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Dr. Tom E Porter

Distinguished University Professor

Professor

Animal & Avian Sciences 1131 AnSc/AgEn Building 8127 Regents Drive College Park, Maryland 20742

RESEARCH FOCUS

  • Neuroendocrine regulation of growth and reproduction
  • Cellular differentiation of the anterior pituitary gland during embryonic development
  • Global analysis of gene expression in the neuroendocrine system

Teaching

  • ANSC452 Avian Physiology
  • ANSC444 Domestic Animal Endocrinology
  • ANSC644 Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Awards and Honors

  • 2023 Named Distinguished University Professor
  • 2023 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Faculty Research Award 
  • 2022 Elected President of the Poultry Science Association
  • 2021 Elected Vice President of the Poultry Science Association
  • 2021 Named Editor-in-Chief for World’s Poultry Science Journal
  • 2020 University of Maryland Exemplary Researcher Award
  • 2019 University of Minnesota Golden Alumni Award
  • 2016 Named Fellow of the Poultry Science Association
  • 2012 Embrex Fundamental Science Award from the Poultry Science Association
  • 2010-2016 Named Editor-in-Chief for Poultry Science journal
  • 2009 Dean Gordon Cairns Award for Distinguished Creative Work and Teaching in Agriculture
  • 2007 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni Excellence in Instruction Award
  • 2001 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Excellence in Research Award
  • 2000 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Junior Faculty Excellence Award
  • 1996 Recipient of the Poultry Science Association Research Award

Other Accomplishments

  • Author of 113 refereed scientific papers, 23 book chapters or reviews, and 167 abstracts
  • Publications cited more than 3,800 times
  • Author of 35,452 nucleotide sequence submissions to GenBank
  • Author of five cDNA microarray platform submissions to GEO (Gene Expression Omnibus)
  • Recipient of $29.6M in total funding from competitive federal grant support
  • Research mentor to 6 postdoctoral fellows and 27 graduate students

Publications

For an up-to-date list of publications, please visit Google Scholar at https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=35rc0aUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate