Brian D. AckleyAssociate Professor | Molecular Biosciences
Molecular Genetics of Nervous System Development
Impact and Achievements • Received prestigious Challenge Grant from the NIH• Invited seminar speaker at national and international meetings• Reviews grants for NIH and multiple international agencies• Received KU’s Leading Light Award for Research Funding
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Provides learning opportunities for students in a variety of genetic
techniques• Has mentored trainees from NIH-funded diversity initiatives,
including IRACDA, PREP and IMSD
More Information: https://molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/brian-ackley
Caenorhabditis elegans motorneurons labeldwith green and red fluorescent proteins. Allows visualization of nervous system development to find genetic mutations that might lead to developmental disorders
Phil BaringerProfessor | Physics and Astronomy
Experiments in elementary particle physics
Impact and Achievements • Collaborator on the CMS experiment, an international
collaboration operating an experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
• Co-author of over 700 peer-reviewed journal articles• NSF funded throughout KU career
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Runs Kansas QuarkNet center that provides summer research
opportunities for high school students and workshops for high school physics teachers
• Mentors undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers
• Faculty Fellow at University Honors Program
More Information: http://physics.ku.edu/baringer-philip-s
Representation of a proton-proton collision as recorded by the CMS experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
Alice Bean, Univ. Distinguished ProfessorPhysics and Astronomy
Searching for new particles at the Large Hadron Collider
Impact and Achievements • Fellow of the AAAS and American Physical Society• Worked with the CMS collaboration at CERN to discover the
Higgs Boson• Works on detector technology to create a camera capable of
recording images 40 million times per second and process those images
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Has supervised over 70 undergraduate researchers• Created PHSX 420: Science and Policy course where students
engage • Creator of the particle outreach project Quarked! Adventures in
the subatomic universe www.quarked.org
More Information: http://physics.ku.edu/bean-alice
Forward pixel detector inserted into the CMS detector at CERN that was tested at University of Kansas
K. Christopher Beard, professorEcology & Evolutionary Biology
Early Evolution of Primates and other Mammals
Impact and Achievements • MacArthur Fellow: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation• Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Award for The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey• NSF INPSIRE grant and other federal and private funding
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Provides independent research opportunities in lab• Raised private funds to establish the “David B. Jones Graduate Fellows
in Paleontology” program at KU• Provides hands-on opportunities for KU students to participate in field
research in Wyoming, China, and Turkey
More Information: https://eeb.ku.edu/k-christopher-beard-named
Progressive evolution of blade-like premolars (shown in orange) among early relatives of primates from China and the western USA
Sharon A. BillingsDean’s Professor | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Kansas Biological Survey
Terrestrial ecosystem responses to environmental variabilityImpact and Achievements • Acclaimed developer of linkages between microbial- and tree-scale
mechanisms and biosphere-scale phenomena• >50 invited seminars at national and international venues• NSF Critical Zone Observatory grant and additional NSF and DOE grants
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Provides independent research training to diverse undergraduates,
including Honors research and REU experiences• Trains the next generation of environmental scientists how to integrate
disparate scientific fields to understand contemporary problems• Advises graduate students at KU, other US institutions, and multiple
international universities
More Information: http://billingslab.faculty.ku.edu
Coring a tree
Measuring root abundance
Quantifying soil microbial processes
James BlakemoreAssistant Professor | Department of Chemistry
Developing a Molecular Basis for SustainabilityImpact and Achievements • Discussion Leader, Gordon Research Meetings, 2016 and 2018• Research featured on the cover of Chemistry – A European
Journal in January 2018. • Collaborative US NSF SusChEM support for exploring new media
and catalysis of carbon dioxide conversion. Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Diverse research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate
students in catalysis, inorganic and organic synthesis, energy storage, and sustainability science.
• Students serve as mentors in a PI-led inquiry-driven mentoring project at rural middle schools in Kansas.
• Multiple students honored with Undergraduate Research Fellowships and publications since lab opening in January 2016.
More Information: http://chem.ku.edu/people/faculty/jblakemore
Journal Cover Featuring Research on Redox-Tuning of Catalysts for Generation of Renewable Fuels.
