Director, RENCI at ECU
Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Co-director, Center for GIScience
allenth@ecu.edu — 252-328-6624
Biography
Dr. Allen is the director of RENCI at ECU and the co-director of ECU's Center for Geographic Information Science. He is interested in understanding spatial and temporal change in the natural environment, particularly vegetation and related environmental processes in order to inform human actions. His research therefore emphasizes the development of geospatial technologies such as satellite remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and global positioning systems (GPS). His primary areas of study are coastal and mountain environments of North America, Central America, and Fennoscandia. His current research projects include spatial analysis of coastal barrier morphodynamics; mapping mangroves and coastal change in Costa Rica; developing new algorithms for satellite remote sensing monitoring and change detection; remote sensing and GIS data fusion for characterizing estuarine processes; and investigating biophysical patterns and processes in subarctic, alpine, and mountain environments.
RENCI Project: Storm Surge Visualization
Education
- PhD (geography), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995
- BS (geography), Old Dominion University, 1991
Associate Professor, Department of Geology
Assistant Chair, Department of Geology
corbettd@ecu.edu — 252-328-1367
Biography
Dr. Corbett is coastal oceanographer/geochemist with an overall scientific interest in the cycling of biologically active constituents in coastal and open ocean environments. He is especially interested in evaluating and quantifying pathways of nutrient delivery to the coastal ocean that have been either underestimated or ignored altogether, such as groundwater discharge and advective transport associated with sediment disturbances. His recent hurricane-related research in the Gulf of Mexico demonstrates the importance of meteorological events in coastal sediment dynamics. Other areas of research include using naturally occurring radionuclides as tools for quantifying rates of biogeochemical processes. Ultimately, his hope is that information acquired through this research will lead to a clearer understanding of estuarine and coastal processes, providing better management and preservation of these critical environments.
RENCI Projects: Coastal Environmental Modeling & Storm Surge Visualization
Video interview with Dr. Corbett.
Education
- PhD, Florida State University, 1999
- MS, Florida State University, 1996
- BS, Florida State University, 1994
Assistant Professor, Geographic Information Science
Co-director, Center for GIScience
Department of Geography, East Carolina University
crawfordt@ecu.edu — 252-328-6082
Biography
Dr. Tom Crawford considers Geographic Information Science (GISc) to be the overarching theoretical framework housing topics such as GIS, GPS, remote sensing, cartography, and spatial analysis. Using concepts and techniques from GISc he strives to develop innovative approaches for studying problems involving human-environment interactions. Typically, this entails using strategies to link social to environmental data in spatially explicit (i.e. mappable) ways. His research interests under the rubric of human-environmental interaction include land use and land cover, landscape characterization and analysis, coastal applications of GISc, hazard analysis, cultural landscape study, and complexity theory. In addition to being co-director of the Center for Geographic Information Science at ECU, he is a core faculty member of the Center for Natural Hazards Research as well as affiliate faculty member of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Coastal Science and Policy and ECU's Ph.D. Program in Coastal Resources Management.
RENCI Projects: Hazards and Human Dynamics & Storm Surge Visualization
Education
- PhD (geography), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000
- MA (geography), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994
- BS (mathematical economics), Wake Forest University, 1988
Associate Professor, Deptartment of Microbiology and Immunology
fletcherpa@ecu.edu — 252-744-2699
Biography
Much of Dr. Fletcher's laboratory effort to date has been aimed at the development and characterization of an experimental model for pancreatitis, attaining a tissue-to-molecular understanding of mechanisms for control of secretory discharge. These efforts have required expertise in cellular biology and protein chemistry, as well as extensions of technology to facilitate novel findings. His work with RENCI at ECU's Pollution in Coastal Environments project has focused on the sulfur-containing amino acids cysteine and methionine, which have central roles in protein structure and function. These amino acids appear to be the primary targets with which mercury (Hg) and related heavy metal compounds react. A growing body of information points to the possibility that in a small portion of these two amino acids, the element selenium may substitute for sulfur. It is known that these selenoamino acids would represent a preferential target for mercury that is then more tightly bound and, therefore, positioned for long-term storage and subsequent elimination without interfering with vital cellular processes. Dr. Fletcher is working with other PCE researchers to test this intriguing proposal computationally, in the hope of establishing a plan for dealing with the effects of these highly toxic elements in our coastal ecosystems.
