Assistant Professor
FISK University
Brentwood, Tennessee, United States
Dr. Thomas is a Tenure-track Biomedical Engineering faculty member at Wichita State University. Dr. Thomas’s academic training includes a PhD from the University of California, Riverside in Bioengineering and a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering (however, he did research in the Biophysics department) from the University of California, Irvine. He also holds a second master’s degree in Biochemical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering from Drexel University and a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The research contained in Dr. Thomas’s PhD thesis resulted in a US Patent being awarded (Dr. Thomas was named on the patent); Patent #8,252,522 for rapid pathogen detection.
Before joining the faculty at Wichita State University, Dr. Thomas taught at Florida A&M University for three years as a Tenure-track Biological Engineering Assistant Professor. Before attending graduate school, Dr. Thomas worked for two years as a metabolism Chemist at DuPont Agricultural Division in Wilmington, Delaware. Where he was responsible for LC-MS studies of new crop protection chemicals.
Dr. Thomas teaches several courses in the Biomedical Engineering Department including: Computer Applications for Biomedical Engineers, Biochemical Engineering, and Biosensor Development. When he is not in the lab, Dr. Thomas enjoys playing Tennis and Squash.
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Thursday, October 24, 2024
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST