
Dr. Mathis is a graduate of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she majored in physics. She earned a master’s degree in applied physics at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and a second master’s degree and a Ph.D. in physiology at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.

Dr. Guler is a graduate of Bogazici University in Turkey. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Professor Skurka joined the faculty at the university in 1978. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois and holds a master’s degree in education from Purdue University.


