{"content":[{"text":"Thomas P. West, Ph.D. \n 2020-2021","bbox":{"left":0.438627,"top":0.071076,"width":0.19313800000000003,"height":0.03315800000000001}},{"text":"Education","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.121752,"width":0.086199,"height":0.016266000000000003}},{"text":"B.S., 1974 (Biological Sciences) \n M.S., 1976, (Biochemistry) \n Ph.D., 1980 (Biochemistry) \n Research Associate, 1980 (Microbiology) \n Research Associate, 1981 (Molecular Microbiology) \n Postdoctoral Fellow, 1982 (Chemistry)","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.155242,"width":0.413001,"height":0.10072599999999998}},{"text":"Purdue University \n Texas A&M University-College Station \n Texas A&M University-College Station \n Michigan State University \n University of Arizona \n Boston College","bbox":{"left":0.588235,"top":0.155242,"width":0.314118,"height":0.10072599999999998}},{"text":"Academic Positions","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.273779,"width":0.162729,"height":0.016266000000000003}},{"text":"• Assistant Professor in the Departments of Microbiology and Biological Sciences, University of \n Southern Mississippi, 1983-1987 \n • Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, South Dakota State University, 1988-1993 \n • Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, South Dakota State University, 1993- \n 2004 \n • Professor in the Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, 2005-2015 \n • Professor and Head in the Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Commerce, August 2015- \n present","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.306619,"width":0.8282940000000001,"height":0.14044700000000004}},{"text":"Professional Activities","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.464878,"width":0.18547399999999997,"height":0.016266000000000003}},{"text":"• Journal Editorial Boards: Biotechnology Letters, Chemical Science International Journal, Journal of \n Biochemistry & Physiology, Fermentation, Polysaccharides; Ad Hoc Reviewer for 53 journals. \n • Ad Hoc Reviewer for Funding Agencies: National Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and \n Engineering Research Council of Canada, Science Foundation Ireland, Research Corporation, \n Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, U.S. Department of Agriculture Competitive Grants \n Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture SBIR Grants Program. \n • Program Panelist: National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program, National Science \n Foundation EPSCoR Reverse Site Visit Panel.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.497718,"width":0.8355490000000001,"height":0.140447}},{"text":"Professional Affiliations","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.655976,"width":0.20096399999999998,"height":0.016266000000000003}},{"text":"American Chemical Society, American Society for Microbiology, Society for Industrial Microbiology and \n Biotechnology, Society for the Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society) and Society for Experimental \n Biology and Medicine.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.689466,"width":0.8352519999999999,"height":0.05004999999999993}},{"text":"Teaching Experience","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.757328,"width":0.175958,"height":0.016266000000000003}},{"text":"Biochemistry, Biochemistry Laboratory, Advanced Biochemistry, General Biochemistry, Graduate \n Biochemistry, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Medical Genetics, Microbial Genetics, Molecular \n Biology, Principles of Biochemistry Laboratory, Special Topics in Biochemistry, Chemistry Special \n Problems: Nucleic acid and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Chemistry Special Problems: Proteins and Enzymes, \n Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Advanced Cellular and Molecular Biology.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.790818,"width":0.8353680000000001,"height":0.08383299999999994}},{"text":"1","bbox":{"left":0.529608,"top":0.9227,"width":0.011471000000000009,"height":0.01903200000000005}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}