Kimberly Greer
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Biology & Informatics, Informatics
- 765-973-8445
- Whitewater Hall 252
Education
- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
- Doctor of Philosophy, Genetics, May 2002
- Master of Science, Genetics, December 1996
- Bachelor of Science, Genetics, December 1992
Recent Research Experience
Indiana University East, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics;
Richmond, Indiana
Assistant Professor, Biotechnology, August 2008-present
- laboratory focus is on canine hereditary disease and aging/longevity
- teach undergraduates in the laboratory and in the classroom
- serve to develop the B.S. Biotechnology degree program
Texas A&M University, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology;
College Station, Texas
Faculty, Research Assistant Professor, January 2005- May 2008
- laboratory focus is on canine hereditary disease and aging/ longevity
- includes a wide variety of molecular biology and genetic techniques
- taught undergraduate laboratory methods, techniques, and theory
- served on graduate committees
- guest lecture in public venues, veterinary and undergraduate courses
Texas A&M University, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology;
College Station, Texas
Assistant Research Scientist, May 2002- January 2005
Postdoctoral appointment, funded by NIH F32 fellowship, KA Greer, PI
- directed day to day activities of 13 member laboratory
- provided undergraduate/graduate student project guidance/instruction
- designed and carried out aging and longevity studies
- designed and carried out necrotizing encephalitis studies
- established database and biological specimen set for Pug Dog Encephalitis
- established canine DNA bank of 170+ independent breeds
- obtained grant funding for projects (as PI)
- wrote, edited, and published manuscripts
Eli Lilly and Company, Investigative Toxicology; Greenfield, Indiana
Visiting Scientist, June 2003- July 2003
- completed microarray study using proprietary Affymetrix canine oligo array
- isolated canine RNA from various tissues and synthesized cRNA
- performed chip hybridization, evaluated resulting data
- wrote manuscript of results and published in Mammalian Genome
Genetic Savings and Clone, College Station, Texas
Consultant, April 2002- May 2002
- instructed graduate/undergraduate student laboratory theory/techniques
- designed and guided student research projects
- evaluated standard operating procedures
- proposed new methodology to operate laboratory more efficiently
- significantly reduced laboratory operating cost