Justin P. BlumenstielAssociate Professor | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Selfish DNA, Epigenetics and Mechanisms of Inheritance
Impact and Achievements • Funded by NSF since 2010• Development of efficient methods for RNA sequencing• First to identify a role for small RNA in the epigenetic control of
transposable elements inherited through the male germline
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Provides training in genomics for genetics students• Mentors students in independent research for Honors Theses• Undergraduate authorship in diverse publications
More Information: http://www.blumenstiellab.org/
The Blumenstiel Lab studies the evolutionary arms race between selfish DNA and the epigenetic mechanisms that protect the genome
Matthew BuechnerAssociate Professor | Molecular Biosciences
Regulation of Tubule Formation
Achievements • Identified multiple genes affecting human health from
experimental roundworm C. elegans• Over 100 students mentored in research• National Science Foundation Program Officer,
Developmental Biology, 2015-2017Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Multiple undergraduate students included on research papers• Teaching at all levels at Lawrence & Edwards campuses• H.O.P.E. Award for Outstanding Educator from Class of 2010
More Information: http://molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/matthew-buechner
Vesicle movement within normal “kidney” tubes of roundworm C. elegans
When good tubes go bad: Swelling of narrow “kidney” tube (arrow) into wide swollen cysts
Amy BurginAssociate Professor | Env. Studies, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Aquatic Biogeochemistry and Global Change EcologyImpact and Achievements • Published 40 papers, most co-authored with graduate and
undergraduate student collaborators• Awarded three National Science Foundation grants to use high-
frequency sensors to measure greenhouse gases and water quality• Honored with University of Nebraska Holling Family Junior Faculty
Teaching Award (2015)
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Mentors a Haskell Indian Nations University BRIDGE student and
two KU Emerging Scholars undergraduate researchers• Sponsored six undergraduates and five graduate students to
present scientific results at large national meetings• Offers Scientific Communication to teach students essential skills
for explaining their science to diverse audiences
More Information: https://burginlab.wordpress.com/ OR https://esp.ku.edu/amy-burgin
The Burgin Lab samples water chemistry from natural and experimental aquatic ecosystems to study environmental change.
Alexander C. DienerAssociate Professor | Geography, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Political and Social Geography / International Studies
Impact and Achievements • Harvard University, Davis Center Senior Fellow• George Washington University, Elliott School Senior Fellow• Kennan Institute Research Fellow• 3 Authored Books / 3 Edited Books• 43 Articles / Edited Volume Chapters• Fulbright, NSF, SSRC, IREX, MacArthur Funding Recipient • Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Provides independent research training in his courses• Mentors students while conducting research with a focus on
underrepresented groups • Participant in KU CLAS Mentor Program
More Information: https://geog.ku.edu/alexander-c-diener
Christopher G. EllesAssociate Professor | Department of Chemistry
Ultrafast dynamics of chemical reactions
Impact and Achievements • National Science Foundation Career Award • Over 50 invited seminars and lectures• $1M in cumulative external research funding• National and international research collaborations
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Research advisor for a team of graduate and undergraduate
students• Mentor for undergraduate UKanTeach students• J. Michael Young Academic Advisor Award
More Information: https://ellesgroup.ku.edu/
Laser pulses selectively change the reaction path of a molecule.
