Agriculture and Plant Sciences
Jagman Dhillon, Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: jsd369@msstate.edu
Shankar Ganapathi Shanmugam, Vice- Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: sg383@igbb.msstate.edu
Gray Feng, Vice- Chair
USDA-Agricultural Research Service
Email: gary.feng@usda.gov
Animal Sciences, Wildlife, Fisheries, and Veterinary Sciences
Hossam Abdelhamed, Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: abdelhamed@cvm.msstate.edu
Raymond Iglay, Vice- Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: ray.iglay@msstate.edu
Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology
James A. Stewart, Jr., Co-Chair
University of Mississippi
Email: jastewa7@olemiss.edu
Davida Crossley, Co-Chair
Mississippi University for Women
Email: dcrossley@muw.edu
Felicite Noubissi-Kamdem, Vice-Chair
Jackson State University
Email: felicite.noubissi_kamdem@jsums.edu
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Joseph Emerson, Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: JEmerson@chemistry.msstate.edu
Rajashekhar Kanchanapally, Co-Chair
Mississippi Valley State University
Email: rajashekhar.kanchanapally@mvsu.edu
Karina Kapusta, Vice-Chair
Tougaloo College
Email: kkapusta@tougaloo.edu
Ecology, Entomology, Evolutionary Biology, and Zoology
Seung-Joon Ahn, Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: seungjoon.ahn@msstate.edu
Nina Baghai-Riding, Co-Chair
Delta State University
Email: nbaghai@deltastate.edu
Alex Acholonu, Vice-Chair
Alcorn State University
Email: Chiefacholonua@gmail.com
Geology and Geography
Alyson Brink, Chair
University of Southern Mississippi
Email: alyson.brink@usm.edu
Claire Babineaux, Vice-Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: claireb@ngi.msstate.edu
Health Sciences
Lance Keller, Co -Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: lekeller@umc.edu
Maricica Pacurari, Co-Chair
Jackson State University
Email: maricica.pacurari@jsums.edu
Gary Lamar Hamil, Co-Vice-Chair
Belhaven University
Email: lhamil@belhaven.edu
Xiaoshan Judy Gordy, Co-Vice-Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email:xgordy@umc.edu
Olga McDaniel, Co-Program Coordinator
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: omcdaniel@umc.edu
Frank Spradley, Co-Program Coordinator
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: fspradley@umc.edu
David Gordy, Committee member
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: dgordy@umc.edu
Merlin M. Manogaram, Committee member
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: mmanogaram@umc.edu
History and Philosophy of Science
Greg Johnson, Co-Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: gregory.johnson@msstate.edu
Robert Waltzer, Co-Chair
Belhaven University
Email: rwaltzer@belhaven.edu
Paula Smithka, Vice-Chair
University of Southern Mississippi
Email: paula.smithka@usm.edu
Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Duanjun Lu, Co-Chair
Jackson State University
Email: Duanjun.lu@jsums.edu
Courtney Roper, Co-Chair
University of Mississippi
Email: clroper@olemiss.edu
Francis Tuluri, Co-Chair
Jackson State University
Email: francis.tuluri@jsums.edu
Remata Reddy, Co-Chair
Jackson State University
Email: remata.s.reddy@jsums.edu
Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Statistics
Ping Zhang, Chair
Alcorn State University
Email: pzhang@alcorn.edu
Jamil Ibrahim, Co-Chair
Independent Scientist
Email: jssibrahim@yahoo.com
Yonghua Yan, Vice-Chair
Jackson State University
Email: yonghua.yan@jsums.edu
Caixia Chen, Vice-Chair
Tougaloo College
Email: cchen1@tougaloo.edu
Xiaoqin Wu, Vice-Chair
Mississippi Valley State University
Email: xpwu@mvsu.edu
Physics and Engineering
Umar Iqbal, Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: umar@ece.msstate.edu
Yuanyuan Duan, Vice-Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: yduan@umc.edu
Psychology and Social Science
Shaila Khan, Chair
Tougaloo College
Email: skhan@tougaloo.edu
Justin Kelly, Co-Vice Chair
Belhaven University
Email: jkelly@belhaven.edu
Brandon Catchings, Co-Vice Chair
Tougaloo College
Email: bcatchings@tougaloo.edu
Neuroscience Division
Barbara Gisabella, Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: bgisbella@umc.edu
Harry Pantazopoulos, Co-Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: cpantazopoulos@umc.edu
Science Education
Lydia Lytal, Chair
University of Mississippi
Email: lytal@olemiss.edu
Sarah Lalk, Co-Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: spr67@msstate.edu
Christopher Jurgenson, Vice-Chair
Delta State University
Email: cjurgenson@deltastate.edu
