Division Heads for 2025-2026

Agriculture and Plant Sciences

Shankar Ganapathi Shanmugam, Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: sg383@igbb.msstate.edu

Emran Ali, Vice Chair,
Alcorn State University
Email: eali@alcorn.edu

Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology

James A. Stewart, Jr., Chair
University of Mississippi
Email: jastewa7@olemiss.edu

Davida Crossly, Co-Vice Chair
Mississippi University for Women
Email: dcrossley@muw.edu

Felicite Noubissi-Kamdem, Co-Vice-Chair
Jackson State University
Email: felicite.noubissi_kamdem@jsums.edu

Nikki Reineman, Co-Vice Chair
University of Mississippi
Email: 
dreineman@olemiss.edu

Galen Collins, Program Committee
Mississippi State University
Email: gac263@msstate.edu

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Clifton Waggner, Chair
Louisiana State University
Email:cwagner@lsu.edu

MD Firoz Khan, Vice-Chair
Alcorn State University
Email: mkhan@alcorn.edu

Ecology, Entomology, Evolutionary Biology, and Zoology

Seung-Joon Ahn, Chair
Mississippi  State University
Email: seungjoon.ahn@msstate.edu

Nina Baghai-Riding, Vice-Chair
Delta State University
Email: nbaghai@deltastate.edu

Alex Acholonu, Program Committee
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

Merlin Margaret Manogaram, Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: mmanogaram@umc.edu

Poonam C. Sharma, Co-Vice Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: xgordy@umc.edu

Jacob Daniels, Co-Vice Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: jbdaniels@umc.edu

Driscoll Duval, Co-Vice Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: ddevaul@umc.edu

Lance Keller, Program Coordinator
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: lekeller@umc.edu

Olga McDaniel, Program Committee
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: omcdaniel@umc.edu

Judy Gordy, Program Committee
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: xgordy@umc.edu

Lamar Hamil, Program Committee
Belhaven University
Email: lamarhamil@yahoo.com

David Gordy, Program Committee
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: dgordy@umc.edu

Jonathan Lee, Program Committee
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: jlee4@umc.edu

History and Philosophy of Science

Greg Johnson, Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: gregory.johnson@msstate.edu

Robert Waltzer, Co-Vice Chair
Belhaven University
Email: rwaltzer@belhaven.edu

Paula Smithka, Co-Vice Chair
University of Southern Mississippi
Email: 
paula.smithka@usm.edu

Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

Francis Tuluri, Chair
Jackson State University
Email: francis.tuluri@jsums.edu

Courtney Roper, Co-Vice Chair
University of Mississippi
Email: clroper@olemiss.edu

Remata Reddy, Co-Vice Chair
Jackson State University
Email: remata.s.reddy@jsums.edu

Duanjun Lu, Program Committee
Jackson State University
Email: duanju.lu@jsums.edu

Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Statistics

Caixi Chen, Chair
Jackson State University
Email: caixia.chen@jsums.edu

Ping Zhang, Co-Vice Chair
Alcorn State University

Yonghua Yan, Co-Vice Chair
Jackson State University
Email: yonghua.yan@jsums.edu

Jamil Ibrahim, Program Coordinator
Independent Scientist,
Email: jssibrahim@yahoo.com

Neuroscience Division

Harry Pantazopoulos, Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: cpantazopoulos@umc.edu

Barbara Gisabella, Co-Vice Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: bgisabella@umc.edu

Nicole Ashpole, Co-Vice Chair
University of Mississippi
Email: nmashpol@olemis.edu

Erick Bourassa, Co-Vice Chair
Mississippi College
Email: eabourassa@mc.edu

Physics and Engineering

Katja Biswas Chair
University of Southern Mississippi
Email: Katja.biswas@usm.edu

Pradip Biswas, Co-Vice Chair
Tougaloo College
Email: pbiswas@tougaloo.edu

Anuradha Gupta, Co-Vice Chair
University of Mississippi 
Email: agupta@olemiss.edu

Jason Griggs, Co-Vice Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: Jgriggs@umc.edu

Psychology and Social Science

Justin Kelly,  Chair
Belhaven University
Email: jkelly@belhaven.edu

Terry Drake, Co- Vice Chair
Mississippi College
Email: jdterry1@mc.edu

Tom Lewis, Co- Vice Chair
Tougaloo College
Email: tlewis@tougaloo.edu

Science Education

Sarah Lalk,  Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: spr67@msstate.edu

Christa Haney,  Co-Vice Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: haney@geosci.msstate.edu

Angie Carraway, Co-Vice Chair
Meridian Community College
Email: angie.carraway.edu

 

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