RENCI Projects: Pollution in Coastal Environments & local emergency communication initiatives using the ROVER.
Education
- Assistant Professor (section of cell biology), Yale University School of Medicine, 1975–1979
- Research Associate, The Rockefeller University, 1971–1974
- PhD (microbiology), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1971
- MS (biology), University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1967
- BS (biology), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1964
Professor, Department of Sociology
johnsonje@ecu.edu — 252-328-1753
Biography
Dr. Johnson's interests include the influence of technological and environmental factors on the organization of work, leisure, and cognition, particularly in groups in extreme and isolated environments. He has focused a major portion of his teaching and research program around the use of social network theories and methods for understanding social structure and organization. His recent substantive interests have focused on the relationship between cognition and social structure. The bulk of his research has focused on these concerns among the maritime peoples of the Pacific basin, especially the insular Central Pacific, the Caribbean, and coastal North America. Interdisciplinary in both training and orientation, he has had teaching experience in economics, anthropology, sociology, statistics, and Pacific studies.
RENCI Project: Hazards and Human Dynamics
Education
- PhD (social science), University of California, Irvine, 1981
- BA (anthropology), University of California, Irvine, 1975
Outreach Director, RENCI at ECU
Assistant Professor, Department of English
kaind@ecu.edu — 252-328-6724
Biography
Dr. Kain is Director of Outreach for RENCI at ECU Center for Coastal Systems Informatics and Modeling, as well as a faculty affiliate of ECU's Center for Natural Hazards Research. She joined the ECU faculty in the fall of 2004 after two years as an Assistant Professor in the Technical Communications Department at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. She has taught courses in rhetoric, technical communication, writing for business and industry, digital video production, and Web design. Her research has included the rhetoric and instrumental discourse of the Americans with Disabilities Act and related public policies, information technology applications for the classroom, and the uses of genres in professional settings. Most recently, as a recipient of a North Carolina Sea Grant, she has been studying coastal residents' perception and use of hazard information.
Education
- PhD, Iowa State University, 2003
- MA, Northeast Missouri State University, 1996
- BA, University of Central Florida, 1992
Director, Center for Natural Hazards Research
Professor, Department of Economics
Former Director, RENCI at ECU
krusej@ecu.edu — 252-328-5784
Biography
Dr. Kruse is the former director of the Center for Natural Hazards Research and the RENCI Center for Coastal Systems Information and Modeling (C-SIM) at ECU. Her fields of interest include experimental economics, applied microeconomics, industrial organization, risk and mitigation, health economics, and wind hazard economics. Among her many professional activities, she has been a fellow of the FDIC Center for Financial Research, served on several panels for the National Science Foundation, and been a visiting professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
RENCI Project: Hazards and Human Dynamics
Education
- PhD (economics), University of Arizona, 1988
- MS (agricultural economics), Colorado State University, 1983
- BS with distinction Ag Honors, University Nebraska, 1979
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
landryc@ecu.edu — 252-328-6383
Biography
Dr. Craig Landry is an investigator for the Hazards and Human Dynamics (HHD) research area for the RENCI at ECU Center for Coastal Systems Informatics and Modeling. A natural resource and environmental economist, Dr. Landry has expertise in coastal resource management, recreation demand, non-market valuation, and experimental economics. He has ten years' experience in coastal research, including analysis of coastal hazards (beach erosion, flooding, hurricane risk); household demand for beach recreation, boating, and angling; housing markets in the coastal zone; and water quality issues. Although his primary focus is quantitative analysis and application of rational choice models, he also has expertise in behavioral economics and social-psychological aspects of coastal recreation and tourism.
Specific research projects include household flood insurance coverage in the coastal zone, optimal management of beach erosion, coastal housing market response to risks and amenities, valuation of beach recreation and the role of beach congestion in site selection, economic impacts and economic value of North Carolina's for-hire recreational fishing fleet, and valuation of maritime heritage.
