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Several Clarkson University professors granted tenure at School of Arts & Sciences

Posted 3/10/15

Several professors were recently granted tenure at Clarkson University’s School of Arts & Sciences. Andreas Wilke has earned tenure and been promoted from assistant professor to associate …

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Several Clarkson University professors granted tenure at School of Arts & Sciences

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Several professors were recently granted tenure at Clarkson University’s School of Arts & Sciences.

Andreas Wilke has earned tenure and been promoted from assistant professor to associate professor of psychology.

Wilke joined Clarkson in 2009. He received his master of arts degree and Ph.D. in psychology from the Free University of Berlin in Germany.

His postdoctoral training included posts at the Center for Behavior, Evolution and Culture at the University of California, Los Angeles; and at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Altenberg, Austria.

He is a past recipient of research scholarships from the German Science Foundation (DFG) and the Max Planck Society (MPG). His research is regularly featured in national and international media outlets. Last year, he was interviewed about his research in the New York Times by science writer Carl Zimmer.

Together with Clarkson Associate Professor Stephen Casper and Dean of Arts & Sciences Peter Turner, Wilke co-founded the Arts and Sciences Seminar Series (now, the David A. Walsh Speaker Series).

Wilke is a recipient of Clarkson University’s Commendable Leadership Award and a member of Phalanx, Clarkson's highest honorary society.

Maria Gracheva has also earned tenure and been promoted from assistant professor to associate professor of physics.

Gracheva joined Clarkson in 2008. She received her master of science and doctoral degrees in solid state physics from Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI) in Russia.

Gracheva has taught solid state physics, biophysics, computer modeling in physics and physics for life sciences among other courses, incorporating modern problems and questions into the educational curriculum. Many undergraduate students have been involved in her research group since 2008.

Gracheva's research expertise is in solid state physics, engineering physics, biophysics and the use of computer simulations in physics.

She has received National Science Foundation (NSF) support in the form of the CAREER Award and an EAGER award (Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research) for her research on electrically tunable membranes for characterization, separation and filtering of ions and biomolecules such as DNA and proteins.

Stephen Bird has also been given tenure and promoted from assistant professor to associate professor of political science.

Bird joined Clarkson in 2009. He received his bachelor of arts degree in arranging and performance from Berklee College of Music, a master of liberal arts in government from Harvard University, and his Ph.D. in political science from Boston University.

Before coming to Clarkson, Bird was a lecturer at Boston University, and an adjunct lecturer at Simmons College and Northeastern University. He was affiliated with Harvard University’s Electricity Policy Group from 2001- 2010.

He was also an environmental policy analyst and consultant with the Massachusetts Environmental Affairs, and has advised the U.S. State Department and the European Commission as an energy policy specialist.

His fields of study include energy and environmental politics and policy, social justice and activism, social networks, political behavior, and pedagogy.