Division Heads for 2026-2027

Agriculture and Plant Sciences

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

Prakash Jha, Vice Chair,
Mississippi State University
Email: pj422@msstate.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

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

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

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

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

Ecology, Entomology, Evolutionary Biology, and Zoology

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

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

Alex Acholonu, Co-Vice-Chair
Alcorn State University
Email: Chiefacholonua@gmail.com

Geology and Geography

Alyson Brink, Chair
University of Southern Mississippi
Email:  alyson.brink@usm.edu

Tim Palmer, Vice-Chair
Mississippi Department of Environment Quality
Email:tpalmer@mdeq.ms.gov

Health Sciences

Poonam C. Sharma,  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

Gary Hamil, Program Committee
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Email: ghamil@umc.edu

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

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

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

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

Francis Tuluri, Program Committee
Jackson State University
Email: francis.tuluri@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
Email: pzhang@alcorn.edu

Jamil Ibrahim, Co-Vice Chair
Independent Scientist,
Email: jssibrahim@yahoo.com

Yonghua Yan, Program Coordinator
Jackson State University
Email: yonghua.yan@jsums.edu

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

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

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

Psychology and Social Science

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

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

 

 

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