He has served as an expert panelist for the General Accounting Office and the National Academies of Science on coastal vulnerability to climate change and for the Louisiana State University Center for Natural Resource Economics & Policy on rebuilding in coastal Louisiana post-Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
RENCI Project: Hazards and Human Dynamics
Education
- PhD (agricultural and resource economics), University of Maryland, 2004
- MS (agricultural and resource economics), University of Maryland, 2002
- MS (agricultural economics), University of Georgia, 1999
- BSA (environmental economics and resource management),
University of Georgia, 1996
Deputy Director, Master of Public Health Program Field Activities
littlena@ecu.edu — 252-744-3123
Biography
Ruth Little is the Deputy Director of the Master of Public Health Program with a joint appointment as the Director of Community Initiatives for the Division of Community Health and Preventative Medicine at Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University. She is a co-investigator for the RENCI project, Disaster Impact on Public Health, and directs the North Carolina Board of Health training grant. Ms. Little has more than 22 years of public health experience; prior to joining the MPH core faculty she served as the public health director for Jones County. Ms. Little has extensive grant writing and project development experience and has been recognized for her leadership in improving both access to care and health status of underserved populations in eastern North Carolina. She serves on numerous boards and provides consultation to health care agencies throughout eastern North Carolina.
She takes a special interest in rural health, including the topics of health care delivery to underserved populations, economics and health, obesity, inmate health, health care financial management, and personnel administration.
Ms. Little served as the health director in a county that experienced widespread devastation from Hurricane Floyd and was a nursing home administrator during Hurricanes Bertha and Fran. These experiences drive her interests in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the special needs populations.
RENCI Project: Disaster Impact on Public Health
Education
- MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Director, IT Strategic Initiatives, East Carolina University
marshburne@ecu.edu — 252-328-9014
Biography
Since 2006, Mr. Marshburn has served as Director of Strategic Initiatives in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies at East Carolina University. In that capacity, he has been developing advanced technology projects to continue the expansion of ECU's research portfolio; pursuing internal and external partnerships in response of external funding opportunities; and leading the formation of relationships between ECU and educational, governmental, and commercial institutions at the local, state, and national levels in order to enhance support for basic and advanced research and research training within the university community.
Additionally, he has been responsible for strategic initiative development, maintaining communications with funding agencies, and representing the university at national, federal, state, and local levels to promote ECU's involvement in strategic projects, and providing leadership in selected advanced technology projects. His prior ECU roles include serving as Special Assistant to the CIO for Research and External Funding from 1998-2005, as Director of Information Technology Strategic Initiatives from 1984-1998, and as Director of Academic Computing from 1978-1983.
Education
- Executive Leadership Certification, Center for Creative Leadership,
Colorado Springs, CO 1999 - OSP Leadership Certification, NC Gov. Certification for Managers,
Raleigh, NC, 1995 - MA (education), East Carolina University, 1978
- BS (biology), East Carolina University, 1977
Director, Master of Public Health Program
Professor, Master of Public Health Program
novickl@ecu.edu — 252-744-4065
Biography
Dr. Lloyd Novick is the principal investigator for the Coastal Environmental Impact on Public Health: At-Risk Populations (PHS) research area for the RENCI at ECU Center for Coastal Systems Informatics and Modeling. Dr. Novick is also the Director of the Brody School of Medicine Division of Community Health and Preventive Medicine and directs the MPH Program at East Carolina University. He has had broad experience in public health practice, serving as the Commissioner of Health and Secretary for Human Services of Vermont, Director of Health Services for Arizona, and Director of the Office of Public Health for New York State. He also has been Commissioner of Health for Onondaga County (Syracuse, NY). He has led national efforts to develop evidence-based practice guidelines for public health and has been a consultant member of the USPHS Community Preventive Services Task Force. He is editor of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice and five books including Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management (2nd Edition) 2007. He is President of the Association of Teachers of Prevention and Research, formerly the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine (ATPM). He has received a number of national awards, including the Special Recognition Award, American College of Preventive Medicine (2005); the Duncan Clark Award, Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine (2003); the Yale University Distinguished Service Award (2003); the Excellence in Health Administration, American Public Health Association (2001); and the Arthur T. McCormack Award, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (1992).