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Impact and Achievements • American Physical Society (APS) Fellow, Division of Astrophysics• 36 invited talks at national and international meetings and135
seminars and colloquia all over the world• Research the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Provides independent research training in his courses• Mentors undergraduate and graduate students while conducting
research • Involved in wide-ranging diversity and inclusion initiatives• Organizer of the APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in
Physics (CUWiP) to be held in January 12-14, 2018 at the Kansas Union
Hume A. Feldman, professor and chairPhysics & Astronomy
Large-scale structure of the Universe
More Information: https://physics.ku.edu/feldman-hume
Angular distribution of 17,000 galaxies in the sky and their distances (blue are the closest, dark red are the furthest, follow the rainbow)
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T. Chris GamblinProfessor | Molecular Biosciences
Tau Protein in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Impact and Achievements • More than $2 million total in grant funding • 29 publications cited more than 1,500 times• National Institute of Health Independent Scientist Award
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Teaches a course on Brain Diseases and Neurological Disorders• Mentors students while conducting research with a focus on
underrepresented groups in STEM• KU Mortar Board Outstanding Educator Award
More Information: http://molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/t-chris-gamblin
Alzheimer’s-like synthetic tau filaments induced by polyunsaturated fatty acids
Jennifer M. GleasonAssociate Professor | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary Behavioral Genetics
Impact and Achievements • National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences• NSF CAREER Award
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Director of the NSF funded Research Experiences for
Undergraduates Program 2013-present• Mentored over 90 undergraduates students through research• Member of the initial First Year Seminar steering committee
More Information: https://eeb.ku.edu/jennifer-gleason
Drosophila nebulosacourtship behavior
Lena C. HilemanProfessor | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Evolution and Development of Flower Form
Impact and Achievements • Kavli Fellow: National Academy of Sciences• Thirty invited seminars at national and international venues• NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity grant and other NSF funding
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Provides independent research training in her courses• Mentors students while conducting research with a focus on
underrepresented groups in STEM• Received Office for Diversity on Science Training Undergraduate
Mentor Recognition Award
More Information: https://eeb.ku.edu/lena-hileman
Evolutionary shifts in pollinator adaptation: from bee-adapted (top) to hummingbird-adapted (bottom)
Audrey LambProfessor | Molecular Biosciences
Enzymology of Pathogenic Bacteria
Impact and Achievements • Research currently funded by the NSF, NIH, and Keck Foundation• NIH Independent Scientist Award, 2011-2016• Over thirty invited seminars at national and international venues
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• K. Barbara Schowen Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, 2017• W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, 2009• Multi-PI of the NIH Training Grant in Chemical Biology and Co-
Director of the Graduate Certificate Program in Chemical Biology
More Information: http://molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/audrey-lamb
Kinetic and structural analysis of enzymes involved in iron acquisition by antibiotic resistant bacteria
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Erik A. LundquistProfessor | Molecular Biosciences
Development of the Nervous SystemImpact and Achievements • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science• NSF CAREER Award recipient and continuous funding from the
NIH• Leads review of grant proposals for the NIH and other agencies
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Provides in-lab research experience for undergraduates,
including those from underrepresented groups, resulting in undergraduate authorship on peer-reviewed publications
• Trains the next generation of scientists as Ph.D. students and post-doctoral associates
• Received the Robert Weaver Graduate Mentor Award in Biological Sciences
More Information: http://molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/erik-lundquist
The brain of the nematode worm C. elegans highlighted by green fluorescent protein
Stuart J MacdonaldAssociate Professor | Molecular Biosciences
Genetics and Genomics of Complex Traits
Impact and Achievements • Made key contributions to the understanding of complex,
polygenic trait variation in the Drosophila (fruitfly) system• Continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since
2008, including an active award for $2 million • Publishes in respected journals such as Genetics, PLoS
Genetics, and Genome Research• Director of a core facility that assists investigators throughout the
State of Kansas in the design and analysis of genomics studies
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Mentored >35 undergraduates during independent research
experiences, six of whom went on to co-author publications
More Information: http://molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/stuart-j-macdonald
Flies undergoing a test to assess their resistance to a toxic chemical
Dionyssios MantzavinosAssistant Professor | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Differential Equations in Applied Mathematics
Impact and Achievements • AMS Simons Travel Grant for Early Career Mathematicians• Thirty six invited seminars at national and international venues• More than twenty original research articles in peer-reviewed
scientific journals
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Advisor and co-advisor of three graduate students• Inspires and interacts with undergraduate math and science
majors as an active member of the KU Math Club • Holds training sessions for the KU Putnam competition team
More Information: http://mantzavinos.faculty.ku.edu
The Morning Glory cloud off the coast of northern Australia: an impressive example of a solitary wave that can be studied via partial differential equations.
