Faculty

Aug. 22, 2018

Ron Mittler

My research interests are focused on the role Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) play in the regulation of different biological processes. As model organisms I use Arabidopsis thaliana plants and human epithelial breast cancer cells because they provide an ideal platform for the questions I am interested in. My approach to research is to focus on questions that are biologically important (and fundable), and to address them using a comprehensive approach of molecular genetics, biochemistry, structural biology, physiology, biophysics, chemistry, bioinformatics, omics and systems biology. I strive to obtain a deep understanding of the biological process in question by making predictions,…

Aug. 22, 2018

Robert Myers

Dr. Rob Myers is Director of the MU Center for Regenerative Agriculture and an Extension Professor in the Plant Science and Technology Division. Since 2010, he has also served as Regional Director of Extension Programs for the USDA North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) program. In his leadership role with the Center for Regenerative Agriculture, he administers a $25 million USDA climate-smart grant called the Missouri CRCL Project and also the $10 million National Cover Crop Variety Development Project.  He also oversees several other grants with the Center supporting research, education, and extension programs.  The…

Aug. 21, 2018

Bing Yang

Bing’s group has used rice as a workhorse to develop genome editing technologies and demonstrate their promising potential as biotech tools for basic and applied research in rice and other crop plants. With the increasingly available sequences of many plant genomes, technologies for genome editing have become the most promising and popular tools for scientists to understand such complex genomes and precisely and quickly manipulate them for good. Genome editing technologies allow precise, targeted genomic changes. TALENs and CRISPR/Cas represent the state-of-the-art genome editing technologies and hold immense promise for defining the genetic and molecular basis for valuable traits, as…

June 28, 2018

Jasper Grashuis

Educational background Ph.D., Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Missouri, 2016 M.S., Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Missouri, 2013 B.A., Economics, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2009 Courses taught ABM 2225: Statistical Analysis ABM 4972/7972: Agri-Food Business and Cooperative Management…

March 7, 2018

Michal Zigo

My field of research is reproductive biology with a specific focus on male fertility, sperm function, and fertilization. Besides reproductive medicine, this work profoundly affects policy making, informing major decisions concerning human reproductive health, contraception, and individuals’ reproductive rights. I have been advancing our understanding of how the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), the universal protein recycling machinery, regulates the process of sperm capacitation necessary for sperm ability to fertilize eggs in humans and animals. I described the UPS-regulated, capacitation-induced re-modeling of the sperm proteome. I identified new UPS-regulated sperm proteins and developed a new protocol for selective, compartment-specific isolation of proteins…

March 5, 2018

Jordan Thomas

Jordan Thomas is an assistant professor in the Division of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri. Dr. Thomas is a Missouri native and University of Missouri alumnus, having earned his Ph.D. in Animal Sciences with an emphasis in Reproductive Physiology in 2017. Dr. Thomas maintains an active applied research program in reproductive management of beef cattle, coordinating the breeding program for cattle across the University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station Research Center herds. Additionally, Dr. Thomas is active in collaborative efforts in education and outreach, such as the Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program, the National Center for Applied Reproduction and…

March 1, 2018

Hannah Twenter

Educational background Ph.D., University of Missouri M.S., Colorado State University B.S., University of Missouri Courses taught AN SCI 1165: Biology of Animal Production I AN SCI 1175: Biology of Animal Production II AN SCI 1011: Introduction to Animal Sciences INT DSC 1001: Animal Sciences Freshman Interest Group AN SCI 2010: Careers in Animal Sciences AN SCI 4979(W): Poultry Production AN SCI 4940: Internship in Animal Science & Technology…

Feb. 27, 2018

Ryan Milhollin

His extension program is focused on adding value to the Missouri economy by working with farmers and agricultural stakeholders to improve business practices, mitigate risks, evaluate new technologies and investigate entrepreneurial opportunities to enhance profitability and sustainability in agriculture.

Feb. 27, 2018

Kerry Clark

Kerry Clark was a soybean breeder from 1993-2012 and continues to work on the Feed the Future Soybean Innovation Lab, which is trying to improve soybean yields and production across sub-Saharan Africa. She runs a mechanization development and fabrication training team that includes three equipment designers from Ghana. This team has trained over 200 manufacturers in 12 African countries and has helped build service provision businesses so that small-holder farmers can have access to modern farming methods. Clark is also part of a multi-state collaboration working to improve available cover crop varieties for U.S. farmers. She teaches soil pedology, genesis,…

Feb. 26, 2018

Hua Qin

Educational background Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (Environmental and Resource Sociology), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 M.S., Statistics. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 M.S., Sociology, China Agricultural University, 2003 B.A., International Business and English, China Agricultural University, 2000 Courses taught ABM/NAT_R/PEA_ST/SOCIOL 1120: Population, Environment and Sustainability ABM/NAT_R/SOCIOL 4370/7370: Society, Environment and Natural Resources AAE/NAT_R/SOCIOL 8287: Seminar on Sustainable Development AAE/NAT_R 8510: Interdisciplinary Quantitative and Mixed Research Methods AAE 8436: Community, Natural Resources and Sustainability…