Georgian Court University Magazine

New Faces of GCU Faculty
Eduard Bitto, Ph.D., joined the faculty of the School of
Sciences and Mathematics last fall as an
assistant professor of biochemistry. He
most recently served as an associate
researcher in the X-ray crystallography
unit at the Center for Eukaryotic
Structural Genomics at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a Ph.D. in
Chemistry from the University of Illinois
at Chicago, where he also taught introductory and intermediate
chemistry courses as a teaching assistant.
Brunella Bowditch, Ph.D., joined the School of Sciences and
Mathematics last fall as an associate
professor and department chair of
biology. She most recently served as an
associate professor at Trinity University in
Washington, D.C., where she had served
as chair of the biology program and
previously, as chair of the Natural Science
and Mathematics Division. She holds a
Ph.D. in Botany, with an emphasis in evolution and flavonoid
chemistry, from George Washington University in Washington,
D.C., where she also taught as an adjunct instructor.
Jessica Hausmann, ABD and nearing the completion of her
doctorate, joined the faculty of the
School of Arts and Humanities last
fall as an instructor in English. She
most recently served as an instructor
in English at Drew University, where
she taught courses in writing, literary
analysis, and American literature. She
is pursuing a Ph.D. in English Literature
at Drew, specializing in 19 th - and 20 th -century American
literature with a concentration in women’s studies.
Neha Pandit, Ph.D., joined the faculty of the School of
Sciences and Mathematics last fall as
an assistant professor of psychology.
She most recently served as an associate
professor and course leader for a
master’s program in psychology at
London Metropolitan University in the
United Kingdom and as a psychologist
in clinical practice. Prior to that, she was
a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a licensed
counselor and holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from
Temple University.
Nancy Sardone, Ph.D., joined the faculty of the School
of Education last fall as an assistant
professor. She previously served as
an assistant professor at Seton Hall
University in the graduate instructional
design and technology program, where
she has also been the director for both
the information technologies and online
course development and management
certificate programs. Dr. Sardone recently earned a Ph.D. in
Higher and Postsecondary Education from New York University.
Murali K. Temburni, Ph.D., joined the School of Sciences
and Mathematics last fall as an assistant
professor of biology. He comes to
GCU from Washington College in
Chestertown, Maryland, where he
taught microbiology, immunology,
neurobiology, and general biology
courses as a visiting assistant professor.
He earned his Ph.D. in Life Sciences
from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology at
Jawaharlal Nehru University in Hyderabad, India, and pursued
postdoctoral training in the Department of Neuroscience at
the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston and in the
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University
of Delaware.
Sandra E. Zak, Ph.D., joined the School of Sciences and
Mathematics last fall as an assistant
professor of mathematics. She previously
served as an assistant professor at the
University of Hartford in Connecticut,
where she taught courses in
developmental and finite mathematics
and calculus, as well as a course she
developed, Mathematics in Science.
Her research interest is in operator theory, operator algebras,
and Banach spaces. She earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from
the University of New Hampshire.
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