Project Lead Personnel

Dr. Julie Jordan
EPSCoR Track 1 Project Director
Interim Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Mississippi State University
- P.O. Drawer 6343, Mississippi State, MS 39762
- (662) 325.3570
- julie.jordan@research.msstate.edu

Dr. Sarah Morgan
MS EPSCoR Science Director
Associate Director and Professor
School of Polymer Science and Engineering
The University of Southern Mississippi
- 118 College Drive #5050, Hattiesburg, MS 39406
- (601) 266.5296
- sarah.morgan@usm.edu

Dr. Katie Echols
MS EPSCoR Project Administrator
Director of Research Analysis & Support
Research Ethics Review Officer
Office of Research and Economic Development
Mississippi State University
- P.O. Drawer 6343, Mississippi State, MS 39762
- (662) 325.8904
- katie@research.msstate.edu

Ms. Anna Patterson
MS EPSCoR Education and Outreach Director
Director of Education and Outreach
School of Polymer Science and Engineering
The University of Southern Mississippi
- 118 College Drive, #5050, Hattiesburg, MS 39406
- (601) 266.6852
- anna.l.patterson@usm.edu

Ms. Emily Green
MS EPSCoR Communications Coordinator
Officer Office of Research and Economic Development
Mississippi State University
- P.O. Drawer 6343, Mississippi State, MS 39762
- (662) 325.3629
- egreen@research.msstate.edu

Dr. Jason Azoulay
Research Focus Area 1 Lead
Assistant Professor
School of Polymer Science and Engineering
The University of Southern Mississippi
Research Group Website
- 118 College Drive #5050, Hattiesburg, MS 39406
- (601) 266.6896
- jason.azoulay@usm.edu

Dr. Neeraj Rai
Research Focus Area 2 Lead
Assistant Professor
Dave C Swalm School of Chemical Engineering
Mississippi State University
Research Group Website
- P.O. Box 9595, Mississippi State, MS 39762
- (662) 325.0790
- neerajrai@che.msstate.edu

Dr. Jared Delcamp
Research Focus Area 3 Lead; UM Site Lead
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Mississippi
- 322 Coulter Hall, University, MS 38677
- (662) 915.5332
- delcamp@olemiss.edu

Dr. Davita Watkins
Research Focus Area 4 Lead
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Mississippi
- 322 Coulter Hall, University, MS 38677
- (662) 915.5337
- dwatkins@olemiss.edu

Dr. Glake Hill
JSU Site Lead, RFA 2 Co-Lead
Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Jackson State University
- P.O. Box 17910, Jackson, MS 39217
- (601) 979.1699
- glakeh@icnanotox.org

Dr. Santanu Kundu
MSU Site Lead
Associate Professor
Dave C Swalm School of Chemical Engineering
Mississippi State University
- P.O. Box 9595, Mississippi State, MS 39762
- (662) 325.7323
- santanukundu@che.msstate.edu

Dr. Jerzy Leszczynski
Research Focus Area 4 Co-Lead
Professor & Presidential Distinguished Fellow
Department of Chemistry
Jackson State University
- P.O. Box 17910, Jackson, MS 39217
- (601) 979.3482
- jerzy@icnanotox.org