty, families and students. college’s job fairs. With me on stage were remarkable CST In my remarks, I urged graduates to take on a few researchers, some of the most accomplished more tasks. Whether you graduated five or 50 scientists in their fields. They are elevating our years ago, I think they apply to all of us who love college and Temple University into the ranks of this university. Be proud of Temple and promote the world’s premier research institutions. Before it every chance you get. Participate in alumni me sat hundreds of talented students who had events, from Homecoming to regional club already achieved so much but were prepared for activities. Finally, invest in CST, financially or with new challenges in graduate or professional your time through programs such as Owl to Owl. school and in promising careers. With each new graduating class, Temple alumni CST alumni played a role in the success of many remain committed to helping the next generation 2017 graduates. Several earned a CST Alumni of Owls succeed. Board Scholarship or benefited from alumni Learn more about how Sincerely, you can get involved at support of OwlCrowd campaigns that funded cst.temple.edu/alumni or student attendance at professional conferences. email [email protected] Many graduates participated in the Owl to Owl Mentor Program, where alumni work one-to-one Sina Adibi (BA ’84, CIS; FOX ’86)

Greg Fornia Jennifer Gresh (BS ’98, EES) and Victoria Samuelsen (BS ’15, EES): Owls make a connection When Jennifer Gresh graduated from Temple in 1998 with a At Duffield, which provides consulting services for land geology degree, women in her field were relatively scarce. development and acquisition, Samuelsen currently conducts After graduate school, she started working for Duffield phase-one and phase-two environmental site assessments, testing Associates, a geoscience and engineering firm where the groundwater and soil samples. “I get my hands wet out in the reality of working in a traditionally male domain hit home. field,” Samuelsen says. “It’s a different project every day, so I’m still “When I went on a construction site it wasn’t always easy. learning all the time.” Right away, I knew one of my goals would be to help other For Gresh, hiring a Temple alum was a win-win. “Temple’s women succeed in geology,” she says. Geology Program is very field-oriented, and it positioned me well As Gresh rose through the ranks from staff geologist to for this work. I knew that Tori would be well-prepared,” she says. senior consultant to Philadelphia Services Leader, she saw a “I have a strong love for the school, and nurturing these Victoria Samuelsen (BS ’15, EES) and Jennifer Gresh way to do just that—she joined CST’s Owl to Owl Mentor connections is a wonderful investment in the future.” (BS ’98, EES) Program. One of her early protégés was a friend and classmate On Samuelsen’s side, the mentorship experience prepared her of Victoria Samuelsen. Samuelsen reached out to Gresh and for the transition to the professional world. “I knew exactly what I asked her if she had room for another mentee. “We struck up was signing up for when I took this job, which is invaluable. It’s been a friendship and she would reach out to me over the course amazing to watch a strong woman like Jen in action, because I have of her school career and during her first job,” Gresh says. learned so much from her, on the construction site and beyond.” “Eventually we were able to bring her onboard here as a project geologist.” ­—Elisa Ludwig

20 College of Science and Technology CST’S ALUMNI WEEKEND 2017

The College of Science and Technology hosted several of the most well-attended events during Temple University’s 2017 Alumni Weekend celebration. More than 60 alumni and friends enjoyed Chemistry of Wine. Robert J. Levis, CST senior associate dean and professor of chemistry, deconstructed the interplay of chemical reactions that occur in producing delicious wines. Following the presentation, Greg Moore, president of Moore Brothers Wine Company, lead the group in a tasting of select wines and a discussion on the culture of winemaking. Cryptography for Kids, which attracted more than 80 young people, explored the science of making and breaking secret codes that is used in virtually every aspect of our computer- based world. CST also hosted an alumni reception in the Science Education and Research Center just before Temple University’s Dîner en Cherry gathering.

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OUTLOOK / Fall 2017 21 ALUMNI Temple University Photography University Temple

CHEY JONES (BS ’17, CHEM): NEXT STOP STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Why did you choose Temple? Temple has a strong chemistry faculty, which is what first attracted me to the university. I’m from a small town without much diversity, so I also wanted a big-city school experience that would connect me to all kinds of people. Vladan Radosavljevic (PhD ’11, CIS), Nemanja Why are you attracted to scientific research? Djuric (PhD ’14, CIS) and Michael Molnar (BS ’13, Scientific research is centered on problem solving and critical CIS): Uber and Google successes thinking. I’m not satisfied by vague answers to complex problems. Scientific research allows me to delve into the nuances of a problem Vladan Radosavljevic (PhD ’11, CIS) and Nemanja Djuric (PhD ’14, CIS) are part of and propose explanations to all kinds of interesting phenomena. the team Uber has assembled to develop an autonomous vehicle. Michael Molnar (BS ’13, CIS) is a technical program manager for Google. Which Temple faculty member had the biggest Radosavljevic and Djuric initially worked for Yahoo Labs. About a year ago, the two impact on your education? Serbian natives joined Uber’s Advanced Technology Group in Pittsburgh. “Both of us Professor Spiridoula Matsika. When I joined her lab, I had no are working on machine-learning problems related to self-driving cars, such as experience in quantum/computational chemistry. Yet, she let me mapping, perception, prediction and safety,” says Djuric. “It’s really fun working directly conduct research with her group and mentored me throughout my on the car as we implement methods and solve problems.” undergraduate years. Her patience, clarity and excitement toward Adds Radosavljevic: “There are just a handful of groups in the world working on these theoretical chemistry research was an inspiration. problems, and we are one of them. It’s challenging, but we have a chance to change the world, improve the quality of life and save the lives of motorists and pedestrians.” What was it like meeting a Nobel Prize winner? Molnar, who has worked for Google since graduating three-and-a-half years ago, first managed IT projects in Silicon Valley. Since last June, he has been a technical Mentally, meeting Professor W.E. Moerner at Stanford University program manager in Google’s Manhattan office. “It’s great to be surrounded by smart, was intimidating. But once we talked about our overlapping caring people who are just as passionate about what we are doing as I am,” he says. “It’s interests in fluorescent protein research, it became evident that he rewarding to see how our work impacts millions of lives each day.” provides an immense wealth of knowledge without displaying an Uber’s Djuric also credits Temple for laying a foundation for their success. “Basically, intimidating demeanor. everything we learned during our time at Temple regarding machine learning methods

and tools we are now using in the real world,” he says. Any advice for Temple’s undergraduates studying Molnar, whose paternal grandparents both graduated from Temple, agrees: “Temple science? offers a strong foundation in technology—things like networking, basic programming The best advice is to reject complacency. Temple offers numerous capabilities, how various core technologies work—and those fundamentals have opportunities to thrive in science. If you take advantage of these helped me understand what I work on at Google every day.” resources, and put in the time and effort, you’ll become successful in your field. —Bruce E. Beans

22 College of Science and Technology Jay Novik (BA ’67, Math) named to Temple’s CST’S PAUL CURCILLO ELECTED TUAA PRESIDENT Gallery of Success Paul G. Curcillo II (BA ’84, Bio), a current member of the CST Jay Novik, a national leader in both life and property/casualty reinsurance, Board of Visitors and a past president of the CST Alumni Board, has been named to the Gallery of Success, a collaboration of Temple’s has been elected president of the Temple University Alumni Office of Alumni Relations and Career Center that highlights the success Association (TUAA) and, by virtue of that position, will serve a of inspiring Temple alumni. three-year term on Temple’s Board of Trustees. Novik is currently a principal of Black Diamond Capital Partners, a specialty private-equity firm As president of TUAA, Curcillo will help guide the TUAA focused on insurance-sector investments with significant value-creation potential. During his career, Parliament, which advocates for Temple’s more than 320,000 Novik has held many leadership positions in the insurance industry. He was CEO of Atrium Corp., living alumni worldwide and fosters closer relationships European International Reinsurance and Swiss Re Financial Services. He was also vice chairman of between alumni and the university. He succeeds Past President Swiss Re New Markets, Swiss Re America and other Swiss Re companies. He has served on the Scott Cooper, LAW ’92. board of Talbot Holdings, AmeriLife Group, Shenandoah Life Insurance and Savings Bank Life Curcillo is chief of Fox Chase’s Division of Minimally Insurance, all portfolio investments. Invasive Surgery; director of minimally invasive surgical Novik is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of initiatives and development; and serves in the Department of Actuaries. He is also a director of Amerilife Group, LLC and chairman of the Board of Shenandoah Surgical Oncology. He is also president, co-founder and Life Insurance Company. He currently serves on the CST Board of Visitors. principal of SPAce Inc., an international medical and surgical education and consulting firm. During his tenure as president of the CST Alumni Association, Curcillo was instrumental in launching the Wei Chang (PhD ’16, CIS): Securing the mobile frontier college’s successful Owl to Owl Mentor Program, where CST alumni meet with CST students to offer Wei Chang has always been interested in social networks and security issues, but since getting his first career guidance. iPhone he has become especially fascinated by security and privacy risks associated with mobile social networks, peer-to-peer video streaming and the mobile cloud. “Back in 2009, I downloaded many apps and made a lot of new friends through interactions on my phone,” Chang says. “In the same year, I read an article about bad guys who used the design defects in certain apps to stalk others. It was the first time that I realized there were some privacy and security issues in the cyberworld, and that they were so close to our daily life.” Chang’s research revolves around developing solutions that can mitigate these growing risks. “Temple is famous as a research institution, and I was also drawn here to work with Professor Jie Wu, who is well known in the field,” says Chang, who earned an undergraduate degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. At Temple, Chang homed in on social information-assisted distributed system design, developing defense mechanisms for attacks and combatting privacy leakage. His own publications focused on allocating cooperative work in mobile social networks, location privacy and crowdsensing. In 2016, Chang began a tenure-track teaching position in the computer science department at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, where he directs a new master’s track in cybersecurity. “For most users, we give our trust to apps by simply downloading and using them, but the fact is that these apps may intentionally or unintentionally leak our sensitive information,” Change explains. “As computer scientists, we should understand the mechanisms or the techniques behind the apps we all use.” Chang found his time at Temple served him well for the current challenges of his job. “As a PhD student, there are a lot of pressures and conflicting priorities, but as an international student, Temple was an ideal place, with classmates that provided mutual support,” says Chang. “I developed critical thinking, learned how to identify limitations of existing works, and gained knowledge and skills to improve them.”

