College of Science & Engineering Alumni Newsletter

Fall 2000
 

New Developments and New Faces
By James C. Kelley

    This year the College is welcoming an outstanding group of young faculty. They come to us from some of the finest institutions in the country and we know they will add greatly to already very distinguished faculty currently teaching and carrying out important research in the College. A list of these new faculty is as follows:

• Edward J. Carpenter, Assistant Professor of Biology with a joint appointment between the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies and the Biology Department, earned his Ph.D. in Biology from North Carolina State University. Carpenter’s research interests include marine microbial ecology and phytophankton biology.
• Violetta Cavalli-Sforza, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, earned her Ph.D. in Intelligent System from the University of Pittsburg. Her research interests include machine translation, computer assisted language learning, and intelligent tutoring systems.
• Carlos Crocker, Assistant Professor of Biology, earned his Ph.D. in Animal Physiology from U.C., Davis. Crocker’s research interests focus on the environmental physiology of turtles and sturgeon.
• Wilfred Denetclaw, Jr., Assistant Professor of Biology, earned his Ph.D. from U.C., Berkeley. Denetclaw’s research interests focus on the embryological development of muscle tissue in vertebrates.
• Raymond Esquerra, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, earned his Ph.D. in Biophysical Chemistry from U.C., Santa Cruz. His research interests include use of biophysical methods (time solved photochemistry) for investigating the physiological function of proteins and the molecular basis of disease.
• Megumi Fuse, Assistant Professor of Biology, earned her Ph.D. in Zoology from university of Toronto. Fuse’s research interests focus on the neurophysiological control of metamorphosis in insects.
• George Gassner, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research focus is in the area of biochemistry studying protein-ligand interactions from kinetic and thermodynamic perspectives.
• Serkan Hosten, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, earned his Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University. Hosten’s research interests include computational algebra, discrete geometry, algebraic geometry, and integer programming.
• Gretchen LeBuhn, Assistant Profesor of Biology, earned her Ph.D. in Plant Ecology from U.C., Santa Barbara. LeBuhn’s research interests focus on the evolutionary ecology of plant reproductive traits and conservation biology of plants.
• Ronald Marzke, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, earned his Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard University. Marzke’s research interests include observational cosmology, galaxy formation and evolution, and the large-scale structure of the universe.
• Sally Pasion, Assistant Professor of Biology, earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from U.C. Los Angeles. Pasion’s research interests focus on microbial genetics and the regulation of the cell cycle.

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