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Jun 06, 2026

Dr. Tilottama Roy | Research Profile

2026-06-14T18:02:38-05:00

Dr. Tilottama Roy Title: Associate Professor Email: troy1@missouriwestern.edu Phone: (816)271-4382 Accepting Students: Yes Quick Bio Dr. Tilottama Roy has been at MoWest since 2017. Her research interests include understanding evolutionary origins and relationships among plants, as well as other organisms, with ecological and economic importance, including investigating their [...]

Dr. Tilottama Roy | Research Profile2026-06-14T18:02:38-05:00
Jun 06, 2026

Dr. Karen Koy | Research Profile

2026-06-14T17:21:27-05:00

Dr. Karen Koy Title: Associate Professor Email: kkoy@missouriwestern.edu Phone: (816)271-4436 Accepting Students: Yes Quick Bio Dr. Koy has been at MWSU since 2008. Her research interests include taphonomy, evolution, ichnology, and education. Education/Academic Qualifications Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago M.S., Geology, [...]

Dr. Karen Koy | Research Profile2026-06-14T17:21:27-05:00
Jun 06, 2026

Dr. Carissa N. Ganong | Research Profile

2026-06-14T17:59:09-05:00

Dr. Carissa N. Ganong Title: Associate Professor Email: cganong@missouriwestern.edu Phone: (816)271-4520 Accepting Students: Yes Quick Bio Dr. Carissa Ganong has been at MoWest since 2016. Her research interests include aquatic ecology, entomology, invertebrate biology, tropical ecology and biogeochemistry. Education/Academic Qualifications Ph.D., Ecology, University of Georgia M.S., [...]

Dr. Carissa N. Ganong | Research Profile2026-06-14T17:59:09-05:00
Jun 06, 2026

Dr. Cary Chevalier | Research Profile

2026-06-14T17:58:02-05:00

Dr. Cary Chevalier Title: Professor Email: cchev@missouriwestern.edu Phone: (816)271-4252 Accepting Students: Yes Quick Bio Dr. Cary Chevalier has been at MoWest since 1996. His research interests include vertebrate physiological ecology, evolutionary ecology, conservation biology, wildlife management and ecology, mammalogy, and wildlife diseases. Education/Academic Qualifications Ph.D., Biological [...]

Dr. Cary Chevalier | Research Profile2026-06-14T17:58:02-05:00
Jun 06, 2026

Dr. Csengele Barta | Research Profile

2026-06-14T17:57:46-05:00

Dr. Csengele Barta Title: Professor Email: cbarta1@missouriwestern.edu Phone: (816)271-4334 Accepting Students: Yes Quick Bio Dr. Csengele Barta has been at MoWest since 2012. Her research interests include the effect of global climate change on photosynthesis and volatile compound synthesis and emission. Education/Academic Qualifications Ph.D., Plant Physiology, University [...]

Dr. Csengele Barta | Research Profile2026-06-14T17:57:46-05:00
Jun 06, 2026

Dr. Jason Baker | Research Profile

2026-06-10T11:56:31-05:00

Dr. Jason Baker Title: Professor Email: jcbaker@missouriwestern.edu Phone: (816)271-4380 Accepting Students: Yes Quick Bio Dr. Baker is a protein biochemist, microbiologist, and molecular biologist who has been on faculty at MoWest since 2000. He teaches courses in microbiology and immunology. His research focuses on soil microbes as sources [...]

Dr. Jason Baker | Research Profile2026-06-10T11:56:31-05:00
Jun 06, 2026

Dr. Kristen Walton | Research Profile

2026-06-10T11:48:45-05:00

Dr. Kristen Walton Title: Professor Email: kwalton1@missouriwestern.edu Phone: (816)271-5613 Accepting Students: Yes Quick Bio Dr. Kristen Walton has been at MoWest since 2006. Her research interests include normal intestinal physiology, inflammatory bowel disease, interactions between normal microbiota or dietary components and the host organism, and biology education research. [...]

Dr. Kristen Walton | Research Profile2026-06-10T11:48:45-05:00
Jun 06, 2026

Dr. Michael Grantham | Research Profile

2026-06-10T11:36:22-05:00

Dr. Michael Grantham Title: Associate Professor Email: mgrantham@missouriwestern.edu Phone: (816)271-5603 Accepting Students: Yes Quick Bio I came to MoWest in 2016 with a strong interest in teaching and mentoring undergraduate research in microbiology and virology. I have taught a range of courses, including Virology, Medical and Public Health [...]

Dr. Michael Grantham | Research Profile2026-06-10T11:36:22-05:00
Jun 06, 2026

Dr. Julie Jedlicka | Research Profile

2026-06-10T11:24:51-05:00

Dr. Julie Jedlicka Title: Professor Email: jjedlicka@missouriwestern.edu Phone: (816)271-4552 Accepting Students: Yes Quick Bio Dr. Julie Jedlicka has been at MoWest since 2015. Her research interests include wildlife conservation, organismal biology, ornithology, entomology, ecology, predator-prey interactions, animal behavior, agroecology, and sustainable food systems. Education/Academic Qualifications Ph.D., [...]

Dr. Julie Jedlicka | Research Profile2026-06-10T11:24:51-05:00
Jun 06, 2026

Dr. Mark Mills | Research Profile

2026-06-10T11:01:37-05:00

Dr. Mark Mills Title: Professor Email: mmills3@missouriwestern.edu Phone: (816)271-4384 Accepting Students: Yes Quick Bio Dr. Mark Mills has been at MoWest since 2008. His research interests include herpetology, vertebrate ecology, aquatic ecology, and ichthyology. He is also the Faculty Cosponsor for Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society.. [...]

Dr. Mark Mills | Research Profile2026-06-10T11:01:37-05:00