Faculty Research

Biology

Stephanie Bingham, PhD: (University of Missouri-Columbia), Assistant Professor, 2008-present.  Dr. Bingham is a MBRS/MIRT Barry alum (1997). Her dissertation focused on understanding some of the mechanisms underlying hindbrain development in zebrafish, specifically, motor neuron migration. She comes to Barry following post-doctoral training at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine where she examined the role of phosphatases in axon outgrowth and guidance.

Christoph Hengartner, PhD: (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Assistant Professor, 2006-present, focuses on the pseudorabies virus (PRV), a veterinary herpesvirus related to human herpes viruses such as the viruses causing chicken pox or cold sores.

Xiaotang Hu, PhD: (Hunan Medical University, China) Associate Professor, studies the function of nonmuscle myosin II and the RhoGTPase pathway in leg and wing morphogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.

Ana Jimenez, PhD: (University of Miami), Associate Professor, 2008-present. Dr. Jimenez is a MARC Barry alum (1993).

Peter Lin, PhD: (Johns Hopkins University), Professor, 1993-present, is studying the modulation of gonadotropin subunit MRNA expressions by sex steroids and gonadal peptides.

Laura Mudd, PhD: (University of Florida), Professor, 1993-present, is determining the effects of β-amyloid, a protein implicated in Alzheimer’s disease, on cholinergic neurons of the septal nucleus cells which are involved in memory and are particularly susceptible to Alzheimer’s disease.

Teresa Petrino, PhD: (University of Tucuman, Argentina), Associate Professor, 1993-present, collaborates with Dr Lin on the actions of inhibin/activin on the ovarian follicle using a teloest model. 

Leticia Vega, PhD: (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Assistant Professor, 2005-present, studies a yeast protein, Pif1p, which inhibits telomere formation by affecting telomerase.Telomeres, have been implicated in the development of cancers and in aging.


Chemistry

John Boulos, PhD: (The City College of New York) Associate Professor, Synthesis of muscarinic agonists for the symptomatic treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

George Fisher, PhD: (University of Miami) Professor, Altered amino acids (racemized D-form) in dysfunctional proteins and their relation to diseases such as Alzheimer’s and osteoarthritis.

Tamara Hamilton, PhD: (University of Iowa), Assistant professor, 2008-present, attended undergraduate studies at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada (2001). Graduate work at the University of Iowa involved metal-organic polyhedra and polygons made from building blocks that were synthesized in the solid state. She comes to Barry following a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Montreal where she studied the crystallization of molecules containing pyrogallol. Her research at Barry focuses on metal-organic polyhedra with porphyrin walls and their catalytic properties.

Tony Wallner, PhD: (Case Western Reserve University) Professor, 2000-present.  Dr Wallner’s research interests include NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) studies of UV stabilized polymers (such as polymethylmethacrylate); stability of creatine in various solutions; and AA (Atomic absorption) analysis of environmental samples (soils and water) for heavy metals. 

Zuzana Zajicova, PhD: (Florida Atlantic University).  Assistant Professor, 2006-present, investigates the physical and chromatographic properties of the alumina and silica monoliths with the photografted nanolayer of polymeric material.


Psychology

Linda Bacheller, PsyD, JD:  (Widener University). Visiting Professor, 2008-present. Her research interests include the role of the therapy setting in therapeutic outcomes; maternal depression and parenting.

Pamela Hall, PhD: (Ohio State University). Visiting Professor, 2008-present. Her research interests include Oppression from the perspective of African American and Haitian American Males; and the Relationship between Memory for Visual vs. Written Messages of Rap/Hip-Hop Music.

Stephen Koncsol, PhD: (Rutgers University).  Associate Professor, 1977 – present.  Dr. Koncsol’s research interests include cultural conceptions of mental illness; dyadic communication failures; and marital satisfaction/dissatisfaction.

Frank Muscarella, PhD: (University of Louisville) Professor, Evolutionary psychology of homoerotic behavior.


Mathematics

James Haralambides, PhD: (University of Texas, Dallas, TX), Professor of Computer Science.  Areas of Interest: VLSI Design, Computer Aided Design, Applied Graph Theory.

Lubomir P. Markov, Ph.D: (University of South Florida) Assistant Professor, 1999 - present, His research interests include real and functional analysis, operator theory and abstract differential equations. He is also interested in working with gifted students.