Please join us in welcoming Nicol R. Howard to Schmid College of Science and Technology. Howard will serve as an Associate Professor of Math Pedagogy. Howard brings over two decades of experience advancing equity in STEM education. Her research employs critical quantitative and mixed methodological approaches to examine learning experiences in mathematics and computer science,
Please join us in welcoming Daniel Dries (he/him) to Schmid College of Science and Technology. Dries will serve as a Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemistry Education Research. Born and raised in southeastern Pennsylvania, Dan earned his BS with Honors in Biochemistry from the University of Delaware. Dan then earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences
Please join us in welcoming Nadia Hirbawi (she/her) to Schmid College of Science and Technology. Hirbawi will serve as an Instructional Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Nadia completed her Ph.D. in organic chemistry this past spring and she is beginning her independent career at Chapman University. She has always been an artist at heart, and a
Please join us in welcoming Christian Jaureguy (he/him) to Schmid College of Science and Technology. Jaureguy will serve as a Instructor of Mathematics. Christian Jaureguy was previously an adjunct instructor here at Chapman. He recently coauthored a DEI statistics course that he hopes to teach for the first time this Spring. Christian also teaches cultural
Please join us in welcoming Nataliya Markina (she/her) to Schmid College of Science and Technology. Markina will serve as an Instructional Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Dr. Nataliya Markina is joining Chapman University as an Instructional Assistant Professor of Chemistry. She is passionate about incorporating active learning techniques in Organic Chemistry lectures and laboratories. Previously, she
Please join us in welcoming Kristianna Sarkan (she/her) to Schmid College of Science and Technology. Sarkan will serve as a Instructor of Biological Sciences. Kristianna Sarkan is an Instructional Assistant Professor of Biology. She received her BS in Biology from UC Irvine in 2015 and her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from UC Irvine in 2022.
Please join us in welcoming Sam Stein (he/him) to Schmid College of Science and Technology. Stein will serve as an Instructional Assistant Professor of Environmental Science & Policy. Sam Stein’s work focuses on the restoration of aquatic systems such as rivers and wetlands, and he recently completed his Ph.D. in Geography at UC Berkeley. In
Please join us in welcoming Molla Islam (he/him) to Schmid College of Science and Technology. Islam will serve as an Instructional Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Molla Islam’s lab conducts research on polymer-based microparticles and assemblies to develop superior materials for drug delivery and sensing. The lab’s main focuses revolve around understanding the structure-property relationship of polymeric
Please join us in welcoming Rodrigo Castillo Vasquez (he/him) to Schmid College of Science and Technology. Vasquez will serve as an Instructional Assistant Professor of Physics. Rodrigo Castillo Vasquez earned his Ph.D. in theoretical high energy physics from the University of Texas at Austin. As a graduate student, he worked as an instructor of record
Please join us in welcoming Jess Boling (he/him) to Schmid College of Science and Technology. Boling will serve as an Instructional Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Jess Boling grew up in nearby Azusa, CA, and considered a career in systems engineering before discovering that mathematics was way more fun. He earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from