There are nine new tenure track faculty members who recently joined UCCS. Their names, titles, department and college, and brief information about them follows:
Brandon Gavett, assistant professor, Department of Psychology in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, recently served as director of Neuropsychology at Boston University’s Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy. He earned his bachelor’s degree from State University of New York College at Geneseo, N.Y., and his Ph.D from the University at Albany, State University of New York. He continues extensive research in Alzheimer’s disease, including work involving memory and aging, dementia, and cognitive decline.
Cerian Gibbes, assistant professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, comes to UCCS from the University of Florida where she earned bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. in geography with a concentration in land change science. The author of numerous publications involving ecology and conservation, her research includes sponsorship from the National Science Foundation and NASA. Her research interests are human-environment interactions and the dynamics of socio-ecological systems, land use land cover change, natural resource management and adaptation to environmental change.
Margaret Harris, assistant professor, Department of Health Sciences in the Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, spent the last few years at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, dividing time between the UA Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service as an extension health specialist and the UA Medical Sciences Center for Rural Health as an adjunct assistant professor. She taught in different capacities for about 15 years. She holds a bachelor’s in chemistry from State University of New York at Binghamton, N.Y., a master’s in epidemiology from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in nutrition from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. Her professional experience encompasses health science areas ranging from orthopedics to nutrition.
Eugenia Olesnicky Killian, assistant professor, Department of Biology in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, joins UCCS from Princeton University where she was a post-doctorate fellow in the Department of Molecular Biology. Previously she was a post-doctorate fellow at the CU-Denver and Health Sciences Center Department of Craniofacial Biology. She has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Drew University, Madison, N.J., and master’s and Ph.D.in Biology from New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York. In addition to her research, she spent the last decade mentoring and teaching.
Inhan Kim, assistant professor, Department of Political Science in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, comes to UCCS from the University of Virginia. His bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science are from Korea University, Seoul. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from UV. His personal interest in how U.S. democracy and economic reforms were applied in different occupied nations influenced his academic research.
Taylor Lilly, assistant professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, previously served as a lecturer within the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. With substantial research experience in propulsion concepts and gas-laser interaction, he is involved in UCCS collaborative projects with the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Air Force Academy. He earned bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Carla Myers, assistant professor, Circulation, Kraemer Family Library, recently served as a library specialist at the Bierce Library at the University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, where she directed circulation, supervised student assistants, and dealt with copyright compliance issues. She earned a bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Akron and a master’s in library and information science from Kent State University. While library duties are the focus of her career, she used her literary knowledge to sell books for Barnes & Noble and served as a nurse assistant in the Ohio Veterans Home.
Greg Oman, assistant professor, Department of Mathematics in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, left a position with the Ohio University Center of Ring Theory and its Applications to join the UCCS faculty. He earned bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from the Ohio State University. His area of research interest is ring theory, involving algebraic structures in which addition and multiplication are defined and have similar properties. He brings expertise in a number of other mathematical theories to UCCS.
Scott Trimboli, assistant professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, previously directed the Center for Space Studies in the National Institute of Science, Space and Security Centers. He earned his bachelor’s in engineering science from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a master’s in engineering mechanics from Columbia University, New York, and a Ph.D. in control engineering from Oxford University.
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