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Dr. John L. Bear, is currently Dean
of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and
Professor of Chemistry at the University of Houston.
Dr. Bear received his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from
Texas Technological University in 1960. He was a Research
Associate in the Chemistry department at Florida State
University from 1960 to 1962. Dr. Bear joined the faculty
at University of Houston in September 1963. He was Chairman
of the Chemistry department from 1975 to 1992 and became
Dean of the College in 1992. Dr. Bear has published
over 110 scientific papers on the anti-cancer activity
of rhodium and platinum compounds and the chemical and
electrochemical reactivity of transition metal and lanthanide
metal complexes.
He has received research
support from the National Science Foundation, National
Institutes of Health, Department of Energy, Robert A.
Welch Foundation, Petroleum Research Fund and industrial
contracts. During his career, Dr. Bear has been the
researcher advisor for twenty-five Ph.D. and six Master
Degree students. In addition, thirty-two postdoctoral
fellows and visiting faculty scholars have worked for
one or more years in Dr. Bear's research group at the
University of Houston. He was a member of the National
Academy of Sciences Panel established to evaluate the
Medical and Biological Effects of the Platinum-Group
Metals introduced into the environment by automobile
catalytic converters. Dr. Bear has served as a consultant
for the Institute of International Education to develop
and operate summer science programs for college chemistry
teachers in Pakistan, and he has established research
and teaching collaborations between the University of
Houston and major universities in France, Italy and
Russia. He is the university representative to the Council
of Chemical Research and a past member of the Academic
Advisory Board of Dow Chemical Co. He has presented
over one hundred seminars and scientific papers at university,
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Provost and Senior Vice President
for Academic Affairs, Texas Southern University. Dr.
Bobby Wilson is a distinguished scientist and administrator,
who has served Texas Southern University for over 20
years. His leadership abilities have afforded him the
opportunity to serve the University in several positions.
However, whether he serves as Professor, Department
Chair, Dean, or Provost, his focus is the same, which
is to provide students with a quality education. Before
assuming his current position as Provost, he was Chemistry
Chair, where he secured numerous fellowships, internships,
cooperative agreements, and high tech research equipment
for the benefit of students and faculty.
His administrative
accomplishments may be highlighted through: (1) acquisition
of the Ph.D. degree program in Environmental Toxicology,
which is the first and only Ph.D. degree program in
the history of the University; (2) programs enhancements
to equip students to surpass the requirements of academic
and professional proficiency measures; (3) identification
of resource to strengthen administrative faculty and
staff initiatives; (4) promotion of campus outreach
programs in the community and surrounding public schools;
and (5) productive representation of the institution
with public officials. He also lent his services to
the National Science Foundation from 1995 to 1997 as
Program Director of the Centers of Research Excellence
in Science and Technology. Dr. Wilson earned the Ph.D.
degree in Chemistry from Michigan State University,
the MS degree in Chemistry from Southern University,
and the BS degree in Chemistry from Alabama State University. |
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Craig Cassidy is currently the Executive Director of the H-LSAMP program. Mr. Cassidy received his B.S. in 1999 from Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas majoring in Biology and Chemistry. There he conducted research on Molecular Plant Pathology under the guidance of Dr. Daniel Zurek. In 2000 he joined the graduate program at PSU and started to continue his work in plant pathology and in 2001 accepted a research assistant position at Texas A&M University. Working under Dr. Patricia LiWang he continued his scientific training working on Anti-HIV Chemokines and in 2003 was promoted to research associate. During this time Mr. Cassidy received his Masters in Health Administration from the School of Rural Public Health at Texas A&M and accepted a position conducting research in high throughput structural genomics at the Institute of Biosciences and Technology in Houston Texas under Dr. James Sacchettini. In 2004 he was promoted at Assistant Research Scientist and Director of the TB Structural Genomics Consortium cloning facility. Based on his work in TB structural genomics and anti-Malaria drug discovery he was promoted to the Assistant Director of the TB Structural Genomics Consortium, and Director of Mass Spectrometry at the Institute of Biosciences and Technology in Houston Texas. Mr. Cassidy is currently working with colleges on the creation of a biotechnology company in Houston, Texas. Mr. Cassidy joined the alliance in September, 2005.
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Craig Cassidy-- H-LSAMP
Executive Director 