| 307 | Jacob Dums, Ph.D. | <p>​​​Assistant Professor<br><br></p> | | | jdums@udel.edu | Wolf Hall 203 | | 105 The Green, Wolf Hall, Newark, DE 19716 | <p></p><p></p><p><strong>​B.S.</strong> – Biotechnology at University of Wisconsin – River Falls​</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Ph.D.</strong> – Plant Biology at N​orth Carolina State University​</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Research Postdoc</strong> – Vira​​l Ecology and Informatics Lab at University of Delaware​</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>​Teaching Postdoc</strong> – <a href="https://biotech.ncsu.edu/">Biotechnology Program</a> at North Carolina State University​​<br></p><p></p> | <p>​<b>BISC207</b> – Introduct​​ory Biology I - Integrated with Chemistry</p><p><b>BISC208</b> – Introduc​​tory Biology II</p><p><b>BISC300</b> – Intro​duction to Microbiology​<br></p> | <p>​<b>Educational Research: </b> </p><p>​I am broadly interested in course and course material development and assessment, the development of student support tools, leveraging student talents, and leveraging instructor impact. I am also a proponent of inquiry and experiential learning and a big fan of course-based research. I enjoy developing and assessing these experiences to democratize the experience of research to all students.</p><p><b>Laborato​ry Research:</b></p><p>My research experiences include my PhD work on microalgae biofuel pro​​duction, metabolism, transcriptomics, and genetic engineering. My research postdoc at UD focused on viral metagenomics in aquatic environments, giant virus discovery, phage genomic engineering, and DNA polymerase diversity and biochemistry. My teaching postdoc fused these interests into giant algae virus discovery and genetic engineering.​<br></p> | <p>​I have 3 projects that I am currently wrapping up from my previous position at NC State, which are: Assessment of a Biotechnology Professional Development Course, Assessment of a Plant Genetic Engineering Course, Leveraging Student Mindset in Peer Groupings to Improve Self-efficacy and Academic Achievement.<br></p> | | <p>​Joglekar P, Ferrell BD, Jarvis T, Haramoto K, Place N, <strong>Dums JT</strong>, Polson SW, Wommack KE, and Fuhrmann JJ. <em>Spontaneously Produced Lysogenic Phages Are an Important Component of the Soybean Bradyrhizobium Mobilome</em>. <strong>mBio</strong>. <strong>2023 April</strong>: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00295-23"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:#0000ff;">10.1128/mbio.00295-23</span></a><br></p><p>Keown RA, <strong>Dums JT,</strong> Brumm P, MacDonald J, Mead DA, Ferrell BD, Moore RM, Harrison AO, Polson SW, Wommack KE. <em>Novel viral DNA Polymerases from metagenomes suggest genomic sources of strand-displacing biochemical phenotypes</em>. Frontiers in Microbiology. <strong>2022 </strong>Apr: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.858366"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:#0000ff;">10.3389/fmicb.2022.858366</span></a><br></p><p>Garcia CB, Chapman IF, Chen SH, Lazear E, Lentz TB, Williams C, <strong>Dums JT</strong>, Goller CC, Robertson SD. <em>Integrating research into a molecular cloning course to address the evolving biotechnology landscape</em>. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. <strong>2020</strong> July: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bmb.21402"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:#0000ff;">10.1002/bmb.21402</span></a>.<br></p><p><strong>Dums J</strong>, Murphree C, Vasani N, Young D, Sederoff H. <em>Metabolic and Transcriptional Profiles of Dunaliella viridis Supplemented with Ammonium Derived from Glutamine</em>. Frontiers in Marine Science. <strong>2018</strong> Aug: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00311"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:#0000ff;">10.3389/fmars.2018.00311</span></a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></p><p>Carson S, Bruff E, DeFoor W, <strong>Dums J</strong>, Groth A, Hatfield T, Iyer A, Joshi K, McAdams S, Miles D, Miller D, Oufkir A, Raynor B, Riley S, Roland S, Rozier H, Talley S, Miller ES. 2015. <em>Genome sequences of six Paenibacillus larvae Siphoviridae phages</em>. Genome Announc. <strong>2015</strong> Jun: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00101-15"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:#0000ff;">10.1128/genomeA.00101-15</span></a>.<br></p><p>Pope WH, Bowman CA, Russell DA, Jacobs-Sera D, Asai DJ, Cresawn SG, et al. <em>Whole genome comparison of a large collection of mycobacteriophages reveals a continuum of phage genetic diversity</em>. Elife. <strong>2015</strong> Apr: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.06416"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:#0000ff;">10.7554/eLife.06416</span></a><br></p><p>For a Full List find me on <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=a0WsB8sAAAAJ&hl=en">Google Scholar​</a>!<br></p> | | | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Dums_NCSU_2022.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
