Science Faculty

Biology

John B. Ferguson, Professor of Biology; Health Professions Advisor
Philip Johns, Assistant Professor of Biology
Felicia Keesing, Associate Professor of Biology; Adjunct Faculty, MAT Program
William T. Maple, Professor of Biology; Director, Bard College Field Station; Director, Environmental Studies Program; Faculty, Bard Center for Environmental Policy
Catherine O'Reilly, Assistant Professor of Biology
Michael Tibbetts, Associate Professor of Biology; Director of Biology Program; Faculty, Bard Center for Environmental Policy

Chemistry

Craig Anderson, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry Program Director
Emily McLaughlin, Assistant Professor Chemistry
Simeen Sattar, Professor of Chemistry
Hilton M. Weiss, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, David and Rosalie Rose Research Professor

Computer Science

Sven Anderson, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Robert W. McGrail, Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Mathematics
S. Rebecca Thomas, Associate Professor of Computer Science

Math

James Belk, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Maria Belk, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ethan Bloch, Professor of Mathematics; Faculty, The Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Bard College
John Cullinan, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Clíona Golden, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Mark D. Halsey, Associate Dean of the College; Associate Professor of Mathematics; Faculty, Workshop in Language and Thinking; Adjunct Faculty, MAT Program
Samuel K. Hsiao, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Gregory D. Landweber, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Lauren Lynn Rose, Associate Professor of Mathematics; Chair, Division of Science, Mathmatics, and Computing; Director, Mathematics Program; Faculty, Master of Arts in Teaching

Physics

Burt Brody, Professor of Physics
Matthew Deady, Professor of Physics; Director, Physics Program; Faculty, The Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Bard College; Codirector, First-Year Seminar
Gidon Eshel, Bard Center Fellow in Environmental Studies
Peter D Skiff, Professor of Physics; Codirector, Science, Technology, and Society Program

Faculty Biographies

Craig Anderson

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry Program Director
B.Sc., M.Sc., University of Western Ontario; Ph.D., Université de Montréal. Research associate, University of Barcelona, Spain; research director, Orgometa Laboratories, Montreal (1998–2001). Awards include Chemical Institute of Canada’s Award of Excellence, Andrew E. Scott Medal and Prize, Society of Chemical Industry Award. Many articles in scholarly journals, including Organometallics, Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Canadian Journal of Chemistry. (2001– )
Phone: 845-758-7293
E-mail: canderso@bard.edu

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Sven Anderson

Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.A., University of Virginia, Charlottesville; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington. Recipient: National Science Foundation grant; National Institutes of Health grant for research on phonological awareness in children with language impairment. Research and teaching interests include artificial intelligence, speech recognition, and spoken human/computer interfaces. Articles have appeared in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, Journal of Phonetics, Computational Neuroscience, and Neural Representation of Temporal Patterns. (2002– )
Phone: 845-758-2322
E-mail: sanderso@bard.edu

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James Belk

Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail: belk@bard.edu

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Maria Belk

Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu

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Ethan Bloch

Professor of Mathematics; Faculty, The Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Bard College
B.A., Reed College; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University. Instructor, University of Utah (1983–86). Author, A First Course in Geometric Topology and Differential Geometry (1996), Proofs and Fundamentals: A First Course in Abstract Mathematics (2000). Articles in Topology, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Topology and Its Applications, Discrete and Computational Geometry, Fundamenta Mathematicae, Israel Journal of Mathematics, Beiträge zür Algebra und Geometrie, and Geometriae Dedicata. Recipient, National Science Foundation grant (1985–87). Member, American Mathematical Society. Specialization: geometric topology. Faculty, The Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Bard College. (1986– )
Phone: 845-758-7266
E-mail: bloch@bard.edu

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Burt Brody

Professor of Physics
B.A., Columbia College; Ph.D., University of Michigan. Founder, Integrated Research and Technology, Inc.; systems analyst, OLI Systems; research professor, Columbia University (1981–97). Published in Physical Review, American Journal of Physics, Laser Chemistry, Journal of the Optical Society of America, Optics News, The Physics Teacher, Foundations of Physics, and conference proceedings. (1970– )
Phone: 845-758-7229
E-mail: brody@bard.edu

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John Cullinan

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Bates College; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Mathematician; research interests include number theory, arithmetic geometry, representation theory. Has taught at Colby College and University of Massachusetts. (2006– )
Phone: 845-758-7104
E-mail: cullinan@bard.edu

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Matthew Deady

Professor of Physics; Director, Physics Program; Faculty, The Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Bard College; Codirector, First-Year Seminar
B.S., M.S., University of Illinois; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Assistant professor of physics, Mount Holyoke College. Research experience: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bates Linear Accelerator Center; NIKHEF, University of Illinois. Articles in journals including Physical Review, Technology Review, and American Journal of Physics. Current research includes nuclear physics, mathematical physics, and musical acoustics.
Phone: 845-758-7216
E-mail: deady@bard.edu

