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Faculty Research Profile: School of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
The School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (SCMNS) is composed of five departments that offer eight undergraduate and six graduate degree programs, including the multidisciplinary Ph.D. degree in Bio-environmental Science. The departments in the SCMNS are biology/ medical technology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics/ engineering physics. There is a strong emphasis on research in the School and most of this research is done in the Richard N. Dixon Science Research Center, a new facility that contains twenty-four laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment for researchers in biology, biochemistry, chemistry and physics. In addition to faculty laboratories, the Dixon Science Research Center contains core laboratories that serve as research resources in histology/ cytology, molecular biology and environmental toxicology. Key areas of research conducted by faculty of the SCMNS include:
| Biology: | Stress and cardiovascular disease HIV/AIDS; Bioinformatics Neurodevelopment/ neurodisorders Molecular and developmental genetics Environmental toxicology Environmental microbiology |
| Chemistry: | Polymerization reactions and microgravity Analytical sensors for monitoring pollutants and biological activity Synthesis of fluorescent dyes and conductive polyprole polymers for biosensors Development of near infrared dyes for use in biological sensors Development of fluorescent techniques for trace impurities Development of inorganic compounds for use in cancer treatment Computer modeling; Bioinformatics |
| Computer Science: | Artificial intelligence; Computer modeling Computer engineering; Bioinformatics Computational sciences |
| Mathematics: | Mathematical biology – random walks, error correcting codes, RNA secondary structure Mathematical modeling Riordan Matrices; Topology Almost automorphic functions Bioinformatics |
| Physics: | Nanotechnology and its applications Digital image processing Scanning - atomic force and scanning tunnel microscopy Mossbauer spectroscopy Condensed matter physics Acoustics and inverse problem theory Magnetic thin films; Bioinformatics |
Major support for the research efforts of the faculty is received from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Department of Defense.
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