Shari Freyermuth
Associate Teaching Professor of Biochemistry
Director of Undergraduate Advising, Biochemistry
Assistant Dean for Academic Programs, CAFNR
E-mail:freyermuths@missouri.edu
Office: 117 Schweitzer Hall and 2-64 Agriculture Building
Mail: Biochemistry
117 Schweitzer Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573-882-8301
Fax: 573-882-5635
Lab site: http://biotech-ed.missouri.edu
Educational background
| Degree | School | Location | Major |
| BS | University of Georgia | Athens, Ga. | Genetics |
| PhD | Duke University | Durham, N.C. | Biochemistry/Genetics |
Curriculum vitae
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Notable honors and service
- Awards
- Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, 2013
- Outstanding Senior Teaching Award, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, spring 2007
- Outstanding Instructor in Biochemistry, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, fall 2002
- Committees and organizations
- Biochemistry Undergraduate Education Committee
- CAFNR International Programs Committee
- North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture
- National Science Teachers Association
- Science Teachers of Missouri
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
- The Phi Beta Kappa Society, Secretary-Treasurer for Alpha of Missouri
Research and project description:
- Curriculum design project: molecular characterization and annotation of novel autotrophic microbes
- Science education projects (with Marcelle Siegel)
- Biotechnology decision making
- Biotechnology misconceptions
- Biotechnology assessment design
Selected publications
Rebello CM, Siegel MA, Freyermuth SK, Witzig SB, Izci K. Development of embedded assessments for learning in biotechnology: results and design process for dissemination. Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2012 Mar-Apr;40(2):82-8. doi: 10.1002/bmb.20579. Epub 2011 Dec 13.
Ditty, Jayna L., Kvaal, Christopher A., Goodner, Brad, Freyermuth, Sharyn K., Bailey, Cheryl, Britton, Robert A., Gordon, Stuart G., Heinhorst, Sabine, Reed, Kelynne, Xu, Zhaohui, Sanders-Lorenz, Erin R., Axen, Seth, Kim, Edwin, Johns, Mitrick, Scott, Kathleen, Kerfeld, Cheryl A. (2010) Incorporating Genomics and Bioinformatics across the Life Sciences Curriculum. PLoS Biology, Volume 8 (August 2010).
Halverson, K.H., Freyermuth, S.K., Siegel, M.A., & Clark, C.G. (2010). What Undergraduates Misunderstand about Stem Cell Research. International Journal of Science Education. 32: 2253-2272.
Concannon, J., Siegel, M., .Halverson, K., Freyermuth, S., (2010). College Students’ Conceptions of Stem Cells, Stem Cell Research, and Cloning. J Sci Educ Technol. 19:177-186.
Halverson, K.L., Siegel, M.A., & Freyermuth, S.K. (2010). Non-Science majors' critical evaluation of websites in a biotechnology course. J Sci Educ Technol. 19:612-620.
Halverson, K., Siegel, M.A., & Freyermuth, S. (2009). Lenses for framing decisions: Undergraduates' decision making about stem cell research. International Journal of Science Education. Vol. 31, No. 9, 1 June 2009, pp. 1249-1268.
Kathleen M. Scott, et. al. The genome of Deep-sea Vent Chemolithoautotroph Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2. PLoS Biology, Volume 4 (Dec 2006).
Freyermuth, Shari, Bruce McClure, Gerald Hazelbauer, Cheryl Kerfeld, and Niki Whitley (2005) Biotechnology Education Activities CD.