—Bruce E. Beans

23 Temple University Photography University Temple GIVING

OWL TO OWL MENTORS ENTERS SIXTH SUCCESSFUL YEAR

Launched during the 2011-2012 academic year, CST’s Owl to Owl Mentor Program was established by the college’s Alumni Board to connect undergraduate students with successful, Greg Fornia experienced alumni in similar fields. In total, more than 450 students and more than 120 mentors have participated in the program, now a model for similar initiatives at Temple’s other schools and colleges. “CST mentors provide information, opportunities and support,” says Steven Szczepanski (BA ’79, PhD ’85, Chem) Alumni Board vice president and chair of its mentor committee. “Mentees learn what it takes to succeed in their field.” In late summer, prospective mentors and mentees apply to the program via CST’s website. Committee members then review applications and match students with appropriate alumni. For example, students with an interest in drug discovery are matched with alumni working in big pharma. Students and mentors meet at an orientation session and, over the course of the academic year, get together to review career goals; strategize how to enter a particular industry; and discuss specific companies, graduate programs or hiring trends. “Our success rests squarely on the shoulders of the alumni who built Owl to Owl,” says Szczepanski, who notes the committee is exploring how alumni from beyond the Philadelphia region can participate. “We want to reach more students, provide additional resources for their success and offer alumni another way to Justin Malone (BS ’05, Bio), a mentor and a CST give back to Temple.” Learn more about being a mentor at Alumni Board member, speaks with students at the cst.temple.edu/owl2owl. Owl to Owl Mentor Program kick-off event.

FLANK GIFT SUPPORTS FACULTY ENDOWMENT

A gift from William (BA ’58, Chem) and Sandra (BA ’56, Chem) Flank will be used to support the Dean’s Endowed Term Professorship Fund, which helps attract top researchers to the college. The Flanks returned to CST for the dedication of faculty space named for them within the Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, which is housed in CST’s Science Education and Research Center.

Dean Michael L. Klein, FRS, with Sandra (BA ’56, Chem) and William (BA ’58, Chem) Flank Greg Fornia

24 College of Science and Technology TEMPLE’S FIRST KECK GRANT TO FUND SEARCH FOR DARK MATTER

CST physicist Jeff Martoff is seeking to solve what the National Academy of Science has called the number one unanswered question facing astrophysicists today—What is dark matter?—with the support of a prestigious $1.2 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation, which funds pioneering efforts in the areas of medical research, science and engineering, and undergraduate education. This is the first time a Temple investigator has received a Keck award. Although dark matter has not been directly observed, physicists believe it comprises most of the mass of the universe and exists in the vast darkness that surrounds galaxies. Evidence indicates that it is not even made of ordinary OWLCROWD CAMPAIGN SHATTERS GOAL matter—protons, electrons and neutrons. Current methods in the race to find dark matter include This year, CST supporters contributed $5,210—more than $1,500 above goal—to help send six particle accelerators—the CERN Large Hadron Collider computer science students to the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (LHC) in Switzerland is the largest—and sensitive detectors Conference, the world’s largest gathering of women technologists. located in labs deep underground. Both methods target CST’s supporters used OwlCrowd, Temple University’s online fundraising tool that offers an “weakly interacting massive particles” (particles known as easy-to-use way to support student-led and educational activities at the College of Science and WIMPs), which are predicted in elementary particle theories Technology. More than 30 alumni, friends, faculty and staff contributed to the effort. Corporate and are widely considered good candidates for making up the partners Elsevier, Fast Enterprise, PrintMail Solutions and Vanguard provided additional funding for dark matter. Although more and more stringent WIMP students, and two CST students were awarded scholarships from the Grace Hopper conference. In searches have been done, they continue to come up empty. total, 11 CST students attended this year’s conference, held in Orlando. Martoff will test a new technique and seek a different Highlighting the research and careers of women in technology, the Grace Hopper conference candidate for dark matter. With colleagues from the brings together the best minds in computing and encourages collaborative proposals, networking University of California, Los Angeles and the University and mentoring for attendees. Female CST students regularly present their groundbreaking research, of Houston, he is building a 12-foot-long “tabletop” which gives them exposure to graduate programs, job prospects and international publications. spectrometer (compared to the 17-mile diameter Over the past five years, the college has hosted seven OwlCrowd campaigns, raising more than of the CERN LHC collider) to search for the $25,000—mostly through modest individual donations—to support educational opportunities for presence (or absence) of sterile neutrinos. These CST students. Learn more about how to support Temple at giving.temple.edu/OwlCrowd. are as-yet undiscovered particles that theorists say should also exist, and if detected, would constitute the first visible evidence of a SUPPORTING FIELD CAMP EXPERIENCES good candidate for a dark-matter particle. Overall, Martoff’s work is expected Victoria Boyt (BA ’66, Sci), a successful marketing and sales consultant to lead to a deeper understanding and executive with a strong commitment to environmental issues, of particle physics and to finally is supporting CST through a gift to endow the Gene C. Ulmer identify the dark matter. Undergraduate Support Fund. The fund helps geology and other Earth & Environmental Science students attend a summer field camp experience, which is critical to their professional development. Boyt was president of V. Kaufman Enterprises, a marketing firm specializing in entrepreneurial ventures, and a national sales manager at PlayCable Company, a telecommunications joint

Greg Fornia Greg venture of General Instrument and Mattel. Boyt, founder and chair of the Environmental Commission of the City of Englewood, NJ, and board member of the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions and Flat Rock Brook Nature Association, returned to the college to lecture on career, business and environmental commitment. To make a gift to the Gene Ulmer Fund and support field camp experiences for geology students, go to giving.temple.edu/givetoCST.

25 INVESTING IN THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Temple alumni share their commitment to CST students and faculty

LEARN WHAT INSPIRED THEIR GIVING AND HOW YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN IMPACT

26 College of Science and Technology HOW YOU CAN IMPACT THE WORK OF EXTRAORDINARY RESEARCHERS AND TALENTED STUDENTS

SUPPORT THE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM Real-world research is an essential part of CST’s curriculum. The college’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP) is designed to get motivated students into the lab with world-class Temple researchers. More than 850 students have participated in URP, working on projects such as an intelligent reasoning system or studying topics like the effects of ocean acidification on coral. Today, students must have lab experience, especially if they plan on going to medical school or to top graduate programs. In such a competitive market, advanced research experience provides URP students with a distinct edge. Gifts to URP translate into more students getting this invaluable experience.

CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEAN’S ENDOWED TERM PROFESSORSHIP FUND CST’s extraordinary professors conduct innovative research and invent advanced technology. They attract research dollars and inspire students to excel. Today, many universities are competing fiercely for a small cadre of scientific superstars. To continue attracting remarkable talent, CST needs donor support to establish two term professorships within the college. Gifts toward endowed term professorships help attract top researchers and top teachers, and the income the funds generate supports leading-edge research in the lab and in the field.

ESTABLISH A ‘TOP-UP’ GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP Graduate students work side by side with faculty and help push scientific inquiry in promising new directions. Talented students want to work with our experienced researchers, but to attract promising PhD candidates the college must offer the same level of funding as other top institutions. To do that, we need additional funding for fellowships. Currently, Temple provides PhD students with fellowship funding that is often several thousand dollars less than what peer institutions offer. A ‘top-up’ fund provides money that can be used to make CST fellowships competitive with our peers, which is key for bringing in top doctoral candidates.