Yas MotoyamaAssistant Professor | Dept. of Geography & School of Business
Local Systems of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Research Areas• Sources & environment for high-growth companies• Connecting entrepreneurs to local support resources• Bridging university technologies and companiesImpact and Achievements• Keynote speaker: Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Bozeman,
Missoula, Montana. April 2017 (featured in Montana Public Radio)• Panelist for the Power of Networks in Entrepreneurship by the
World Bank: Washington DC. May 2016.• Op-ed: Entrepreneurial ecosystems: What St. Louis can teach the
nation. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Sept. 2014.
More Information: https://geog.ku.edu/yasuyuki-motoyama
Report about St. Louis in 2014. Foreworded by Mayor Francis Slay of St. Louis
Searing for a Colored Glass of Gluons at the LHC
Michael Murray is using the the Large Hadron Collider to produce the highest energy photons in the world. He then uses these photons to visualize the gluons that hold all matter together. At very high energy these gluons may fuse together to make a glass like structure. This would be a new state of matter, the Colored Glass Condensate.
Kristi L. NeufeldProfessor | Molecular Biosciences
Maintenance of Normal Intestinal TissueImpact and Achievements • Frank B. Tyler Professor of Cancer Research• Co-Leader of Cancer Biology Program, NCI-designated KU Cancer
Center • Funding from NSF, NCI/NIH and DoD
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Emphasizes the experimental methods that led to our current knowledge
in her courses• Mentors graduate and undergraduate students while conducting
research • Received Robert Weaver Graduate Mentor Award in Biological Sciences
(2017); Grant K. Goodman Undergraduate Mentor Award (2015); Biology Graduating Class “Favorite Professor” (2015); William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (2008)
More Information: http://molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/kristi-neufeld
Architecture of the cells lining a normal colon with key proteins APC (red) and β-catenin (green)
Shannon O’LearProfessor | Geography and Environmental Studies
Political Geography & Environmental Geopolitics
Impact and Achievements • Publications and invited talks on resource conflict and climate
security at academic and U.S. government venues• NSF panels: Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
and Geography and Spatial Sciences Doctoral Dissertation Research Initiative Advisory Panel
• Leadership positions in the American Association of Geographers
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Mentors independent, undergraduate research projects• Publications with students in international journals• W.T. Kemper Fellowship for teaching
More Information: http://geog.ku.edu/shannon-olear
Maria E. OriveAssociate Professor | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary models of organisms with complex life histories
Impact and Achievements • President-elect, American Genetic Association• Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Foundation Fellow• National Science Foundation grant in Evolutionary Ecology and
other NSF and NIH funding
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Mentors undergraduate researchers with a focus on women in
mathematics/underrepresented groups in STEM• Advisor for honors projects in Mathematics and Biology• Recent publication in a top journal (Orive et al. 2017, AmNat)
featured undergraduate researcher as co-author (C. Fernandez)
More Information: http://www.orive.faculty.ku.edu/
Change in mean genotype/phenotype (A) and population size (B) after environmental shift with or without clonal reproduction (Orive et al. 2017)
Raymond PierottiAssociate Professor | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Indigenous Knowledge, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Impact and Achievements • Tribal College and University Mentor of the Year SACNAS 1998• Only faculty member in US with joint appointment in Ecology and
Indigenous Nations Studies 2004-2011• Developer and Editor: Native : American Science curriculum• accessible at: nativeamericanscience.orgMentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Mentored 50 Native American undergraduate and 15 Native
American MA and PhD students• Mentors students while conducting research with a focus on
underrepresented groups in STEM• Teaches Interdisciplinary Courses that involve Indigenous
Knowledge and Scientific traditions
More Information: https://eeb.ku.edu/lraymond pierotti n
Coevolution between wolves and humans. Indigenous Knowledge Evolutionary Ecology of Mammals and Birds Hybridization and Evolution
Paul A. SeldenDistinguished Professor | Department of Geology
Fossil Arthropods
Impact and Achievements • Over 200 peer-reviewed publications• Internationally recognized work on fossil arachnids and their
relatives• Nature magazine image of the year 2010• Alexander von Humboldt Research Award
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Masters and PhD students in paleontology• Undergraduate courses in paleontology
More Information: paulselden.net
Bizarre armoured spider, Electroblemmabifida, in Burmese amber
Andrew E. Z. ShortAssociate Professor | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Evolution and Biodiversity of Aquatic Insects
Impact and Achievements • Fulbright Scholar to Brazil, U.S. Department of State• Named and described 200 new species of insects to science• NSF and National Geographic Society grantee
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Leads Study Abroad field courses in Suriname and Brazil• Has mentored numerous NSF REU and BRIDGE students• Has 12 publications with undergraduate co-authors
More Information: http://www.shortlab.org
Conducting fieldwork for insects with KU students in Suriname
Benjamin A. SikesAssistant Professor | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Microbial Community Ecology in Practice
Impact and Achievements • PI or co-PI on 3 major NSF grants in last 3 years• Twenty invited talks at local, national, and international venues• Funded research applied to prairie restoration, fire management,
creating sustainable perennial agriculture
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Courses center on direct, active learning with independent
research projects• Mentored several students through programs aimed at
diversifying STEM: Haskell BRIDGE, Doris Duke Conservation Fellows, IMSD
• Four recent papers with undergraduates and/or high school students as primary or co-authors.
