Expertise
Genetic, developmental and molecular studies of insects As part of a local collaboration, we have been working to establish the red flour beetle as an important invertebrate model system for genetic and molecular studies. My research program focuses on using this beetle for comparative studies of the genetic control of developmental processes, in part to better understand how genetic changes led to morphological evolution. Current emphasis is on the genetic regulation of antennal development.
Past Affiliations

University Distinguished Professor, Division of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Director, Terry C. Johnson Cancer Center , Division of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Associate Director, Division of Biology, Division of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Director, Division of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Director, Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research, Kansas State University

Communities
Biological Science
Degrees
PhD, University of Texas-Austin, Developmental Genetics, 1969
Keywords
human reproduction or fertility child or maternal health molecular cloning gene expression perinatal health pediatrics genetics human development molecular genetics developmental genetics embryogenesis polymerase chain reaction in situ hybridization
Honors

Dolph Simons (Higuchi) Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, University of Kansas, 2003

University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University, 2000

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1987

Associations
Genetics Society of America