FACULTY & STAFF
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Dr. David S. Adegboye
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Professor of Microbiology, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Accreditation Liaison
Park Campus
Administration 204
(504) 286-5381
Having served as Chair of Biology from August 1999 to February 2006, Dr. Adegboye currently serves as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. He graduated with the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria, and obtained his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Dr. Adegboye has had post doctoral training in several places including the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland as a Fulbright Fellow, from the University of London, U.K., Iowa State University, Tulane University, and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, where he is still involved in collaborative research.
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Dr. Solomon Adekunle
Associate Professor
Park Campus
New Science 313
(504) 286-5327
Dr. Adekunle holds a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Boston University. He did a 3 year NIH Postdoctoral fellowship training in Clinical Cytogenetics at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health where he studied the molecular epidemiology of osteoporosis. Dr. Adenunle is a Candidate Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics and teaches Cell Biology, Genetics and Molecular Biology to Biology Majors. His research interest is in the role of interstitial telomeres in chromosomal instability and he has presented some of his findings at local, national and international meetings.
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Dr. Bashir Mahmoud Rezk Atteia
Assistant Professor
Park Campus
New Science 321E
(504) 284-5405
Dr. Atteia acquired his B.S. degree from Faculty of Sciences, Cairo University, Egypt and his Ph.D. from Maastricht University in The Netherlands in Human Toxicology from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine. He was awarded a fellowship (1996-2000) in the Pharmacology and Experimental Oncology, Department of Cancer Biology from the National Cancer Institute in Cairo. Dr. Atteia was given the opportunity to continue his career in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at the LSU Health Sciences Center. In 2008 he joined the Heart and Vascular Institute at Tulane University where he focused on skeletal muscle atrophy and regeneration as well as skeletal muscle stem cells. Dr. Atteia received several awards in Egypt and the United States.
Research Interests: One of Dr. Atteia’s major career goals is to establish a research program in stem cell therapy and experimental therapeutics for prevention and treatment of several diseases including diabetes, obesity, atherosclerosis, men infertility, diaphragmatic muscle atrophy, cardiovascular disorders and cancer. |
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Dr. Ibrahim Ekaidi, M.D.
Associate Professor
Park Campus
New Science 317
(504) 286-5110
Dr. Ekaidi graduated from the Craiova University School of Medicine in Craiova, Romania with a Medical Degree, and he did his Residency in Internal Medicine at Aleppo University Hospital in Aleppo, Syria. At various universities in the United States, Dr. Ekaidi has taught subjects such as Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology. In Medical School he taught Gross Anatomy and Embryology. At SUNO he is teaching General Biology and Anatomy and Physiology. |
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Dr. Murty S. Kambhampati
Professor
Park Campus
New Science 321B
(504) 286-5069
Dr. Kambhampati holds a Ph.D. from Jackson State University in Environmental Science and a Ph.D. from Andhra University, India in Ecology. Over the years he established excellent collaborations with Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island, New York; Dowling College, Tulane University, Louisiana State University's Louisiana Biomedical Network, and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), Cocodrie, LA to place students for summer internships. He is an active research mentor for undergraduates, and he serves as P.I. and co-P.I. on funded grants and SUNO’s Beta Kappa Chi/National Institute of Science chapter sponsor. His work as a mentor resulted in his receiving several awards including the National Role Model Faculty Award from Minority Access, Inc. in 2008.
Research Interests: Phytoremediation, Environmental Toxicology, ecological studies on coastal ponds, and Environmental Biotechnology. |
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Dr. Lisa Mims-Devezin
Professor & Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Park Campus
Multipurpose 201
(504) 286-5064
Dr. Mims-Devezin holds a Ph.D. from Southern University A&M College in Science and Math Education. Over the years she has actively served as a mentor to faculty, staff, and students in the areas of research and teaching. Dr. Mims-Devezin has served as P.I. and Co-P.I. on several grants to enhance the overall infrastructure of the arts and sciences. Additionally, Dr. Mims-Devezin is a member of several professional organizations and serves as Advisor for Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society. She has received awards for teaching excellence, mentoring, and the Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Faculty Award. Additionally, Dr. Mims-Devezin serves as the State Articulation Officer for Southern University at New Orleans to the Louisiana Board of Regents and was instrumental in the development of the Health Information Management Systems Program at SUNO.
