2022-23 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Faculty Mark McClain , Chair; Professor of Chemistry. Education: B.A., Cedarville University, 1989; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1994; Postdoctoral Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories, 1994–96; Summer Faculty Research Fellow, Air Force Research Laboratory, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002; National Research Council Senior Research Associate, 2003–2004. At Cedarville since 1996. Steven Gollmer , Assistant Chair; Senior Professor of Physics. Education: B.S., Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, 1982; B.S., Northern Illinois University, 1985; M.S., University of Illinois, 1986; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1994. At Cedarville since 1994. Melissa Burns , Associate Professor of Biology. Education: B.A., Cedarville University, 1996; M.D., Indiana University School of Medicine, 2000. At Cedarville since 2009. Tracy Collins , Associate Professor of Biology. Education: B.S., The Ohio State University, 2000; M.S., University of Dayton, 2005; Ph.D., University of Dayton, 2010. At Cedarville since 2015. Sharon Cooper , Assistant Professor of Biology. Education: B.S., Cedarville University, 2010; Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2017. At Cedarville since 2017. Terry Dickson , Professor of Biology. Education: B.S., The Ohio State University, 1973; M.D., Medical College of Ohio at Toledo, 1982. At Cedarville since 2020. 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 , 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 , Professor of Mathematics. Education: B.S., Westmont College, 2001; Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2007–2008. At Cedarville 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. 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 , 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. Education: B.S., Houghton College, 1992; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1997. At Cedarville since 1997. 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. Joni Ormsbee , Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Education: B.S., Wright State University, 1987; M.A.T., Miami University, 1992; M.S., Miami University, 1995. At Cedarville since 2010. Christina Osborne , Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Education : B.S., California Baptist University, 2012; M.S., University of California at Riverside, 2014; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2018; postdoctoral Ross Assistant Professor of Mathematics, The Ohio State University, 2018–2020. At Cedarville since 2020. 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. 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. Mohan Pereira , Assistant Professor of Physics. Education: B.S., University of Colombo, 2007; Ph.D., University of Rhode Island, 2016; postdoctoral research, Yale School of Medicine, 2016–2018. At Cedarville since 2018. Megan Rabe , Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Education : B.S., Cedarville University, 2008; M.S., University of Kentucky, 2011; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2014. At Cedarville since 2022. 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 , Associate 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. Page 192 2022–23 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Department of Science and Mathematics Faculty