Make your gift at cst.temple.edu/givetoCST or use the envelope in Outlook magazine.

OUTLOOK / Fall 2017 27 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Make your gift at cst.temple.edu/givetoCST

THANK YOU! James, CST ’77, ’83, and Patricia Yadock Hayes, CST ’68 Eileen C. Helzner, CST ’68, Jennifer Gresh, CST ’98 The College of Science and Debbie Guare Douglas M. Hughes, CST ’86 MED ’72 Ellensue Gross Technology extends its deep Michael and Brenda Klein Kanyeba Ilunga, CST ’08 Grace Hershman Michael A. Gross, CST ’70 appreciation to the alumni, Lorraine Heller Kligman, CST Price Kagey, CST ’70 Wayne Hey, CST ’71 Edna H. Hartranft, CST ’83 friends, faculty, staff, parents, ’66, ’74 Bruce A. Kaiser, CST ’68, MED ’72 HilRod Consulting, Inc. Anita I. Horn, CST ’79 students, corporations and Rosemary A. Poole Edward G. Howard, Jr., CST foundations that made Gerald A. Kean, CST ’65, and IBM International Foundation Saint Louis Community ’43, ’45 generous contributions Marlene T. Chachkin Elizabeth Moore Ingraham, Foundation between July 1, 2016 The Kenneth Brennen Fund Michael V. Intenzo, CST ’67, ’76 CST ’84 and June 30, 2017. Their Seda K. Tarzian, CST ’48 Harvey Kushner, CST ’72, CLA Aeyoung P. Jang, CST ’95 David K. Kalwinsky, CST ’69 generosity means CST can ’75, ’78 Jasco Incorporated Todd K. Keay, CST ’83 continue to set new standards BENEFACTORS (GIFTS Walden S. Lester, CST ’88, Rositsa Kotseva Robert Stephen Kerner, CST ’59 in research, teaching and OF $5,000 TO $9,999) ’00, ’08 David, CST ’51, and Eleanor Harvey I. Kesselman, CST ’66 engagement with the world. Franklin and Lynne Davis David U. Longenecker, CST Kuhl, CLA ’50 Karl and Sharon Kraus, CST ’84 Terrence, CST ’74, FOX ’86, and ’73, ’76 Joseph T. Leighton, CLA ’91 TRUSTEE’S CIRCLE (GIFTS Kenneth B. Krauter, EDU ’89 Lydia Dougherty, CST ’74 Douglas M. Midyette, CST ’91 OF $100,000 OR MORE) Robert J. Levis Guenadiy S. Lazarov, CST ’97, ’00 George, CST ’50, and Marion Nicholas C. Papacostas, CST Bennett King Hang Ma, CST American Chemical Society Bernard Levy, CST ’64 Evans, CST ’50 ’05, MED ’11 ’94, ’95, ’06 Qatar University Changqing Li, CST ’99 ExxonMobil Foundation Paul F. Pilch, CST ’72 Dace Viceps, CST ’71, ’74, and Mario and Annuziatina Sbarro Simons Foundation Practical CTO, LLC H. Paul Madore Baoguo Li, CST ’03 Sbarro Health Research Laura Punnett Harris, CST ’82, DEN ’86 and Lockheed Martin Corporation Organization FRIENDS (GIFTS OF $2,500 John M. Rivers, CST ’95, ’02 Maxine Mann Martin and Maria Lorenz William Penn Foundation TO $4,999) The Roth Foundation George Mehler, EDU ’80, Evanne D. Maher, CHPSW ’65 Magid Abou-Gharbia and Roland P. Roth, CST ’66, ’71, ’02, ’08 John Maher FOUNDER’S CLUB (GIFTS OF Lamaat Shalaby PHR ’68 Kimberly Ann Mehler Daniel R. Marx, CST ’73 $50,000 TO $99,999) Angelo Armenti, Jr., CST ’65, ’70 Melvyn H. and Aileen B. Edward Murphy, CST ’90 Zein-Eddine Meziani Joseph C., CST ’70, and John, CST ’92, and Gladys Rothbard, CST ’64, EDU ’69 John P. Perdew Irina Mitrea Marilyn D. Allegra Campolongo, CST ’92 Robert M. Sacco, CST ’67 Claudia Pine-Simon John E. Monahan, CST ’73 Estate of Anne R. Donnell Christian Obasi, CST ’08 Donald A. Shaw, Jr., CST ’79, ’86 Adrienn Ruzsinszky Lisa C. Murcko The Harris Foundation Pfizer Foundation Steven W. Szczepanski, CST William A. Shergalis, CST ’69 Vincent, CST ’59, and Marie Stanley A., CST ’65, and Debbie PPL Corporation ’79, ’87 Musco Lefkowitz Michael J. Sperduto, CST ’88 David Storey Les R. Tager, CST ’70 James Napolitano Panaphil Foundation David E. Tepper, CST ’64, CLA Martin, FOX ’87, and Wendy Bruce Taggart, CST ’71 ’66, ’69 Neela and Ashok Ranade Fund Ras Al Khaimah Centre for Urban, FOX ’82, ’86, EDU ’14 Advanced Materials Carolyn A. Varga Irene N. Uzinskas, CST ’58 Daniel P. Neff, CST ’94 James, EDU ’09, ’10, and Susan Evelyn Vleck Edward Nichlas, FOX ’82 Society for Molecular Biology MEMBERS (GIFTS OF $1,000 A. Varnum Christine M. Whalley, CST ’90 George F. Palladino TO $2,499) PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL Barton, CST ’56, ’60, and Melvyn A. Wolf, CST ’63 Robert Mark Paschall, CST ’74 (GIFTS OF $25,000 TO $49,999) AbbVie Inc. Employee Giving Lyanne L. Wassermann Michael Zdilla Andrew Price Sina, CST ’84, FOX ’86, and Lois Q. Whitman Neela K. Ranade, CST ’74 Albert B. Brown, CST ’64, and Bernadette Adibi Marie B. Koals, EDU ’63, ’68 Katharine A. Wiseman DIAMOND ASSOCIATES George A. Reichard, Jr., CST Raymond E. Arvidson, CST ’69 Wei Fei Harry W. Woodcock, CST ’72 (GIFTS OF $250 TO $499) ’54, ’58 Ronald Frank Asper, CST ’68, Google Inc. Michael Alsher Elena N. Russell MED ’72 LAURA H. CARNELL Chandrakant R. Gupta, CST ’58 Herbert, CST ’05, and Naomi John J. Russell, CST ’86 Zachary R. Barrall, CST ’09 ASSOCIATES (GIFTS Beller Robert and Elizabeth Sanders A. Marjatta Lyyra and Benedict Thomas, CST ’68, LAW ’72, and OF $500 TO $999) Steven and Michelle Bessett, Stavis Janice Biron Lisa Savadel Joseph D. Andose, CST ’66 CST ’92 Merck and Company, Inc. William R. Blanchard, CST ’73 Marie P. Scheetz, CST ’83 Henry Benz, CST ’67 Paul L. Coppola, CST ’69 Martin Jay Spitz, CST ’60, Kenneth R. Brennen, CST ’62, ’66 Frank J. Shannon, EDU ’62 MED ’64 James F. Callahan, CST ’81 Alexander P. Curtin, CST ’14 Nicholas J. Colella, CST ’77 Randy M. Shochet, CST ’81 Rongjia Tao Donald C. Cardamone, CST ’71, Jessica Dinizio, CST ’01 John H. Cozzens, CST ’66 Bernard M. Sklar, CST ’57 FOX ’80 Dow Chemical Company Hai-Lung Dai Robert C. Smith, Jr., CST ’74, ’77 FELLOWS (GIFTS OF Abraham, CST ’48, ’51, and Jay and Dorothy Federman Arthur Donovan Dawson, CLA Ruth Clearfield Harriet Swern Solomon $10,000 TO $24,999) Matthew, CST ’07, FOX ’12, and ’67, CST ’68, ’76 Michael Criss Joni D. Stutman, CST ’82 Barry Arkles, CST ’70, ’76, and Kristin Fenty, KLN ’07 Charlotte Dunmore Joseph, FOX ’82, and Joan Tait Janine N. Black, FOX ’13 Graham Dobereiner Marc J. Fleischner, CST ’92 Calvin Warren Ervin, CST ’58 Richard W. Taylor, CST ’68 Victoria Boyt, CST ’66 Eva Havas Living Trust Steven Fleming Mindie S. Factor, CST ’70 Dairong Wang, CST ’11 Paul G. Curcillo, II, CST ’84, and Mark N. Gallagher, CST ’83 Denise M. Froehlich, CST ’85 William, CST ’58, and Sandra Joseph A. Ward, CST ’78, ’82 Stephanie A. King GlaxoSmithKline Richard A. Gambescia, CST ’67 Flank, CST ’56, EDU ’63 Jie Wu Robert A. Figlin, CST ’70 Kareen Shectman Hartwig, Tiffany Gilles, CST ’05, EDU ’09 Eva Havas CST ’67 Xia Zhao, CST ’04 Robert Michael Fineman, CST ’66 Harry Goldberg

