Professional Science Master's
Institutions by Region


Midwestern States

Air Force Institute of Technology
   Dr. David Smith (Lt Col, USAF), Program Director 

       
Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction

Baker College
   
Dr. Scott Overmyer, Director, MSIS Program 

       
Information Systems

Case Western Reserve University
    Edward M. Caner, Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs

       
Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Programs (STEP)
            Entrepreneurial Biotechnology
            Chemistry for Entrepreneurship
            Mathematics for Entrepreneurship
            Physics for Entrepreneurship
            Statistics for Entrepreneurship

Creighton University
   Anne York, Program Director

       
Bioscience Management

Grand Valley State University
   
PSM Programs, Contact: Dr. David W. Elrod, Coordinator of Professional Science Masters Programs
       
       
Biostatistics, Contact:
Dr. Bob Downer, Program Director 
       
Cell and Molecular Biology - Biotechnology Emphasis, Contact:
Dr. Mark Staves, Program Director
       
Medical and Bioinformatics, Contact:
Dr. Paul Leidig, Program Director

Elmhurst College
   
Linda Krause, Program Director 

       
Computer Information Systems

Fort Hays State University

       Biological Sciences, Contact: Dr. Jeff Briggs, Dean, College of Health and Life Sciences

Illinois Institute of Technology
   
Dr. Elizabeth Friedman, Program Manager

       
Analytical Chemistry, Contact: Dr. Diep Nguyen, Academic Coordinator
       
Biology, Contact:
Dr. Benjamin Stark, Academic Coordinator
       
Health Physics, Contact:
Dr. Andrew Howard and Dr. Laurence Friedman, Academic Coordinators
       
Materials and Chemical Synthesis, Contact:
Dr. Ishaque Khan, Professor of Chemistry and Associate Dean, Program Director 

Michigan State University

       Biomedical Laboratory Operations, Contact: David Thorne, Specialist, Medical Technology Program
       
Computational Chemistry, Contact: Dr. James Harrison, Professor, Chemistry 
       
Food Safety and Toxicology, Contact: Dr. Julia Funk, Program Director 
       
Industrial Mathematics, Contact: Dr. Peiru Wu, Associate Professor, Mathematics
       
Industrial Microbiology, Contact: Dr. Terence L. Marsh, Associate Professor, Microbiology
       
Integrative Pharmacology, Contact: Stephen Stofflet, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
       
Zoo and Aquarium Management, Contact: Dr. Richard Snider, Professor, Zoology

Southern Illinois University—Carbondale 

       Advanced Energy and Fuels Management, Contact: Steven Kraft, Visiting Professor and Director of Advanced Energy and  Fuels Management PSM Program

Southern Illinois University—Edwardsville 

       Biotechnology Management, Contact: Dr. Steven McCommas, Professor and Chairman of the Biotechnology Management Committee
       
Environmental Science Management, Contact: Dr. Zhi-Qing Lin, Program Director

Truman State University
   Jon Beck, Professor of Computer Science 

       
Bioscience Informatics (website forthcoming)

University of Dayton 
   
Dr. Paul Eloe, Director, Graduate Programs Mathematics 

       
Financial Mathematics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
   
Dr. Kevin W. Sightler, Director

       
Agricultural Production
       Bioenergy
       Food Science and Human Nutrition

University of Minnesota—Twin Cities
   Dick McGehee, Program Director

       
Financial Mathematics

University of Northern Iowa 

       Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Contact: Dr. Shoshanna Coon, Graduate Coordinator
       
Applied Physics, Contact: Dr. Cliff Chancey, Graduate Coordinator
       
Biotechnology, Contact: Dr. Kavita Dhanwada, Interim Head
       
Ecosystem Management, Contact: Dr. Laura Jackson, Graduate Advisor
       
Industrial Mathematics, Contact: Dr. Syed Kirmani, Graduate Coordinator       



Northeastern States

Brandeis University
   Dr. Neil Simister, Director, PSM Program in Biotechnology, and Dr. Susan Lovett, Assistant Director, PSM Program in Biotechnology

       
Biotechnology

Buffalo State College

       Professional Applied and Computational Mathematics, Contact: Joaquin Carbonara, Professor of Mathematics

The College at Brockport, State University of New York
   
Dr. Stuart Tsubota, Program Director 

       
Biologicial Sciences

College of Saint Rose 
   
Ian MacDonald, Associate Professor of Computer Science

       
Computer Information Systems 

New York University
   
Vielka V. Holness, Director of the Master's College 

       
Physics

Northeastern University

       
Bioinformatics, Contact: Dr. Wendy Smith
       Biotechnology, Contacts: Cynthia Bainton, Administrative Manager and Thomas Gilbert, Academic Director
       
