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Spring 2008 H-LSAMP Faculty
Mentors
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Dr. Dede Armentrout is the pre-medical, pre-dental, physician’s
assistant and pre-veterinarian advisor in the Department of Biology. Dr.
Armentrout is a senior faculty lecturer and oversees the Joint Admissions
Medical Program participants at Texas State. She has been a H-LSAMP faculty
mentor since the beginning years of the program at Texas State. |
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Dr. Emilio Carranco is the Director of the Student Health Center at Texas State University. Dr. Carranco has supported the H-LSAMP program as a faculty
mentor since Fall 2006. |
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Dr. Patrick Cassidy received his
Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois and his PhD from the
University of Iowa. Dr. Cassidy is a professor in the Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry at Texas State University. His research interests include
polymer synthesis and characterization, especially fluorinated and high
performance condensation systems. Dr. Cassidy participated in the early
development of the H-LSAMP program at Texas State and is serving as a faculty
mentor during spring 2007. |
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Dr. Debra
Feakes |
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Dr. Hector Flores - Dean, College of Science
Dr. Flores studied biology at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
(Lima, Peru; B.S., 1973) and horticulture at the University of Puerto Rico
(Mayaguez; M.S., 1977) before earning his M.Phil. (1981) and Ph.D. (1983) in
biology from Yale University. Dr. Flores' research interests lie in plant
biology and biotechnology, and he is the Dean of the College of Science at Texas
State University-San Marcos. Dr. Flores is the Principal Investigator for the
H-LSAMP Scholars Program at Texas State, serves as a faculty mentor to our
scholars, and conducts the Science Cafe, a book discussion group for H-LSAMP
scholars. |
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Dr. Robert
Habingreither |
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Dr. Howard Marion |
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Dr. Ben Martin received his Bachelor
of Science degree from Truman State University and his PhD from Pennsylvania
State University. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry at Texas State. Dr. Martin's research interests include making
new inorganic materials using low temperature methods. Potential applications of
these materials include their use as solid ion conductors, important for use in
batteries and fuel cells. Dr. Martin has supported the H-LSAMP program as a
faculty mentor since 2006. |
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Dr.
Noland Martin |
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Dr. Terry
McCabe |
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Mr.
Rodney Rohde
Rodney E. Rohde, MS, SV (ASCP)
received his Bachelor of Science (microbiology) and Masters (Biology, emphasis
in virology) degrees from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State
University). Mr. Rohde is an assistant professor in the College of Health
Professions, Clinical Laboratory Science program at Texas State University. He
is also a clinical assistant professor (joint appointment) at Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center, School of Allied Health Sciences, Department
of Laboratory Sciences & Primary Care, Clinical Laboratory Science Program.
Additionally, Mr. Rohde continues to enjoy being an adjunct associate professor
of biology in the nursing program for Austin Community College. His research
interests are very diverse but focus on public health microbiology, specifically
with respect to rabies virology, wildlife vaccination, antibiotic resistant
bacteria, and molecular diagnostics/biotechnology. Mr. Rohde is currently
working on his PhD in Education. |
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Dr. Karl Stephan is an Associate
Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Texas State. He
received his B.S. from the California Institute of Technology, M.E. from Cornell
University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr.
Stephan became an H-LSAMP faculty mentor in Fall 2006. |
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Dr. Jitendra Tate received his
Bachelors and Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Pune,
India. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with concentration on
mechanics and materials from North Carolina A&T State University, one of the
prominent HBCUs. During his PhD, Dr. Tate mentored undergraduates working under
NASA-PAIR research grant. Dr. Tate has published several quality journal
articles and conference papers, mainly in the areas of composites manufacturing,
characterization, and modeling. He is developing a state-of-the art "Plastics
and Composites Lab" since he joined Texas State University in Fall '05. His
research areas include polymer nanocomposites, high temperature composites,
low-cost processing of composites, and mechanical/thermal characterization of
polymers and composites. Dr. Tate is eager to serve as an HLSAMP mentor,
starting Fall '07. |
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Dr. Ricardo Torrejon received his
Ph.D. in Mathematics from The University of Iowa in 1979. He is currently a
professor of Mathematics at Texas State University. Dr. Torrejon's research
concerns theory of monotone and accretive operators, fixed points of
non-expansive mappings, almost-periodic functions, classical geometry, and
functional differential equations. Dr. Torrejon has supported the H-LSAMP
program as a faculty mentor since Spring 2006. |
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Dr. Linette Watkins received her
Bachelor of Science degree from Trinity University and her PhD from
the University of Notre Dame. She is currently an associate professor in the
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas State University. Dr. Watkins'
laboratory examines the ways that bacterial enzymes can be used to remove sulfur
from petroleum to make cleaner burning fuels. Students learn techniques in many
biophysical and molecular biology techniques including bacterial cell
growth, protein purification, enzyme kinetics, site-directed mutagenesis, and
directed evolution. Dr. Watkins has supported the H-LSAMP program as a
faculty mentor since Fall 2000.
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Dr. Gary Winek received his Bachelor
of Science degree at the University of Wisconsin at Stout. He received his
Master's degree in Education at Ball State University and Ph.D. from the
University of Maryland. Dr. Winek joined the Texas State faculty in 1981. He is
a professor and Director of the Industrial Technology program, which includes
manufacturing and construction. His research interests include Rapid Prototyping
and Green Building. Dr. Winek has supported the H-LSAMP
program as a faculty mentor since Fall 2001. |
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