Faculty – Department of Biology

Dr. Roy Publishes Two Articles – One Featuring The Leo A. Galloway Herbarium

crisler — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:45:53 +0000

Dr. Tilottama Roy, assistant professor of biology, recently published two scientific articles. One of them is an article featuring the Leo A. Galloway Herbarium housed in the Department of Biology. This article has been published in the summer issue of “The Vasculum”, the newsletter for the Society of Herbarium curators.

Dr. Roy is also a coauthor in a review article titled, “Radioprotective natural products as probable alternatives to orthodox cancer radiotherapy”, with international collaborators, which has recently been accepted for publication in the journal BLACPMA (Boletin latinoamericano y del caribe de plantas medicinales y aromaticas), the Latin American and Caribbean Bulletin of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Dr. Roy played a crucial role in this project, and is also the corresponding author.

Dr. Barta Receives Primarily Undergraduate Institutions Award of the American Society of Plant Biologists

crisler — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:35:53 +0000

Dr. Csengele Barta, associate professor of biology was awarded the Primarily Undergraduate Institutions Award of the American Society of Plant Biologists. This prestigious award recognizes excellence and achievements in plant science research, undergraduate student research mentorship and contributions to plant science education, of faculty at primarily undergraduate serving institutions. The award also provides funding to facilitate the research presentation of Dr. Barta and her undergraduate research team at the international Plant Biology Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists. Congratulations!

Dr. Roy and Research Students Present at the Virtual Botany Conference

crisler — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 19:42:56 +0000

Biology assistant professor, Dr. Tilottama Roy and her research students Shawn Boss and Esther Par, both Biology majors, presented their work through virtual posters and an online platform which was held July 27-31 during the Evolution meetings in Cleveland, OH and the Botany conference, in Anchorage Alaska. Due to COVID-19 the in-person meetings were shifted to a virtual realm and the students presented on the endangered False Foxgloves plants and the Lamioid Mint plants.

In addition to his presentation, Shawn did an audio introduction for his poster, which was praised very highly by other conference attendees and participants from all across the globe. His twitter feed on his audio was retweeted by the Botanical Society of America and received 1.7k views within the first 15 hours. Dr. Roy also presented a talk and looks forward to many more such accolades coming their way in future.

Dr. Roy Elected to Society of Herbarium Curators

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:49:44 +0000

Biology assistant professor, Dr. Tilottama Roy, has been elected to the executive board of the early career section of the international scientific society – Society of Herbarium Curators.

In this prestigious voluntary position, Dr. Roy will serve as the secretary for two years.

One of her missions as the secretary is to increase funding for advancement of herbaria in primarily undergraduate institutions like Missouri Western, and making them more accessible to students and community members.

Dr. Roy’s research at Missouri Western with undergraduate students also includes dried preserved herbarium plant specimens. She is also working with biology major Esther Par at curating the Leo A. Galloway herbarium at Missouri Western.

MWSU Biology professor on PBS

michend — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 22:21:03 +0000

Dr. Mark Mills, professor in the Biology Department, was featured on the PBS episode Hidden Diversity. Watch the episode here:

Biology Professor Awards Distinguished Faculty Award

michend — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 20:37:37 +0000

Dr. Thomas Rachow, emeritus, will be receiving the 2019 Distinguished Faculty Award at the Alumni Awards Banquet. Dr. Rachow started at Missouri Western in 1968 and retired this year.

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