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The Governor's School in the Sciences Faculty Dr. Gloria Anderle, Fairleigh Dickinson University Dr. Gloria Anderle earned her B.S. degree in Chemistry from FDU. After several years working in the electroplating and lubricant coolant industries, she completed an M.S. and Ph.D. in physical chemistry at Rutgers University Newark where she studied the kinetics of ultrasound induced purine destacking, and protein-lipid interactions using FTIR spectroscopy. This was followed by a 3 year postdoctoral position at Rutgers studying protein structure. Dr. Anderle held adjunct and temporary teaching positions at County College of Morris, Ramapo College and East Stroudsberg University before becoming an Assistant Professor of Computational Chemistry at Fairleigh Dickinson University. In addition, she has held the position of Director of the Morris County Science Alliance and has done consulting work for Fisher Scientific working with both Novartis and Schering Plough. In 2002, Dr. Anderle began working at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School on molecular dynamic simulations of lens and collagen proteins and she maintains these collaborations while teaching at FDU. Dr. Erik Anderson, Drew University Erik Anderson, associate professor of philosophy, received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. His research interests include the philosophy of science, the philosophy of mind, and aesthetics. He especially enjoys outdoor sports like cycling and skiing. Dr. Michael Avaltroni, Fairleigh Dickinson University Dr. Michael Avaltroni is an Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He earned his undergraduate degree from FDU in 1999, and completed his M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University, where he worked in the Schwartz Research Group developing covalently attached coatings for use in enhancing orthopedic integration. His interests include the development and formation of new coating techniques and methods to promote covalent molecular attachment on oxide surfaces. He is the author or co-author of four publications and seven patents in this subject area. Dr. Shannon Bradshaw, Drew University Dr. Bradshaw earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Northwestern University in 2002. He joins the faculty of Drew University in the Fall of 2006 after four years as a professor at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business. Dr. Bradshaw has also worked as a senior software engineer, system architect, and chief technology officer at several startup companies. His research interests include search engines, human-computer interaction, and social networks, and he has published several papers in these areas. Other interests include spending time with his wife and daughter, reading and writing fiction, and playing bluegrass guitar. Dr. Adam Cassano, Drew University Dr. Cassano received a B.S. in Biochemistry and a B.A. in History from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. He liked Cleveland so much he stayed at CWRU and received his Ph.D. from the Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology. Along the way, he was an adjunct instructor in Biology at CWRU and in Biochemistry at Hiram College. Dr. Cassano arrived at Drew University in fall, 2004, and teaches General Chemistry and Biochemistry. His research interests focus on the role of metal ions in mechanisms of enzyme catalysis. When not at Drew, Dr. Cassano enjoys watching and participating in sports, reading, and spending time with his family. Dr. Heather Cook, Wagner College Heather Cook received a B.S. in Biology from Trenton State College (now called The College of New Jersey) and earned a Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology from Tufts University Sackler School of Biomedical Research in Boston. She did postdoctoral research in the Program of Molecular Medicine at The University of Massachusetts School of Medicine where she started studying Body Axis Specification in Drosophila melanogaster, which she has continued to work on while teaching Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics at Wagner College on Staten Island. Dr. Patrick Dolan, Drew University Dr. Dolan received his B.A. in Psychology from Marist College in 1993 and his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from New York University in 1998. He did postdoctoral research in the Department of Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis from 1998-2001. He has been an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Drew University since 2001. His research interests include conscious and unconscious processes involved in human memory, attention and perception, and how these processes change with increased age. Dr. Robert L. Fenstermacher, Drew University Dr. Fenstermacher was the first Director of NJGSS in 1984, and he is Chairperson and Professor of Physics at Drew. He received a B.A. from Drew and a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. An experimentalist, he teaches electronics and the advanced physics lab at Drew. Beyond Drew he is interested in cars, tennis, and home improvement. Dr. Jennifer Fox, Drew University Jennifer Fox is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Drew University. She received a B.A. from Carleton College, an M.A. from Indiana University, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University, and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kazakhstan. She is interested in understanding how organisms respond to environmental change, and also how the ability to disperse through time influences current populations. Her research sites have included the most beautiful lake in New Zealand and the most polluted lake in North America. Dr. Fox grew up in Saratoga Springs, NY. She enjoys traveling, camping and hiking, and listening to live music. In the summer she can often be found at music festivals, simultaneously enjoying all of these things!! Dr. Jonathan Golden, Drew University Jonathan Golden received his Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania in1998. Golden currently teaches at Drew University in the Department of Anthropology and for the Casperson School of Graduate Studies, as well as at Fairleigh Dickinson University. His primary area of focus is the ancient Near East and Europe. Golden has published a number of articles on the archaeology of this region and his first book entitled Ancient Canaan and Israel: New Perspectives came out in late 2004. His second book, Dawn of the Metal Age is forthcoming. Mr. Randy Heuer, G.R. Heuer Software Consulting Randy Heuer attended Rutgers University where he received a B.S. in Meteorology and then completed an M.S. in Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. Randy spent 25 years with Bell Labs and AT&T Labs where he worked on projects involving underwater acoustics, signal processing tools, consumer experiments, graphical user interfaces and data visualization. Recently he formed an independent software consulting business, is the Chief Technology Officer of a national animal welfare organization, and tutors math and computer science at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Away from his computer, Randy enjoys golf and softball, and performs on trombone in various concert and jazz bands. Dr. Roger Knowles, Drew University Dr. Knowles is currently an Associate Professor in the Department