Research Interests: Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology
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Dr. Tonye Numbere
Assistant Professor
Park Campus
New Science 311
(504) 286-5067
Dr. Numbere holds her Ph.D. in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry of Plant Hormones and Plant Growth Regulators from Kansas State University. Some of her research involvements include growth regulation of fruit trees and other crops, translocation and metabolism of growth retardants, environmental trace elemental analyses using inductively coupled plasma spectrophotometer (ICP-OES and ICP-MS). She was awarded “Best Research Publication” by Abbot Laboratories in 1992 for her publication on Translocation and Metabolism of the Growth Retardant Uniconazol in apple trees. Over the years, she has served as graduate faculty on committees for M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in biology, chemistry, chemical engineering and math. She has reviewed several research proposals for the University of Missouri Research Board, and she has also reviewed two general biology text books (Biology: Science for Life, 2e. Belk/Borden for Prentice Hall Publishers; and Discover Biology, 4e. Cain et. al. for W. W. Norton & Co. Publishers). Dr. Numbere has also taught courses in Plant Biology (Botany), Cell Biology, Plant Physiology, Principles of Nutrition, Nutritional and Medicinal Properties of Plants, Epidemiology.
She currently serves as advisor and mentor to SUNO biology majors including pre-medicine, pre-pharmacy, pre-dentistry, pre-nursing students and nonmajors. She also teaches General Biology (majors) and Introduction to Biology (non-majors).
Research Interests: Phytochemicals, specifically, in the extraction, isolation, and characterization of some bioactive secondary metabolites in food plants that are beneficial to human health. |
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Dr. Joseph O. Olubadewo
Associate Professor
Park Campus
New Science 319
(504) 286-5109
Dr. Olubadewo holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Vanderbilt University. His work on human placental cholinergic system was multi-disciplinary, involving developmental anatomy, physiology and pharmacology. His baccalaureate major was in Chemistry (Biochemistry minor) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. After postdoctoral work with Dr. Murray Heimberg at both University of Missouri and the University of Tennessee Center for Heath Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee, he had a highly productive academic career at Xavier University of Louisiana.
As a professor of pharmacology, he taught all areas of pharmacology to pharmacy, medical and nursing students. His research and publications have focused on cardiovascular, developmental biological, metabolic and endocrine problems and signal transduction. He is currently teaching General Biology, Developmental Anatomy and Introductory Pharmacology. His community services include various leadership roles at Suburban Baptist Church. |
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Dr. Quincy Quick
Assistant Professor
Park Campus
New Science 321E
(504) 284-5406
Dr. Quick received his Ph.D. in Biology from New Mexico State University. He also conducted post-doctoral studies at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, the Medical College of Virginia, and Sunny Brooke Hospital in Toronto, Canada. He has authored a number of publications in the investigation of novel experimental therapeutics and targets for the treatment of brain tumors, and he is the recipient of an American Association for Cancer Research Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Award.
Research and Teaching Interests: Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Cancer Biology and Organismal Biology. |
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Dr. Illya Tietzel
Assistant Professor
Park Campus
New Science 315
(504) 286-5111
Dr. Tietzel obtained his Ph.D. in Immunology at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. His post-doctoral research inclued signaling of receptors in immune cells at the University of Maryland, immunosenescence of macrophages and pathogenesis of Chlamydia trachomatis at the University of Louisville. He obtained grants from the Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE), the Louisiana Biomedical Research Network and the National Science Foundation to mentor and teach students in research projects in the areas of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Environmental Sciences and Host Pathogen Interactions. He has collaborated with faculty from the University of New Orleans and the LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. His membership in research and teaching organizations reflects his interests. |
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Dr. Yolander Youngblood
Assistant Professor
Park Campus
New Science 309
(504) 286-5240
Dr. Youngblood received her Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Florida. Currently her research includes the effect of the BP oil spill on shapes and patterns of foliar epicuticular wax found on Serenoa repens and other plants in the Gulf Coast region of Louisiana using Scanning Electron Microscopy”. Dr. Youngblood also focuses on better preparing students for the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields. She was jointly awarded a Louisiana Board of Regents grant entitled "Enhanced Workforce Development, Student Success and College Access for Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology". The grant promotes success in chemistry and biology courses via workshops and mentoring for high school and college students, thereby, increasing the chances of students successfully graduating in the sciences. |
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