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Associate Professor
Houston Endowed Professor of Biomedicine
Department of Biological Sciences
Murray State University
Review Editor - Frontiers in Endocrinology
Editorial Board Member - SCIOL Biomedicine; Regenerative Medicine Reports
Ph.D. - University of South Florida; Division of Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Postdoctoral Fellowship - National Institutes of Health; NIEHS; Cell Biology Group; Laboratory of Immunity, Inflammation, and Disease
Publications - PubMed (ZeRuth)
Courses Taught:
BIO 115: Cellular Basis of Life
BIO 308: Ethics in Biology
BIO 333: Genetics
BIO 420: Vertebrate Embryology
BIO 651: Adv Molecular Mechanisms
Awards and Honors:
2024 - Outstanding Biology Faculty Award
2022 - Outstanding Residential College Faculty Award
2020 - Lana Porter Open Access Initiative Award
2018 - Emerging Scholars Award
2018 - Outstanding Biology Faculty Award
2017 - Outstanding Faculty Award
2016 - Distinguished Service Award
2014 - Summer Research Mentor Award
2013 - Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE)
2011 - Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE)
2007 - Outstanding Teacher Award
Undergraduate Researcher
Junior - Biology/Pre-Medicine
Murray State University
Awards and Honors
2024 - 2nd Place: Sigma Xi Undergraduate Poster Competition
2023 - 1st Place: Obesity and Metabolic Disorders Poster Presentation. SE Regional IDeA Conference.
ZeRuth Lab Alumni
ZeRuth Lab Alumni
Tyler Hoard, Ph.D.
Ph.D. - University of Michigan Medical School
MS, BS - Biology
Murray State University
Lecturer - BIO 222
Teaching Assistant - BIO 222/300/333
Awards and Honors:
2016 - 3rd Place: KAS Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Oral Presentation
2017 - 3rd Place: KAS Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Oral Presentation
Dylan Hammrich, Ph.D.
Ph.D. - University of Tennessee, Memphis
Master's Degree - Biology
Undergraduate Degree - Chemistry
Murray State University
Awards and Honors:
2017 - 1st Place: KAS Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Oral Presentation
2017 - 1st Place: SE Regional IDeA Conference Poster Presentation
Tasha Swenney
Ph.D. Student at University of Kentucky
MS, BS - Biology
Murray State University
Medical Student at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Undergraduate Degree - BS - Chemistry/Pre-Medicine
Murray State University
Caleb Harsin
Medical Student at University of Washington College of Medicine St. Louis
Undergraduate Degree - BS -Chemistry/Pre-Medicine
Murray State University
Abhya Rani
Medical Student at University of Indiana School of Medicine
Undergraduate Degree - Chemistry/Pre-Medicine
Murray State University
Jett Spivey
Undergraduate Degree - Biology/Pre-Medicine
Murray State University
Gabrielle Kennedy
Ph.D. student at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
BS- Biology/Biomedical Science
Murray State University
Delaney Shroat
Medical Student at University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Undergraduate Degree - BS- Chemistry/Pre-Medicine
Murray State University
Erin Clayton
Ph.D. Student at Baylor College of Medicine
Undergraduate Degree - Biology Biomedical Science
Murray State University
Awards and Honors
2018 - 1st Place: Kentucky Academy of Sciences Undergraduate Student Oral Presentation
Nancyann Webster, PharmD
PharmD - Mercer University College of Pharmacy
Undergraduate Degree - Biology Pre-pharmacy
Murray State University
Lesley Golden
Ph.D. Candidate at University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Undergraduate Degree - Biology
Murray State University
LilyAnne Grieve, MSGC
MSGC - Indiana University School of Medicine
Undergraduate Degree - Biology Biomedical Science
Murray State University
Fumihiko Nakamura, MD
Doctor of Medicine - University of Kentucky College of Medicine
MS - Case Western Reserve University
Undergraduate Degree - Biology Murray State University
Kristen Cecil, MD
Doctor of Medicine - Southern Illinois University
Undergraduate Degree - Biology Murray State University
Abigail Steck, PA
Physician Assistant - University of the Cumberlands
Undergraduate Degree - Exercise Science
Murray State University
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