The faculty members at BMCC are experts in their respective fields, constantly engaging themselves in research in areas from Business Management and Computer Information Systems to Mathematics and Science. While doing this, the professors also look to benefit students, whom they look to for help in conducting the research. If you're a student, take a look at this list of teachers and their research areas, and if interested, contact them as soon as possible.

Business Management - Room S660

Name of Faculty Member Area of Research Interest
Mahatapa Palit Marketing of Non-Profits
Marketing of Arts
Marion Lauterstein Finance and Banking
Nikolaos (Nikolas or Nikos) Adamou Statistics
Quantitative Reasoning
Quantitative Methods
Math Education
Linear Algebra
Jeff Hong Quantitative Methods
Macro Finance
International Finance
Finance and Banking

Computer Information Systems (CIS) - Room S150

Name of Faculty Member Area of Research Interest
Mete Kok Robotics, Physical Computing, Autonomous Agents, Machine Learning
Networking, Traffic Analysis, Stochastic Processes, Network Behavior under Different Application Environments.
Database, Data Mining, Pattern Recognition, Applications of Pattern Recognition to Genomics, Bioinformatics
Data Visualization Modeling, Rendering, 3D Image Representation.
Computer Security, Secure Programming, Information assurance, Encryption Techniques
Jose Vargas Unix Security
Developing Software Applications for Cell Phones
Chigurupati Rani Wireless Networks
Network Security
Network Applications in Telemedicine
Database Management
Cryptography
Don Wei Machine Learning
Health Informatics
Data Engineering
Yan Chen Ontology
Medical Informatics
Christopher Stein Web site Designs
Database Management
Computing and Technology
Computer Programming
Assessment and Testing

Developmental Skills - Room N420

Name of Faculty Member Area of Research Interest
Mary Sepp corpus linguistics
Ken Levison Linguistics

Ethnic Studies - Room S642

Name of Faculty Member Area of Research Interest
Kwasi Konadu African and African Diaspora Studies: Ghana/Akan History, Cultural History, Nationalism, and Indigenous Knowledge
Segundo Pantoja Sociology of Religion; Sociology of Education
Latino/Latin American Studies: Immigration, Cultural Identity, Socio-economic Status

Health Education - N757A

Name of Faculty Member Area of Research Interest
Philip Belcastro Human Sexuality

Library - Room S400

Name of Faculty Member Area of Research Interest
Revilla Vicente Andean photography
Sidney Eng Web site Designs
Copyright Issues
Susan Thomas Contemporary, Independent Art Periodicals

Mathematics - Room N520

Name of Faculty Member Area of Research Interest
Roderick MacGregor Developmental Mathematics Education
Stephen Featherstonhaugh Number Theory
Linear Algebra
Geometric Group Theory
Cryptography
Abstract Algebra
Dr. Elena Y Nogina Recursive Topology
Frederick Reese Prime Number Theory
Advanced Calculus
Jean Richard Math Education
Hyperbolic Geometry
History of Mathematics
Yibao Xu History of Mathematics
Marcos Zyman Group Theory
Abstract Algebra
Rachid Bekralas Applied Statistics
Felix Apfaltrer Applied Mathematics
June Gaston Math Pedagogy
Avraham Goldstein Non-Commutative Algebra and Modules Cohomology of Algebras
Computational Complexity and Algorythms
Leonid Khazanov Probability--( Students' Concepts of Probability)
Glenn Miller Learning Styles
Information Theory
Fractals
Lucio Prado Probability
Measure Theory
Graphs Statistics
Geometry-Riemannian Potential Theory
Analysis
Abdramane Serme Probability and Stochastic Processes
Differential Geometry
Algebraic and Numerical Computation
Klement Teixiera Quantitative Reasoning
Probability & Statistics
Alla Morgulis
Claire Wladis Group Theory
Geometry/Topology
Cryptography
Chokri Cherif Functional Analysis and its Application to Image Processing
Nadarajah Kirupaharan Linear Algebra
Differential Equations
Rita Plotkin Math Education
History of Mathematics
Geometry & Dynamic Environments
Mark Jagai Educational Technology
Computing and Technology
Computer Networks
Bernard Beecher
Sandra Boer History of Mathematics
Shanka Krishnamachri Applied Statistics
Jorge Maciel Algebraic Geometry
Abstract Algebra

Modern Languages - Room N540

Name of Faculty Member Area of Research Interest
Alan Wallis Modernism, modernism, or modernismo
Alejandro Varderi Popular Culture
Latino/Latin American Studies: Immigration, Cultural Identity, Socio-economic Status
European Literature and Film
Creative Writing
Arts in Education
Alister Ramirez-Marquez Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Hispanic-American Literature
Francisca Suarez-Coalla Creative Writing
Maria Enrico European Literature and Film
Nidia Pulles-Linares Spanish Language and Literature

Science - Room N645

Name of Faculty Member Area of Research Interest
Antoine Pezon The Behavioral Ecology of Social Insects.
Sociobiology
Brahmadeo Dewprashad The Chemistry and Pharmacology of Alternative Medications
Development of Applications-based College Organic Chemistry Labs
Carlos Alva Isolating Caffeine from Commercial Tea
Catarina Mata Plant Ecology and Physiology
David Krauss Urban Environmental Biology.
Paleobiology of Dinosaurs (especially their feeding ecology and anatomy).
Dennis Robbins Scientific reasoning
Scientific Literacy
Science Teaching and Learning
Igor Zaitsev Urban Environmental Biology.
Jane Johnston Investigate the Nature of Signals Between Cells and Brain Cell Survival in Diseases such as Parkinson¿s and Alzheimer¿s.
Lalitha Jayant General Biology and Microbiology Experiments
Detection of Bacterial Contamination in Dried Fish Samples.
Lauren Goodwyn The Effect of Dietary Fiber in Cancer Prevention.
Mahmoud Ardebili Computational Fluid Dynamics (Students should have completed ESC 130).
Manita Pavel molecukar genetics
Matthew Geddis Developmental Neurobiology
Melissa Nashat The Effects of HIV on Cell growth and Cell Death
Literature-based Projects on the Central Nervous System Inflammatory Process
How HIV Works in the Brain
Nick Kalogeropoulos Application of Topological and Differential Geometric Methods in Field Theories and Statistical Mechanics.
Patricia Molina Research on p53 (a critical protein in preventing cancerous growth).
Peter Nguyen Interest In Why Corals with Identical DNA Have Different Shapes Based on Their Location in the Reef Ecosystem.
Coral DNA Using Molecular Techniques.
Rafael Niyazov The Theory of Ultrasonic Welding and Its Applications
Raymond Borichewski Investigate How Living Organisms Might Produce Hydrocarbons that Could Be Used as Replacements for Fossil Fuels.
Investigate How Increased Alcohol Production in Yeast by Post-Co-Culture with the Cellulose-Producing Mold, Trichoderma.
Richard Hendrix Development of the Lens of the Eye
Computer Modeling of the Formation of the Lens Tissues
Bioinformatics
Shanti Rywkin The detection of Genetically Modified (GM) Foods
The Uses of Chemical Modeling Software
Susie Boydston-White FTIR Microspectroscopy