HUNTER GARDNER, LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES
ANN JOHNSON, HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY
Along with courses on Greek and Latin literature, Gardner, a McCausland Fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences, teaches classical civilization courses on sex and gender in Rome, Greeks and Romans in the cinema and mythology. She is currently developing a seminar on the ancient plague narrative and its impact on discourses of contagion in contemporary films, novels and visual arts.
An associate professor in history, Johnson is a historian of science and technology with a joint appointment in history and philosophy. Her work focuses primarily on engineers, their social dynamics and knowledge. Johnson is the recipient of the 2013 Michael J. Mungo Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and a 2010 USC Office of Research “Breakthrough Star.”
SCOTT GOODE, CHEMISTRY
SANDRA KELLY, PSYCHOLOGY
Goode is currently studying microwaveinduced plasmas, inductively coupled plasmas and laser- induced plasmas to learn the fundamental plasma processes and to use them as excitation sources in atomic spectroscopy. He is the recipient of the 1991 Amoco Teaching Award, 2000 Ada B. Thomas Advising Award, 2013 USC Distinguished Service Award, and a member of “ChemMatters” editorial advisory board.
Kelly uses a rat model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to investigate the impact of alcohol exposure during development on social behavior and the underlying brain changes.
RALF GOTHE, PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Gothe and his team have built a largescale time-of-flight detector at USC that will enable them to carry out the next generation of experiments at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Virginia, where they currently investigate nucleons and their excitations to probe nature’s strong secrets. Gothe received the 2013 Russell Research Award for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering and the 2008 Michael J. Mungo Graduate Teaching Award.
FRANCIS GADALA-MARIA, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Gadala-Maria’s research focuses on relating the microstructure of materials to their macroscopic properties. Current projects include the economics of production of hydrogen from nuclear power. Listed in the 2007 edition of “Who’s Who in the World,” Gadala-Maria’s is the recipient of the 2003 Joseph M. Biedenbach Distinguished Service Award and the 1994 Samuel Litman Distinguished Professor of Engineering Award. MELAYNE MCINNES, ECONOMICS
McInnes researches the economics of the health care industry, medical malpractice, smoking and obesity, experimental economics and economics of insurance. The recipient of the 1998, 2004 and 2010 USC Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award, McInnes has held fellowships at Yale and Florida State universities and a Rotary International Fellowship at the University of Sussex in England.
DAVID LEE MILLER, ENGLISH
Miller is director of the Center for Digital Humanities and is editing a new three-volume edition of “The Collected Works of Edmund Spenser” and preparing text and commentary for the first edition of “The Faerie Queene” (1590). His honors include the 2012-13 SCHC Michael A. Hill Award for Outstanding Faculty Member and the USC Department of English 2008-09 Teacher of the Year, as well as National Endowment of the Humanities and Guggenheim fellowships. MELISSA MOSS, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Moss researches Alzheimer’s disease, studying how interactions between AB and endothelial cells, which line the cerebrovasculature, contribute to an increased adhesion of immune cells to the cerebrovascular endothelium. Moss received the 2012 Governor’s Young Scientist Award for Excellence in Scientific Research, the 2011 USC Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award and the 2007 USC Mortar Board Society’s Excellence in Teaching Award. REKHA PATEL, BIOLOGY
Patel focuses on regulation of cell survival and apoptosis by interferon-induced, double-stranded RNA activated protein kinase PKR. Her team’s research is integral to a better understanding of the origin, progression and treatment of many human diseases and disorders including cancer, neurodegeneration, diabetes, and aging. Patel is the 2014 Mungo Distinguished Professor of the Year.
PICTURED OPPOSITE: front, left to right: Gothe, Miller, Gardner; back, left to right: Filaseta, Moss, Goode, Gadala-Maria, Buchan
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