Biology and Marine Biology

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Timothy A. Ballard, Ph. D.

Associate Professor

Department of Biology and Marine Biology

University of North Carolina Wilmington

(910) 962-7263 [email protected]

EDUCATION: 1978 B.S. Department of Biology, Appalachian

State University, Boone, NC

1983 Ph. D. Department of Anatomy, Bowman

Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest

University, Winston-Salem, NC

RESEARCH TRAINING:

Ph. D. Dissertation entitled “The Morphology and Hormonal Responsiveness of

Isolated Embryonic Cells from the Developing Skeletal System of Chick Limb Buds,”

under the direction of Dr. David M. Biddulph, Department of Anatomy, Bowman

Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:

Research Associate, Developmental Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of

Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, under the direction of Dr. William A. Elmer.

Research concerned with the biochemical and physiological effects of hormones

and growth factors on the differentiation of normal and Brachypod mutant mouse

embryo limb buds.

GRANT PROPOSALS:

2008 National Science Foundation -- $148,952 – Human Physiology Laboratory for

Non-Science Majors , Co-investigator with Dr. Richard Satterlie

HONORS and AWARDS:

2013 BEN Scholar (Bioscience Educational Network), American

Association for the Advancement of Science nominated for UNC

Board of Governors Teaching Excellence Award and Chancellor’s

Excellence in Teaching Award

2012 BEN Scholar, American Association for the Advancement of Science

nominated for UNC Board of Governors Teaching Excellence Award

and Chancellor’s Excellence in Teaching Award

2011 BEN Scholar, American Association for the Advancement of

Science