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Natural Sciences & Mathematics

Full time Faculty & Staff

Daniel E. Bassi, PhD

Title: Associate Professor
Education: PhD, Chemistry
Dissertation title: “Biosynthesis of succinoglycan and associated compounds in Agrobacterium sp.”
Office: HFH 408C
Phone: (267) 341-3319
Email: dbassi@holyfamily.edu

Courses taught: Anatomy and Physiology I and II, Research Internship

Areas of interest:
- Proprotein convertases in tumor development
- Epithelial- stromal interactions
Other roles: Member of the Co-Op advisory board, Member of Taylor Grant awards Committee

Robert E. Cordero, PhD

Title: Associate Professor of Biology
Education: PhD Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey 1980
Dissertation title: The Effect of Acute and Chronic Gamma Irradiation on the Shoot Apex an General Morphology of Lupinus Albus L.
Office: H406A/Lab 404
Phone: (267) 341-3466
Email: rcordero@holyfamily.edu

Courses taught: General Biology, Botany, Microtechnique, Living in the Environment, Scientific Literature

Recent Publications/Presentations: Growth Inhibition and Antioxidant Properties of Aqueous and Methanolic Extracts of Leaves from a Variety of Hosta Leaves

Areas of interest: Allelochemistry, Radiation Biology
Other roles: Moderator Beta Beta Beta

Guo-An Diao, PhD

Title: Assistant Professor
Education: PhD in Mathematics, Rutgers University, 2003.
Dissertation title: Is a graph of finitely generated free groups free? An algorithm.
Office: Holy Family Hall 408A
Phone: (267)341-3462
Email: gdiao@holyfamily.edu

Courses taught: Introduction to College Math, Contemporary Math, Math for Education Majors, Elementary Statistics, College Algebra and Trigonometry, Calculus I and II, Ordinary Differential Equations, Discrete Math, Modern Geometry, Theory of Numbers, Probability, Introduction to Complex Variables, Numerical Analysis

Recent Publications/Presentations:
(1) Guo-An Diao and Mark Feighn. The Grushko decomposition of a finite graph of finite rank free groups: an algorithm, Geometry and Topology, Vol. (9) (2005) no. 41, pages 1835-1880.
(2) Guo-An Diao. Diversity, Internationalization, and Institutional Identity, jointed with Drs. Leonard Soroka, Patricia Duncan, and Roger Gee. Paper presented at the Global Perspective in Higher Education International Conference in China (2007).

Areas of interest: Math Education and Undergraduate Research in Math.
Other roles: Kappa Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society, Co-Moderator.

George Haynes, MS

Assistant Professor of Biology,
Office: Room 408D, Holy Family Hall
Phone: 215-637-7700, ext. 3256
E-mail: ghaynes@holyfamily.edu

Dian He, PhD

Title:Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Education: PhD, The Ohio State University
Office: Holy Family Hall 406C
Phone: 267-341-3250, 267-888-8384
Email: dhe@holyfamily.edu

Areas of interest: Computational analysis of structure and biological function of translesion DNA polymerase zeta from Dictyostelium discoideum, collaborating with Dr Stan Mauldin.

Courses taught:
Chem 120/121 Chemistry Principles I/II
Chem 207/208 Organic Chemistry I/II
Chem 301/302 Physical Chemistry I/II

Other roles: Faculty Assessment Coordinator, Natural Science and Math; Co-Moderator, Albertans Club

Mary Christine Huber, PhD

Title: Associate Professor of Biology
Education:
BA in Biology, Marillac College, Normandy, Missouri
MEd: Science Education in the Elementary School, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
MS in Biology, University of Missouri, St. Louis
PhD in Plant Pathology, University of Missouri, Columbia

Dissertation title: An Ultrastructural Study of the Symbiotic Relationships of Four Strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum with Glycine max.
Office: Holy Family Hall 406 D
Phone: (267) 341-3268
E-mail: mhuber@holyfamily.edu

Courses taught: Principles of Biology I, Cell Biology, Principles of Genetics, Scientific Techniques, Molecular Genetics, Seminar in Evolution, Environment of Planet Earth, Biology and the Natural World.