28 College of Science and Technology CST HONOR ROLL 2017 Steven Petchon, FOX ’80 Faculty inspired investment in students SECOND CENTURY Samuel F. Etris, CST ’47 ASSOCIATES (GIFTS Evidence Based Recovery, Inc OF $100 TO $249) Maier, CST ’63, ’67, and Sonya In the seventies, computer science was a course requirement many business school students Margherita C. Abe, CST ’66 Fein, EDU ’65 Alfred and Andrea Saah Fund Frank G. Finch, CST ’80 dreaded, but for Steve Petchon, once he got his feet wet, he never looked back. Although he Jacques G. Amar, CST ’75, ’86 Marshall L. Fishman, CST ’59 received his degree in accounting, he pursued a career in computer technology. His first job was Amgen, Incorporated Marjorie S. Fiterman working part-time as a student computer services consultant for Temple University. Shortly George A. Articolo, CST ’63, ’67 Edwin S. Fitzgerald, CST ’73 Lawrence Balick, FOX ’84 Joanne B. Ford thereafter he launched his 28-year career with Accenture, ultimately becoming a partner and Charles H. Battenberg, ENG ’50 Frank L. Friedman senior executive responsible for technology competency. Having retired in 2008, Steve credits his Bruce Beans Nancy E. Fuchs-Kreimer, experiences in the Department of Computer & Information Sciences for shaping his career and Marshall L. Beeber, CST ’82 CLA ’90 inspiring his philanthropy. The Benevity Community Deborah A. Fullam, CST ’78 Impact Fund The GE Foundation “The faculty in the CIS department taught classes extremely well, giving students plenty of Robert H. Bennett, III, ENG ’68 Michael Alan Gealt, CST ’70 freedom to experiment with computers and learn in their own way. The professors took the time to Therese L. Bennett, CST ’89 Angelo P. Giardino, CST ’83 mentor me and encourage my involvement in computing technology and in Temple’s local Michael R. Berman, CST ’66 Sherry J. Gillespie, CST ’75 Bernard and Sally Sklar Steven B. Glickfield, CST ’65 Association for Computing Machinery chapter where I was part of team of four that went on to Charitable Fund Judith Goldberg compete at the national level—a pivotal point in determining what I wanted to spend my life doing.” Robert E. Beyer, CST ’65 Robert Alan Gordon, CST ’69 The Petchon Family Computer and Information Science Endowed Scholarship is awarded John and Elizabeth Bilodeau Harry B. Gottlieb, CST ’80 Joseph L. Bingham, CST ’77 David E. Grandstaff to an undergraduate who has demonstrated academic excellence in Computer & Information Samuel P. Bitonti, LAW ’79 Barbara Brody Green, EDU Science. “Temple paved the way for me,” explains Steve. “I support student scholarships Benjamin Blank, CST ’53, ’58 ’73, ’96 because a CS degree is a wonderful degree to have—it will open doors.” In addition, Libby L. Blank, EDU ’58 Herbert Green, EDU ’69, ’87 Edward M. Bleeden, CST ’68 Lee Greenwood the Steven Petchon ACM Endowment provides funding for activities of the Eric U. Borguet Richardson C. Greenwood, Association for Computing Machinery chapter at Temple. “Investing in Matt Borowiec, CST ’12 CST ’71 students is my way of giving back in an area where I think others can Wayne Bradley, EDU ’95, Edward R. Gruberg LAW ’03 William G. Hagar, III, CLA ’72 benefit tremendously and to say thanks to the faculty for what they Z. Melanie Braithwaite-Jalloh, Lynne Hagelin, CLA ’72 have done for me. College is very expensive today compared to CST ’15 Elisabeth Winter Hall, KLN ’01 what it cost when I attended, and supporting education is a James Patrick Brazel, CST ’62, Robert G. Hall, V, CST ’00, FOX ’75 FOX ’04, ’05 great way to help CST grow in a positive direction.” Randy Brister, CST ’74, MED ’79 June Handler John E. Bruynell, CST ’68 Robert W. Hartley, CST ’69 The Burkhardt Family Fund Martin Hartog Thomas J. Caggiano, CST ’83 Anne M. Harvey, CST ’95, ’98 Salvatore P. Carfagno, CST ’63 Ricky Heggan, CST ’86 Kathy J. Carmichael, CST ’94 Xiali Hei, CST ’14 Clive L. Carney, FOX ’78 Harold L. Heller, CST ’71 Salvatore C. Catania, CST ’61 Brian B. Hennigan, CST ’92 Jessica Clark, CST ’13 Susan Henning Martha Constantinou Frank E. Hetzel, CST ’70 Alice Curran Jody Hey Mark D. Dash, CST ’84 John E. Hobson, CHPSW ’93 Carlie W. Davis John C. Hoffmann, CST ’80 Decision Software Systems, Inc. Wei Xin Huang, CST ’94 “Investing Robert and Leslie Dell’Osa Giorgio P. Ingargiola Louis F. Devicaris Anna Miklos Janisch, CST ’47 in students Mary B. Dratman John R. Jaskowiak, CST ’88 Joyce A. Duckett, CST ’75, Brian Jay, CST ’98 is my way MED ’79 Bijumon K. John, CST ’99, Aileen P. Edathil-John, CST ’99 MED ’06 of giving back Doris Sell Emerson, CST ’48 Joann Hagis Johnson, CST ’82 Michael, CST ’69, and Robert C. Johnson, CST ’72 in an area where I Lana Ennis think others can benefit tremendously.” CST HONOR ROLL 2017 OUTLOOK / Fall 2017 29 Zenzille A. Johnson-Medoza, Allen and Rhonda Nicholson CST ’98 Clifford R. Nolt, CST ’08 Johnson & Johnson Paul M. Nutkowitz, CST ’62 Johnson & Mendoza Prasuna Chethan Paluru, Emergency Consultants CST ’01 June Moss Handler Trust Chuck Pang, CST ’53 Brenda S. Kabler, CLA ’73 Susan Patterson Ronald L. Kabler, CST ’68 Francis R. Pfeiffer, CST ’65 Una Kang, CST ’01 Mary O. Pinkett, CST ’73 Debbie and Stanley A., Michael David Karaim, CST ’68 Jillian A. Ploof, CST ’09 CST ‘65, Lefkowitz Robert J. Kelm, Jr., CST ’86 Richard Polton Woodrow Bertram Kessler, 45 years of commitment Aakash Pradeep, CST ’13 MED ’62 Artemis Rafti, CST ’14 to Temple William Ketler, CST ’67 Joseph Ragucci, CST ’94 Beth Karen Kocher-Ferraro, Shirley Kaskin Raines, CST CLA ’68 ’46, ’48 Jan R. Kornilow, CST ’89 “The role of a scientist is knowing what questions to ask,” Vikram Rao Andrew S. Kostival, Jr., CST ’74 Rao Family Foundation explains Stanley Lefkowitz, a notion he learned and put into Joyce H. Krain, EDU ’61 Nicholas F. Rieders, CHPSW ’08 practice during his years at Temple as an undergraduate Samuel Krain, CST ’57 Tammi D. Robinson, CST ’93 chemistry major. Stanley credits the remarkable faculty, and John A. Krawiec, CST ’80 Frederick W. Rogers, CST ’54 Seth F. Kreimer memorable interactions with them and his peers, with making his Arthur Rosenthal, CST ’64 G. William Kuhfuss, CST ’65 Patricia A. J. Rossi, CST ’75 Temple experience great. Professors like Hazel Tomlinson, George Sudhir Kumar Robert D. Rossi, CST ’78 Harrington and Bob Salomon left lasting impressions that have guided him Eugene Kwatny RTD Financial Advisors Arthur Larson, CST ’78 as a person and as a scientist. William G. Rumble, CST ’59 Jane Lawson-Bell Peter M. Ryan, ENG ’61 Stanley is executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Falconwood Lionel J. Levarity, CST ’97 Alfred Saah Corporation, an investment banking company. In addition to a bachelor’s degree from Temple, Nancy Fidler Lim, CST ’86 Andrea V. Saah he holds a PhD in chemistry from Princeton University. A scholarship recipient himself, Stanley Peter C. Lim, CST ’86 Harry W. Saffren, CST ’69, ’73 George T. Lloyd, CST ’77 and his wife Debbie have made it a priority over the past 45 years to give of their time and resources Sophia M. Salvatore, CST ’14 Gordon N. Lockhart, CST ’51, Cheryl D. Sandas, CST ’01 MED ’55 to Temple University. They contribute to four different areas at Temple (CST, CLA, Medicine and Jeffrey A. Satterthwaite, CST ’95 Nancy F. Lovitch Athletics), the most prominent being CST, where Stanley currently serves on the Board of Visitors. Mimi S. Satterthwaite Joseph E. Manduke, III, CST ’81 Patricia A. Schweibenz, CST ’86 “It goes back to asking the right questions, understanding the most prevalent needs, and then Giovanni S. Manzur, CST ’10 Stephen L. Schweibenz, FOX ’98 choosing to fund the areas we believe are important to us and to making Temple and the world Aya Matsumura, CST ’16 Daniel Scotti, CST ’69 Fumio and Shigeko Matsumura an incrementally better place,” says Stanley. Nagabhusan Shashidhar, Kathleen E. McKinley Distinguished faculty fellowships, TUteach, and the Debra and Stanley Lefkowitz CST ’88 Gerald L. McCormick, CST ’71 Joel B. Sheffield Undergraduate Student Research Awards are a few areas that have greatly benefited Isabel M. McCormick Lucy P. Sheffield from Debbie and Stanley’s support. “We’ve witnessed the impact that greater Matthew McCormick Scott M. Sieburth resources can give to faculty who are at the forefront of their field, especially in Robert B. McCune, CST ’99 Mark Gerald Sikowitz, CST ’70, B. Susan Egner McFadden, FOX ’76 recruiting promising PhD candidates. Many times, all it takes is someone EDU ’66, ’70 Roy A. Snyder, CST ’63 to start and good things happen from there.” Charles M. McFadden Vicky S. Soo Rose Marie Mcginnis, FOX Richard Allen Sparks, CST ’58 ’82, ’91 Jeannette L. Spevak-Dash William J. McGinnis, FOX ’82 Gerald D. Staffin, CST ’55 Geri Dee McGrath, CLA ’92 Phillip J. Stone, CLA ’72 Barbara Menin Daniel R. Strongin “All it takes Richard Alan Menin, CST ’67, MED ’71 Yugang Sun is someone to Kebbeh S. Moluwoi, CST ’09 Mark N. Sussman, CST ’66 Heather A. Myers Ellen M. Tedaldi start and good Thomas E. Myers G. Stephen Tint, CST ’57, ’59, ’70 Bruce L. Tolbert, CST ’85 things happen Barbara Toth Newman, CST ’63 from there.” 30 CST HONOR ROLL 2017 Make your gift at cst.temple.edu/givetoCST

