Join us in welcoming Miranda Aiken, Ph.D., to Schmid College as a Grand Challenge Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow! Dr. Aiken holds a Ph.D. from University of California, Riverside, and is a biogeochemist researching the release of toxic, naturally-occurring soil metals into our groundwater. Her work is highly-interdisciplinary and investigates metal release from individual soil aggregates, all
Join us in welcoming Desiree Forsythe, Ph.D., to Schmid College as a Grand Challenge Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow! Dr. Forsythe (she/her) holds a Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island and has a background in both the biological sciences and education. She is a STEM education researcher with focus on how to disrupt oppressions in the
Join us in welcoming Sonja Cwik, Ph.D., to Schmid College as an Assistant Professor of Physics! Dr. Cwik received her doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh. Her research specializes in physics education, mentorship and workshops. She previously investigated gender differences in students’ motivational beliefs and inclusiveness of the learning environment in introductory physics courses for bioscience
Join us in welcoming John Howell, Ph.D., to Schmid College as a Professor of Physics and Institute of Quantum Studies! Dr. John Howell joins us from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and is a prominent researcher in quantum optics. We asked Dr. Howell a few questions to get to know him and his research!
Join us in welcoming Dr. Rebecca Glineburg, Ph.D., to Schmid College as an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences! Coming from the University of Michigan, Dr. Glineburg was a postdoctoral fellow in neurology. Her research investigates how cellular stress regulates RAN translation in a number of neurodegenerative disease models. We asked Dr. Glineburg a few questions to get to
Join us in welcoming Patrick Hunnicutt, Ph.D., to Schmid College as an assistant professor for Environmental Science & Policy! Dr. Hunnicutt received his doctorate at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, and formerly was a USIP Peace Scholar Fellow. His research investigates the political effects of shortages in environmental goods and services, such
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Dr. Polona Durcik received a grant from the National Science Foundation for her research on “Multilinear Harmonic Analysis and Applications.” Research will be done in harmonic analysis, which is an area of mathematics concerned with decomposing functions into basic waves, analyzing the pieces individually, and then synthesizing this local information into
Congratulations to Seung Hee Kim and Cassandra Zalman for their recent promotions! These faculty members have been reviewed by their peers and their administrators during 2021-2022 and have been awarded a promotion effective at the beginning of the 2022-2023 academic year. We are so proud of the impressive work they have done at Schmid College, and
Professor Tom Piechota receives a joint appointment with Schmid College of Science and Technology and Fowler School of Engineering. Dr. Piechota is a Civil and Environmental Engineer who, as VP for Research, oversaw Chapman’s climb to R2 status. Dr. Piechota’s teaching and research interests center around the investigation of climate impacts on regional water resources
Join us in welcoming Domenico Napoletani, Ph.D. to Schmid College as a professor of physics. We asked Dr. Napoletani a few questions to get to know him and his research! Q & A with Dr. Napoletani What is your current area of research and how did you become passionate about this area? I am currently