Recent Publications/Presentations: I write laboratory manuals for the courses that I teach.

Areas of interest: My passion includes anything cellular, molecular, or environmental, especially anything that has to do with plants: cell biology, molecular genetics, plants and plant pathogens, earth science, evolutionary science, the environment. Since I am a Secular Franciscan, my other passion resides in Franciscan studies.
Other roles: Chair of the Committee on the Environment

Stanley K. Mauldin PhD

Title: Associate Professor of Biology/Biochemistry
Education:
BA University of North Carolina at Greensboro
MA University of North Carolina at Greensboro
PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dissertation title: “Studies on the Biotransformation of Two Second Generation cis- Platinum Antitumor Drugs”
Office: HFH 406B
Phone: 267-341-3556
Email: smauldin@holyfamily.edu

Courses taught:
BIOL 415 – 416 Modern Concepts in Biochemistry I and II
BIOL 120 Biological Principles I
BIOL 330 General Immunology
BIOL 408 Cell and Molecular Techniques
BIOL 427 – 428 Research Internship
BIOL 206 Microbiology
CHEM 120 – 121 General Chemistry I and II
GSCI 106 Chemistry and the Environment
GSCI 107 Fundamental Concepts of Biology and Chemistry
GSCI 105 Living in the Environment

Recent Publications/Presentations:
Mauldin, S.K., Getts, R.C., and Stamato, T.D. (2002) DNA-PK-Dependent Binding of DNA Ends to Plasmids Containing Nuclear Matrix Attachment Region DNA Sequences: Evidence for Assembly of a Repair Complex. Nucleic Acids Res., 30: 4075-4087.

Ostrowski, R. and S.K. Mauldin (2006) The Expression of the RAD51 Gene during the Growth and Differentiation of the Cellular Slime Mold, Dictyostelium discoideum. Presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) held at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, April 2006.

Thomas, C. and S. K. Mauldin (2008) Analysis of PSO2 Gene Expression During Differentiation and After DNA Damage in the Cellular Slime Mold, Dictyostelium discoideum. Presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) held at Salisbury University, April 2008.

Areas of interest:
My area of research involves the understanding of the mechanisms of DNA interstrand crosslink repair in both dividing cells and cells that have undergone differentiation. I use as my model system the cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum. As a developmental model system, this organism allows me to study repair both during active cell growth and during differentiation and development.
Other roles: Co-Chair of the Pre-Health Professional Advisory Committee

Sister M. Marcella Louise Wallowicz CSFN, MA

Title: Coordinator of Mathematics & Natural Sciences; Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Education: BA Chemistry, cum laude, Holy Family University
MA Mathematics, Villanova University
PhD coursework completed: University of Pittsburgh
Post-graduate studies in mathematics: Drexel University
Office: Holy Family Hall 408B
Phone: (267) 341-3563
Email: smwallowicz@holyfamily.edu

Courses taught: Elementary Statistics, College Algebra & Trig, CalculusI, II and III, Linear Algebra, Probability, Graph Theory, Modern (Abstract) Algebra, History of Math, Statistics, Advanced Calculus, Senior Seminar

Recent Publications/Presentations:
“Assessing Student Learning in Statistics Using Power Point Presentations,” International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM), Boston, MA, February 2007.

“Programs and Practices to Increase the Number of Mathematics Secondary Education Majors at Holy Family University a presentation at Philadelphia Math and Science Coalition Fall Workshop, Arcadia University, December, 2008

Areas of interest:
Interface of Chemistry and Mathematics, History of Mathematics
Pedagogy, Assessment and Curriculum Development
Other roles:
Co-Moderator of PA Kappa Chapter of Kappa Mu Epsilon, National Collegiate Mathematics Honor Society
Moderator of the PIgers (Math Club)
Coordinator of H.O.P.E. (Campus Ministry group)