Toni W. Tomei, CST ’70 Denise Knisely Barker, Bonnie A. Cortes, CST ’87 Todd A. Ferrara Christina N. Hart, CST ’03 Diana L. Tozour, CST ’88 CHPSW ’76 Michael J. Costanzo, CST ’88 Herbert M. Fichman, CST ’58 Hajnalka Hartl, CST ’03 Angelo Trivelli Jay Justin Basch, CST ’68 Susan B. Costanzo Maxine Field Sally P. Hartman, CST ’73 Jane F. Turk, CST ’88, ’91 Miss Sobia Bashir, CST ’08 Benjamin R. Cowen and Mia Maryann T. Fitzpatrick, CST ’83 Helen Caplin Heller Frederick Robert Turoff, CST Maurice T. Battle, CST ’05 Luehrmann Barbara Drobins Fles Nathan T. Henderson, CST ’12 ’69, CHPSW ’91 Zandria D. Beardslee, CST ’60 Aron Cowen-Luehrmann Melissa Forbes, CST ’12 Horace Herbsman, CST ’49 Mark Vogel, CST ’74 Herman Behrend, CST ’50 Audrey J. Cregger Rachel Ann Ford, CST ’96 Miguel Angel Hernandez Rios, John R. Wagner, EDU ’72, Crisjana A. Bellamy, CST ’17 Michael L. Cregger Gregory A. Fornia, KLN ’92 CST ’17 CST ’77 Frank M. Bellocchio Carol June Crotty, EDU ’73 Mallorie Fouch, CST ’15 Diahmon Hester, CST ’17 Paul Walinsky Ruth Roma Berg, CHPSW ’60 Edward T. Crotty, FOX ’74 Nicole A. Frager, CST ’10 Steven D. Heyen, CST ’14, Stephanie Walinsky David M. Berger, CST ’06 Damon A. Crutchfield, CST ’03 Martin Nelson Frank, CST ’47 FOX ’14 Hera S. Walker, LAW ’04 Evelyn N. Berger, EDU ’61 Barbara W. Curtis Stephen G. Frank Omar Hijab John, CLA ’87, LAW ’03, ’06, Nathan A. Berger, CST ’62 Roger and Dorothy Cutitta Annette S. Frazza Donald M. Hilsee, CST ’80 and Brooke Walker, EDU ’94 H. Ilene Blain, EDU ’77, ’83 Samuel Czarkowski Jane Frommer Diana Nhi Hoang Kris’Shorna D. Walker, CST ’13 Brandon J. Bloomer, CST ’17 Alice V. Dando Donald J. Frost, CST ’61 Katherine L. Horn, CST ’16 Terry K. Walowitz, CHPSW ’61 Charles Blume Taylor A. Davis, CST ’17 Timothy C. Funk Laurence Gregg Horn, EDU ’64 Bin Wang, ENG ’07 Wendy M. Blume, CHPSW ’94 Ladan Katherine Dayyani, David E. Gabl, FOX ’85, ’00 Stanley R. Horwitz, CST ’87, Bing Wang, CST ’92 EDU ’96, CHPSW ’13 Barbara Blumstein, FOX ’86 CST ’17 Emily M. Gallagher Charles Wang Silvia Boffo, CST ’16 Brittney J. DeNeal, EDU ’14 Lillian Hsieh, CST ’97, EDU Gopi Ganeshan ’07, ’08 Yue Wang, CST ’07 Joseph C. Bonafiglia, CST ’79 Anthony J. Dennison, Jr., Jin Gao, CST ’12 Anthony Hughes Bradford B. Wayland Anne G. Bonn CST ’59 Peter J. Gardner, CLA ’82, Tom Hunsberger Nicole M. Westrick Maryann Boston Jaclyn Rhee Dering, CST ’73, LAW ’86 FOX ’82 Taufiqul Huque Robert J. Wolfel, CST ’12 Kerisha Bowen, CST ’07, ’09 Salih N. Garner, CST ’09 Fern L. Detwiler J. Paul Hurst, Jr. Fanfan Xiong, CST ’03, ’09 Mariah S. Boyd, CST ’03, Arthur C. Gendler Jonathan R. Detwiler Teresa M. Hurst, SSW ’78 Tianyou Xue, CST ’87, ’92 DEN ’08 Florence Gendler Amadeusz Deutry, CST ’17 Kareem Hutchinson, CST ’17 Michele N. Young Stephen K. Boyer, CST ’71 Getnet Gidelew, CST ’11, ’14 Saritha Devathala, CST ’89 Alexandra S. Huy, CST ’13 Tan Yuen, CST ’86, ’90 Kelly Brader-Si, CLA ’86 Harold D. Gilman, CST ’51, ’54 Jacquelin C. Devlin, CST ’71 Bernadette Huy Nanyi Zeng, CST ’09 John J. Brennan, CST ’74 Sol Glassman, CST ’53 Sherrie D. Diamond, EDU ’81 William Huy Chong Zhang, CST ’88 Angela L. Bricker Shauna Goodman Ramona C. Diano, CST ’63 Vannhi Huynh, CST ’17 Sanqi Zhang, CST ’93 William W. Bristowe, CST ’61 Yasmin Weingand Goodman, Leah Z. Ziskin, CST ’58, MED ’62 Alan Irwin Brooks, CST ’60 Santo M. Diano, EDU ’60 CST ’81 J. Patricia Idzik Marvin C. Ziskin, CST ’58, Regina S. Brooks, EDU ’63 Carole Digiuseppe Alison D. Gordon, CST ’80 John Ikoniak, CST ’86 MED ’62 Craig Brumwell Andrew DiMeo Edward Gordon, Jr. Anthony Infante, CST ’59 Leon C. Bryan, ENG ’65 Helen Theresa Doherty, EDU ’64 Kamala S. Gordon, CST ’08 Reginald J. Irvine, CST ’52 CONTRIBUTORS Thelma D. Byrd, CHPSW ’94 Barbara A. Dolhansky, CLA ’06 Patty Gordon Sequoia N. Jackson, CST ’15 (GIFTS OF $1 TO $99) Timothy E. Cannon, CST ’17 Marie Dore, CST ’08 Edward J. Gracely, CST ’76, Marc E. Jacobson, CST ’81 Abdulaziz H. H. E. Abbas, Catherine A. Caparella, KLN ’69 Steven P. Dotter, EDU ’06, ’07 CLA ’80, ’87 David A. Jenne, CST ’72, CST ’17 EDU ’74 Philip S. Caplan, CST ’54 John P. Dougherty, CST ’98 Fairuz S. Grebenyuk, CST ’02, Mukesh P. Agarwal, CST ’92 Angella M. Johnson, CST ’94 Carole J. Zaslav Living Trust Jasmine V. Dsouza POD ’06 Divya Aggarwal, CST ’04 Daniel C. Johnson, CHPSW ’15 Marian Caroselli Margaret Jean Duffy, CST ’10 Dwayne F. Greco, CST ’10 Julia R. Alamia, CST ’17 Victoria A. Johnson, FOX ’15 Kevin Kenneth Carpenter, Michelle L. Dutton, CHPSW ’91 Lisa Donde Green, CLA ’75 Jordan S. Albright, CST ’10 CST ’15 Nina Edelman Meaghan E. Green, KLN ’06 Jithin Johny Daniel H. Allen, CST ’88 Sara E. Carpenter, CST ’08 John R. Edwardson, Jr., CST ’14 Steven M. Green, FOX ’76 Daniel Joseph Jovinelli, CST ’17 Dennis Anao, CST ’17 Jing Chai, CST ’08 Jeff E. Eilenberg Celia A. Greenman, CST ’73 Alan R. Jovinelly, FOX ’76 Carol E. Anderson Joe B. Chan, CST ’12 Burton Eisenberg, CST ’62 Ernest W. Guerriero, CST ’58 Catherine Dickieson Jovinelly Edward Andrulis, CST ’95 Mecey Chan, CST ’17 William Crawford Elliott, CST ’81 Nicole L. Gullotta, CHPSW ’04 Jennifer A. Jovinelly Alvaro Arcila, CST ’99, ’01, ’02 Ryan Chang David K. Epstein, CST ’96 Justin T. Gumas, CST ’17 Christine M. Kane, CST ’09 Barry J. Arnow, CST ’65 Carrie, EDU ’89, and Orin Chein Michael Gary Erickson, CST ’17 Robert Gunther Christopher R. Kane Maria Arsenlis, CST ’06 Je-Wei Chen Evelyn Eskin Vikram Ajaykumar Gupta, CST ’16 Sherry A. Kaplan, CST ’88 Susan Auerbach-Ferdman, Liya Chen, CST ’84, ’87 Omar N. Farooq, CST ’90 Ellen Gutman, CST ’02 David Salim Kargbo, CST ’17 CST ’62 Rong R. Cheng, CST ’95, ’98 Rhoda L. Feldman, EDU ’57 Miriam Gwathney, CST ’93 Bernard H. Katz, CST ’58 Kathy Menin Axelrod, EDU ’72 Usha Mathew Childs William Feldman, CST ’50 Virginia A. Hagerty, CHPSW ’98 Norman P. Katz, CST ’85 Saul Axelrod, CST ’61 Jaleese V. Chinnery, CST ’12 Doris Feldstein Tim Han, CST ’12 Lauren K. Keatley Benjamin S. Bailey, III, CST ’80 Christopher Cianci, CST ’85 Chung Liao Feng, CST ’57 Jack Handelman Kristi L. Kehoe, CST ’11 Elaine Leandri Balderson, Ellen Hetland Fenwick, CST ’76 Ruby Handelman Mark W. Keller, CST ’89, EDU ’61 Lashay G. Cobb, CST ’00 Howard F. Ferguson, FOX ’59 Jeffrey Alan Hark, KLN ’71 FOX ’97 R. Bruce Balderson, ENG ’61 Graeme Copeland, CST ’17

