Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Technology

B.F.A., M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Massachusetts
Dr. Gosselin is an educator, multimedia developer, and graphic artist. His research interests include graphic user interface design, digital graphic design perceptions of multimedia users, and computer strategy and board game design.

B.S., University of Denver
Ph.D., University of Kansas

Dr. Drake's research interests are in environmental and organic chemistry.

B.S., Case Western Reserve University
M.S., Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology

From teaching math at Elms College to traveling the nation to play in chess tournaments, Dr. Berry is a master of numbers and strategy. His passion for both have resulted in a distinguished career during which he has published a number of articles, including "The Period Matrix of Macbeth's Curve," "The Monodromy Group of a Transcendental Function," and "Free Abelian Groups of Rank 2." Dr. Berry's research interests include combinatorial group theory and dynamic programming. He is a member of the Mathematical Association of America and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

 

B.A., Wellesley College

M.S.E., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Hoffman's research interests include artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, and educational technology.

B.A., Elms College
M.S., Smith College
In addition to his responsibilities as an instructor of anatomy and physiology, Nils actively conducts molecular biology research involving neglected tropical parasite diseases. Working closely with scientists and doctors at the National Institutes of Health, Nils has trained local scientists in Tanzania to conduct molecular diagnostic testing and has contributed to multiple publications.

B.A., Oberlin College

Ph.D., Stony Brook University

Dr. Theis' research focuses on the ecology of fragrance production from flowers, and strives to understand the invisible forces that drive interactions between plants, pollinators, and herbivores. A former urban park ranger, she is interested in research and teaching in areas ranging from behavior and taxonomy to analytical chemistry, and in scales from single molecules to whole landscapes. She is interested in the applied aspects of her work, and has conducted research on invasive species and important crop pests. She has published numerous papers and presented her findings at international meetings. Much of her research funding has come from the National Science Foundation.

 

B.A., Rider College
M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Dr. Williams is interested in the molecular biology of the cloning, sequencing, and expression of bacterial restriction-modification systems, equine and canine genetics, and genetic diagnosis of disease. She is the pre-health/pre-medical professional advisor for Elms College.

B.A., Elms College
M.S., University of Detroit
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Sister Mary's teaching and research is in the field of endocrinology, with specific focus on the interactions between hormones, such as melatonin, and the thyroid hormones that induce tadpole metamorphosis.
She has conducted research with student collaborators for many years in the area of amphibian metamorphosis. Her work has received $550,000 in research and other grants from a number of sources, including Research Corporation, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation.
She is a trusted name in her field and reviews proposals for the National Science Foundation and papers for ten biology journals. She has made numerous presentations at scientific meetings and is author of over fifty journal articles and invited reviews.

B.S., University of Massachusetts
M.A.T., C.A.G.S., Elms College

Walter Bizon has taught chemistry at Chicopee High School for the past 19 years. He joined the Elms College staff as an adjunct in 2007.

B.A.,  Westfield State College
N.S.F., Syracuse University
M.S., Trinity College
N.S.F., Lake Forest College

John Mruk has given math presentations at the Association of Teachers of Mathematics at Connecticut spring conferences; presented mathematics technology workshops at high schools throughout the state of Connecticut, and presented at the National Technology and Mathematics Conference in Jacksonville, Florida.

After teaching for 19 years at Chicopee High School in Massachusetts, John left to become Mathematics Department chair at Ellington High School in Ellington, Connecticut, where he was responsible for the mathematics curriculum for grades 7 to 12. He also developed and taught the UCONN COOP calculus program at Ellington High. John retired from the Ellington school system after 21 years.

He received an Excellence in High School Teaching award in 1991 from the University of Connecticut Alumni Association, and was the 1995 Connecticut Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching.

B.A., Elms College

Coral Ruggiero has been teaching in public high schools since her graduation from Elms College. She also serves as the statistician for the Academic Resource Center at the Elms. She is an active member of the Windsor Locks Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, and is pursuing an M.B.A. from Nichols College.

B.S., University of Massachusetts

M.S., Union College

Anthony Sarnelli worked for General Electric as a research polymer chemist for four years. He taught high school chemistry for 33 years at Granby High School, and came to Elms College as an adjunct in the fall of 2006. 

B.S., M.S., University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Ronald Woodland is a science teacher and director of the Bassett Planetarium and Wilder Observatory at Amherst College. He is also owner of Astronomy for All, and trainer for Learning Technologies, Inc., makers of STAR LAB.