of Biology. He received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard
University in 1996 and is a graduate of the United States Military
Academy at West Point. He is co-director of the Neuroscience Program
at Drew and has done postdoctoral work in the Department of Neurology,
Alzheimer’s Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Jessica Lakin received her B.A. in Psychology from Butler University in 1998 and her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Ohio State University in 2003. She has been an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Drew University since 2003. Her research interests include unconscious processes involved in human social cognition, nonverbal behavior, and self-esteem protection strategies. Dr. Maria Masucci, Drew University Dr. Maria Masucci received her doctorate from Southern Methodist University, specializing in New World Archaeology. Her particular expertise is in ancient ceramic technology of Latin America, but she has also conducted research on the origins and development of pottery making in Southwestern Europe. Dr. Masucci’s field work has concentrated over the last fifteen years in excavations of agricultural village settlements on the coast of Ecuador dated to between 200 B.C. and A.D. 800 and on archaeological sites in Portugal dated to between 20,000 to 1,000 years ago. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, and prior to joining the Drew faculty in 1993, she spent two years of postdoctoral training at the Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in the application of Geological and Materials Science techniques to the study of ancient ceramics. She is currently the leader of a research team investigating sourcing and trade in ceramics between prehistoric settlements in coastal Ecuador using chemical analysis (Neuron Activation and Electron Microprobe Analyses) and mineralogical studies (Petrographic Analysis). Dr. June Middleton, Fairleigh Dickinson University June Middleton teaches Microbiology and Genetics at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ. She received her B.A. from Douglass College in Bacteriology/Chemistry and her Ph.D. from the U. North Carolina (Chapel Hill) in Microbiology and Immunology with a minor in Biochemistry. Her research interests include the study of antibiotic resistance in environmental bacteria and community bacteriocin production in enterococci. She is past president of the Theobald Smith Society (American Society for Microbiology) and currently serves as Chair of the Biology Department at FDU. Dr. David M. Miyamoto, Director, Governor’s School
in the Sciences, Drew University Dr. Miyamoto grew up in California and graduated from University of California, San Diego with a B.A. in Biology. He received his Ph.D. from Duke University and was a postdoctoral fellow and instructor at the University of Texas at Austin. During this period he studied the mechanisms by which cells form structures in insect, chick and ascidian embryos using scanning, light and video time-lapse microscopy. More recently he has been studying the role of nitric oxide in initiating the response of ciliated tracheal cells to infection by Bordetella avium, a bacterium that causes a whooping cough-like disease in poultry. Dr. Miyamoto is Chair and Professor of Biology at Drew University where he has been a member of the faculty since 1986. He as been an instructor in the Governor’s School in the Sciences since 1986 and served as Associate Director in 1995 and 1997 before becoming Director in 1998. Dr. John Muccigrosso, Drew University Dr. John Muccigrosso is an associate professor in the Classics Department at Drew University. After obtaining his B.A. degree in Classics and Chemistry from Amherst College, he received a Ph.D. in Classical Studies from the University of Michigan and an M.S. degree in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Muccigrosso’s current interests include Roman history, Italian archaeology, computing, and classics. Dr. Mary-Anne Pearsall, Drew University Dr. Mary-Ann Pearsall was educated in England at Cambridge University where she obtained a B.S. in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry. She is a Professor in Drew’s Chemistry Department where she teaches inorganic and general chemistry. Her present research interest focuses on transition metal carbonyl clusters. When she has time, Dr Pearsall loves to go hiking. Dr. Krista Seanor, Dover High School Dr. Seanor received a B.A. in Biology and a Ph.D. in the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Disease from Case Western Reserve University. She was an Instructor at John Carroll University for a semester before deciding that she really wanted to teach high school students. Despite vociferous objections from almost everyone, Dr. Seanor went back to school to obtain teaching certification and an endorsement in gifted and talented teaching. She then spent three wonderful years teaching at Glenville High School in Cleveland, OH, and is currently making herself at home at Dover High School. In her free time, Dr. Seanor likes to read, cook, and spend time with her family. Mr. Jeremy Stanton, McNair Academic High School Jeremy Stanton teaches high school chemistry and coordinates science research at McNair Academic High School in Jersey City, NJ. He was a counselor for NJGSS in 1997 and 1999 and graduated with a chemistry degree from Drew University in 1999. His research interests include finding new uses for disposed building materials with polymers and also trying to determine what makes the pesky Asian Longhorned beetle attack local trees. When not preparing students for science fairs or the AP exam, he enjoys artistic endeavors, reality TV, good conversation, music, and anything related to South Africa. Dr. Steve Surace, Associate Director, Governor’s
School in the Sciences, Drew University Dr. Steve Surace has been a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Drew University since 1987. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Courant Institute at New York University in the fields of Analysis and Mathematical Physics, and he has published research in these areas. He has been on the faculty of the NJ Governor’s School in the Sciences since 1988, and has been the Associate Director since 2001. When Dr. Surace is not teaching at Drew, he enjoys driving sports cars, traveling, playing ping-pong, hanging out at Firehouse Pizza and talking to his parrot. Dr. Linda Van Blerkom, Drew University Linda Van Blerkom received a B.A. in chemistry and an M.S. in biochemistry/molecular biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. After eight years of research in virology, cell biology, and bacterial genetics, she decided that people were more interesting than microorganisms, so she went back to school for an M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology. Her subsequent research has been in biological and medical anthropology and includes such topics as disease exchange during the conquest of America, evolution of human infectious disease, shamanic healing, clown doctors, and the effects of viruses on human evolution. Her other interests include gardening, cooking, yoga, and reading mysteries. |
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