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Gidon Eshel

Bard Center Fellow in Environmental Studies
Phone: 845-758-6822
E-mail: geshel@bard.edu

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John B. Ferguson

Professor of Biology; Health Professions Advisor
Sc.B., Brown University; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University. National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Harvard University (1974–76); National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Yale University (1969–72). Research: biochemistry, especially enzymology of Tetrahymena pyriformis. Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, Society of the Sigma Xi. Author, reviews and articles in Experientia, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Books and Films, New Columbia Encyclopedia, and Microsoft Encarta 97. (1977– )
Phone: 845-752-2333
E-mail: ferguson@bard.edu

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Clíona Golden

Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., M.S., University College Dublin; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University. Research interests include high-frequency gravitational waves, spatio-temporal methods in analysis of fMRI data in neuroscience, high-dimensional geometry. Recipient, Fulbright Graduate Student Award (1998); McCrea Medal for Relativity, University College Dublin (1998); other honors. Member, Irish Mathematical Society, Royal Dublin Society. Has taught at New York University, Princeton University, University College Dublin. (2008– )
Phone: 845-758-7508
E-mail: golden@bard.edu

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Mark D. Halsey

Associate Dean of the College; Associate Professor of Mathematics; Faculty, Workshop in Language and Thinking; Adjunct Faculty, MAT Program
B.A., Hobart College; A.M., Ph.D., Dartmouth College. Assistant professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1984–89). Member, American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America; full fellow, Institute for Combinatorics and Its Applications. Articles in Discrete Mathematics, Discrete Applied Mathematics, and Journal of Combinatorial Theory. National Science Foundation grants for pure and applied discrete mathematics research experience for undergraduates (1988–89) and advanced computing environment for the sciences (1991–93). Faculty, Workshop in Language and Thinking. Faculty, The Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Bard College. (1989– )
Phone: 845-752-2336
E-mail: halsey@bard.edu

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Samuel K. Hsiao

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Haverford College; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University. National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan. Articles in Advances in Mathematics, Discrete and Computational Geometry, Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Member, American Mathematical Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Statistical Association, Mathematical Association of America. (2006– )
Phone: 845-758-7191
E-mail:

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Philip Johns

Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., Carleton College; M.Sc., Ph.D., University of Chicago. Taught at University of Maryland, Swarthmore College, Villanova University, University of Chicago. Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health Neuroethology Training Program, University of Maryland; Century Graduate Fellow, University of Chicago. Numerous publications, presentations, and professional activities related to evolutionary genetics. (2007– )
Phone: 845-752-2338
E-mail: johns@bard.edu

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Felicia Keesing

Associate Professor of Biology; Adjunct Faculty, MAT Program
B.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Grants: National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health. Awards and fellowships include Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship, Anna M. Jackson Award, United States Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2000). Coeditor, Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems (Princeton University Press, 2008). Articles include contributions to Ecology, BioScience, Oecologia, Conservation Biology, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, Canadian Journal of Zoology, among others. Faculty, Bard Center for Environmental Policy; faculty, the Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Bard College. (2000– )
Phone: 845-752-2331
E-mail: keesing@bard.edu

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Gregory D. Landweber

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Princeton University; M.Sc., Oxford University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University. Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics with Distinction, Cambridge University. Many honors, including Brown and Covington Prizes in mathematics, Princeton (1991–92); National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Harvard (1994–97); University of Oregon Faculty Summer Research Award (2006). Has taught at Harvard, University of Oregon, University of Toronto/Fields Institute. Has authored and coauthored many mathematical papers, including “The K-theory of abelian versus nonabelian symplectic quotients” (with Megumi Harada); “Representation rings of Lie superalgebras,” K-Theory 36 (2005); “Twisted representation rings and Dirac induction,” Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 206 (2006). (2007– )
Phone: 845-758-7093
E-mail: gregland@bard.edu

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William T. Maple

Professor of Biology; Director, Bard College Field Station; Director, Environmental Studies Program; Faculty, Bard Center for Environmental Policy
B.A., Miami University; M.A., Ph.D., Kent State University. Director of Natural Science Museum for Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association (Emeritus). Board of directors, Hudsonia, Ltd.; Winnakee Land Trust. Member: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Herpetologists League. Professional interests: evolution and ecology of reptiles and amphibians. Faculty, Bard Center for Environmental Policy. (1973– ) Director, Bard College Field Station;
Phone: 845-752-2334
E-mail: maple@bard.edu

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Robert W. McGrail

Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Mathematics
B.A., Saint Joseph’s College of Maine; M.A., Boston College; Ph.D., Wesleyan University. Research areas: automated deduction and the Semantic Web. Publications include articles in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science, the proceedings of the FLAIRS Conference series, and in the Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Director, Laboratory for Algebraic and Symbolic Computation, Bard College; faculty, the Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Bard College. (1999– )
Phone: 845-752-2308
E-mail: mcgrail@bard.edu

