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Nicholas Pullen

Nicholas Pullen

Associate Professor

School of Biological Sciences
College of Natural and Health Sciences

Contact Information

Phone
970-351-1843
Fax
970-351-2335
Office
Ross Hall 2536
Mailing Address
University of Northern Colorado
School of Biological Sciences
Campus Box 92
Greeley, CO 80639

Education

Postdoctoral: Molecular Immunology, Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Ph.D.:
  Anatomy & Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
B.S.: Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Professional/Academic Experience

2024-Present; Master’s in Biomedical Science Program Coordinator

2020-Present; Associate Professor, University of Northern Colorado

2017-Present; Graduate Faculty, UNC

2016-2020; Assistant Professor, UNC

2013-2016; Clark Cox Professor in Science, William Woods University, Fulton, MO

2012-2016; Assistant Professor of Biology, WWU

2010-2012; NIH-IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Department of Chemistry, Geology, and Physics, Elizabeth City State University, NC

Go to this page for a list of courses I teach, including latest syllabi.

Professional Affiliations:
American Association of Immunologists
Society for Leukocyte Biology
American Association for Anatomy
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Other Experience

2021-present; Editor-in-Chief (with Dr. Noemi Sinkovics, University of Glasgow), Data in Brief  (Elsevier)
2020-2026; Education Committee (Chair 2021-2026), AAI
2019-2022; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, SLB
2018-present; Section Editor, Biochemistry and Immunology, Data in Brief
2014-present; Textbook reviewer for Macmillan, Sinauer Associates, Garland Science, and Morton Publishing Company
2014-2017; Reviewer for the Improving Teacher Quality Grants Program, Missouri Department of Higher Education
2014-2016; Biological Sciences Section Chair, Missouri Academy of Science
2013-2016; Content expert consultant for the Biology Missouri Educator Gateway Assessment, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
2009-2018; Reader and judge for the Virginia Academy of Science

Research/Areas of Interest

                          ResearchGate         Google Scholar

My main research areas are:

Publications/Creative Works

Honors and Awards

2019; College of Natural and Health Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award
2018-2020; UNC Sponsored Research Fellow
2018; Early Career Faculty Grant, American Association of Immunologists
2016; Undergraduate Faculty Travel Grant (Seattle, WA), American Association of Immunologists
2015; Louis D. Beaumont Dad’s Association Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching, WWU
2015; AAI Undergraduate Science Faculty Program (Long Beach, CA), American Association of Immunologists
2014; Undergraduate Faculty Travel Grant (Pittsburgh, PA), American Association of Immunologists
2013; Clark Cox Distinguished Professor of Science, chair endowed by the Kresge Foundation, WWU
2010; IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellowship, NIGMS, VCU
2008; Jack Denning Burke Award for Excellence in Cell Biology Research, VCU
2007; A.D. Williams Fellowship, VCU