{"id":119,"date":"2021-08-03T16:30:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T16:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/cosm\/?p=119"},"modified":"2021-09-15T09:41:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T13:41:57","slug":"cosm-welcomes-new-faculty-for-fall-2021-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/cosm\/2021\/08\/03\/cosm-welcomes-new-faculty-for-fall-2021-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"CoSM Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2021 Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The College of Science and Mathematics wants to extend a warm welcome to our new faculty members who will be joining Valdosta State this fall. Each of these individuals bring a wealth of knowledge to their respective departments, and we are eager to have them on our team as we continue to educate our students in the fields of Aerospace Studies\/AFROTC, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics, Astronomy, Geosciences & Engineering Technology (PAGET).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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V-State Computer Science welcomes new faculty member, Assistant Professor Dr. Ahana Roy Choudhury<\/strong>. She holds a PhD in Computer Science and her research interests are in the fields of Computer Vision and Machine Learning, working on medical imaging problems and drone localization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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V-State Computer Science welcomes new Assistant Professor, Dr. Krishnapriya Kottakkal Sugathan<\/strong> who earned her PhD in Computer Science. Her research focus is Cybersecurity, Biometrics and Artificial Intelligence, with specific interest in increasing accuracy of facial recognition systems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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V-State Chemistry welcomes new Assistant Professor Dr. Shipra Gupta<\/strong>. As a photochemist, her current research focus is using photochemical pathways to synthesize industrially relevant compounds and designing smart materials using natural resources.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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V-State Biology welcomes new Assistant Professor Dr. Ansul Lokdarshi<\/strong>, a biochemist who uses biochemical, cellular and molecular methods to understand plant responses to environmental stresses. He is also active in K-12 outreach to increase love of plant biology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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V-State Biology congratulates Mr. Joshua Brown<\/strong> (M.S. in Biology) on his recent appointment as Lecturer. He will be teaching introductory biology labs and courses in Anatomy & Physiology. His research interests focus on population & molecular genetics.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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V-State Mathematics congratulates Ms. Anna Lane<\/strong> (M.S. in Mathematics) on her recent appointment as Lecturer. She will be teaching courses in College Algebra and Trigonometry.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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V-State PAGET welcomes new Lecturer Ms. Neda Shirazi<\/strong> who holds a M.S. in Industrial Engineering. She will be teaching courses in our Industrial Engineering Technology program; her research interests include supply chain engineering and operations research.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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V-State PAGET welcomes new Assistant Professor Dr. Billy Quarles<\/strong>. His research focuses on the evolution of planetary systems including how our Solar System began and planetary orbits of binary star systems as well as the discovery of new planets in these systems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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