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2008 Research Team Leaders and
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Biology
  • Dr. Jason Baker Project: Isolation, Identification, and Mode-of-Action Characterization of Bacocin, A novel Bacteriocin discovered at Missouri Western. You may contact Dr. Baker at jcbaker@missouriwestern.edu or by phone (817) 271-4380.
  • Dr. Melissa A. F. Daggett Project: Development of a laboratory teaching module for improving basic laboratory skills in undergraduates entitled: An Investigate Zebra fish Toxicity Assay. You may contact Dr. Daggett at daggett@missouriwestern.edu or by phone at (816) 271-4381.
  • FILLED FOR 2008 Dr. Todd Eckdahl (with Dr. Jeff Poet from Mathematics). Project: Synthetic Biology. You may contact Dr. Eckdahl at eckdahl@missouriwestern.edu or by phone (816) 271-5873.
  • Dr. Kristen LW Walton Project: Effects of triclosan on the normal intestinal microbiota and on susceptibility to experimental colitis in mice. You may contact Dr. Walton at kwalton1@missouriwestern.edu or by phone (817) 271-5613.

Chemistry

  • Dr. Jonathan Rhoad (Chemistry). Project: Examination of the Affect of Protecting Groups on the Stereochemical Outcome of the Glycosylation Reaction for Furanosides: a Combined Computational and Experimental Approach. You may contact Dr. Rhoad at jrhoad1@missouriwestern.edu or by phone (816) 271-4389.

Criminal Justice / Legal Studies

  • Kip B. Wilson Project: Pigs in Forensic Taphonomy. A study in CSI. You may contact Mr. Wilson at wilsonk@missouriwestern.edu or by phone (816) 271-4519.

Engineering Technology

  • Dr. Jin-Lee Kim Project: Evaluating cost structures to examine barriers to using integrated building delivery systems for green buildings. You may contact Dr. Kim at jkim@missouriwestern.edu or by phone (816) 271-5821.
  • Dr. Hongqin Fan Project: Evaluation of Construction Simulation in Undergraduate Engineering Education. You may contact Dr. Fan at hfan@missouriwestern.edu or by phone (816) 271-4561.

English / Foreign Languages / Journalism

  • Dr. Robert Bergland Project: The buzzword in journalism today is "convergence," the merging of print and broadcast through the medium of the internet. You may contact Dr. Bergland at bergland@missouriwestern.edu or by phone (817) 271-4446.

Mathematics

  • FILLED FOR 2008 Dr. Jeff Poet (with Dr. Todd Eckdahl from Biology). Project: Synthetic Biology. You may contact Dr. Poet at poet@missouriwestern.edu or by phone (816) 271-4593.

Psychology

  • Dr. Russ Phillips Project: A quantitative analysis of a measure of Buddhist coping. You may contact Dr. Phillips at rphillips2@missouriwestern.edu or by phone (816) 271-5886.

Theatre

  • Donald E Lillie Project: Research and Premiere Production of Stage Play Marlowe. You may contact Mr. Lillie at lillie@missouriwestern.edu or by phone (816) 271-4423.