Committee Members
Committee Members and their Affiliations
The NASA West Virginia EPSCoR committee members are devoted to advancing West Virginia’s scientific and technological development, and promoting research activities in direct support of NASA’s mission and scientific enterprises. NASA WV EPSCoR is an integral part of the mosaic of research infrastructure building programs conducted by the WV EPSCoR Committee as an umbrella organization for all EPSCoR programs in the state. Current members of the NASA WV EPSCoR Committee are listed below:
STaR Division: Science, Technology and Research
Juliana Serafin, Ph.D.
Senior Director, STaR Division: Science, Technology and Research
Project Director, WVEPSCoR
WV Higher Education Policy Commission
1018 Kanawha Blvd., E, Suite 700
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: (304) 558-4128
Email: Juliana.Serafin@wvresearch.org
Bethany College
Dr. Lisa M. Reilly
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Goulding-Woolery Professor
Chair, Department of Physical and Computational Sciences
Bethany, WV 26032
Phone: 304.829.7244
Email: lreilly@bethanywv.edu
Bluefield State University
Ted A. Lewis, Ed.D.
Provost & Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs
Bluefield State University
219 Rock Street, Bluefield, WV 24701
Phone: (304) 327-4161
Email: tlewis@bluefieldstate.edu
Community and Technical College System of West Virginia
Dr. Chris Treadway
Vice Chancellor
WV Council for Community & Technical College Education
1018 Kanawha Blvd., East, Suite 700
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: (304) 558-0265
Email: treadway@wvctcs.org
Fairmont State University
Dr. Deb Hemler
Chair of Natural Science, College of Science & Technology
328A Hunt Haught Hall
1201 Locust Avenue
Fairmont, West Virginia, 26554
Phone: (304) 367-4393
Email: Deb.Hemler@fairmontstate.edu
Glenville State University
Leslie Mason
Senior Director of Grants and Compliance
Suite 2-215 Heflin Administration Building
Glenville, WV 26351
Phone: (304) 462-6387
Email: Leslie.Mason@glenville.edu
Marshall University
John M. Maher, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research
1 John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
Phone: (304) 696-4748
Email: maherj@marshall.edu
NASA IV&V Program
Ms. Joelle Spagnuolo-Loretta
NASA IV&V Office Lead
100 University Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554
Phone: (681) 753-5254
Green Bank Observatory
Karen O’Neil, Ph.D.
Director, Green Bank Observatory
155 Observatory Rd
P.O. Box 2
Phone: (304) 456-2130
Email: koneil@nrao.edu
Polyhedron Learning Media, Inc.
Jeanne Finstein, Ed.D.
President/Director of Development
105 Carmel Road
Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone: (304) 242-0341
Shepherd University
Dr. Courtney Campany
Assistant Professor
Byrd Science Center 215
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
Phone: (304) 876-5401
Email: ccampany@shepherd.edu
West Liberty University
Karen Kettler, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Sciences
Campus Service Center Box 144
West Liberty, WV 26074
Phone: (304) 336-8070
Email: kkettler@westliberty.edu
WV High Technology Foundation
Mr. James L. Estep
President & CEO
1000 Technology Drive, Suite 1000
Fairmont, WV 26554
Phone: (304) 333-6814
Email: jestep@wvhtf.org
West Virginia State University
Naveed Zaman, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
816 Wallace Hall, Department of Mathematics
PO Box 1000
Institute, WV 25112
Phone: (304) 766-4248
Email: zamanna@wvstateu.edu
West Virginia University
Duncan Lorimer, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
White Hall, Room G61
Morgantown, WV 26506
Phone: (304) 293-4867
Email: duncan.lorimer@mail.wvu.edu
West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Dr. Tamara Floyd Smith
Vice President for Academic Affairs
WVU Institute of Technology
410 Neville Street, Classroom Building 202
Beckley, West Virginia 25801
Phone: 304-929-1670
Email: tamara.smith1@mail.wvu.edu
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Joseph Wiest, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics & Engineering
Department of Physics and Engineering
122 Christopher Hall
Buckhannon, WV 26201
Phone: (304) 473-8062
Email: wiest@wvwc.edu
Wheeling University
Dr. Neetika Sharma
Chair, Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering
316 Washington Avenue
Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone: 304-243-2287
Email: nsharma@wju.edu
West Virginia University
Dr. Majid Jaridi
Director Emeritus
Professor Emeritus – Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
Email: Majid.Jaridi@mail.wvu.edu