NSF 'Building Bridges' Faculty / Staff

Program Managers note: One of the key strokes in our NSF 'Building Bridges' effort is improving the Kuskokwim Campus' faculty, staff and facilities in order to enrich YK Delta student access to quality STEM education. Here's an intro to our new staff and faculty hires at the Kuskokwim Campus... read on


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Dr. Bob Brown, Co-PI
Assistant Professor

Physics, Mathematics

v. 907.543.4511
lfrlb at uaf dot edu


Bob Brown’s first two college degrees (B.S. and M.S.) were in aeronautical and astronautical engineering at the University of Illinois. Following that he worked for about four years for Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation as a research engineer working on the Apollo moon program. During that time he studied graduate mathematics at the University of Alabama. In 1969 he received his last degree (Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics) and then worked for 33 years at Montana State University. While there he taught engineering mechanics courses in the Engineering College and conducted research on snow, ice, sea ice and avalanches. This research took him all over the world, including Japan, India, the South Pole, Russia, and many countries in Western and Eastern Europe. In 2004 he began work at KuC and now teaches math and physics there. He is married and has three children, all of whom are in their thirties.

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Martin Leonard III, Co-PI

Assistant ProfessorComputer Information & Office Systems

v. 907.543.4510
e. lfml at uaf dot edu
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Mr. Leonard holds degrees in Geology (Indiana, University of Pennsylvania) Education (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) and an MBA in Telecommunications Management (Alaska Pacific University). He has developed and managed numerous state and federal telecommunications and technology projects throughout Alaska and has beed involved with science, technology and distance education in rural Alaska for 25 years.
<>_______________________________________Past research: mercury in hair, subsistence foods and (current) mercury in muscle, brain, and bone of common southwestern Alaska waterfowl.Other interests: ballistics, explosives chemistry, ultra-high speed photography, science fiction and fantasy adventure novels.______________________________________ Martin is also involved in alternative and adventure-based education efforts at the KuC and in Western Alaska. He has been involved at the National and International level with numerous alternative sports including: kayak surfing, expedition paddling and ice-biking.Mr. Leonard's current community activities include: Seats, Board of Directors - Involved Parent Preschool, Alaskan Outdoor Center and Parks and Recreation w/ City of Bethel.




http://fc.bethel.uaf.edu/~martin_leonard/









Roger Nelson-Rothschild

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Chemistry and Mathematics
v. 907.543.4576

e. lfrfr at uaf dot edu












Isaiah Peter, ITS Lab Manager

v. 907.543.4578isaiah_peter@bethel.uaf.edu