{"id":51,"date":"2022-06-27T13:51:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T17:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:49:31","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-research-of-the-biology-department\">Research of The Biology Department <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/today.citadel.edu\/change-leading-research-dr-john-weinstein\/#:~:text=Internationally%20noted%20professor%20of%20Biology,on%20waterways%20and%20marine%20life.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Change Leading Research<\/a><\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0ongoing, collaborative environmental toxicology research related to the impacts of degrading plastics | <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/faculty-staff\/dr-john-e-weinstein-ph-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Dr. John Weinstein<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ABC News Interview<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews4.com\/archive\/plastics-study-in-the-lowcountry-questions-life-of-plastic-items-impact-on-environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Lowcountry study: Plastics may decompose more quickly than believed&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/faculty-staff\/dr-john-e-weinstein-ph-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Dr. John Weinstein<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Gustafson Research Lab<\/strong> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/faculty-staff\/dr-danny-j-gustafson-ph-d\/\"><em>Dr. Danny Gustafson<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.citadel.edu\/scricefields\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SC Rice Fields<\/a><\/strong> | <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/faculty-staff\/joe-kelley\/\">Dr. Joe Kelley<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/royalsocietypublishing.org\/doi\/10.1098\/rspb.2021.1620?fbclid=IwAR3GnW_gso68BZLz8KUvXEY7iFWUTLXfBpx0_rDQfDSm5dlwxgEiYfGSCrM&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">500 million years to mobility: Directed locomotion and its ecological function in a turtle barnacle<\/a><\/strong> (Chan et al. 2021. \u201cProceedings of the Royal Society B\u201d (print 13 Oct. 2021))\u00a0 |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/faculty-staff\/dr-john-d-zardus-ph-d\/\"><em>Dr. John Zardus<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research interest: DNA replication, transcription, repair and mutations | <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/faculty-staff\/colleen-quaas\/\">Dr. Colleen Quaas<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research interest: Rare disease modeling and drug discovery using stem cells and Hepatic differentiation and regenerative medicine | <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/faculty-staff\/behshad-pournasr\/\">Dr. Behshad Pournasr<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Other Research Projects are described on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/root\/biology-facultystaff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">faculty members&#8217; web pages<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-student-research-experiences\"><strong>Student Research Experiences<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/biocid\/\">BioCid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-grant-opportunity\">Grant Opportunity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/ssm\/climate-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Citadel Climate Center<\/a>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.citadel.edu\/root\/images\/Biology\/RFP_Climatological_Grant_2021.pdf\"><strong>Download Application<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research of The Biology Department Faculty Research Other Research Projects are described on faculty members&#8217; web pages Student Research Experiences Explore the BioCid Grant Opportunity The Citadel Climate Center:&nbsp;Download Application<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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