MizzouForward Faculty
As announced in November 2021, the MizzouForward initiative has a goal of bringing 150 new faculty to the campus in addition to boosting MU research projects. We welcome these new faculty and look forward to seeing their contributions to Mizzou.

Adebowale
Adebiyi
Department of Medical Pharmacology & Physiology
School of Medicine

Ciro Amato
Department of Surgery
School of Medicine

Robert Bautista
Sinclair School of Nursing

Dan Bergstrahl
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Arts & Science

Ramji Bhandari
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Arts & Science

Carie Boychuk
Department of Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine

Taixing Cui
Department of Medical Pharmacology & Physiology
School of Medicine

Paul de Figueiredo
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
School of Medicine

Medeia Csoba DeHass
Department of Geography
College of Arts & Science

Andy Frey
Department of Social Work
College of Health Sciences

Laxman Gangwani
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine

Roman Ganta
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine

Nick Gaspelin
Department of Psychological Sciences
College of Arts & Science

Stephanie Gates
Department of Biochemistry
College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

Megan Gilligan
Department of Human Development & Family Science
College of Education & Human Development

Xiyun “Richard” Guan
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts & Science

Sachin Handa
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts & Science

Erin Hennes
Department of Psychological Sciences
College of Arts & Science

Kristin Hutchins
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts & Science

Jae-Wook Jeong
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
School of Medicine

Tae-Hoon Kim
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
School of Medicine

Dmitri Kireev
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts & Science

Sean Lane
Department of Psychological Sciences
College of Arts & Science

Lei Lei
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
School of Medicine

Marc Libault
Department of Plant Science & Technology
College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

Xiaohua Liu
Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering

Bo Lu
Department of Radiation Oncology
School of Medicine

Prabhavathi Maddineni
Department of Ophthalmology
School of Medicine

Rose Mason
Department of Special Education
College of Education & Human Development

Stephanie McKay
Division of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

Andrew Meng
Department of Physics
College of Arts & Science

Laura Morett
Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
College of Health Sciences

Amanda Olsen
Department of Education, School & Counseling Psychology
College of Education and Human Development

Baekkwan Park
Department of Government and Public Affairs
College of Arts & Science

Michael Pesko
Department of Economics
College of Arts & Science

Wendy Picking
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine

William Picking
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine

Satyanarayana Rachagani
Department of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery
College of Veterinary Medicine

Hannah Rubin
Department of Philosophy
College of Arts & Science

Maryam Salehi
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering

Joseph Santin
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Arts & Science

Tyler Smith
Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology
College of Education & Human Development

Venkatesvaran Subramanian
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
School of Medicine

Scott Thompson
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering

Wipawee
Winuthayanon
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
School of Medicine

Feng “Frank” Xiao
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering

Sen Xu
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Arts & Science

Yingchao Yang
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering

Hessam Yazdani
Civil & Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering

Adam Yokom
Department of Biochemistry
College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

Xiangqun Zeng
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts & Science