College of Science and Mathematics honors 2025 externally funded researchers
KENNESAW, Ga. | May 1, 2026
The College of Science and Mathematics at 黑料网 honored 46 faculty members across all five departments for receiving or retaining external funding in 2025 with a reception on Tuesday, April 7.
Among the 46 faculty members, the college had 52 grants in 2025 to support faculty research and student success initiatives. Several of the faculty held multiple grants from a variety of sponsors including, but not limited to, federal grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, and state grants from the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and Georgia Department of Economic Development, as well as other private external grants.
Below is a list of faculty members recognized at the 2025 Extramural Awards Reception.
Premila Achar, Ph.D.
Mahmoud Asmar, Ph.D.
Asma Azizi Boroojeni, Ph.D.
Bharat Baruah, Ph.D.
Mario Bretfeld, Ph.D.
Anton Bryantsev, Ph.D.
Kadian Callahan, Ph.D.
Brandon Carpenter, Ph.D.
Carol Chrestensen, Ph.D.
Katie Christensen, Ph.D.
Christopher Cornelison, Ph.D.
Kimberly Cortes, Ph.D.
Chetan Dhital, Ph.D.
Timothy Faver, Ph.D.
Kyle Gabriel, Ph.D.
Nicholas Green, Ph.D.
Melanie Griffin, Ph.D.
Marco Guzzi, Ph.D.
Mohammad Abdul Halim, Ph.D.
Martin Hudson, Ph.D.
Paula Jackson, Ph.D.
Dongyu Jia, Ph.D.
David Joffe, Ph.D.
Nikolaos Kidonakis, Ph.D.
Dovid Kozlovsky, Ph.D.
Thomas Leeper, Ph.D.
Madalynn Marshall, Ph.D.
Somayeh Mashayekhi, Ph.D.
Thomas McElroy, Ph.D.
Jonathan McMurry, Ph.D.
Kojo Mensa-Wilmot, Ph.D.
Troy Mutchler, Ph.D.
Scott Nowak, Ph.D.
Andreas Papaefstathiou, Ph.D.
Todd Pierson, Ph.D.
Scott Reese, Ph.D.
Carl Saint-Louis, Ph.D.
Ben Sloop, Ph.D.
Eric Stachura, Ph.D.
Michael Stollenz, Ph.D.
Vishnu Suppiramaniam, Ph.D.
Michael Van Dyke, Ph.D.
Joanna Wardwell-Ozgo, Ph.D.
Andrew Wilson, Ph.D.
Masafumi Yoshinaga, Ph.D.
Lihong Zhao, Ph.D.鈥� Story and Photo by Leah Weaver
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