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Marilyn Pruss Kershner, CST ’66 John Mason Vladimir Ouzienko, CST ’13 Alexander Y. Rockwell Donald A. Sheak, CST ’77, Roy A. Keyer Martha R. Masseaux, EDU ’73, ’80 Ellis H. Pae, CST ’15 Haley Elizabeth Rodack, CST ’15 EDU ’81 Kay Kim, CST ’13 Zola H. Mate, CST ’08 Karen B. Palter Lakisha R. Rodwell, CST ’97 Corinne J. Sheinhorn Sharon M Kirk, CST ’10 Ashwin Mathew, CST ’13 David L. Pasicznyk, CST ’80 Deborah Rogow Ronald S. Sheinson, CST ’64 William T. Kleinberg, Jr., CST ’10 Lindsey F. Mayo, EDU ’11, ’12 Miss Natalie Pastelak, CLA ’12 Thomas D. Romando, CST ’79 Rosalie Shemmer Andrea Rose Kline, CLA ’74 Lauren M. McClean, CST ’11 Dharam N. Patel, CST ’12 Gary P. Romisher, CST ’55 Terrence E. Sheridan, CST ’65 Gail Kluskiewicz John Henry McCleary, CLA ’76, Jue P. Patel, CST ’17 Sivya Spiegel Romisher, Yuan Shi Stanley Kluskiewicz CST ’79 Mohit Patel, CST ’16 CHPSW ’58 Richard Shorin Nikita A. Korablin, CST ’13 Alysea McDonald, KLN ’15 Robert Patrick, CST ’67 Robert Rosenfeld, CST ’60 Ronald G. Silikovitz, CLA ’65 Paul L. Kornblith, CST ’58 Daniel G. McFadden, CST Steven T. Patrusky, ENG ’90 Kathleen Ross Anita J. Sinese, CST ’94 Robert Koster, ENG ’71, ’76 ’65, ’70 Pearly Whites, LLC Ruth B. Rothman, CST ’52 Michele P. Sinoway, CST ’87 David J. Kovalsky, CST ’07 Daniel R. McGarry, CST ’82 Matthew J. Pello, CST ’79 Frederick Rothwarf, CST ’51, Sheldon A. Sklar, CST ’83 Gerald Krantweiss, CST ’63 Rebekah E. Mertz Amanda M. Peluzzo, CST ’17 ’53, ’60 Barry E. Slemmer, EDU ’67 Joanne Collins Kratz, CHPSW ’79 Tanisha R. Michel, CLA ’07 Penn Mutual Life Insurance Clarence A. Royal, CST ’93 Wilbert S. Smith, CST ’05 Nancy E. Krody Ellen Milgrim Company Raymond L. Ruberg, CST ’69 Marybeth S. Smuts, CST ’75 Rob Kulathinal Eric J. Miller, CST ’80, ’81 Douglas J. Peoples, Jr. Charles H. Rubinstein Crystal A. Sol, CST ’17 Ankita Kunadia, CST ’11 Lori E. Miller Wayne M. Perel, CST ’61 Maryann Rubinstein Josef G. Solomon, CST ’63 Carol H. Kunz, CHPSW ’61 Valerie M. Monastra, CST ’98 Sheila Perilstein, EDU ’65 Darryl K. Ruffin, CST ’88 Daniel S. Song, CST ’12 Kurtz & Revness, PC Beatriz Adriana Montero Ruiz, Peter Hou Phuoc Pham Carol A. Ruffing, PHR ’97 In Song CST ’17, CLA ’17 Kristin Lammers, CST ’15 Lucille C. Pierpont, CHPSW ’66 Thomas L. Ruffing, CST ’89, Wan Soon Song Joonwon Moon, CST ’17 FOX ’96 Stephen M. Langan, CST ’10 George A. Piotrowski, Jr., Allen Sonstein, CST ’68 Charles D. Moore, CST ’78 Prakash C. Rushi, EDU ’77 Barry K. Lavine, CST ’76 CST ’88 Jay F. Sotingco, KLN ’95 David John Moore, CST ’75 Edward E. Russell, CLA ’54, ’62 Vuong P. Le, CST ’14 Dawn M. Plasha-Rockwell, Tatiana J. Sotingco, CST ’93 Leon H. Morris, CST ’65 DEN ’92 Mark Russell, CST ’05 Barry Charles Leiber, CLA ’63 Alyssa Maria Staron, KLN ’99 Kathy Morrow Ronnie L. Pleet Ruth R. Russell, KLN ’55 Justin Leichter, CST ’12 Richard M. Staron, CST ’97, ’00 Lewis Morrow Susan C. Poole, CLA ’92, S. A. Sklar and Associates Ltd. Ryan Lelache, KLN ’12 Herman M. Stein, CST ’68, ’71 Thomas J. Mosca, CST ’10 CHPSW ’10, ’15 Firrah Saeed, CST ’14 Merri B. Levin Donald Robert Stoltz, CST ’57 Sabrina Mostaqima Diana M. Post, CST ’67 Pegah Safabakhsh, CST ’13 Ronald B. Levine, CST ’68 Elliot Scott Stoner, CST ’17 Fouad M. Moussa, CST ’11 Santhi Potireddy, MED ’10 Jola Salavaci, CST ’12, PHR ’17 Linda F. Levy-Gunther Katarzyna Suberska Weitz, Marlene Mulero-Betances, Steven E. Pottash, CST ’85 Pamela R. Salazar, CST ’11 Xiuqi Li CST ’98, DEN ’05 PHR ’04 Michael D. Power, CST ’11 Alan G. Saltzman, CST ’80 Arnold D. Litt, CST ’64 Mark D. Sullivan, CST ’17 Joanne S. Murphy, CST ’70, ’74 Indhu M. Prabhakaran, CST ’11 Vaishnavi Sambandam, CST ’14 Bernard Littman Bryan D. Suydam, CST ’04 Riley Murphy, CST ’11 Shirley A. Preston Gopikishan Samudrala Xin Liu, FOX ’17 Kaitlyn M. Sweeney, CST ’11 Thomas W. Murray, Jr., CST ’17 Michael Puppolo, CST ’10, ’15, ’17 Indira Samudrala Gregory J. Long, CST ’81 Daniel B. Szyld Kinnari Ramesh Narielwala, Allison K. Pymer, CST ’08 Victoria Ava Samuelsen, CST ’15 Samuel J. Ta, CST ’11 Donita L. Lozada, CST ’10 CST ’99, FOX ’03, PHR ’11 Rizwan M. Qazi, CST ’03 Yvette Sanchez-Barreto, FOX Jessica Tan, CST ’12, ’14 William Lu, FOX ’10 Rutesh R. Narielwala, ENG ’01 Hui Qiu, CST ’09, CST ’12 ’10, EDU ’17 Manuela N. Tchamou, CST ’16 Elaine K. Lum, CST ’96 Emily Melissa Naugler, CST ’17 Andrea R. Quartey Jinesh G. Sanghvi, CST ’05 David M. Tener, CST ’89 Wendy Luu, CST ’10 Marc Neufeld Shaine Patrick Quigley Conrad J. Sarnecki, Jr., CST ’85 Lauren A. Thamel, CST ’17 Betsy MacCarthy Marianne B. Neumeister, Eva Rahman, CST ’16 Sobina Odilhujaevna David S. Machlowitz KLN ’90 Agin Gheevarughe Thomas, Marlene Rosenzweig Ratner, Saynutdinova CST ’11, MED ’16 Machlowitz Family Charitable Joseph C. Ngadi CST ’63 Nicholas F. Scalfaro, Jr., CST ’83 Jennifer S. Thomas, CST ’02 Fund Noel Ngoubilly, CST ’97 Alisha C. Ray, CST ’11 Charles Joseph Schneider Madhurima Tikkisetty, CST ’07 Rachel A. Maddaluna, CST ’12 Connie Nguyen, CST ’16 Charles V. Ray, ENG ’88, Stephen A. Schneller, CST ’64 Jeffrey T. Timlin Mary Demangone Maher, Kara T. Nguyen CST ’96 Doris Schroeder, CST ’48 Ravindra S. Tipnis, CST ’73 CHPSW ’80 Quyen Tong Thao Nguyen, Eric Recktenwald, CST ’09, ’14, Milton E. Schwartz, CST ’46, ’57, Ulka R. Tipnis Sidney Paul Maletzky, CST ’57 CST ’13 EDU ’14 CLA ’47 Sandeep Tirmala Bukkapatnam, Frederick A. Malinoski, CST ’54, Truong D. Nguyen, CST ’98 Thomas A. Reeves, CST ’52 Clarence P. Scoboria, III, CST ’81 ’57, ’73 CST ’08 Cameron R. Nigro, CST ’14 Wesley Rhodes, CST ’63 Cecilia Desilva Selbrede, Justin T. Malone, CST ’05 Loretta Fitzgerald Tokoly, CST Joyce Norden Kimani Jamal Rice, CST ’97 CST ’87 ’92, ’99 Jessica L. Mannix, CHPSW ’16 John T. Nosek, FOX ’83 Ilene B. Richmond, CST ’64 Laure M. Seraphin, CST ’17 Ghaith Mansour, CST ’13 Brett Tolbert, CST ’15 Mary Leiden Nosek, FOX ’80 Anthony L. Riesner, DEN ’63 Bhavin Shah, CST ’04 Alana R. Torres Alisa R. Marino Rebecca Nuessle, CST ’09 Florence E. Riesner, CST ’65, ’68 Shruti Shah, CST ’17 Michael J. Marino, CST ’89 Alexander Tran, CST ’17 Dewey Odhner, CST ’81 Jordan David Rights, CST ’16 Stephen D. Shank, CST ’08, ’14 Alice Ada Tran, CST ’05 Stanley W. Markiewicz, CST ’83, Barbara Oneill, CST ’92 Per Arne Rikvold, CST ’84 Steve S. Sharik, CST ’05 DEN ’87 Christopher V. Tran, CST ’11 Morris L. Orocofsky, CST ’64 Stephanie J. Robiner Amar Sharma, CST ’17 Mary Tran

