Albert E. Russell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
Email: arussell@mytu.tuskegee.edu
Office Phone: 334-727-8833
Office Address: Armstrong Hall Room 102
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, Alabama 36088
Dr. Russell’s graduate research focused onasymmetric catalysis, small molecule synthesis, and method development for catalytic, enantioselective processes. Dr. Russell completed a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Maryland where he also worked as a graduate recruiter to help increase the presence of minorities in the Chemistry department. His research at Maryland included synthesis and implementation of diazocarbonyl compounds for novel transformations. His current research is very diverse and includes synthesis and characterization of chalcones as chemotherapeutic molecules, conversion of agricultural waste into biofuels, use of functionalized nanoparticles as alternative therapies to cancer treatment and the investigation of transition metal catalysis of C-H activation from natural
Representative Publications:
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“Blasting Off to a Bright Future: Integrating Research, Teaching, and Community Service at the Undergraduate Level in an Effort to Increase the Number of African-Americans in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Disciplines” Russell, A.E.; Leggett-Robinson, P.M. Chem. Educator 2008, 13, 1-5.
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Noscapine Loaded Magnetic Polymeric Nanoparticles” Abdalla, M.O.; Aneja, R.; Dean, D.; Rangari, V.; Russell, A.E.; Jaynes, J.; Yates, C.; Turner, T. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2010, 322, 190-196
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Inhibition of MDA-MB-321 Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation by Diphenyl Chalcone and its Chlorinated Derivatives” Apalagnya, V.; Bakupog, T.; Tutson, C.; Early, B.; Legett-Robinson, P.M.; Powell, N.; Russell, A.E. Research & Reviews: Journal of Oncology and Hematology, 2012, 7-12..
Chemistry
TOURNÉ
Research Fields:
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Instrumentation and method development of FAIMS/MS
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Modification and characterization of novel analytical platforms for forensic analysis
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Development and applicability of novel ionization sources
Collaborations:
Research Scientist/Engineer
Implant Sciences Corporation
Department of Chemistry
Washington State University
Explosives Division
Department of Homeland Security
Marilyn Tourne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
Email: mtourne@mytu.tuskegee.edu
Office Phone: 334-724-4532
Office Address: Armstrong Hall Room 301
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, Alabama 36088
Biographical Sketch:
Professor Marilyn Tourné (born Marilyn Prieto) received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida, Gainesville. Her current research focuses on explosive analysis using high-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) and mass spectrometry (MS) which provides two separate orthogonal detection methods in a single trace explosives detector. Dr. Tourné is also interested in the development of novel analytical platforms to increase sensitivity, selectivity, and specificity of detection and deterministic identification of target analytes.
Representative Publications:
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Tourné, Marilyn, Yost, Richard A., “Spherical FAIMS: Comparison of Curved Electrode Geometries” International Journal of Ion Mobility Spectrometry, 14 (2-3), 61-69, 2011.
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Prieto, Marilyn, Tsai, Chai-Wei, Boumsellek, Said, Ferran, Robert J., Kaminsky, Ilya, Harris, Scott, Yost, Richard A., “Comparison of Rectangular and Bisinusoidal Waveforms in a Miniature Planar High-Field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometer” Analytical Chemistry, 83 (24), 9237-9243, 2011.
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Bryant, Jennifer G., Prieto, Marilyn, Prox, Todd A., Yost, Richard A., “Design and Evaluation of a Novel Hemispherical FAIMS Cell” International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 298 (1-3), 41-44, 2010.
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Prieto, Marilyn, Yost, Richard A., “Hemispherical FAIMS/MS for Detection of Explosives” Proceedings of the 60th Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. 2009.
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Rorrer, Leonard C. III, Prieto, Marilyn, Yost, Richard A, “Evaluation of linear injection and orthogonal injection into planar FAIMS-MS” Proceedings of the 56th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, 2008.
Adaku T. Ankumah, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English
College of Arts and Sciences
Email: ankumahat@mytu.tuskegee.edu
tankumah@gmail.com
Office Phone: 334-727-8104
Office Address: Room 70-310
John A. Kenney Hall
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, Alabama 36088
English
ANKUMAH
Research Fields:
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Women’s literature, especially literature by African women and women in the African Diaspora.
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Genre: Drama and Short Story
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Postcolonial literature and theory
Collaborations:
Department of English
Troy University
Department of English
Tuskegee University
Department of English
Tuskegee University
Biographical Sketch:
Professor Adaku T. Ankumah received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has examined gender and politics in the works of African women authors like Mariama Bâ, Ama Ata Aidoo and Tsitsi Dangarembga. Together with her collaborators, they are currently working on examining memory in literature and its role in helping those dealing with painful, fragmented pasts forge a wholesome future.
Representative Publications:
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“Out of the Circle: United Marginals in Francis B. Nyamnjoh’s The Travail of Dieudonné Fears, Doubts, & Joys of Not Belonging. Eds. Fishkin, Bejamin Hart, Adaku T. Ankumah, and Bill F. Ndi. Mankon, Bamenda: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2013. Print.
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“Changing the Status Quo from the Margins” in Bill F. Ndi’s Gods in the Ivory Towers. in Fears, Doubts, & Joys of Not Belonging. Eds. Fishkin, Bejamin Hart, Adaku T. Ankumah, and Bill F. Ndi. Mankon, Bamenda: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2013. Print.
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“Veiling the Past: Memory in Edwidge Danticat’s The Dew Breaker.” In Outward Evil, Inward Battle: Human Memory in Literature. Eds. Fishkin, Bejamin Hart, Adaku T. Ankumah, and Bill F. Ndi. Langaa/Oxford African Books Collective, 2013.
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“Memory and Resistance in the Poetry of Gcina Mhlophe.” In Outward Evil, Inward Battle: Human Memory in Literature. Eds. Fishkin, Bejamin Hart, Adaku T. Ankumah, and Bill F. Ndi. Langaa/Oxford African Books Collective, 2013.
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