College of Science

Matthew A. Wysocki ’15 earned his Ph.D. in Computational Cell Biology, Anatomy and Pathology from the University at Buffalo

Matthew A. Wysocki ’15 (biological sciences) earned his Ph.D. in Computational Cell Biology, Anatomy, and Pathology from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Some of Wysocki’s recently published research includes:

Emily J. Smail ’17 earned her Ph.D. in Psychiatric Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Emily Smail

Emily J. Smail ’17 (genetics and psychology) earned her Ph.D. in Psychiatric Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2021. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Florida, she currently serves as the Director of Research and Evaluation for the North Carolina Community College System.

Debbie Moss ’95 retired from the US Navy in 2015 and started teaching the next generation of scientists

Debbie Moss ’95 (mathematical sciences) retired from the US Navy in 2015 and started teaching at San Diego Mesa College (2015) and Southern California Yeshiva High School (2018). Over the past five years, students from her engineering classes at SCY High have consistently placed in the top five in the Texas Instruments TI Codes Contest. This year, despite their school’s small size of 30 total students, her team came in first place. During her 20 years in the Navy, she earned three M.S. degrees (Mathematics, Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, and Hydrographic Science). Now that she is retired, she is pursuing a fourth (M.A. in Prehistoric Archaeology) but having the opportunity to work with the next generation of scientists and engineers is truly one of her greatest experiences.

Basma Damiri ’07, ’11 is now an associate professor

Basma Damiri ’07, ’11 (biology sciences – environmental toxicology) is now an associate professor at the School of Medicine at An-Najah National University in Palestinian. Basma finished two certified programs with Harvard University’s Clinical Research program in 2020 and 2021. Basma is currently an active researcher and helps underprivileged students pursue their studies.