32 College of Science and Technology CST HONOR ROLL 2017 Gladys, CST ’92, and John, CST ’92, Campolongo Creating opportunities one student at a time Christopher J. Troiani, FOX ’84, CST ’94 Stephen F. Tuckey, LAW ’91 A superior education with extensive opportunities in and hopefully gain an edge in career development,” says Dennis Uritsky Sonia A. Vaidian, CST ’04 computer science, all offered at a good value in the heart of Gladys. “Giving back is one of the most selfless things a Lue Vang, CST ’16 the city—that’s what led both John and Gladys Campolongo human can do and higher education is an area where you can Priyadarshini Velu to choose to attend Temple. The dynamic duo met on Main really help someone move forward in life, accessing Mary Jane Vrooman, CST ’73 Sanjiv Vyas Campus, and now their eldest of three daughters is a Temple opportunities they wouldn’t have otherwise,” adds John. Shikha Vyas student. John is the Managing Director of Advisor John’s inspiration for giving comes from a quote by UCLA Gregory Wacker, FOX ’89 Technology Platforms at SEI, where he has worked for 25 basketball coach John Wooden often used by late Temple Nancy J. Wackerman years. He has served on CST’s Alumni Board, as president of Trustee Lewis Katz: “You can’t live a perfect day without Joan Bernhang Waldbaum, EDU ’52 the Temple University Alumni Association and as a university doing something for someone who will never be able to James D. Walker, CST ’66 trustee. “Serving in leadership roles at Temple has been so repay you.” Jeffrey K. Walsh, CST ’90 rewarding because I can positively influence outcomes for Matthew A. Walukonis, CST ’06 Janice D. Watson, FOX ’93 students, the university as a whole and the Philadelphia Eileen K. Weinberg, CLA ’73 region,” John explains. Jay I. R. Weinberg, FOX ’69 After many years of giving to essential student scholarships Jonathan A. Weinstock, FOX ’83, CST ’97 at CST, John and Gladys were recently inspired to give in Ann Whipple another way. Through an online OwlCrowd campaign, they Jonathan D. Whipple chose to help send six CST students to the Grace Hopper Deborah A. White, CST ’74, MED ’78 Celebration of Women in Computing Conference, the Niteace C. Whittington, CST ’08 world’s largest gathering of women technologists. David Wikler, CST ’74 “As parents of three daughters, we saw the value in giving Vladimira V. Wilent Thomas E. Willey, CST ’54 female students at Temple an opportunity to gain Alex Hunter Willhouse, CLA ’17 professional visibility in a male-dominated industry, to Richard R. Williams, CST ’11 expand their networks, learn about new technologies, Charles Woodrow Wilson, Jr., CST ’66 Tiffany A. Wilson, CST ’01, CHPSW ’03 Fatimah Wilson, CST ’14 Kerice K. Wint, CST ’09 Gisela S. Withers, CST ’65 Kristal Wright, CST ’84 Shuo Yang, CST ’03, ’07 Linda M. Yarrish Lai Yeung, CST ’11 Yun Yoo Melvin Yudis, CST ’59 Ju S. Yun “Higher Ryun Yun Michael J. Zacharkow, ENG ’67, education is CST ’72 Benita Lieberman Zahn, an area where CHPSW ’73 Alfred F. Zappala, Sr., CST ’53 you can really Yingchao Zhang, CST ’94 Daniel Anthony Zuppo, CST ’14 help someone move forward in life, accessing opportunities they wouldn’t have otherwise.” OUTLOOK / Fall 2017 33 CLASS NOTES