RENCI Project: Disaster Impact on Public Health
Education
- MPH, Yale University
- MD, New York University
- BA, Colgate University
Professor, Surgery
Professor, Biochemistry
Adjunct Professor, Exercise and Sport Science
Chief, Metabolic Institute
poriesw@ecu.edu — 252-744-3290
Biography
Dr. Pories has received the Army Achievement Medal, the Order of Military Medical Merit, and the US Army Legion of Merit awards. He has been visiting professor at many medical institutions, including the University of Missouri, the University of Rochester, Duke University, the University of North Carolina, Harvard-Deaconess, and Mt. Sinai Medical School. His curriculum vitae lists over 400 books, chapters, journal articles, and several films.
RENCI Project: Disaster Impact on Public Health
Education
- Residency in General and Thoracic Surgery, University of Rochester, 1958–1962
- Graduate Research Fellow, AEC, Biochemistry, University of Rochester, 1958–1959
- Fellow in Head and Neck Cancer, Universite de Nancy, France, 1956–1958
- MD, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, 1955
- BA, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1952
Professor, Deptartment of English
smithcath@ecu.edu — 252-328-5513
Biography
Catherine F. Smith is author of Writing Public Policy: A Practical Guide to Communicating in the Policy Making Process and co-author of A Strategic Method for Writing. She has published on 18th century English and American public discourse; Thomas Jefferson's communication theory and practice; US-Cherokee diplomacy; Virginia Woolf's cultural criticism; witness testimony in Congressional hearings; and Internet writing pedagogy. She came to East Carolina University in 2004 from Syracuse University's Writing Program and Graduate Program in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric. She was founding director of Bucknell University's Writing Program and Writing Center.
Education
- PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- BA, University of South Carolina
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
reyese@ecu.edu — 252-328-5778
Biography
Dr. Enrique Reyes is the principal investigator for the Coastal Environmental Modeling research area of the RENCI at ECU Center for Coastal Systems Informatics and Modeling. His academic experience lies in large-scale approaches to ecosystem analysis. His overarching interest is how coastal areas respond to both natural and man-made impacts, using simulation modeling as a research tool. He has led several multidisciplinary teams in the development of ecosystem models integrating landscape ecology to assess different approaches to coastal resource management. Dr. Reyes has been active in several modeling efforts ranging from plant productivity and fish migration to landscape simulation of processes in wetlands and tropical watersheds.
Current projects include the development of a sea-level response simulation for coastal North Carolina using high performance computing systems, a modeling framework for Louisiana's coastal zone, the implementation of landscape models for the Virginia Coastal Reserve estuarine complex, and a nutrient/forest model for the swamps in Maurepas, Louisiana. His other research sites include the Everglades in Florida, Padilla Bay in Washington, Liberty Island on the San Jacinto Delta in California, and several coastal lagoons in the Mexican Caribbean.
RENCI Project: Coastal Environment Modeling
Education
- PhD (marine sciences: environmental studies), Louisiana State University, 1992
- MS (biological oceanography), Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1988
- BS (biology), Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, 1983
Associate Director, RENCI at ECU
Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences and the Institute for Coastal Science and Policy
walshj@ecu.edu — 252-328-5431
Biography
Dr. Walsh's interests include the processes by which materials from land are dispersed and accumulate in the ocean. He uses sediment characteristics, environmental measurements, and geophysical methods, such as seismic-reflection tools, to understand the modern and ancient processes influencing the sea bed and sedimentary record of continental margins. This research is important for determining the fate of pollutants and runoff; assessing carbon sinks for climate studies; quantifying natural resources, such as sand, for beach nourishment; evaluating biological habitats; identifying and extracting petroleum; and protecting our nation's coastlines. Dr. Walsh's current projects involve sediment dynamics on the actively deforming Waipaoa continental margin, terrestrial sediment flux onto coral reefs of southwestern Puerto Rico, and coastal processes in North Carolina.
