Lots of new faces at the Stony Brook University Libraries these days. We've hired the following people for positions in the Library:
John Fitzgerald
Senior programmer/analyst in the Library Information Technology Department
John Fitzgerald is currently working for a consulting agency doing work for the Copper Ridge Institute, which is affiliated with the John Hopkins Medical School. Before that, he worked as a programmer in industry and as a mechanical engineer for the MTA in New York City where he worked with computer-based data of 3D subway tunnel characteristics. He also introduced 3D computer-aided design practices to the Mechanical and Electrical Design Departments. John received a B.S. in Engineering Sciences from Stony Brook.
Lis Pankl
Head of Academic Engagement
Lis comes to us from Kansas State University Libraries where she was the Graduate and Faculty Services Librarian. Previous to that, she worked as Humanities Librarian and Instruction Librarian at Kansas State. Before earning her Master’s degree in Library Science at the University of North Texas, she taught English at high schools in Plano and Terrell, Texas, and at Western Texas College.
In addition to her Library Science degree, Lis recently earned her PhD at Kansas State, writing her dissertation The Critical Geographies of Frida Kahlo. She has served on ACRL and LLAMA committees, published articles and book chapters on library instruction and recruitment, and presented at a number of literature and geography conferences.
Sarita Sharma
Clerk in Access Services
Sarita has a B.S. from HMW College (India) and a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Government College of Education (India).
Hu Wang
Senior programmer/analysts in the Library Information Technology Department
Hu will be joining Stony Brook University Libraries on March 26, 2015. Hu has worked as a software architect and senior programmer analyst for the American Institute of Physics (API) for over 20 years where he designed and implemented software systems and applications and developed programs. Hu has a master's degree and a PhD in applied mathematics and statistics from Stony Brook and a BS from the Northeast Petroleum University in China. Dr. Wang is the recipient of several awards from AIP, Stony Brook and China and has published in such journals as the American Journal of Physiology, Applied Mathematics Letters, and Computers & Mathematics with Applications.
Jack Yi
Senior programmer/analyst in the Library Information Technology Department
Jack Yi has ten years experience in software development, data programming and management, and web development in private industry. .He has an M.S. in computer science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, an M.A. in Demography from Sichuan University in China and an A.S. in Physics from Yichun University in China.
We’re celebrating Pi-day on Wednesday, March 11th in the Melville Library Galleria. Visitors will get a FREE slice of pie and be able to enter to win numerous contests for a chance to win gift cards to the Bench Bar & Grill and Barnes & Noble. Learn more at
http://guides.library.stonybrook.edu/piday