66 Professional-Track Faculty Members Promoted in UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

The University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) announced the promotions of 66 professional-track faculty members.

INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY

Those promoted to Principal Lecturer by the campus:

• Reid Compton, biology, joined CMNS in 1997. He has taught biological sciences courses including biology, genetics and mammalian histology. In addition, Compton is assistant chair and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Biology and directs the College Park Scholars Life Sciences program.
• Michael Montague-Smith, chemistry and biochemistry, joined CMNS in 2004. In addition to teaching organic chemistry, Montague-Smith serves as the director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
• Justin Wyss-Gallifent, mathematics, joined CMNS in 1994. He has taught a wide variety of mathematics courses, most recently Calculus III, introduction to analysis, applications of linear algebra and introduction to MATLAB.

Those promoted to Senior Lecturer by the college:

• Roohollah Ebrahimian, mathematics
• Fawzi Emad, computer science
• Kenneth Frauwirth, cell biology and molecular genetics
• Lee Friedman, chemistry and biochemistry
• Nathan Manning, mathematics
• Nelson Padua-Perez, computer science
• Sergio Picozzi, physics
• Marcia Shofner, entomology
• Wiseley Wong, mathematics

RESEARCH FACULTY

Research Faculty Promotions

Those promoted to Research Professor by the campus:

• Xiaolei Zou, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, joined CMNS in 2014. Zou researches satellite data assimilation for hurricane forecasting and climate change studies.

Those promoted to Research Scientist by the campus:

• Charon Birkett, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, joined CMNS in 2001. Birkett searches for new and improved applications of satellite remote sensing techniques, focusing on using radar and laser measurements to estimate surface water levels and area measurements.
• Christopher Kidd, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, joined CMNS in 2011. Kidd uses remote sensing to study meteorology and climatology, with applications including local vegetation classification, elevation analysis and global precipitation studies. 

Associate Research Faculty Promotions

Those promoted to Associate Research Professor by the college:

• Timothy Canty, atmospheric and oceanic science
• Michael Gerst, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Hao He, atmospheric and oceanic science
• Melissa Kenney, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center 

Those promoted to Associate Research Scientist by the college:

• Naoki Bessho, astronomy
• Sharon Bewick, biology
• Dennis Bodewits, astronomy
• Kelly Brunt, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Yong Chen, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Elizabeth Ferrara, astronomy
• Tilak Hewagama, astronomy
• Gregory Jenkins, physics
• Liqing Jiang, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Matt Landreman, Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics
• Katrina Macleod, biology
• Silvia Protopapa, astronomy
• Ariana Sutton-Grier, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Hiroya Yamaguchi, astronomy
• Hu Yang, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center

Those promoted to Senior Faculty Specialist by the college:

• Jiun-Dar Chern, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center

Assistant Research Faculty Promotions

Those promoted to Faculty Specialist by the college:

• John Abrahams, Maryland NanoCenter
• Nolan Ballew, Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics
• Tammy Cohn, Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics
• Edward Condon, Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics
• James Gurka, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Jonathan Hummel, Maryland NanoCenter
• Todd Karwoski, geology
• Sz-Chian Liou, Maryland NanoCenter
• Thomas Loughran, Maryland NanoCenter
• Anil Zenginoglu, Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling

Those promoted to Assistant Research Scientist by the college:

• Alejandro Egido, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Justin Elenewski, Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics
• Cornelius Griggs, physics
• Brian Hicks, astronomy
• Min Huang, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Theresa Jaffe, astronomy
• Hyunsoo Kim, physics
• Je-Hyung Kim, Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics
• Prabhat Koner, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Bailing Li, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Lin Lin, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Norbert Linke, physics
• Adrian Loftus, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Iliana Mladenova, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Alek Petty, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Zhengkun Qin, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Nai-Yu Wang, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Zhankun Wang, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Zhuo Wang, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• Lauren Zamora, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center

Those promoted to Assistant Research Engineer by the college:

• Ligang Chen, atmospheric and oceanic science