Disseminating cutting-edge, research-derived information and real-time data to the public and targeted users is critical to the success of RENCI at ECU. Walsh's research is focused on land-sea interactions, including the exchange of sediments and solutes and the hazards associated with these dynamics (e.g., erosion, overwash). Estuarine observing and modern geophysical technologies (e.g., multibeam, Lidar) are some tools he employs to conduct his research.
Since his arrival at ECU in 2004, Walsh has received support from federal and state entities (e.g., NSF, NOAA, USGS, DCM). Walsh is strongly committed to the application and communication of research. Last year, he spearheaded the construction of the North Carolina COastal HAZards Decision Portal (NC COHAZ) which we plan to expand upon during our renewal phase of RENCI at ECU.
Walsh is an assistant professor in Geological Sciences and is joint-appointed with the Institute for Coastal Science and Policy at ECU.
RENCI Projects: Coastal Environmental Modeling & Storm Surge Visualization
Education
- PhD (oceanography), University of Washington, 2001
- MS (marine science), State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1997
- BS (geology), Colgate University, 1995
Student Directory
Student
hlc0501@ecu.edu
RENCI Project: Storm Surge Visualization
Student
dl0412@ecu.edu
RENCI Project: Coastal Environmental Modeling
Student, Geography
nwl0208@ecu.edu
Biography
Nicholas Lee is a junior at East Carolina University, majoring in geography. He has become involved with RENCI at ECU through Dr. Tom Allen. He is interested in coastal storms and emergency management. He plans to graduate in May of 2010 with a BS in applied geography with a concentration in physical geography. His role with RENCI at ECU will be working on the GIS storm surge modeling.
RENCI Project: Storm Surge Visualization
Student
bjm0124@ecu.edu
RENCI Project: Coastal Environmental Modeling
Past Associates
Professor, Department of Chemistry
bartolottil@ecu.edu — 252-328-9762
Biography
Dr. Lee Bartolotti is the director of the Center for Applied Computational Studies at East Carolina University (ECU) and a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at ECU. He has nearly 20 years experience in high performance computing (HPC), computational science applications in research and education, and scientific visualization. His research interests are in the area of protein structure prediction, molecular dynamics simulation, development of molecular force fields, quantum mechanical predictions of chemical properties, and density functional theory. Working closely with scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency, Dr. Bartolotti has employed computational techniques to perform pioneering research in atmospheric gas-phase chemistry.
RENCI Project: Pollution in Coastal Environments
Education
- PhD, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 1976
- BS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1968
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
bino@ecu.edu — 252-328-6820
Biography
Dr. Bin is an associate faculty member with the Center for Natural Hazards Research at ECU and serves on the advisory committee for the Ph.D. Program in Coastal Resources Management. In the summer of 2007 he was Visiting Professor at the China Agricultural University in Beijing. His research interests include environmental and natural resource economics, coastal resources management, real estate economics, applied microeconomics, and applied econometrics.
RENCI Project: Hazards and Human Dynamics
Education
- PhD, Oregon State University, 2000
- MA, Korea University, 1994
- BA, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 1992
Professor, Cardiovascular Sciences and Medicine
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Vice-Chair and Dir. of Research, Dept. of Cardiovascular Sciences
Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
casciow@ecu.edu — 252-744-0083
Biography
Dr. Cascio received an undergraduate degree in the Natural Sciences from Johns Hopkins University (1977) and his M.D. from the University of Maryland at Baltimore (1980). Subsequently, he completed clinical training in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases, with special emphasis in clinical electrophysiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, from 1980 through 1986. Between 1987 and 1989, Dr. Cascio completed post-doctoral training in experimental cardiovascular electrophysiology in Switzerland at the Universität Bern in the Physiologisches Institut.
Returning as a faculty member in the Department of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1987, he established the Applied Physiology Laboratory, integrating electrical, mechanical, and intracellular and extracellular ionic measurements in perfused hearts. Over the years while funded by the NIH and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the laboratory grew to include a Fluorescence Imaging Laboratory and a Cardiac Cell Culture Facility. Dr. Cascio served as the Director of Cardiovascular Research at the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology located on the Chapel Hill campus, and the Medical Director of the Clinical Electrocardiography Laboratory located in the University of North Carolina Hospitals.
