Tuskegee university 2014 College of Arts and Sciences Research Directory



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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:

  1. “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.

  2. 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

  3. 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


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Research Fields:

  • Instrumentation and method development of FAIMS/MS

  • Modification and characterization of novel analytical platforms for forensic analysis

  • Development and applicability of novel ionization sources


Collaborations:

  • Dr. Said Boumsellek

Research Scientist/Engineer

Implant Sciences Corporation



  • Dr. Herbert Hill

Department of Chemistry

Washington State University



  • Dr. Mike Shepard

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:

  1. Tourné, Marilyn, Yost, Richard A., “Spherical FAIMS: Comparison of Curved Electrode Geometries” International Journal of Ion Mobility Spectrometry, 14 (2-3), 61-69, 2011.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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:


  • Women’s literature, especially literature by African women and women in the African Diaspora.

  • Genre: Drama and Short Story

  • Postcolonial literature and theory

Collaborations:

  • Dr. Festus Ndeh

Department of English

Troy University



Department of English

Tuskegee University



  • Dr. Benjamin Fishkin

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:

    1. “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.

    2. “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.

    3. “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.

    4. “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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