Shawnta D. Chatman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor/Assistant Director of Honors Program

Shawnta D. Chatman, Ph.D.

Department: Chemistry and Physics

       Title: Assistant Professor of Chemistry/Assistant Director of Honors Program

Areas of Expertise: STEM Education & Curriculum Development, Student Success & Mentorship, Data Analytics & Emerging Technologies, Computational & Interdisciplinary Research involving Molecular Modeling

Education:
Ph.D., Chemistry, Jackson State University
M.S., Chemistry, Jackson State University
B.S., Chemistry (Biochemistry), Alcorn State University

Precious Cooper, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Precious Cooper, Ph.D.

Department: Chemistry and Physics

       Title: Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Areas of Expertise: Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Radiochemistry

Education:
Ph.D., Radiochemistry, Jackson State University
M.S., Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry, Jackson State University
B.S., Chemistry, Tougaloo College

Mohammad A. Ebdah, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Mohammad A. Ebdah, Ph.D.

Department: Chemistry & Physics

        Title: Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise: Nanotechnology of Semiconductors and Nanostructured Materials, Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, Optical Parametric Modeling, Optical Spectroscopy, Thin-Film Deposition, Instrumentation Design.

Education:
Ph.D., Physics, Ohio University
M.S., Physics, Clark University
B.S., Physics, Yarmouk University, Jordan

Sonia Eley

Instructor

Sonia Eley

Department: Chemistry & Physics

        Title: Instructor

Areas of Expertise: Chemistry & General Science Education

Education:
M.S., General Science Education, Alcorn State University
M.S., Chemistry Education, Alcorn State University
B.S., Chemistry (Pre-Medicine), Alcorn State University

Hua-Jun S. Fan, Ph.D.

Professor

Hua-Jun S. Fan, Ph.D.

Department: Chemistry & Physics

        Title: Professor

Areas of Expertise: Inorganic Chemistry, Computational Chemistry

Education:
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Arizona
B.S., Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China

Md Firoz Khan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Md Firoz Khan, Ph.D.

Department: Chemistry and Physics

        Title: Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise: Atmospheric chemistry, Air pollution, Chemometric modeling, Environmental pollution and control, Aerosol-health interaction, Citizen science, Online course developer

Education:
Ph.D., Risk Management and Environmental Sciences, Yokohama National University
M.S., Air Pollution Management and Control, University of Birmingham
M.S., Chemistry, University of Dhaka
B.S., Chemistry, University of Dhaka