publications. His research experience includes 13 grants, over 30 professional presentations, and serving as a journal editor. His research experience spans Texas A&M University, University of Idaho, University of Arkansas, and Kentucky State University. Dr. Dasgupta has taught mathematical statistics, biostatistics, nonparametric statistics, agricultural economics and marketing in multiple universities. He is the major professor of two graduate students and has served on graduate committees of several other students. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Kentucky.

Kazi Javed is an associate professor of chemistry at KSU. He holds a PhD and MS in chemical engineering from Clarkson University, and a BS in physics and chemistry from Dickinson College. He directs the KSU Center for Environmental Education, which is a member of the Kentucky University Partnership for Environmental Education, a joint partnership between all eight of Kentucky's public universities. He has worked as an engineer for the University of Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, overseeing and monitoring environmental remediation and restoration activities at the U.S. Department of Energy nuclear processing plant in Paducah, Kentucky. Javed's work in hazardous and radioactive waste treatment technology included the use of a new process to immobilize radioactive components and prevent leaching during long-term storage.

T.S. Kochhar is a professor of biology at KSU, specializing in environmental toxicology and mutagenesis. He holds a PhD in biology from the University of Kentucky, and MSc and BSc degrees in botany from the University of Delhi. He and his students have published their research on the effects of heavy metals on mammalian chromosome alterations in several peer-reviewed journals and made presentations at national and international professional society meetings. He has received travel awards from the Environmental Mutagen Society to present work in Australia and France, and visited the Philippines as a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Environmental Science to lecture on environmental topics, including mutagenecity testing and the genotoxicity of arsenic. Kochhar's current research explores the potential of selenium as an anticancer agent.

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