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Stuart A. Tobet, Ph.D., is a professor of biomedical sciences and biomedical engineering at Colorado State University and currently serves as the director of the CSU School of Biomedical Engineering. Tobet obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Applied Biological Sciences at MIT (1985) and postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School. He became Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School in 1989, was a visiting instructor at the University of Hawaii Medical School in 1989, and Associate Professor of Physiology at UMASS Medical School in 2000. He joined the Department of Biomedical Sciences at CSU in 2003. Tobet began several transdisciplinary projects that brought together faculty in biomedical sciences with those in engineering, chemistry, mathematics, and computer science leading to his appointment as Director of the School of Biomedical Engineering in 2010. At CSU Dr. Tobet has directed courses in developmental neurobiology, biomedical entrepreneurship, grant writing, and STEM communication. Tobet has co-authored over 135 refereed journal articles and more than 10 book chapters or monographs. He is currently on the editorial board of three journals and a senior editor for one of them. His research interests currently include the utilization of microfluidics, electrochemistry, and lab-on-a-chip technologies in the context of key biological questions for barrier tissues in the body.
Megan currently works with graduate students in the School of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering (SBCE) but comes from nineteen years of teaching English as a second/foreign language. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in English and has taught in four countries. During her twelve years of teaching ESL at Colorado State University, she developed over ten courses for the Intensive English Program, including multiple courses for graduate students and an online course through CSU Online. She has taught first year composition and worked with many teachers-in-training as their faculty mentor and course instructor leading to certification to teach abroad. As a Curriculum Supervisor, she focused on developing and teaching academic reading and writing courses that prepared international students for success in higher education. During her time teaching in Chile, she opened the country's first Writing Center in the Universidad de Talca to fill a need for writing support and resources for students, faculty, and the community and presented on writing skills at conferences in Chile and Brazil. Megan is passionate about the nuances of language learning and helping students communicate clearly and professionally. This, coupled with her current role in engineering, has led to her current interest in STEM communication.