Marine Biology, Contact: Dr. Sal Genovese
       Regulatory Science, Contacts: Cynthia Bainton, Administrative Manager and Thomas Gilbert, Academic Director

Pennsylvania State University
   
Norman Freed, Associate Dean Eberly College of Science 

       
Applied Statistics, Contact: Dr. Mosuk Chow, Program Director
       
Forensic Science, Contact: Dr. Mitchell M. Holland, Program Director
       
Biotechnology, Contact: Loida J. Escote-Carlson, Program Director

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey 
   
Tait Chirenje, Program Director 

       
Environmental Science

Rochester Institute of Technology
   
Dr. Michael Osier, Program Director 

       
Bioinformatics

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (System-Wide Programs for the Camden and New Brunswick campuses)
   
Dr. Deborah Silver, Director, Professional Science Master's Program

       Biotechnology and Genomics
       Chemistry
       Food Science
       Industrial Mathematics
       
Statistics and Biostatistics
       Sustainability

Sacred Heart University
   
Alexis S. Haakonsen, Dean of Graduate Admissions

       
Environmental Systems Analysis and Management

St. Johns University
   
Dr. Diana Bartelt, Director 

       
Biotechnology

State University of New York at Buffalo 
   
Jean B. Stefanski, Assistant Dean

       Biophysics (website forthcoming)

       
Computational Chemistry 
       
Environmental Geographical Information Systems 
       
Molecular Chemical Biology
       
Natural and Biomedical Sciences (website forthcoming)

State University of New York at Oswego

       Chemistry

State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

       Bioprocess Engineering
 (website forthcoming)
       
Paper Engineering (website forthcoming)

Stony Brook University
   Harold Metcalf, Distinguished Teaching Professor

       
Master of Science in Instrumentation (Business Track)

Temple University 
   
Jason Pfeffer, Graduate Secretary

       
Chemical Informatics 
       
Drug Analysis 
       
Forensic Chemistry

Thomas Jefferson University
   
Dennis M. Gross, Associate Dean and PSM Program Director

       
Biomedical Sciences
       Cell and Developmental Biology
       Microbiology
       Pharmacology

University of Connecticut 
   For all program inquiries, please contact Elaine Mirkin, PSM Program Assistant

       
Applied Financial MathematicsJames Bridgeman, Associate Professor-in-Residence, Mathematics Department
       
Applied Genomics, Dr. Linda Strausbaugh, Professor, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology 
       
Microbial Systems Analysis, Dr. Joerg Graf, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

University of Delaware

       Bioinformatics, Contact:
Dr. Cathy Wu, Professor and Program Director
       Biotechnology, Contact: Dr. Melinda Duncan, Professor and Program Director

University of Massachusetts Boston

       
Environmental Sciences, Contact: John Duff, Program Coordinator

University of Massachusetts (Inter Campus Programs for the Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, and Lowell campuses)
   
       Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, Contact: Bryan Buchholz, Program Coordinator
       
Coastal and Ocean Administration, Science and Technology, Contact: Robert Gamache, Program Coordinator

University of Massachusetts Lowell

       Applied Biotechnology, Contact: Jerome Hojnacki, Program Coordinator
       
Biosafety, Contact:
Jerome Hojnacki, Program Coordinator
       
Cleaner Production/Pollution Prevention, Contact: David Kriebel, Program Coordinator
       
Clinical Lab Sciences, Contact: Eugene Rogers, Program Coordinator
       Environmental Biotechnology, Contact: Jerome Hojnacki, Program Coordinator
       
Epidemiology, Contact: David Kriebel, Program Coordinator
       
Ergonomics and Safety, Contact: David Kriebel, Program Coordinator
       
Industrial Mathematics, Contact: Kenneth Levasseur, Program Coordinator       
       Occupational, Environmental Hygiene, Contact: David Kriebel, Program Coordinator
       
Project Management in Life Sciences, Contact: Jerome Hojnacki, Program Coordinator
       
Radiological Sciences and Protection, Contact: Clayton French, Program Coordinator

University of Pittsburgh 

       
Financial Mathematics, Contact: Dr. Ivan Yotov, Graduate Director 
       
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing, Contact: Dr. Michael Ramsey, Program Co-Director and Dr. William Harbert, Program Co-Director

University of Southern Maine
   
Muhammad El-Taha, Graduate Program Director

       
Biostatistics

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
   
Dr. Bogdan Vernescu, Department Head

       
Industrial Mathematics
       Quantitative Finance (Financial Mathematics)



Southern States

American University
   
David Culver, Professor and Associate Dean

       
Applied Computing
       Biotechnology
       Environmental Science and Assessment

Appalachian State University
   
Dr. Christopher Thaxton, Assistant Professor, PSM Program Coordinator 

       
Engineering Physics: Instrumentation and Automation
       Engineering Physics: Nanoscience for Advanced Materials

