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