Theodore Largman (BA ’48, Chem) was recognized for his 50 Steve Schnell (BA ’14, Bio) is nearing completion of his years of service on the Morris Township (NJ) environmental doctorate at CST, after a U.S. Army career and seven years commission, during which the Theodore Largman Community as a study coordinator with Charles River Laboratories. Garden was dedicated and named in his honor. Morgan Taylor (BS ’14, CIS) is working for a national IT Marilyn Anderson (BA ’66, Bio) released her film, How to Beat management consulting firm, CapTech Ventures Inc., as a a Bully, now available on DVD at Walmart stores nationwide consultant to a Fortune 50 telecommunications firm in and on Amazon, iTunes and Google Play. The lighthearted film, Philadelphia. Taylor has been consulting project manager for more which presents an anti-bullying theme, is being adapted into a than two years with her telecommunications client. Prior to novel by Anderson. that, she worked for CapTech as a business analyst for a space Amber Salzman (BA ’82, CIS) was appointed chief executive and national-defense security client. “I’m always learning officer of Adverum Biotechnologies Inc. She is also president about how different businesses work and how technology can of Stop ALD Foundation, a patient‑advocacy group. help them,” says Taylor. “I often go back to the CIS Department to engage with students, professors and alumni because the sense of David Tener (MA ’89, Chem) was included in The Best Lawyers in community that CIS offers really helped build and develop me.” America 2017 for his work in patent law and trademark law with the firm of Caesar Rivise PC, now in its 90th year of business. Logan Wiest (MS ’14, EES) is completing his PhD at Baylor University and had an article about the mystery of the Stephen Murray (BS ’03, Phys; LAW ’06) was named to the massive death of Waco mammoths published in Palaios and board of directors of the Eastern Montgomery County Chamber featured in Scientific American. of Commerce. Murray is an attorney at the Philadelphia intellectual property law firm of Panitch Schwarze Belisario & David Dukes (BS ’15, MS ’17, EES) was awarded a Graduate Nadel and a member of the EMCCC Technology Committee. Student Summer Fellowship from the National Science Foundation-funded Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Kandis Gilliard (BS ’07, Chem) is the founder and CEO of program. Nardo Technology, which markets technology she developed that uses electrochemical sensors to detect chemical Christopher Conwell (BS ’16, EES) received his third substances in food, water and the overall environment. outstanding poster award at the 2016 regional Geological Society of America conference in Albany, New York. Brian Hughes (MS ’11, EES), who earned a law degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2014, is now with the Roselyne Laboso (MS ’16, EES) studied geothermal systems Washington, D.C., office of Pierce Atwood LLP in its energy as a fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab last year. law group. She presented a paper on her research at the Stanford Geothermal Workshop. Christopher Seminack (MS ’11, EES) earned a doctorate from George Mason University and is designing a geoscience program as an assistant professor of geology at the University Keep CST up to date! Email [email protected] of North Georgia. to share your recent news and accomplishments. Franklin Erkes (BS ’12, Chem) earned a doctor of physical therapy degree from New York University in 2015. Andrew Bentley (MS ’13, EES), earned his PhD in geoscience education from Western Michigan University and has accepted a 2017–2018 CST ALUMNI BOARD MEMBERS postdoctoral position at the University of Northern Colorado. Margherita Abe (BA ’66, Chem) Christine Kane (BA ’09, Bio) Sina Adibi (BA ’84, CIS; FOX ’86) Pallavi Kotturu (BS ’17, CIS) IN MEMORIAM Olivia Calabro, Class of 2017 Justin Malone (BS ’05, Bio) Brian Clapper (BA ’83, CIS) Christian Obasi (MS ’08, EES) Peter Chodoff (BA ’47, Bio) Andrew J. Varga (MA ’65, PhD ’70, Phys) Terry Dougherty (BA ’74, Chem; FOX ’86) Priyanka Patel (PSM ’15, Bio) Alfred P. Spivack (BA ’49, Bio) Murray Schwartz (BA ’66, Bio) Marc Fleischner (BS ’92, CIS) Shirley Shpungin (BS ’13, PSM ’14, Bio) Leonard S. Anthony (BA ’51, Bio) Lawrence P. Kozubal (BA ’70, Sci) Jennifer Gresh (BS ’98, EES) Franklin Strong (BA ’70, Bio) Edwin Goldberg (BA ’54, Phys) John J. Friel (MA ’73, Geo) Aruni Gunawardena (BS ’13, PSM ’15, Bio) Joni Stutman (BA ’82, CIS) Joseph T. Sembrot (BA ’57, Bio; MED ’61) John R. Urban (BA ’74, Geo) Eileen Helzner (BS ’68, Bio; MED ’72) Steven Szczepanski (BA ’80, PhD ’85 Chem) Stephen A. Idzik Jr. (MA ’65, Phys) Sandra Ilunga (BA ’08, Bio) John Tierney (PhD ’81, Chem)

34 College of Science and Technology 2017 graduates headed for future success

Aron Cowen (BS ’17, Math/CIS) March 2016 American Mathematical Society meeting; and DELOITTE CONSULTING is working with him on a related paper. Finally, Galzarano’s summer work as an applied mathematics Aron Cowen dedicated himself to Temple and in return he intern with the Department of Defense in Maryland has realized just how far it would take him. Cowen got involved early resulted in a full-time job assisting the government with in his academic career through organizations such as the cybersecurity. Association for Computing Machinery, Model UN and tutoring. “Beyond specific formal proofs, Temple has given me the That’s when he realized he had a variety of passions. intuition to be able to figure out stuff on my own,” says the “I come from a long line of scientific minds with both parents former vice president of Temple’s Association for Women in and three grandparents having multiple degrees in various science Mathematics chapter. “The job’s mostly computer science, but disciplines,” Cowen says. “Having those role models helped me it will be ‘mathy’ computer science.” decide on majoring in not only math but also computer science. Aron Cowen And even a minor in physics.” —Bruce E. Beans Cowen was elected president of Temple Student Government for the 2016-2017 academic year, after holding the position of director of government affairs. He pushed hard for several important changes, Nicholas Hestand (PhD ’17, Chem) UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO like increasing university counseling spaces by 50 percent. One of his best CST memories is working with Professor Boris Nicholas Hestand can’t imagine a better graduate experience Datskovsky. “He is a legendary mathematician,” Cowen says. “I than his time at CST. “Some of my success has been due to hard learned so much from him because he brings so much excitement work and some of it has been just luck, joining a fruitful project to the classroom.” with Dr. Frank Spano,” says Hestand, who was lead author or Cowen is now working for Deloitte Consulting. As a business co-author of 12 published papers during his time at Temple. technology analysist in Deloitte’s office focused on the federal “I’ve had a great advisor and great lab mates, and I’ve learned a government, he is advising agencies on implementing large-scale lot about research. technological change. An Owl through and through, Cowen says he “Our research focuses on understanding the excited states of will be active in the Temple Alumni Chapter of Washington, D.C. molecular aggregates and crystals, particularly in understanding Fiona Galzarano Cowen, who participated in CST’s Owl to Owl Mentor what simple optical experiments, like absorption or Program as a student, is looking forward to giving back to Temple. photoluminescence, can tell us about a material’s properties,” “I hope to have the opportunity to also mentor CST students,” he says the recipient of both university and Francis H. Case says. “I’ll tell them to ‘be more than just your major. Get involved.’” fellowships. “For example, we’ve developed spectral signatures that allow us to predict whether a material would be good for —Nadia Whiting transporting energy.” While commercial applications are beyond the research in Fiona Galzarano (BS ’17, Math) which Hestand was involved, the basic principles of organic DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE electronics that he and Spano’s group explored ultimately could have applications for generating solar electricity as well as One of the top three undergraduate majors in mathematics at television and smartphone screens. Temple, Philadelphia native Fiona Galzarano, a Presidential Hestand will next be investigating water as a two-year Scholar and winner of the 2015 Most Promising Mathematics postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago’s Institute for Major Award, has engaged in extensive undergraduate research. Molecular Engineering. As part of the CST’s Undergraduate Research Program, the Nicholas Hestand “When I first came to Temple, my goal was to become a computer science and Spanish minor tested an intelligent professor at a liberal arts institution where teaching would be reasoning system under Associate Professor Pei Wang of the my main focus,” Hestand says, “but during my time at Temple, Department of Computer & Information Sciences. I’ve fallen in love with research. Now my goal is to find At the 2015 Cornell University Summer Program for a faculty position where I can do both.” Undergraduate Research, she analyzed Apollonian gaskets with Professor Robert Strichartz; presented their results at a —Bruce E. Beans

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INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF INVENTORS AND SCIENTISTS

CST hosted its second SeaPerch Challenge, an underwater robotics competition that tested the engineering skills of more than 600 Philadelphia-area middle-school students. Using the underwater remotely operated vehicles that they themselves designed and built, student teams competed in an underwater obstacle course and pipeline repair mission. CST also hosted its 10th ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp, a two-week, all-expenses-paid program offering students real-world exposure to STEM and an opportunity to meet astronaut Bernard Harris. Named for the noted 19th century mathematician, CST’s fifth Sonia Kovalevsky Day offered mathematics enrichment activities and competitions for young women in grades 5 through 8. In partnership with theVillage, a social service agency working to strengthen Philadelphia families, members of the CST Alumni Board brought fun science activities to children at William C.

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