Dr. Maureen Dolan

Director of Biotechnology Program

Associate Professor of Molecular Biology

Education

• PhD - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida
• MS - Biochemistry-Muscle Biology, Iowa State University
• BS - Biology and Chemistry, Quincy University, Quincy, Illinois

Research Interests

• Plant transgenic strategies used as factories in manufacturing high-value recombinant therapeutic proteins targeted at modulating and promoting immune health in humans and animals.
• Focus on plant-based production of recombinant proteins with application to disease prevention in fish produced in the aquaculture setting.
• Designing and developing molecular-based, high throughput diagnostics for the food and plant industries.
• Fostering entrepreneurship through collaborative relationships with companies that provide unique research opportunities and student internships that use biotechnology solutions for addressing ‘real world’ problems in agriculture and food industries.