Margaret M. Rich, Professor and Chair

Office: Science 214 Phone: x4433 Email: mrich@capecod.edu B.S. Chemistry, Washington College Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh.   Began teaching part-time at the college in 1977, and full-time in 1996. After her Ph.D., she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Medical College of Virginia. She taught at several colleges in Pennsylvania and Connecticut before moving to the Cape in 1976. She teaches general Chemistry, Survey of Chemistry, Chemistry for the Health Sciences, Organic Chemistry, and Environmental Chemistry.   She enjoys travel with her family, hiking, cooking and reading in her spare time.

Hemant M. Chikarmane, Professor

Office: Science 206 Phone: x4422 Email: hchikarm@capecod.edu B.S., M.S. Microbiology/Chemistry, St. Xavier's College, Bombay University, India Ph.D. Molecular Biology, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India   Teaches microbiology and environmental science. Joined the faculty full time in Fall 1999. He was previously Director of Biotechnology at a biotech company in Woburn, and a Visiting Scientist at the Hokkaido Fisheries Institute in Japan. He is also an Investigator at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, where he does research on population genetics of marine animals by DNA fingerprinting. During 1992-1995, he taught the DCE microbiology course at CCCC. Before coming to the U.S., he taught microbiology and molecular biology in India.   His outside interests include archaeology, history of science and technology, anthropology, Indian and western classical music, jazz and blues.

Catherine Etter, Professor

Office: Science 215 Phone: x4598 Email: cetter@capecod.edu B.S. Biology, Providence College M.L.A. Biology, Harvard University Ph.D., Salve Regina University Catherine has been teaching environmental science/technology courses since 1995. She has worked in the commercial environmental field since 1984 as chemist, scientist, or quality control supervisor. She continues to stay current in environmental technology field with commercial environmental jobs. She has many professional certificates from advanced courses.

Lynda Farley-LaRocca, Instructor

Office: Science G6 Phone: x4597 Email: lfarley@capecod.edu B.S. Biology, Randolph-Macon College M.S. Biology, Wake Forest University Ph.D. Biology, Boston University Began teaching at CCCC as an adjunct faculty member from the fall of 1996 until the spring of 2006, when she became a full-time faculty member. Lynda currently teaches Human Anatomy and Physiology courses and an online Survey of Human Anatomy and Physiology course. Other courses taught at CCCC include Concepts in Biology I and II. Her research background is in the field of sensory neurobiology, using animal models to answer questions about how chemical stimuli are acquired and processed by the nervous system. In addition to teaching at the college, Lynda is also an AAAI/ISMA (American Aerobic Association International /International Sports Medicine Association) certified group aerobic instructor. Her other outside interests include music, food, nature, bicycling, and family activities.

Gail T. Maguire, Professor

Office: Science G12 Phone: x4424 Email: gmaguire@capecod.edu B.A. University of New Hampshire M.S. Colorado State University Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania   Began at CCCC as an adjunct faculty member in 1989, and became a full-time faculty member in 1995. Gail teaches Human Anatomy and Physiology courses, a Survey of Human Anatomy and Physiology course, and occasionally a Biology course. She is a Director for the Wequaquet Lake Protective Association, and has been monitoring water quality in that lake since 1995. Although she teaches human A&P, her background is in animal pathology, specifically wild animal diseases.

Rolfe E. Scofield, Professor

Office: Science 207 Phone: x4373 Email: rscofiel@capecod.edu B.A. Chemistry, University of New Hampshire Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Florida.   Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota, taught in the Biochemistry Department of the Medical School at the University of Minnesota before joining the faculty at Cape Cod Community College in 1975.   He enjoys outdoor biological research in his limited spare time.

James B. Shaw, Professor

Office: Science 210 Phone: x4580 Email: jshaw@capecod.edu B.S. Industrial Engineering, Lafayette College M.S. Physics, Old Dominion University Jim has been teaching at CCCC for well over a decade, offering Physics, University Physics, Astronomy, and (occasionally) Survey of Physics.Before that, he taught at Williamport Area Community College for several years and had some experience with both university and high school teaching. Jim's outside interests include folk music and dance (he regularly plays guitar and banjo for local contradances), sailing, and other sports (basketball, tennis). he has traveled a great deal and has lived in several states and in Europe.

Patrick Tatano, Professor

Office: Science 204A Phone: x4584 Email: ptatano@capecod.edu B.S. Biology, Fairfield University M.S. Biology, University of Dayton Patrick came to the College in 1990 as an Adjunct Faculty member in the Department of Natural Science. He has been a full time member since 1995. Patrick has taught courses in Biology, Environmental Science, Anatomy & Physiology, and Astronomy. Originally from Connecticut where he began teaching at the community college level in 1976, he has resided on the Cape for the past 25 years. Active in local government, he has served as the Chairman of the Sandwich Board of Health and as that town's Manager of Public Lands.