Florida State University
   
Philip Bowers, Chair & Dwight B. Goodner Professor of Mathematics

       
Biomathematics

       Financial Mathematics

George Washington University
   
Mark Reeves, Program Director

       
Molecular Biotechnology

Georgia Institute of Technology

       
Bioinformatics, Contact:
Prof. Jung Choi, Program Director
       
Human-Computer Interaction, Contact: Prof. Melody Jackson, Program Director and David White, Academic Advisor 
       
Prosthetics and Orthotics, Contact:
Joy Daniell, Administrative Assistant 
       
Quantitative Computational Finance, Contact: Prof. Robert Kertz, Director, MS QCF Program

Middle Tennessee State University 
   
Saeed Foroudastan, Program Director 

       
Biostatistics
       Biotechnology
       Health Care Informatics

North Carolina State University

       Electric Power Systems (website forthcoming)
      
Environmental Assessment, Contact: Linda R. Taylor, Master of Environmental Assessment Program Coordinator, Sarah T. Warren, Graduate Program Director, Sarah Slover, Graduate Administrative Assistant
       Financial Mathematics, Contact: Jeffrey S. Scroggs, Program Director
       Geospatial Information Science and Technology, Contact: Hugh Devine, Program Director

       
Microbial Biotechnology, Contact: Sarah Luginbuhl, Program Director
       Nutrition (website forthcoming), Contact: Jonathan Allen, Program Director

Rice University 
   
Dagmar Beck, Program Coordinator 

       
Environmental Analysis and Decision Making 
       
Nanoscale Physics 
       
Subsurface Geoscience

Southeastern Louisiana University 
   
Dr. Ken Li, Graduate Coordinator of ISAT 

       
Integrated Science and Technology

Texas A & M University
   Marian Cothran, Program Coordinator, Professional Program in Biotechnology

       
Biotechnology

Towson University

       Applied Physics, Contact: Rajeswari Kolagani, Program Director
       
Forensic Science, Contact: Mark Profili, Director of Master of Science in Forensic Science Program

University of Central Florida
   
Peter Kincaid, Co-Director
   
Larry Carlton, Co-Director
   
Bala Jaganathan, Associate Director

       Biotechnology, Contact: Henry Daniell, PSM Program Coordinator
       Conservation Biology, Contact: Graham A.J. Worthy, PSM Program Coordinator
       
Health Care Informatics, Contact: Kendall H. Cortelyou-Ward, Interim Director, MS Health Care Informatics Program 
       
Modeling and Simulation

University of Houston—Clear Lake 
   
Dr. David Garrison, Assistant Professor of Physics 

       
Physics, Technical Management Sub-plan

University of Maryland—Baltimore County
   
Dr. Richard E. Wolf, Jr., Professor and Graduate Program Director (M.P.S.: Biotechnology)

       
Biotechnology

University of Maryland Eastern Shore (HBCU Institution)
   
Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes, Alliance Secretary and Program Director

       
Quantitative Fisheries

University of Maryland University College
   
       
Bioinformatics, Contact: 
Dr. Rana Khan, Program Director
       
Biotechnology Management, Contact: 
Dr. Rana Khan, Program Director
       
Biosecurity and Biodefense, Contact: 
Dr. Rana Khan, Program Director
       
Environmental Management, Contact: Dr. Robert G. Beauchamp, Program Director
       
Information Assurance, Contact: Dr. Jim Chen, Program Director
       
Software Engineering, Contact: Dr. Hasan Sayani, Program Director
       
Telecommunications Management, Contact: Dr. Irena Bojanova, Program Director

University of North Carolina—Charlotte 
   
Dr. Cynthia Gibas, PSM Program Coordinator, Faculty Director

       Bioinformatics

University of North Carolina—Wilmington 
   
Dr. Ron Vetter, Director

       
Computer Science and Information Systems

University of North Texas
   Project Coordinators:
Jean Schaake, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Art Goven, Chair

       
Biotechnology, Contact: Duane Huggett 
       
Environmental Science, Contact: Barney Venables
       Industrial Chemistry, Contact: Teresa Golden 

University of South Carolina
   
Dr. Roger Sawyer, Senior Associate Dean of Natural Sciences

       
Bioinformatics
       Biotechnology

University of South Florida
   Program Directors 

       
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Contact: Dr. Michael Barber, Program Director 
       
Biotechnology, Contact: Dr. Inge Wefes, Program Director

University of Texas—El Paso
   
Dr. Ming-Ying Leung, Graduate Advisor

       
Bioinformatics

University of Texas—San Antonio
   
Dr. Youn-Min Chou, Graduate Advisor

       
Industrial Mathematics

University of the District of Columbia (HBCU Institution)

