College of Arts & Sciences

Lab Manager

Office: W. B. Atkinson - 430

Phone: 336-750-2545

Email: bellce@wssu.edu  

• M.S. Chemistry, North Carolina A & T, Greensboro, NC
• B.S. Chemistry, North Carolina A & T, Greensboro, NC

Executive Assistant

Office: W. B. Atkinson - 311

Phone: 336-750-2540

Email: bridgesk@wssu.edu  

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Office: W. B. Atkinson - 308

Phone: 336-750-2894

Email: brownkj@wssu.edu

• Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
• B.S. Chemistry, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV

Research Interests: Organometallic and Inorganic Chemistry

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Office: F. L. Atkins Annex - 147

Phone: 336-750-2029

Email: ebertce@wssu.edu  

• Ph.D. Biochemistry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV
• B.A. Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
• B.S. Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
• B.A. Philosophy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Research Interests: Protein Kinetics; Protein Interactions and Regulation

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Office: F. L. Atkins Annex - 139

Phone: 336-750-2165

Email: fakayodesa@wssu.edu  

• Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, Baylor University, Waco, TX
• M.S. Analytical Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
• B.S. Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Research Interests: Analytical, Bioanalytical, Environmental Chemistry and Chemometrics

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Office: F. L. Atkins Annex -140

Phone: 336-750-3158

Email: guof@wssu.edu

• Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
• B.S. Chemistry, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Office: F. L. Atkins Annex -142

Phone: 336-750-3199

Email: kanuabb@wssu.edu

Professional Website

• Ph.D. Instrumentation & Analytical Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
• M.S.  Instrumentation & Analytical Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
• B.S. Honors Chemistry, University of Sierra Leone, Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Research interest: Instrument and Software Development, Chemometrics, Forensic Chemistry, Polymers, Bioanalytical, Environmental Chemistry

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Office: F. L. Atkins Annex -137

Phone: 336-750-2057

Email: kirens@wssu.edu

• Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
• B.S. Chemistry, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

Research Interests: Development of novel synthetic methods and strategies, and their implementation for the synthesis of biologically active compounds

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Office: F. L. Atkins Annex - 143

Phone: 336-750-2237

Email: merlejo@wssu.edu

Professional Website

• Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• B.S. Chemistry, California State University, Sacramento, California

Research Interests: Physical Chemistry, Atmospheric and Combustion Chemistry, Computational Chemistry

Associate Professor of Physics

Office: W. B. Atkinson - 305

Lab: W. B. Atkinson - 126

Phone: 336-750-2224

Email: naeinijg@wssu.edu  

Professional Website

• Ph.D. Condensed Matter Physics, Simon Fraser University, B.C., Canada
• M.S. Condensed Matter Physics, Simon Fraser University, B.C., Canada
• B.S. Applied Physics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Research Interests: Lasers, Spectroscopy, and Biophotonics

Professor of Chemistry

Office: W. B. Atkinson - 309

Phone: 336-750-2919

Email: schwemleinmn@wssu.edu  

Professional Website

• Ph.D. Medicinal/Organic Chemistry, Australian National University, Australia
• B.Sc. (Honors) Chemistry, LaTrobe University, Australia

Research Interests: Peptide derived ligands for metal ion sensing and as potential antimicrobial agents

Research Technician/Lab Manager

Office: W. B. Atkinson - 430

Phone: 336-750-2545

Email: pollardda@wssu.edu  

• M.S. Chemistry, North Carolina A & T, Greensboro, NC
• B.S. Chemistry, North Carolina A & T, Greensboro, NC

Research Interests: Organic and inorganic synthesis, Instrumental analysis

Assistant Professor of Physics

Office: F. L. Atkins Annex - 141

Phone: 336-750-3202

Email: presleyt@wssu.edu  

• Ph.D. Biophysics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• M.S. Biophysics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• B.S. Interdisciplinary Physics – North Carolina A & T State University

Research Interests: Metabolism, nitric oxide and free radicals, particularly as they relate to disease and aging.

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Office: W. B. Atkinson - 303

Phone: 336-750-2547

Email: rahhals@wssu.edu  

• Ph.D. Chemistry, Akron University, Akron, OH
• M.S. Chemistry, Oklahoma University, Norman, OK
• B.S. Chemistry, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, Palestine

Research Interests: Physical Chemistry

Professor of Chemistry

Office: W. B. Atkinson - 307

Phone: 336-750-2546

Email: stumpn@wssu.edu  

• Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
• B.S. Chemistry, Huntington College, Huntington, IN

Research Interests: Analytical/Inorganic Spectroscopy

Assistant Professor of Physics

Office: F. L. Atkins Annex - 145

Phone: 336-750-2406

Email: taoxi@wssu.edu  

• Ph.D. Computational Physics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
• M.S. Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
• B.S. Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Research Interests: Computational Biophysics, Bioinformatics, Computational Nano-Material Science, and High Performance Computing

Interim Department Chair &
Professor of Chemistry

Office: W. B. Atkinson - 306

Phone: 336-750-2543

Email: yakubuma@wssu.edu  

• Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
• B.Sc. Chemistry, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

Research Interests: Bioinorganic and Bioorganic Chemistry

Associate  Professor of Chemistry

Office: F. L. Atkins Annex - 149

Phone: 336-750-2218

Email: yijt@wssu.edu  

Professional Website

• Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• B.S. Chemistry and Computer Information Systems, LaRoche College, Pittsburgh, PA

Research Interests: Physical Chemistry, Molecular Spectroscopy

Associate Professor of Physics

Office: W. B. Atkinson - 304

Phone: 336-750-3179

Email: zhangl@wssu.edu  

• Ph.D. Applied Physics, University of Texas, Arlington, TX
• M.S. Astrophysics, Florida International University, Miami, FL
• M.S. Mathematics, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
• B.S. Space Physics, University of Science and Technology, Hefei, China

Research Interests: Applied Physics

Adjunct Instructor

Office: W. B. Atkinson - 311

Phone: 336-750-2540

Email: ballardtd@wssu.edu  

• M.S. Chemistry, UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
• B.S. Biology, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

Adjunct Professor of Chemistry

Office: W. B. Atkinson - 311

Phone: 336-750-2540

Email: herrellay@wssu.edu  

• Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
• M.S. Ed. Science Education, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, AL
• B.A. Chemistry, Berea College, Berea, KY

Adjunct Instructor

Office: W. B. Atkinson - 311

Phone: 336-750-2540

Email: nebolisac@wssu.edu  

• M.S. Chemistry and Industrial Technology, NC A&T University, Greensboro, NC
• B.S. Chemistry, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR