2019-20 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Thomas Rice , Assistant Professor of Geology. Education: B.S., West Virginia University, 1978; M.E., Colorado School of Mines, 1987. At Cedarville since 2012. Kevin Roper , Professor of Mathematics. Education: B.S., Southhampton University, England, 1979; M.Ed., University of South Carolina, 1988; M.A., University of Kentucky, 1992; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1995. At Cedarville 1995–97 and since 2000. Nina Sekerak , Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Education : B.S., Pensacola Christian College, 2009; Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2015. At Cedarville since 2015. John Whitmore , Senior Professor of Geology. Education: B.S., Kent State University, 1985; M.S., Institute for Creation Research, 1991; Ph.D., Loma Linda University, 2003. At Cedarville since 1991. Otis Wright , Senior Professor of Mathematics. Education: B.Sc. (Hons.), The University of Sydney, Australia, 1987; M.A., Princeton University, 1989; Ph. D., Princeton University, 1991. Postdoctoral research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998–1999. At Cedarville since 2002. Emeriti Donald Baumann , Senior Professor Emeritus of Biology and Chemistry. Education: B.S., Iowa State University, 1960; M.S., Iowa State University, 1962; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1964. At Cedarville since 1964. Edwin Braithwaite , Professor Emeritus of Mathematics. Education: B.A., Western Washington University, 1966; M.A., Western Washington University, 1968; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1975. At Cedarville since 1976. Leroy Eimers , Professor Emeritus of Physics and Mathematics. Education: B.S., Hobart College, 1963; M.S., Syracuse University, 1966; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1970. At Cedarville since 1981. Larry Helmick , Senior Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. Education: B.S., Cedarville University, 1963; Ph.D., Ohio University, 1968; postdoctoral research, University of Florida, 1974–75 and summers of 1969, 1970, 1971; University of Illinois, summers of 1972, 1973, 1974; Summer Faculty Research Fellow, NASA-Lewis Research Center, 1980–1987 and 1990–1993, 1998; National Research Council Senior Research Fellow, 1988–1989; Wright Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 1994–1997. At Cedarville since 1968. Robert Schumacher , Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics. Education: B.S., Computer Science, United States Air Force Academy, 1970; M.S., Operations Research, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1979. At Cedarville since 1993. John Silvius , Senior Professor Emeritus of Biology. Education: B.A., Malone College, 1969; graduate study, Western Michigan University, 1970; Ph.D., West Virginia University, 1974; postdoctoral study, University of Illinois, 1974–76. At Cedarville since 1979. Daniel Wetzel , Professor Emeritus of Physics and Mathematics. Education: B.S., Morehead State College, 1955; M.S., University of Cincinnati, 1963; Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1971. At Cedarville since 1963. Technical Support Staff Eric Johnson , Science Laboratory Technician. Education: B.A., Cedarville University, 1988. At Cedarville since 2003. Shannon Swicker , Biology Laboratory Instructor. Education: B.S., Cedarville University, 2018. At Cedarville since 2019. Joseph Vroegop , Biology Laboratory Instructor. Education: B.S., Cedarville University, 2019. At Cedarville since 2019. Dennis Flentge , Senior Professor of Chemistry. Education: B.S., Texas Lutheran College, 1969; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1974; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Florida, 1974–75; Texas A&M University, 1976; Summer Faculty Research Fellow, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 1981, 1982, 1984–1988, 1990, 1996, 1997, 2001; graduate study, University of Wisconsin, summer, 1984. At Cedarville since 1980. Darrin Frey , Senior Professor of Mathematics. Education: B.S., University of Nebraska, 1989; Ph.D, University of Michigan, 1995. At Cedarville since 1997. Mark Gathany , Associate Professor of Biology. Education: B.S., Grace College, 2002; M.S.E.S and Conservation Biology Certificate, Ohio University, 2004; Ph.D., Colorado State University. At Cedarville since 2007. Sarah Gilchrist , Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Education: B.S., Cedarville University, 2000; M.S., Wright State University, 2004; Ph.D., The Ohio State University, ABD. At Cedarville 2004–2009, 2012. Adam Hammett , Associate Professor of Mathematics. Education: B.S., Westmont College, 2001; Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2007–2008. At Cedarville University since 2015 Nathan Hnatiuk , Associate Professor of Chemistry. Education: B.S., Houghton College, 2003; Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2010. At Cedarville University since 2008 Ashley Holland , Associate Professor of Mathematics. Education: B.S., Cedarville University, 2005; M.S., University of Michigan, 2008; Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2012. At Cedarville since 2013. Geoffrey Holloway , Associate Professor of Chemistry. Education: B.S., Ball State University, 1996; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2001; Dreyfus Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001–2002, Eastern Illinois University. At Cedarville since 2012. Aaron Hutchison , Associate Professor of Chemistry. Education: B.A., Cedarville University, 1998; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2007. At Cedarville University since 2003. William Jones , Associate Professor of Biology. Education: B.A., Cedarville University, 1981; M.A., University of Akron, 1999; Ph.D., The Ohio State University. At Cedarville since 1999. Heather Kuruvilla , Senior Professor of Biology; Joint Professor of Pharmacy. Education: B.S., Houghton College, 1992; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1997. At Cedarville since 1997. Lindsey McCarty , Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Education: B.S., Cedarville University, 2005; M.S., University of Michigan, 2008; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2012. At Cedarville since 2014. Michael Mendel , Professor of Zoology. Education: B.S., Humboldt California State University, 1981; M.S., New Mexico State University, 1984; Ph.D., University of Maine, 1992. At Cedarville since 2016. Douglas Miller , Professor of Chemistry. Education: B.S., University of Rochester, 1977; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1981; postdoctoral research, University of Iowa, 1982; City University of New York, 1982–1984; Summer Faculty Research Fellow, NASA- Lewis Research Center, 1986–1990, 1992. At Cedarville since 1984. Lin Pan , Associate Professor of Physics. Education. B.Sc., Qingdao University, 1991; Ph.D., Michigan Technological University, 2008. At Cedarville since 2011. Robert Paris , Associate Professor of Biology. Education: B.S., Berea College, 1992; M.S., University of Tennessee, 1997; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2000. At Cedarville since 2011. Kaleb Pauley , Associate Professor of Biology; Joint Assistant Professor of Pharmacy. Education: B.S., Marshall University, 2002; M.S., Marshall University, 2004: Ph.D., University of Florida, 2008; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Florida, 2008–2011. At Cedarville since 2011. 2019–20 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Page 203 Department of Science and Mathematics Faculty