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Dragan Djordjijevic received his Ph.D. degree in Biology (Specialisation: Biochemistry, Physiology and Cellular Biology) with honors (“”Mention très honorable avec les félicitations du jury””, “”Very Honorable, with Committee Praise””) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Paris, France. Dragan has worked more than 15 years doing fundamental research in prominent laboratories in France (Collège de France, Pasteur Institute, INSERM, Institute Gustave-Roussy), Japan (Kurume University), and former Yugoslavia (Immunology Research Center). His fields of interest are immunology and neuroendocrinology. His publications have appeared in journals such as Endocrinology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, Journal of Neuroscience Research, and Annals of New York Academy of Sciences. Since he moved to the USA, Dragan has been teaching various biology courses (Microbiology, Cellular Biology, Advanced Laboratory Research Methods, Immunology, General Biology).

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Karen Lant

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B.S. University of Salford
Ph.D. University of Edinburgh

Biography

Dr. Lant received her BS in Biochemistry from the University of Salford in Manchester, UK, where she first became interested in parasitology, and her PhD in malaria genetics from the University of Edinburgh, UK. Dr Lant moved to the US to work in the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at the National Institutes of Health and spent over 10 years doing basic research using genetic mapping to study how malaria parasites invade red blood cells and become resistant to antimalarial drugs. Dr Lant currently teaches Genetics, Parasitology and Writing for Science, along with various laboratory sections.

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Genetics
Parasitology
Writing for Science

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Malaria parasites of birds, reptiles & mammals
Host-parasite relationships
Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system for parasitic worms

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Dr. Lant has written over 40 articles, including primary research papers, reviews and book chapters. Her publications have appeared in journals such as Nature, Cell Host & Microbe, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.
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Eric Bubar

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B.S., Appalachian State University
M.S., Ph.D., Clemson University

Biography

Dr. Eric Bubar comes to Marymount with extensive training in the field of astronomical stellar spectroscopy. He utilizes national and international telescope facilities to study stars like our own Sun. By breaking starlight into its respective wavelengths, Dr. Bubar can tell what a star is made of, how hot it is, how large it is, and determine its age. He is currently conducting a variety of projects, including studying what types of stars harbor exoplanets and studying small-scale galactic chemical enrichment within a single star-forming region. His work on this enrichment is the most detailed study ever attempted and the best part about this work is that students can easily make substantial contributions! In addition to astronomy, Dr. Bubar also conducts research in using low-cost desktop 3D printing to create upper-limb assistive devices for individuals in need. Through collaborations with Enabling the Future, a global network of volunteers, Dr. Bubar and his students have provided hands and arms to people throughout the world. Projects in this area have included testing 3D printed arms, creating low-cost myoelectric sensing for 3D printed hands, and designing customized full and partial assistive devices using 3D scanning. To date, Dr. Bubar and his students have provided roughly 60 devices to people in the United States, Costa Rica, Uganda, and Palestine.

Teaching is another passion of Dr. Bubar’s. He developed several planetarium shows while at Clemson University, covering topics such as “Archaeoastronomy” and “Historical Astronomers.” He presents these shows (and more!) by traveling to local schools with the newly operational Myhill Portable Planetarium, a 5 meter, full-digital HD planetarium that immerses participants in the wonders of the cosmos. He also likes performing demonstrations during lectures and will often be seen carrying bicycle tires and ropes into a classroom to teach students about physics with a hands-on approach. If you see him meandering across campus with his arms full, ask what he’s carrying and perhaps you’ll get an impromptu to peek into the nature of physics and astronomy!

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General Physics I and II
Principles of Physical Science
Astronomy

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Stellar Spectroscopy
Extra-Solar Planets
Cosmo-chemical Archaeology
3D printing upper limb assistive devices

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Bubar, E.J., Schaeuble, M., King, J.R., Mamajek, E.E., & Stauffer, J.R., 2011, The Astronomical Journal, 142, 180,
Lithium in the Upper Centaurus Lupus and Lower Centaurus Crux Subgroups of Scorpius-Centaurus
Pecaut, M.J., Mamajek, E.E., \& Bubar, E.J., 2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 746, 154, A Revised Age for Upper Scorpius and the Star Formation History among the F-type Members of the Scorpius-Centaurus OB Association
Barenfeld, S.~A., Bubar, E.~J., Mamajek, E.~E., \& Young, P.~A.\ 2013, The Astrophysical Journal, 766, 6,
A Kine-chemical Investigation of the AB Dor Moving Group “”Stream””
Bubar, E.J., Mamajek, E.E., & Young, P.A., 2014, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 223, #441.28,
Searching for Local Evidence of Supernova Enrichment in the Scorpius Centaurus OB Association
Hernandez, L., Bubar, E.J., Mamajek, E.E., & Young, P.A., 2014, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 223, 441.34, Chemical Abundances in Exoplanet Host Stars

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