UK Board Appoints 2009-10 University Research Professors
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 10, 2009) – The University of Kentucky today appointed
Gang Cao, Karin Westlund High, S. Reddy Palli and Kevin Sarge as
University Research
Professors for 2009-10.
The one-year, $35,000 Research Professorships are awarded to enhance and encourage scholarly research productivity and provide an opportunity for concentrated research efforts for selected faculty members. The professorships recognize outstanding research achievements, emphasize the university’s research function and publicize research accomplishments to increase understanding and appreciation of university research. The awards are provided by the UK Office of the Vice President for Research.
Gang Cao, professor of physics and astronomy in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, focuses on developing novel materials and synthesizing single crystals and thin films of certain oxides. He also conducts experimental studies of highly correlated electron systems, emphasizing magnetic, transport and thermal properties. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Wuhan University and his master’s and doctoral degrees from Temple University. He performed postdoctoral work at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory from 1992 to 1995 and was an assistant scientist there from 1995 to 1998.
High, a professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Physiology, studies pain, particularly how sensitization of pain pathways can lead to persistent pain states, and how inflammatory pain can be alleviated. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in zoology from the University of Texas at Austin and her doctorate in physiology and biophysics from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas.
A professor of entomology in the UK College of Agriculture, Palli studies the physiological processes of insects at the molecular level and uses this information for the welfare of human beings. The research program covers insect physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, endocrinology, toxicology, biological control, pest management and other topics. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Andrapradesh Agricultural University, his master’s from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, and his doctorate from the University of Western Ontario. He also performed postdoctoral research at the University of Washington.
Sarge, a professor of molecular and cellular biochemistry in the UK College of Medicine, studies a component of proteins called sumoylation and how it functions in human diseases; and a process involved in gene bookmarking that preserves the “memory” of active gene expression. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and his doctoral degree from North Carolina State University.
The one-year, $35,000 Research Professorships are awarded to enhance and encourage scholarly research productivity and provide an opportunity for concentrated research efforts for selected faculty members. The professorships recognize outstanding research achievements, emphasize the university’s research function and publicize research accomplishments to increase understanding and appreciation of university research. The awards are provided by the UK Office of the Vice President for Research.
Gang Cao, professor of physics and astronomy in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, focuses on developing novel materials and synthesizing single crystals and thin films of certain oxides. He also conducts experimental studies of highly correlated electron systems, emphasizing magnetic, transport and thermal properties. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Wuhan University and his master’s and doctoral degrees from Temple University. He performed postdoctoral work at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory from 1992 to 1995 and was an assistant scientist there from 1995 to 1998.
High, a professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Physiology, studies pain, particularly how sensitization of pain pathways can lead to persistent pain states, and how inflammatory pain can be alleviated. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in zoology from the University of Texas at Austin and her doctorate in physiology and biophysics from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas.
A professor of entomology in the UK College of Agriculture, Palli studies the physiological processes of insects at the molecular level and uses this information for the welfare of human beings. The research program covers insect physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, endocrinology, toxicology, biological control, pest management and other topics. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Andrapradesh Agricultural University, his master’s from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, and his doctorate from the University of Western Ontario. He also performed postdoctoral research at the University of Washington.
Sarge, a professor of molecular and cellular biochemistry in the UK College of Medicine, studies a component of proteins called sumoylation and how it functions in human diseases; and a process involved in gene bookmarking that preserves the “memory” of active gene expression. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and his doctoral degree from North Carolina State University.