Dennis James Minchella
Professor and Associate Head,
Department of Biological Sciences
Purdue University

Education

1975	B.A. with distinction in Biology, University of Rochester
	B.A. with distinction in Geology, University of Rochester
1981	Ph.D. in Biology, Purdue University, Thesis Advisor: Philip T. LoVerde

Professional Experience

Instructor in Biology 1981-86, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences 1986-92, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences 1992-99, Professor of Biological Sciences 1999-present, Assistant Head 2001-03, Associate Head for Undergraduate Education, 2003-present

Professional Awards and Honors

Outstanding Teacher in the School of Science (Selected by student vote), 1992
Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Teaching Award, (university-wide competition), 1992
Founding Fellow in the Purdue University Teaching Academy, 1997
Selected as one of the best teachers in the history of the university and included in the Purdue University Book of Great Teachers, 1999
J. Alfred and Martha Chiscon Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2002
Purdue University - Seeds for Success Award (research), 2004
Outstanding Teacher in the College of Science (selected by student vote), 2005
College of Science “Favorite Science Professor” (selected by alumni vote), 2005
Top Ten Teachers of Science Majors, multiple year honoree (most recently 2007)

Service / Leadership (recent)

President of the Annual Midwestern Conference of Parasitologists, 1998-1999
Faculty Senate Advisory Committee (elected from Science), 2001-2002
Purdue Teaching Academy Co-chair, 2003-05
President of the American Society of Parasitologists, 2004-2005
OnePurdue Student Affairs Advisory Committee (faculty representative), 2005-07
Student Disciplinary Process Task Force, 2006
Leadership Lafayette (community service and leadership program), 2006
Public Schools Foundation, Grant Review Committee, 2007

Research Support

Twenty-five grants over the last 20 years including funding from NSF Division of Undergraduate Education and Purdue Lilly Endowment Retention Initiative
Twenty Undergraduate Research Honors Students mentored (currently 4 in the lab)
Over $3,000,000 in support since 1999 largely from NIH and NSF (3 current grants)

Publications

65 publications and over 1000 citations (11 publications co-authored by undergraduates)