biological sciences

19 S&T faculty members receive tenure, promotions

Posted by on September 10, 2024

Nineteen faculty members at Missouri S&T received promotions and/or tenure, effective Sept. 1. Those faculty members are:

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Biology professor receives outstanding teaching award

Posted by on September 10, 2024

Dr. Melanie Mormile, professor of biological sciences, has been awarded the Waksman Outstanding Teaching Award by the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology.

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Two S&T students earn new biomedical research awards

Posted by on September 10, 2024

Ta-Chun Lin, a graduate student in biological sciences, and Stephen Owusu, a Ph.D. student in chemistry, have earned the inaugural Shi/Ma Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research.

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In the news

Posted by on June 4, 2024

When the president of Iran unexpectedly died in May, The Wall Street Journal reached out to Iranian politics expert Mehrzad Boroujerdi, vice provost and dean of Missouri S&T’s College of Arts, Sciences, and Education, for his insight.

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Learn about studying DNA using human, animal herpesviruses

Posted by on February 1, 2024

Biological sciences invites you to a talk by Dr. Robert Visalli, professor of microbiology and associate dean of biomedical research in biomedical sciences at Mercer University School of Medicine-Savannah. His talk, titled “HIV! COVID! Ebola!….. and Herpesviruses?” will be at 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 5, in Room 126 of Schrenk Hall. 

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Westenberg leads microbiology conference

Posted by on December 5, 2023

Dr. Dave Westenberg, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences, chaired the 30th annual American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators.

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Curators approve Ph.D. programs in bioengineering and biological sciences at S&T

Posted by on November 16, 2023

The University of Missouri Board of Curators unanimously voted today (Nov. 16) to approve two new Ph.D. programs at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The new programs in bioengineering and biological sciences support S&T’s continued growth in education and research related to health care and related fields.  

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In the news

Posted by on November 7, 2023

Dr. Amy Belfi was interviewed by The New York Times reporter for an article on music therapy. Belfi is an associate professor in psychological science.

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S&T welcomes new faculty

Posted by on October 3, 2023

Missouri S&T welcomed more than 30 new faculty members this year. They bring a wide range of expertise that includes artificial intelligence, astrodynamics, energy economics, energy storage, flood prediction, military history, quantum physics and wearable wireless sensors.

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Huang evaluates National Taiwan University research center

Posted by on August 8, 2023

Dr. Yue-Wern Huang, professor of biological sciences and associate dean for research and external relations for the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education, was invited to evaluate the performance of the National Taiwan University Biodiversity Research Center in May.

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