Faculty Directory
Dr. Julie Pigza
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Organic Synthesis, Organocatalysis, NMR Spectroscopy, Community College Transfer Student Success
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Discipline: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chain Technology Center (TEC) 433
Eric Powell
Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Ocean Science and Engineering
Discipline: Coastal Sciences
Dr. Rebecca Powell
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
K-16 Writing Pedagogy, Teacher Education, Place Studies, Trauma and Narrative Writing
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Humanities
Discipline: English
Elizabeth Hall (EH) 315
Dr. William Powell
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: World Languages
Dr. Mark Puckett
Professor
Areas of Expertise
quantitative stratigraphy, paleontology, ostracods, foraminifera, environmental science
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Geography and Geology
Walker Science Building (WSB) 128
Ronald Putthoff
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Discipline: Mathematics
Dr. Zhe Qiang
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Polymer Engineering and Physics, Nanomaterials, Sustainability and Circular Economy
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Polymer Science and Engineering
Discipline: Polymer Science and Engineering
Thames Polymer Science Research Center (PSRC) 312
Carl Qualls
Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology
Johnson Science Tower (JST) 414
Blaine Quarnstrom
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Performing and Visual Arts
Discipline: Theatre
Dr. George Raber
Professor
Areas of Expertise
GIS, Remote Sensing, Spatial Modeling, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Conservation, Land Cover Analysis, Scale and Accuracy in Geo-spatial Data
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Geography and Geology
Walker Science Building (WSB) 226
Dr. Nick Rahimi
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Cyber Systems Security & Privacy, Trustworthy AI in Cybersecurity, Decentralized and Distributed Systems & Applications, Brain-Computer Interface and Security, Digital Warfare & Cybersecurity Policy, Applied Cryptography, Computing Sciences Education
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Computing Sciences and Computer Engineering
Discipline: Computer Science
Chain Technology Center (TEC) 330
Professor Chet Rakocinski
Professor
Areas of Expertise
marine ecology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Ocean Science and Engineering
Discipline: Coastal Sciences
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Oceanography 131
Dr. Catherine Rand
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Band, Wind conducting
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Music
Discipline: Music Performance
Mannoni Performing Arts Center (PAC) Second Floor - Band Office
Dr. Vijay Rangachari
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Amyloids and Protein aggregation, Biomaterials, Biomolecular condensates, Cell and Molecular Biology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Discipline: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Johnson Science Tower (JST) 912
Dr. Md Mamunur Rashid
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Coastal Hazards and Hydrometeorological Extremes
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Ocean Science and Engineering
Discipline: Coastal Sciences
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Dr. Mohammed Rashid
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Critical Cultural Communication, Global Media and TechnoCultures, Platform Studies, Queer Theory, Digital Publics and Counter-publics
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
College Hall (CH) 207A
Jeff Rassier
Instructor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
College Hall (CH) 302a
Dr. James Rawlins
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Surface Coatings, Corrosion Control, Biomass and Biobased Materials
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Polymer Science and Engineering
Discipline: Polymer Science and Engineering
Thames Polymer Science Research Center (PSRC) 181
Grayson Rayborn
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Discipline: Physics and Astronomy
Mahdi Razaz
Assistant Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Ocean Science and Engineering
Discipline: Ocean Engineering
Stennis Space Center 142
Dr. Andy Reese
Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Geography and Geology
Walker Science Building (WSB) 232
Julie Reid
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
education, gender, race, social class, intersectionality, globalization, international development
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Sociology
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 442
Mr. Kenneth Rhinehart
Instructor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: Center for STEM Education
Discipline: STEM Education
Walker Science Building (WSB) 233
Mark Rigsby
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Ceramics, Sculpture, Art Exhibition Curation and Gallery Management
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Performing and Visual Arts
Discipline: Art and Design
George Hurst Building (GHB) 114
Dr. Ramesh Rijal
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Host-Pathogen Interaction; Bacterial Pathogenesis; Dictyostelium discoideum and Macrophage Biology, Drug Discovery
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology
Johnson Science Tower (JST) 618