Agriculture and Plant Sciences
Gary Feng, Chair,
USDA
Email: gary.feng@usda.gov
Shankar Ganapathi Shanmugam, Vice-Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: sg383@igbb.msstate.edu
Emran Ali, Vice- Chair,
Alcorn State University
Email: eali@alcorn.edu
Animal Sciences, Wildlife, Fisheries, and Veterinary Sciences
Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology
James A. Stewart, Jr., Co-Chair
University of Mississippi
Email: jastewa7@olemiss.edu
Davida Crossly, Co-Chair
Mississippi University for Women
Email: dcrossley@muw.edu
Felicite Noubissi-Kamdem, Vice-Chair
Jackson State University
Email: felicite.noubissi_kamdem@jsums.edu
Nikki Reineman, Vice-Chair
University of Mississippi
Email: dreineman@olemiss.edu
Yvette Lagdon, Co-Vice-Chair
Millsaps College
Email: langdyg@millsaps.edu
Galen Collins, Co-Vice-Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: gac263@msstate.edu
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Scoty Hearst, Chair
Mississippi College
Email: shearst@mc.edu
Trent Shelby , Co-Chair
Mississippi College
Email: tshelby@mc.edu
Bhanu Priya Viraka Nellore, Vice-Chair
Mississippi Valley State University
Email: b.virakanellore@mvsu.edu
Christen Robinson, Vice-Chair
Mississippi Jackson State University
Email: 1christenrobinson@gmail.com
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
Claire Babineaux, Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: claireb@ngi.msstate.edu
Alyson Brink, Co-Chair
University of Southern Mississippi
Email: alyson.brink@usm.edu
Health Sciences
Judy Gordy, Co-Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: xgordy@umc.edu
Lamar Hamil, Co-Chair
Belhaven University
Email: lamarhamil@yahoo.com
David Gordy, Co-Vice Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: dgordy@umc.edu
Merlin Margaret Manogaram, Co-Vice Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: mmanogaram@umc.edu
Olga McDaniel, Program Coordinator
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: omcdaniel@umc.edu
Jacob Daniels, Program Committee
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: jbdaniel@umc.edu
Driscoll Duval, Program Committee
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: dduval@umc.edu
Maricica Pacurari, Program Committee
Jackson State University
Email: maricica.pacurari@jsums.edu
Lance Keller, Program Committee
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: lkeller@umc.edu
History and Philosophy of Science
Greg Johnson, Co-Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: gregory.johnson@msstate.edu
Ian Dunkle, Co-Chair
University of Southern Mississippi
Email: ian.dunkle@usm.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
Remata Reddy, Co Chair
Jackson State University
Email: remata.s.reddy@jsums.edu
Francis Tuluri, Co Chair
Jackson State University
Email: francis.tuluri@jsums.edu
Duanjun Lu, Co-Vice Chair
Jackson State University
Email: duanju.lu@jsums.edu
Courtney Roper, Co-Vice Chair
University of Mississippi
Email: clroper@olemiss.edu
Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Statistics
Ping Zhang, Chair
Alcorn State University
Yonghua Yan, Co Chair
Jackson State University
Email: yonghua.yan@jsums.edu
Caixi Chen, Co-Vice Chair
Jackson State University
Email: caixia.chen@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-Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: bgisabella@umc.edu
Physics and Engineering
Pradip Biswas, Co Chair
Tougaloo College
Email: pbiswas@tougaloo.edu
Anuradha Gupta, Vice Chair
University of Mississippi
Email: agupta@olemiss.edu
Yuanyaun Duan, Co-Vice Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: YDuan@umc.edu
Katja Biswas Co Vice Chair
University of Southern Mississippi
Email: Katja.biswas@usm.edu
Psychology and Social Science
Justin Kelly, Co-Chair
Belhaven University
Email: jkelly@belhaven.edu
Terry Drake, Co- Chair
Mississippi College
Email: jdterry1@mc.edu
Science Education
Christopher Jurgenson, Chair
Delta State University
Email: cjurgenson@deltstate.edu
Sarah Lalk, Co Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: spr67@msstate.edu
Christa Haney, Vice Chair
Mississippi State University
Email: haney@geosci.msstate.edu
