SANS Faculty | School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences

The School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is home to about 70 faculty members, and is composed of the Departments of Agriculture, Food and Resources Sciences, Human Ecology, and Natural Sciences, and UMES Extension.

Our highly qualified faculty and staff has one goal: To provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to pursue your career aspirations.

With small class sizes, we provide hands-on learning opportunities for all students; and our faculty members are committed to enriching classroom teaching.

Moses T. Kairo

Dean, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences

Research Director, 1890 Land-Grant Programs

Administrator, UMES Extension

Richard F. Hazel Hall, Suite 3055

Phone: 410-651-6072

Email: mkairo@umes.edu

Paulinus Chigbu

Associate Dean For Research, Development & Graduate Education

USM Wilson H. Elkins Professor of Marine Science – UMES

Director, NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center; www.umes.edu/lmrcsc

Director, NSF Center of Research Excellence – CISCEP; www.umes.edu/crest

Director, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates in Marine Science; www.umes.edu/reu

Phone: 410-621-3034

Email: pchigbu@umes.edu

E. Nelson Escobar

Associate Dean and Associate Administrator for UMES Extension

Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences

Small Ruminant Specialist, UMES Extension

Richard A. Henson Center, Suite 2100

Phone: 410-651-6206

Email: enescobar@umes.edu

Department of Agriculture, Food and Resources Sciences

Tubene, Stephan

Professor and Chair, sltubene@umes.edu

Acquah, Sarah Senior Lecturer	Allen, Arthur L. Professor	Arbab, Nazia Assistant Professor/ UMES Extension	Alkhaled, Alfadhl Assistant Professor
Bishop, Tracie Lecturer/GIS Manager	Braxton, Kimberly Assistant Professor	Chi, Yeong Nain Professor	Cotton, Corrie Research Assistant Professor
Dhakal, Janak Assistant Professor	Dhekney, Sadanand Professor	Dixit, Naveen Kumar Associate Professor/ UMES Extension	Escobar, Enrique Associate Professor and Associate Dean/ Extension
Hashem, Fawzy Professor	Karki, Lila Associate Professor/UMES Extension	Khatabi, Behnam Associate Professor	Min, Byungrok Professor
Natarajan, Purushothaman Assistant Professor	Nindo, Caleb Professor	Parveen, Salina Professor	Shaw, Anugrah Professor
Stotts, Stephanie Associate Professor	Timmons, Jennifer Associate Professor/UMES Extension	Zebelo, Simon Professor

Department of Human Ecology

Namwamba, Grace

Professor and Chair, gnamwamba@umes.edu

Adebamiji, Felicia Adjunct Lecturer	Cecil, Malinda Adjunct Lecturer	Clinton-Scott, Bridgett Associate Professor	Dhar, Biswadeep Visiting Assistant Professor
Harris, Charlene Associate Professor	Gould, Robin Lecturer, Director of Didactic Program in Dietetics	Jacob, John Professor	Kirtsos, Michael Assistant Professor & Dietetic Internship Program Director
Lehto Brewster, Maureen Assistant Professor	Long, Donna M. Associate Professor & CFDC Director	Seo, Sukyung Assistant Professor	Sewer, Carla Assistant Professor
Spencer, Michelle Assistant Professor	Tivis, Tierra Assistant Professor

Department of Natural Sciences

Cumming, Jonathan R.

Professor and Chair, jrcumming@umes.edu

Adhikari, Ananta R. Assistant Professor	Al Mosleh, Salem Assistant Professor	Bell, Tracy Associate Professor	Bobenko, Jennifer L. Associate Professor
Burch, Charmita Assistant Professor	Chang, Ruying Instructor	Chigbu, Paulinus Professor and Associate Dean	Custer, Gordon Assistant Professor
Das, Kausiksankar Professor	DaSilva, Ligia Research Assistant Professor	Elnabawi, Ahmed Associate Professor	Elnaiem, Dia-Eldin Professor
Fears, Jeffrey Lecturer	Ishaque, Ali B. Professor	Johnson, Linda R. Professor	Khatabi, Behnam Associate Professor
May, Eric B. Professor	Mitra, Madhumi Professor	Okulate, Mobolaji A. Professor	Omagamre, Wayne Assistant Professor
Pitula, Joseph S. Professor	Potter, Amelia G. Lecturer	Ruiz-Ramos, Dannise Assistant Professor	Seo, Seungmae Assistant Professor
Sepehri, Mozghan Assistant Professor	Sexton, Margaret Research Assistant Professor	Stotts, Stephanie Assistant Professor	Tomasetti, Stephen Assistant Professor
Volkis, Victoria Professor	Waguespack, Yan Y. Professor	Weaver, William Associate Professor	Whitaker, Justine Assistant Professor
Xia, Meng Professor	Zebelo, Simon Professor

SANS STAFF

Chanda Harris

Program Management Specialist

Office of the Dean, Richard A. Hazel Hall, Suite 3055

Email: ceharris@umes.edu

Phone: 410-651-6072

Fax: 410-621-3550

Purnell, Lisa

USDA/1890 Program Manager

1137 Trigg Hall

Email: lcpurnell@umes.edu

Phone: 410-651-6313

Fax: 410-651-7572

Sykes, Gail, M.S.