Peter Sutovsky, PhD, Dr.h.c. – The Sperm Guy – AAAS Fellow
Miriam Sutovsky, MS – Lab Manager, Senior Research Assistant
Michal Zigo, PhD – Assistant Research Professor
Filip Tirpak – Postdoctoral Fellow
Tasrin Sultana – Postdoctoral Fellow
Erica Mantle – Graduate Student – M.S. Candidate
Chloe Gardner – Graduate Student – Ph.D. Candidate
Natalie Zelenkova – Visiting Scholar
Barbora Klusackova – Visiting Scholar
Karl Kerns – Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lab Mascot:
Iggy Rufus Stastny AKC English Cream Golden Retriever
Recent Trainee Awards:
2024: 29th Symposium of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Liblice, Czechia, Best Trainee Oral Presentation award to graduate student Natalie Zelenkova.
2024: 29th Symposium of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Liblice, Czechia, Trainee Poster Presentation 3rd place award to graduate student Barbora Klusackova.
2024: University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Matching Assistantship (CAFNR C-MAP) to graduate student Chloe Gardner.
2024: University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) Research Symposium poster award to postdoctoral fellow Filip Tirpak (1st place, postdoc category).
2024: University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) Research Symposium poster award to graduate student Erica Mantle (1st place, grad. student category).
2024: University of Missouri Postdoctoral Association (MUPA) SSR meeting travel award to Filip Tirpak.
2024: TOP10 selection in the 2024 SSR REPROBIO Art Contest awarded to postdoc Filip Tirpak.
2024: USDA-NIFA-AFRI Merit Award (SSR meeting 2024, Dublin, IRL) to postdoc Lauren Hamilton.
2024: Biology of Reproduction journal Top Peer Reviewer recognition of postdoc Lauren Hamilton.
2024: Research Assistant Professor Michal Zigo selected for competitive training course on Expression, Purification & Analysis of Proteins & Protein Complexes at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories.
2023: MU CAFNR Research Symposium poster award to postdoctoral fellow Filip Tirpak.
2023: Burroughs Wellcome Travel Fellowships for Underrepresented Minority Trainees and Junior Faculty awarded by SSR Diversity Committee to graduate student Alexis Jones.
2022: MU Postdoctoral Research Grant Program award to Lauren Hamilton, postdoctoral fellow.
2022: SSR Travel Award to Lauren Hamilton, postdoctoral fellow, to present at the 55th Society for the Study of Reproduction Meeting in Spokane WA, July 26-29, 2022.
2022: SSR Travel Award to Edgard Diaz Miranda, visiting scholar/graduate student, to present at the 55th Society for the Study of Reproduction Meeting in Spokane WA, July 26-29, 2022.
2022: USDA-NIFA-AFRI Merit Award (SSR meeting 2022, Spokane, WA) to grad. student Alexis Jones.
2021: Burroughs Wellcome Travel Fellowships for Underrepresented Minority Trainees and Junior Faculty awarded by SSR Diversity Committee to graduate student Alexis Jones.
2021: George Washington Carver Graduate Fellowship to graduate student Alexis Jones.
2021: Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders for Science scholarship to graduate student Dalen Zuidema.
2021: Laura Nahm Outstanding Senior in Biological Sciences Award to undergraduate research assistant Meghan Lawlor
2021: Lalor Foundation Postdoctoral fellowship to Lauren Hamilton.
2021: CAFNR Dissertation Research Improvement Grant award to graduate student Dalen Zuidema.
2020: H. A. Herman Memorial A. I. Industry Scholarship to graduate student Dalen Zuidema.
2020: University of Missouri CAFNR Undergraduate Research Internship to undergraduate research assistant Betsy Pascoe.
2020: First place in postdoctoral poster competition to Dr. Karl Kerns, at SSR Virtual 2020.
2020: USDA-NIFA-AFRI Merit Award (SSR meeting 2020) to Dr. Karl Kerns, also a finalist in SSR 2020 virtual trainee poster competition
2020: University of Missouri Distinguished Dissertation Award to Dr. Karl Kerns.
2020 University of Missouri Artifacts Award to undergraduate researcher Grace Wiley for Day at The Capitol research abstract and publication in the Artifacts student journal, special Summer 2020 Edition.
2020: Selection of undergraduate researcher Grace Wiley for presentation at the 2020 Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol, Missouri State Capitol, Jefferson City MO, April 2, 2020