More Information: https://eeb.ku.edu/ben-sikes
Interplay between land management (e.g fires above) and microbial
communities (e.g. soil fungi below)
Joanna SluskyAssistant Professor | Molecular Biosciences and Center for Computational Biology
Membrane protein folding and design
Impact and Achievements • Gordon and Betty Moore Inventor Fellow• NIH Director’s New Innovator Awardee• Designs new proteins to disable antibiotic resistance• Has brought more than $3 million to KU for her research• Docking Scholar
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Trains and mentors undergraduates to join her research team• Co-Teaches a 100 student course in biochemistry• Gives seminars to Kansas high schoolers about becoming a
woman in science
More Information: http://slusky.compbio.ku.edu/
A protein pump pushes antibiotics out so that antibiotics can’t kill bacterial. We are working to disable the pump and make antibiotics work again.
Antibiotic Resistance
Steven A. SoperProfessor | Chemistry, Mechanical Eng., Cancer Biology (KUMC)
Mixed-scale Systems for Precision MedicineImpact and Achievements • Foundation Distinguished Professor• Director, Center of BioModular Multi-scale Systems for Precision
Medicine (NIH-funded Biotechnology Center• 230 publications (h-index 63)• PDF, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• 55 PhD/MS students• World Class University Professor – building international research
program between US & Korea• Post-doctoral researchers and graduate students learn about
multidisciplinary research and entrepreneurship
More Information: https://chem.ku.edu/ssoperMore Information: https://me.engr.ku.edu/steven-soperMore Information: https://cbmm.ku.edu/faculty
Top: Picture of micro-mechanical system for the analysis of liquid biopsy markers.Bottom: Sizing of nanoscale cancer-associated vesicles and TEM of those vesicles.
Jon A. TungeProfessor | Department of Chemistry
Environmentally Beneficial Organic Synthesis
Impact and Achievements • Kansas Bioscience Authority Rising Star• W.T. Kemper Teaching Fellow• NSF CAREER Awardee
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Mentor for graduate and undergraduate research projects
involving the invention of new chemical reactions• Discovery of new bioactive molecules• NSF-Research Experiences for Undergraduates Mentor
More Information: https://tungegroup.ku.edu
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Robert L UncklessAssistant Professor | Molecular Biosciences
The evolution of the innate immune system
Impact and Achievements • NIH NIGMS R00 grant and other COBRE funding• Invited seminars at national and international venues• Author of more than 25 articles in evolutionary genetics
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Engages students in active learning in a large introductory
genetics course• Mentors undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral
researchers from diverse backgrounds• Organizes an interdepartmental group to discuss Drosophila
genetics
More Information: http://molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/robert-unckless-0
Evolution of the innate immune system: Drosophila affinis male (top) and the Drosophila innubila nudivirus, a large double stranded DNA virus (bottom).
