People: Deans
Bart S. Ng
Acting Dean and the Marvin L. Bittinger Chair in Mathematical Sciences
Bart Ng received his B.S. summa cum laude from Saint Joseph's College in 1968 and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1973. After completing his postdoctoral studies at the University of Toronto, he joined the Department of Mathematical Sciences and later served as the department's chair from 1986 to 1997. Ng has been a member of the IUPUI faculty since 1975, and in that time, he has played an active role with the IUPUI Faculty Council, serving two terms as that body's president. His research includes work in linear and nonlinear hydrodynamic stability, asymptotic theory for higher-order turning-point problems, singular perturbation techniques and their applications to fluid dynamics, scientific computing and mathematics education.
James M. Murphy
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education and Professor of Psychology
Jim Murphy received a Ph.D. in biopsychology from Bowling Green State University in 1978. Specializing in psychopharmacology, neurochemistry and neurobiology of behavior, he is recognized nationally for his research of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. He studies hereditary predispositions to excessive alcohol drinking behavior, sensitivity to alcohol and tolerance to alcohol. He is the author of numerous papers and journal articles. Murphy holds faculty appointments in the Department of Psychology, where he is the director of the psychobiology of addictions graduate program, and the Institute of Psychiatric Research in the IU School of Medicine.