       
Applied Statistics, Contact: Dr. Valbona Bejleri, Program Director
       Water Resources Management (website forthcoming), Contact: Dr. Tolessa Deksissa, Program Director

Virginia Commonwealth University
   
Dr. Gregory Buck, Director 

       
Bioinformatics



Western States & Canada

Arizona State University 
   
       
Computational Biosciences, Contact: Eric Kennedy, Director, Department of Mathematics
       
Nanoscience, Contact: Dr. John Venables, Professor and Director, Department of Physics

California State University—Channel Islands

       
Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Contact: Dr. Ching-Hua Wang, Professor, Director of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Program

California State University—Chico

       
Environmental Sciences, Contact: Dr. John Nishio, Director

California State University—East Bay

       
Biostatistics, Contact: Eric Suess, Department Chair  

California State University—Fresno

       
Biotechnology, Contact: Dr. Alice Wright, Biotechnology Graduate Program Coordinator
       
Forensic Science, Contact: Dr. Kevin Miller, Assistant Professor 

California State University—Fullerton (Joint Program with CSU-Los Angeles and Pomona)

        Applied Biotechnology Studies, Contact: David Dyer, Program Director

California State University—Los Angeles (Joint Program with CSU-Fullerton and Pomona)

        Applied Biotechnology Studies

California State University—Monterey Bay

        Coastal and Watershed Science and Policy, Contact: Susan Alexander, Academic Coordinator, Coastal and Watershed Science & Policy M.S.

California State University—Northridge

       Assistive and Rehabilitative Technology, Contact: C.T. Lin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Academic Director, PSM Program in ATR

California State University—Pomona (Joint Program with CSU-Fullerton and Los Angeles)

        Applied Biotechnology Studies, Contact: Donald Straney

California State University—Sacramento

        Applied BioscienceStem Cell Concentration, Contact: Jill Trainer, Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics 

California State University—San Bernardino       

       Environmental Sciences, Contact: Brett Stanley

California State University—San Marcos

        Biotechnology, Contact: Dr. Al Kern, Biotechnology Program Director

California State University—Stanislaus

       Genetic Counseling, Contact: Janey Youngblom

Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
   
Daniel Chatham, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

       
Medical Devices and Diagnostics

       
Pharmaceutical Discovery and Development
       
Bioprocessing
       Clinical and Regulatory Affairs

Northern Arizona University

       
Applied Geospatial Sciences, Geospatial Technologies emphasis, Contact: Dr. Alan Lew, Graduate Program Coordinator
      
Climate Science and Solutions, Contact: Dr. Matthew Hurteau, Graduate Program Coordinator

Oregon State University
   Ursula Bechert, Director of Off-Campus Programs College of Science 

       
Applied Biotechnology, Contact: Barbara Taylor, Program Director
       
Applied Systematics, Contact: Aaron Liston, Program Director
       
Environmental Sciences, Contact: Ursula Bechert, Program Director

San Diego State University 

       Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics, Contact: Faramarz Valafar, Program Coordinator
       Computational Science, Contact: Dr. Jose Castillo, Director Mathematics and Compute  
       Medical Physics, Contact: Prof. Usha Sinha, Director of the SDSU Medical and Health Physics Program 

San Francisco State University

       Biomedical Science: Concentration in Biotechnology and Stem Cell Science, Contacts: Dr. Lily Chen, Director, and Dr. Linda Chen, Associate Director

San Jose State University
   
       
Biotechnology, Contact:
Dr. Sally Veregge, Program Director
       Statistics (starting Fall 2011) (website forthcoming), Contact:
Dr. Steven Crunk, Program Director

Sonoma State University
   
Jagan Agrawal, Program Director 
   
Saeid Rahimi, Dean, School of Science & Technology

       Bioengineering (website forthcoming)
       Computer Hardware and Software Systems (website forthcoming)
       Communications and Photonics (website forthcoming)

Stanford University 
   
Betty Cheng, Associate Director BMI, Bioinformatics 

       
Biomedical Informatics

University of Arizona

       Applied Biosciences, Contact: Dianne Horgan, Associate Dean, Graduate College
       
Medical Physics, Contact: Christopher Watchman, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology

University of British Columbia (Canada) (International Program)
   
Sharon Ruschkowski, Bioinformatics Program Coordinator 

       
Bioinformatics

University of California—Santa Cruz 
   
Dr. Richard Hughey, Professor and Vice-Chair, Biomolecular Engineering 

       
Bioinformatics 

University of Utah
   
Jennifer Schmidt, Program Director

       
Biotechnology
       Computational Science
       Environmental Science
       Science Instrumentation

Washington State University
   
Norah McCabe, Program Director

       
Molecular Biosciences

Europe

Open University (United Kingdom) (International Program)
   
Dr. Elaine McPherson, MSc Awards Manger 

       
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PSM-Affiliated Institutions: 97

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