66 Professional-Track Faculty Members Promoted in UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

The University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) announced the promotions of 66 professional-track faculty members.

INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY

Those promoted to Principal Lecturer by the campus:

    • Reid Compton, biology, joined CMNS in 1997. He has taught biological sciences courses including biology, genetics and mammalian histology. In addition, Compton is assistant chair and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Biology and directs the College Park Scholars Life Sciences program.
    • Michael Montague-Smith, chemistry and biochemistry, joined CMNS in 2004. In addition to teaching organic chemistry, Montague-Smith serves as the director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
    • Justin Wyss-Gallifent, mathematics, joined CMNS in 1994. He has taught a wide variety of mathematics courses, most recently Calculus III, introduction to analysis, applications of linear algebra and introduction to MATLAB.

Those promoted to Senior Lecturer by the college:

RESEARCH FACULTY

Research Faculty Promotions

Those promoted to Research Professor by the campus:

Those promoted to Research Scientist by the campus:

Associate Research Faculty Promotions

Those promoted to Associate Research Professor by the college:

Those promoted to Associate Research Scientist by the college:

Those promoted to Senior Faculty Specialist by the college:

Assistant Research Faculty Promotions

Those promoted to Faculty Specialist by the college:

Those promoted to Assistant Research Scientist by the college:

    • Alejandro Egido, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
    • Justin Elenewski, Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics
    • Cornelius Griggs, physics
    • Brian Hicks, astronomy
    • Min Huang, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
    • Theresa Jaffe, astronomy
    • Hyunsoo Kim, physics
    • Je-Hyung Kim, Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics
    • Prabhat Koner, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
    • Bailing Li, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
    • Lin Lin, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
    • Norbert Linke, physics
    • Adrian Loftus, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
    • Iliana Mladenova, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
    • Alek Petty, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
    • Zhengkun Qin, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
    • Nai-Yu Wang, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
    • Zhankun Wang, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
    • Zhuo Wang, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
    • Lauren Zamora, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center

Those promoted to Assistant Research Engineer by the college:

    • Ligang Chen, atmospheric and oceanic science

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Media Relations Contact: Irene Ying, 301-405-5204, zying@umd.edu

University of Maryland
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
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College Park, MD 20742

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About the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland educates more than 7,000 future scientific leaders in its undergraduate and graduate programs each year. The college’s 10 departments and more than a dozen interdisciplinary research centers foster scientific discovery with annual sponsored research funding exceeding $150 million.

About the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland educates more than 10,000 future scientific leaders in its undergraduate and graduate programs each year. The college's 10 departments and nine interdisciplinary research centers foster scientific discovery with annual sponsored research funding exceeding $250 million.