Faculty
Gina Yosten, PhD
Kummer Endowed Department Chair
573-341-4811 | gina.yosten@mst.edu |
108 IDE Building
David Duvernell, PhD
Professor and Director of the Ozark Research Field Station
573-341-6988 | duvernelld@mst.edu |
G4C IDE Building
Population Genetics, Molecular Evolution, Fish Genetics, Conservation Biology
Yue-Wern Huang, PhD
Professor, Associate Dean for Research & External Relations, CASE and Interim Director of the CBR
573-341-6589 and 573-341-4687 | huangy@mst.edu |
G4D IDE Building and 118 Fulton Hall
- Toxicity of electronic cigarettes, nanomaterials, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (e.g., PCBs, dioxins) and environmental hormone modulators such as pharmaceuticals, phytochemicals, and industrial chemicals on human and environmental health
- Evolution and behaviors of indoor bioaerosols
- Development of carrier platforms to deliver biologically active molecules in vitro and in vivo for basic science research and biomedical applications
Grant Kolar, MD, PhD
Research Professor
101 IDE Building
- Spatial-transcriptomics, spatial-proteomics
- Human metabolic disease
- Type 1 diabetes
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Ocular pathology
- Neuropathology
Melanie Mormile, PhD
Professor and Director of the Biology Graduate Program
573-341-6346 | mmormile@mst.edu |
G32 Schrenk Hall
- Environmental Microbiology
- Extremophilic Microorganisms
- Anaerobic Microbial Metabolism
Dev Niyogi, PhD
Professor
573-341-7191 | niyogid@mst.edu |
231 Butler Carlton Hall
- Effects of humanity on stream Ecosystems
- Role of biodiversity in controlling ecosystem processes
- Nutrient uptake in streams and other aquatic systems
Stephen Roberts, PhD
Professor of Biology and Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives
573-341-4740 | stephen.roberts@mst.edu |
106E Parker Hall
- Comparative and integrative physiology
- Insect flight aerodynamics and energetics, stress tolerance, learning and memory
- Aging and senescence
- Locomotion biomechanics
Andrea Scharf, PhD
Assistant Professor
573-341-6069 | scharfa@mst.edu |
G31 Schrenk Hall
The wormPOP lab focuses on two main research areas:
- Impact of life-history traits on population dynamics
- Pollution-induced premature aging
Julie Semon, PhD
Associate Professor
573-341-6606 | semonja@mst.edu |
G6B IDE Building
- Adult stem cells
- Tissue Engineering
- Regenerative Medicine
- BioInnovation
- BioDesign
Katie Shannon, PhD
Teaching Professor and Pre-Health Advisor
573-341-6336 | shannonk@mst.edu |
231 Schrenk Hall
- Cytokinesis
- Cell cycle
- Cytoskeleton
- Nanoparticle uptake and transport
Katherine Sharp, PhD
Assistant Professor
573-341-4192 | ksharp@mst.edu |
215E - Suite 214 Centennial Hall
- Science Education
- Biology Education
- Undergraduate Education
- Secondary Education
- Case-based Learning
- Problem-based Learning
- Course-based Undergraduate Research
- Augmentation
Josh Stafford, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
101 IDE Building
I am a research scientist in the lab of Dr. Gina Yosten. My particular research interests are in islet biology, endocrinology and metabolism, and physiology.
Theodore Sumnicht, MS
Assistant Teaching Professor
203A IDE Building
- Tropical Ant Ecology
- Taxonomy
- Phylogenetics
Matthew Thimgan, PhD
Associate Professor
G4B IDE Building
- Biochemical and genetic factors of sleep regulation
- How sleep and wake transitions reflect health and aging
- Mitigating the consequences of sleep deprivation
- Physiological and molecular biomarkers of sleepiness in humans
Robin Verble, PhD
Professor
573-341-7274 | verbler@mst.edu |
225 Butler Carlton Hall
Research that focuses on the ecology of fire-adapted ecosystems and organisms.
David Westenberg, PhD
Curators Distinguished Teaching Professor and Faculty Athletics Representative
573-341-4798 | djwesten@mst.edu |
208 IDE Building
- Rhizophere microbiology
- Antibacterial materials
- Microbial diversity
- Synthetic biology
- Microbiology education
Emeritus Faculty
Roger Brown, PhD
Emeritus Professor
Biomaterials for bone repair and therapeutic applications. Development of bioactive glass coatings on titanium implants for enhanced bonding at implant site. Porous bioactive glass scaffolds for in vitro engineering of new bone tissue. Bioabsorbable composite materials for bone fracture fixation. Neutron-activatable glass microspheres for radiotherapeutic application.
Ron Frank, PhD
Emeritus Associate Professor
Terry Wilson, MS
Emeritus Associate Teaching Professor
Affiliate Faculty
Chang-Soo Kim, PhD
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
218 Emerson Electric Co. Hall
Solid-state devices, micro/nanofabrication, sensor engineering, nanotechnology applications, biological microdevices and systems
Dr. Pablo Sobrado
Richard K. Vitek/FCR Endowed Chair of Biochemistry Professor, Department of Chemistry
573-341-4768 | psobrado@mst.edu |
234 Schrenk Hall
Biochemistry, Enzymology, Analytical Biochemistry, Drug discovery
Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe
Professor of Geology, Department of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
573-341-6946 | ikuenobe@mst.edu |
147 McNutt Hall
Palynology and Sedimentology
Hu Yang, PhD
Linda and Bipin Doshi Chair and Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
573-341-4854 | huyang@mst.edu |
110E Bertelsmeyer Hall
Biomaterials; Drug and Gene Delivery; Nanomedicine; Pharmaceutical Engineering
Kan Huang, MD, PhD, MS
Medical Oncologist at Phelps Health
1060 W. 10th Street Rolla, MO 65401
Bone marrow biopsy; Breast cancer; Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer; Lung cancer; Skin cancer (melanoma)
Dr. Justin Berger
573-364-7100 | ahc@fidmail.com |
Animal Health Center 1854 HWY 72 E Rolla, Missouri 65401
Patrick Taylor, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor, Computer Science Department
573-341-7717 | taylor@mst.edu |
322 Computer Science Building
Evolutionary computing, Bioinformatics, Security, Networking, Operating systems
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