Director |
Dr. Prather is a Curators’ Professor and Distinguished Professor of Reproductive Biotechnology at the University of Missouri, where he also serves as Associate Leader of the Food for the 21st Century Reproductive Biology Cluster. Since 2003, Dr. Prather has also provided leadership for UMC’s National Swine Research and Resource Center as its Co-Director. He earned his BS and MS from Kansas State University, and his PhD and Postdoc from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 1982, Dr. Prather’s research has focused on the early mammalian embryo.
Manager of Research Activities |
Dr. Kristin Whitworth
Email: whitworthk@missouri.edu
Melissa Samuel
Email: samuelm@missouri.edu
Research Scientists |
Dr. Susan Schommer
Email: schommers@missouri.edu
Research Assistant Professor |
Dr. Jaewoo Kim
Email: kijae@missouri.edu
Dr. Carol Lucas
Email: lucascg@missouri.edu
Post-Doctoral Fellow |
Dr. Camila Bender
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Dr. Mariana Sponchiado
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Graduate Research Assistants |
Paula Chen
Email: prcn78@mail.missouri.edu
Katy Stoecklein
Email: stoeckleink@missouri.edu
Research Specialists SR |
Anna Spate
Email: lichtenauerAM@missouri.edu
Lee Spate
Email: spatel@missouri.edu
SR. Research Specialists |
Melissa Fudge
Email: maw7x9@missouri.edu
Nathan Schwartz
Email: schwartzn@missouri.edu
Dakotah Moore
Email: dsmfkb@missouri.edu
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Research Specialist I |
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Senior Animal Technicians |
Skylar Young
Email: sayrnf@missouri.edu
Alex Eakins
Email: arer3b@missouri.edu
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Research Specialist Manipulation |
Emily Eitel
Email: eke4z7@umsystem.edu
Research Lab Technician |
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Office Support Staff |
Mackenzie Lynch
Email: lynchmm@umsystem.edu
Laboratory Alumni |
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