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Emily McLaughlin

Assistant Professor Chemistry
B.S., Ohio Northern University; Ph.D., University of Pennyslvania. Has taught at University of Maryland, University of Pennsylvania, Ohio Northern University. Recipient, Achievement Award for Distinguished Service to the University of Pennyslvania Chemistry Department (2005); Department of Education GAANN Fellowship (2002–04). Research interests include dirhodium (II) caprolactamate mediated C-H oxidations in organic solvents and water; synthesis of ingenol; synthesis of eleutherobin. (2008– )
Phone: 845-752-2355
E-mail: mclaughl@bard.edu

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Catherine O'Reilly

Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., University of Arizona. Areas of interest include aquatic ecology, particularly in tropical systems, climate change, and biogeochemical cycles. Principal investigator, The Nyanza Project, an interdisciplinary research training program for undergraduates on Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, funded by the National Science Foundation. Holds funding for the constructing and ­monitoring of a fish ladder designed specifically for American eels on the Sawkill at Bard College. Contributing author to the Nobel Prize–winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 Report. (2005– )
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu

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Lauren Lynn Rose

Associate Professor of Mathematics; Chair, Division of Science, Mathmatics, and Computing; Director, Mathematics Program; Faculty, Master of Arts in Teaching
B.A., Tufts University; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University. Taught at Ohio State University, Wellesley College. Visiting scholar, Mathematics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bunting Institute Science Scholar, Radcliffe College. Research interests: algebraic combinatorics, commutative algebra, discrete geometry. Faculty, The Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Bard College. (1997– )
Phone: 845-758-7362
E-mail: rose@bard.edu

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Simeen Sattar

Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Rosemont College; Ph.D., Yale University. Postdoctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania (1982–84). Research: oscillating reaction dynamics, infrared spectroscopy of electrolyte solutions. Con­tributor to Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Education. Visiting professor, Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University (2006). (1984– )
Phone: 845-752-2353 x2353
E-mail: sattar@bard.edu

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Peter D Skiff

Professor of Physics; Codirector, Science, Technology, and Society Program
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.S., University of Houston; Ph.D., Louisiana State University. Postdoctoral conferences in quantum theory, classical Athens, history of science, philosophy of science. Consultant, Baylor University College of Medicine, Engineering Enterprises, Inc. Articles in Nineteenth-Century Contexts, Foundations of Physics, American Journal of Physics, Choice, American Archaeologist, Computers in Physics, Journal of Dialectics of Nature (Beijing). Referee for World Scientific Advances in Applied Mathematics, Foundations of Physics, Cambridge University Press. (1966– )
Phone: 845-758-7286
E-mail: skiff@bard.edu

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S. Rebecca Thomas

Associate Professor of Computer Science
S.B., electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., computer science, Stanford University. Taught at Marist College, University of Northern Iowa, Stanford University. Research at SRI International, AT&T Bell Laboratories. Grants and awards: IBM, National Science Foundation, University of Northern Iowa, Stanford University, AT&T Bell Laboratories. Papers include “Domain Semantics for Agent-Oriented Programming” (FLAIRS 2000); “Becoming a Computer Scientist: A Report by the ACM Subcommittee on the Status of Women in Computing Science” (Communications of the ACM, 33:11, 1990; reprinted in 1992, 1997, and 2002 in other venues). (2000– )
Phone: 845-752-2307

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Michael Tibbetts

Associate Professor of Biology; Director of Biology Program; Faculty, Bard Center for Environmental Policy
B.S., Southeastern Massachusetts University; Ph.D., Wesleyan University. Teaching assistant, Peterson Fellowship, Wesleyan University. Adjunct lecturer, postdoctoral fellow, University of Michigan. Recipient, National Science Foundation grant (2008), to study transmission of anaplasmosis from ticks to people. Member of Sigma Xi, Genetics Society of America, American Society of Microbiology. Professional interests: cellular events that lead to appropriate spatial organization of subcellular material. Recipient, National Science Foundation grant (2008). Faculty, Bard Center for Environmental Policy. (1992– )
Phone: 845-752-2309
E-mail: tibbetts@bard.edu

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Hilton M. Weiss

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, David and Rosalie Rose Research Professor
Sc.B., Brown University; M.S., University of Vermont; Ph.D., Rutgers University. Consultant, U.S. General Accounting Office, Environmental Protection Agency; visiting scholar, Wesleyan University (1989–90). Honorary research associate, Harvard University (1977–78). Recipient, 1999 Texaco Research Award. Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of the Chemical Society (London), Journal of Chemical Education, others. (1961– ) Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, David and Rosalie Rose Research Professor.
Phone: 845-758-7226
E-mail: weiss@bard.edu

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