Chris Woolverton

Christopher J. Woolverton, Ph.D.                           Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

                                                                                   Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA                        B.S.        1982         Biology, magna cum laude

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV             M.S.       1984         Medical Microbiology

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV             Ph.D.      1986         Medical Microbiology

 

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Medical Technologist, West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, WV.  1984.

Medical Technologist, West Virginia Industrial Medical Consultants, Inc., Morgantown,            WV.  1984-1986.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of             North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  1986-1988.

Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Austin College, Sherman, TX, 1988-1993.

Scientist, Pharmacology Department, Scios Nova, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1993-1994.

Scientist, Holland Research Laboratory, American Red Cross, Rockville, MD, 1994-1995.

Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent OH,             1995-2000.

Graduate Faculty, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 1995-pres.

Graduate Faculty, School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 1996-pres.

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 2000-pres.

 

Honors, Recognitions, or Awards

  • Distinguished Young Alumnus Award, Wilkes University, 1992.
  • Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 2nd edition; 1994.
  • American Men and Women of Science, 19th edition, 1994.
  • University Teaching Council Travel Award, 1998.
  • Undergraduate Faculty Travel Award, American Society for Microbiology, 1998.

·        Scientific Advisory Board, Surgical Applications of Tissue Sealants Conference, 2000.

·        Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee, Kent State University, 2000.

·        Tenured to the Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, 2000.

 

RESEARCH AREAS

  • Medical Microbiology (Infectious Diseases)
  • Drug Delivery from Biodegradeable Polymers
  • Biosensors to Detect Pathogenic Organisms

 

SELECTED INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Woolverton, C.J., M. Singh, W. Drohan and M. MacPhee, 1996.  Long-term Antibiotic Release from Fibrin Sealant.  Proceedings of the International Cambridge Symposia on Tissue Sealants:  Current Practice, Future Uses.  La Jolla, CA.

 

Woolverton, C.J., W.N. Drohan and M. MacPhee, 1997.  Antibiotic Release from Fibrin:  Delivery Kinetics and Bioactivity.  Proceedings of the Second International Antibacterial Drug Discovery Summit.  Princeton, NJ.

 

Woolverton, C.J., W.N. Drohan and M. MacPhee, 1997.  Antibiotics Delivered in Fibrin Subvert Bacterial Resistance.  Abstracts of the XVIth Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis.  Florence, Italy.  Thrombosis and Hemostasis (Supplement), p. 371.

 

Woolverton, C.J., W. Drohan and M. MacPhee, 1998.  Antibiotics Delivered from Fibrin Overcome Antibiotic Resistance.  Proceedings of the 3rd Annual International Cambridge Healthtech Symposia on Emerging Applications of Tissue Sealants.  San Diego, CA.

 

Woolverton, C.J., W. Drohan and M. MacPhee, 1998.  Control of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria with Low Solubility Antibiotics in Fibrin Sealant.  Proceedings of the European Cambridge Healthtech Symposia on Emerging Applications of Tissue Sealants.  Lisbon, Portugal. 

Woolverton, C.J., W. Drohan and M. MacPhee, 1999.  Infection Control using Low Solubility Antibiotics in Fibrin Sealant.  Proceedings of the Plasma Product Biotechnology Meeting, Queensland, Australia.

 

SELECTED Refereed Publications

  1. Woolverton, C.J., R.W. Veltri, and I.S. Snyder. 1986.  Stimulation of Human PMNs In vitro by a Succinimide Molecular Complex of Methylfurylbutyrolactone.  Journal of Biological Response Modifiers 5:527-538.
  2. Woolverton, C.J., J.J. White, and R.B. Sartor. 1989.  Intestinal Vascular Permeability Induced by Intravenous Peptidoglycan- polysaccharide Polymers. Agents and Actions 26:301-310.
  3. Woolverton, C.J. Lisa C. Holt, Deborah Mitchell, and R.B. Sartor. 1992.  Isolation and Characterization of Rat Intestinal Lamina Propria cells:  Consequences of Bacterial Colonization.  Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 34:127-138.
  4. Woolverton, C.J., L.C. Holt and R.B. Sartor. 1994.  Oral Peptidoglycan-polysaccharide Stimulates Systemic Immunocompetency in Germ Free Mice.  Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease, 7:183-190.
  5. Woolverton, C.J., C.L. Bryson, P.A Redshaw and A. Paquet, Jr. 1994.  Immunomodulating Activities of Sodium-Dodecyl-Sulfate Extracted Antigens from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans  Serotype b.  Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease, 7:275-282.
  6. Woolverton C.J., M. Singh, R. Brady W. Drohan and M. MacPhee, 1995.  Antibiotic Release from Fibrin Sealant.  Seattle, WA.  Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials  22:750-751.
  7. Miekka, S.I., T. Jameson, M. Singh, C. Woolverton, II-M. Lin, R. Krajcik, M. MacPhee and W. N. Drohan, 1998.  Novel Delivery Systems for Coagulation Proteins.  Hemophilia. 4:436-442.
  8. Woolverton, C.J., K. Huebert and B. Burkhart and M. J. MacPhee, 1999.  Subverting Bacterial Resistance using High Dose, Low Solubility Antibiotics in Fibrin.  Infection. 27:28-33.

 

Patents and Patent Applications

Two patents issued, seven patent applications pending.

 

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Society for Microbiology
  • New York Academy of Sciences
  • Sigma Xi
  • Society for Mucosal Immunology