James R. WaltersAssistant Professor | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Evolution of Genomes and Reproductive Proteins in Moths and Butterflies
Impact and Achievements • Two current single-PI grants from the NSF, in Evolutionary
Genomics and Biological Infrastructure, respectively.• Published the first proteomic analyses of dimorphic sperm in
butterflies and moths• Recently discovered a neo-sex chromosome in Monarch
butterflies and close relatives.Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• 3 undergraduate trainees awarded independent fellowships
funding for research this year• Developed a foundational course in computer programming for
biology students• PhD student received NSF dissertation improvement award
More Information: https://eeb.ku.edu/james-r-walters
Top: Dimorphic sperm from Monarch butterfliesBottom: A monarch caterpillar views an image of the monarch chromosomal karyotype.
Joy K. WardAssociate Dean of Science Research | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Plant Responses to Climate Change and CO2 Rise
Impact and Achievements • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers• University Scholarly Achievement Award• KU Women of Distinction Award• Kavli Fellow: National Academy of Sciences
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Publishes papers with undergraduate students in top-tier journals• Mentors students for national awards (e.g., Astronaut, Udall, NSF)• K. Barbara Schowen Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
More Information: https://sites.google.com/site/joywardlab/
Hairs and gas pores on the leaf surface for CO2 and water exchange
Credits: Fischer and Rosa-Molinar
Robert E. Ward IVAssociate Professor | Molecular Biosciences
Tissue growth and morphogenesis during animal developmentImpact and Achievement• NSF grant to investigate the function of adhesion proteins during
embryonic development in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster • 2011 Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence• 2010 J. Michael Young Mentor Award and 2011 Barbara Schowen
Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Director of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute SEA-PHAGES
program at KU• Campus Coordinator for the Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical
Research Excellence program (provides mentored research opportunities for undergraduate students)
• Member of the Genetics Society of America Education Committee (and Diversity subcommittee)
More Information: http://molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/robert-ward
Larval tracheal inflation (and growth) is reduced in uninflatable (uif) mutant larvae (bottom) compared to wild type larvae (top).
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David D. WeisAssociate Professor | Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
New methods for analysis of biotherapeutics
Impact and Achievements • CAREER Award, National Science Foundation• Editor, Hydrogen Exchange Mass Spectrometry of Proteins• Director, KU Center for HX-MS
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Engages students with team-based, active learning• Participant in NSF-sponsored research experiences for
undergraduates (REU)• Interdisciplinary research program with industrial collaborations
More Information: https://weisgroup.ku.edu/
Immunology and vaccine discovery: High-resolution mapping of the epitope recognized by an antibody by hydrogen exchange mass spectrometry
Liang XuProfessor | Molecular Biosciences and Radiation Oncology
Cancer Drug Discovery and Precision Cancer MedicineImpact and Achievements • > 25 issued/pending patents; FOUR drugs in advanced clinical trials• Two NIH R01s and one DOD Breakthrough II grant (> $5 million)• Google Scholar*: Citations 8831; h-index 34; i10-index 59• Rising Star Scholar Award, Kansas Bioscience Authority• K-INBRE Scholar Award, K-INBRE
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Provides hands-on research training in cancer / cell biology• Mentors undergraduate students entering M.D. / Ph.D. programs• Mentors Ph.D. and post-docs successful to academic / industry jobs• Mentors visiting scholars for international collaborations
More Information: http://www.molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/liang-xu*Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MBAmAvMAAAAJ&hl=en
Xu Lab in Purple Stride fundraising event for pancreatic cancer, Theis Park, Kansas City, MO
Hui ZhaoProfessor | Physics and Astronomy
Two-dimensional Materials for Future Electronics
Impact and Achievements • CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2010• Research featured twice on NSF frontpage in last 3 years• 50+ publications and 2500+ citations in last 5 years
Mentoring and Student Learning Opportunities• Mentored 9 undergraduate students on STEM research, 3 from
underrepresented groups• 5 students graduated with PhDs (2 with honors), 3 hired by Intel
Corp.
More Information: https://ultrafast.ku.edu
Atomic Lego: Building new materials for future technologies by combining different materials layer-by-layer