Dr. Cascio joined the faculty of the Brody School of Medicine at the East Carolina School of Medicine June 2004 as Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Cardiology, and Chief of Cardiology Services at Pitt County Memorial Hospital. He now serves as Vice-Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, and Director of Research for the East Carolina Heart Institute.
Current research interests include the study of the cardiovascular health effects of air pollution and nanoparticles, the use of stem cells to repair injured hearts and blood vessels, and studies to better understand the causes of disparities in cardiovascular care and outcomes.
While at ECU, Dr. Cascio has worked with colleagues in the basic science departments to build a core of basic researchers addressing mechanisms of particulate matter toxicology in the lung and cardiovascular system. Currently Dr. Cascio is collaborating with investigators at UNC Chapel Hill and the EPA on human exposure studies to diesel ultrafine particles; Dr. William Hinds at UCLA is assessing the effects of traffic-related particles associated with California freeways on cardiovascular health; and Dr. Michael Riediker at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland is assessing the effects of traffic related particles on Swiss road workers.
Dr. Cascio is a member of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) for Particulate Matter of the US Environmental Protection Agency. In addition he serves on external scientific advisory committees for researchers in environmental health at several universities.
RENCI Project: Disaster Impact on Public Health
Education
- Post-Doctoral (basic electrophysiology), University of Bern, Switzerland
- Fellowship (cardiovascular disease), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Resident (internal medicine), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- MD, University of Maryland
- BA (natural science), Johns Hopkins University
Assistant Professor, Computational Chemistry
liyu@ecu.edu — 252-328-9700
Biography
Dr. Li's research interests focus on systems of chemical and biochemical importance. Knowledge of the mechanism of protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions is significant to structure-based drug research. To investigate these interactions, she carries out classical mechanics-based molecular dynamics simulations on the systems of interest using highly efficient multiple nodes and computer clustered multiprocessing. Understanding the photochemical reaction mechanisms of important atmospheric species such as NxOy, will assuredly help to clarify the atmospheric O3 depletion process. Dr. Li employs quantum mechanically-based high level ab initio, mainly multireference configuration, methods to study the excited state of atmospherically important species.
RENCI Project: Pollution in Coastal Environments
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University, 1998–2003
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan, 1995–1997
- PhD, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, 1994
Professor, Department of Chemistry
morrisonr@ecu.edu — 252-328-9418
Biography
Dr. Robert Morrison has had a long-time interest in developing one-electron models to study atoms and molecules. Most recently this has included the studies of density functional theory. From 1978 to 1988, Dr. Morrison and Dr. David Lunney co-directed a team at ECU to design and build a microcomputer-based aid for blind scientists in chemistry laboratories. When Dr. Morrison is not training or running in an Ironman triathlon, he is studying mercury compounds with Dr. Lee Bartolotti.
RENCI Project: Pollution in Coastal Environments
Education
- Postdoctoral (theoretical chemistry), University of Georgia, 1968–1970
- PhD (physical chemistry), University of Nebraska, 1969
- BS (chemistry), College of Emporia, 1964
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
sargenta@ecu.edu — 252-328-9759
Biography
Dr. Andy Sargent is a Fellow of the Center for Applied Computational Studies at East Carolina University (ECU) and serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Chemistry. His research interests include mechanistic organometallic chemistry and macrocyclic host-guest chemistry. Much of his early career focused on adapting quantum chemistry software to run efficiently on large-scale parallel cluster computers. He has carried his interest in computer programming over to pedagogy, having written and published software to help college upperclassmen learn key components of the complex topic of molecular group theory.
RENCI Project: Pollution in Coastal Environments
Education
- Postdoctoral, Army High Performance Computing Research Center, 1992–1994
- Postdoctoral, Minnesota Supercomputer Institute, 1991–1992
- PhD, Texas A&M University, 1991
- BA, The Colorado College, 1985
