July 2, 2025
The University of Missouri Division of Research, Innovation and Impact awarded 41 Research Council grants during the 2024-25 academic year.
Funded researchers received these internal grants of up to $15,000 for projects and activities leading to book contracts, juried performances, art exhibits, peer-reviewed articles, the generation of pilot data for grant proposals and more. In the last five years, Mizzou has awarded $2.27 million to faculty leading 197 projects.
Below are investigators who received this year’s grants.
Arts, humanities, social and behavioral sciences
- Kristy Wilson Bowers, associate professor, history, College of Arts and Science
- Amy Braddock, associate professor, family and community medicine (co-investigator), School of Medicine
- Sarah Buchanan, associate professor, information science and learning technologies, College of Education and Human Development
- Signe Cohen, associate professor, religious studies, College of Arts and Science
- Beiyin Deng, assistant professor, religious studies, College of Arts and Science
- Merve Fejzula, assistant professor, history, College of Arts and Science
- John Frymire, associate professor, history, College of Arts and Science
- Noah Glaser, assistant professor, information science and learning technologies, College of Education and Human Development
- Seth Howes, associate chair and associate professor, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, College of Arts and Science
- Jennifer Hulett, assistant professor, nursing, Sinclair School of Nursing
- Jennie Ikuta, associate professor, political science, College of Arts and Science
- Ilyana Karthas, associate professor, history, College of Arts and Science
- Kimberly Kimchi, associate clinical professor, health psychology (co-investigator), College of Health Sciences
- Suhwon Lee, teaching professor, statistics; director, Center for Applied Statistics and Data Analysis (co-investigator), College of Arts and Science
- Crystal Lim, chair and associate professor, health psychology, College of Health Sciences
- Willie Mack, assistant professor, Black studies, College of Arts and Science
- Michael Marlo, associate professor, English, College of Arts and Science
- Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang, associate professor, history, College of Arts and Science
- Desireé Moore, assistant professor, visual studies, College of Arts and Science
- M. Michelle Morris, associate professor, history, College of Arts and Science
- Anne Myers, associate professor, English, College of Arts and Science
- Joseph Pintz, professor, visual studies; director, graduate studies, College of Arts and Science
- Russell Ravert, associate professor, human development and family science, College of Education and Human Development
- Linda Reeder, professor, history, College of Arts and Science
- Susan Scott, nurse scientist, Office of Professional Nursing (co-investigator), Sinclair School of Nursing
- Brian Silvey, professor, music education and director of bands, School of Music, College of Arts and Science
- James van Dyke, associate professor and director of graduate studies, visual studies, College of Arts and Science
- Robert Walker, associate professor, anthropology, College of Arts and Science
- Sonja Winter, assistant professor, educational, school and counseling psychology (co-investigator), College of Education and Human Development
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
- Ridwan Adesola, graduate student, biomedical sciences (co-investigator), College of Veterinary Medicine
- Pamela Adkins, associate professor, food animal medicine and surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Talissa Altes, chair and Gwilym S. and Maria Antonia Lodwick Distinguished Professor in Radiology (co-investigator), School of Medicine
- Shawn Bender, associate professor, biomedical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
- David Beversdorf, professor, radiology, neurology and psychology; William and Nancy Thompson Endowed Chair, Radiology, School of Medicine
- Chandrasekar Bysani, Margaret Proctor Mulligan Endowed Professor in Medical Research (co-investigator), School of Medicine
- Rex Cocroft, professor, biological sciences, College of Arts and Science
- Kevin Cummings, associate professor, biomedical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Daniel Davis, assistant research professor, veterinary pathobiology (co-investigator), College of Veterinary Medicine
- Hesham El-Emam, assistant research professor, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering
- Ahmed Elkilani, postdoctoral fellow, civil and environmental engineering (co-investigator), College of Engineering
- Aaron Ericsson, associate professor, veterinary pathobiology (co-investigator), College of Veterinary Medicine
- Jorge Gomez-Gutierrez, associate professor, pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Neha Goyal, assistant professor, cardiovascular medicine (co-investigator), School of Medicine
- Tamara Gull, associate clinical professor, veterinary pathobiology (co-investigator), College of Veterinary Medicine
- Sarah Jacquet, assistant professor, geological sciences, College of Arts and Science
- Maddie Mueller, graduate student, biomedical sciences (co-investigator), College of Veterinary Medicine
- Rebecca North, associate professor, natural resources, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Julia Nuelle, assistant professor, orthopaedic surgery, School of Medicine
- Md Saidur Rahman, assistant research professor, obstetrics, gynecology and women's health, School of Medicine
- Cheryl Rosenfeld, professor, biomedical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
- R. Michael Roberts, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, animal sciences and biochemistry, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Hani Salim, chair, engineering and information technology; professor, civil and environmental engineering (co-investigator), College of Engineering
- Tara Selly, research assistant professor, geological sciences (co-investigator), College of Arts and Science
- Chi-Ren Shyu, Paul K. and Dianne Shumaker Professor, electrical engineering and computer science (co-investigator), College of Engineering
- Changyu Sun, assistant professor, radiology, biological and biomedical engineering, College of Engineering
- Lydia Tackett, visiting associate professor, geological sciences (co-investigator), College of Arts and Science
- Peng Tian, assistant extension professor, director, MU Plant Diagnostic Clinic, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Binbin Wang, associate professor, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering
- Carlos Wexler, professor, physics, College of Arts and Science
- Esma Yolcu, professor, pediatrics (co-investigator) School of Medicine
- Peifen Zhu, assistant professor, electrical engineering and computer science College of Engineering
