Timothy Paustian

• Crowdsourcing biocuration: The Community Assessment of Community Annotation with Ontologies (CACAO)
  October 28, 2021
  Ramsey, J., McIntosh, B., Renfro, D., Aleksander, S. A., LaBonte, S., Ross, C., Zweifel, A. E., Liles, N., Farrar, S., Gill, J. J., Erill, I., Ades, S., Berardini, T. Z., Bennett, J. A., Brady, S., Britton, R., Carbon, S., Caruso, S. M., Clements, D., … Hu, J. C. PLoS Computational Biology
• Bioinformatic Teaching Resources – For Educators, by Educators – Using KBase, a Free, User-Friendly, Open Source Platform
  October 8, 2021
  Dow, E. G., Wood-Charlson, E. M., Biller, S. J., Paustian, T., Schirmer, A., Sheik, C. S., Whitham, J. M., Krebs, R., Goller, C. C., Allen, B., Crockett, Z., & Arkin, A. P. Frontiers in Education
• Development of Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Immunology Education –a Report by a Task Force on Undergraduate Immunology Curriculum Guidelines.
  May 1, 2020
  Justement, L. B., Bruns, H. A., Elliott, S., Sletten, S., Sparks-Thissen, R., Condry, D., Wisenden, B., Lal, A., Paustian, T., Mixter, P. F., Taylor, R., Pritchard, R., Vanniasinkam, T., Dorsam, G., Freier, D., & Pandey, S. The Journal of Immunology
• Concept Inventory Development Reveals Common Student Misconceptions about Microbiology.
  October 30, 2017
  Briggs AG, Hughes LE, Brennan RE, Buchner J, Horak REA, Amburn DSK, Mcdonald AH, Primm TP, Smith AC, Stevens AM, Yung SB, Paustian TD. J Microbiol Biol Educ
• Development, Validation, and Application of the Microbiology Concept Inventory.
  October 5, 2017
  Paustian TD, Briggs AG, Brennan RE, Boury N, Buchner J, Harris S, Horak REA, Hughes LE, Katz-Amburn DS, Massimelli MJ, McDonald AH, Primm TP, Smith AC, Stevens AM, Yung SB. J Microbiol Biol Educ

My research focuses on microbiology education. I have led or been on several teams working on developing and using concept inventories to determine students’ mastery of microbiology and immunology. My current research involves helping students increase their performance on multiple-choice exams.

The courses in the major are taught on a rotational basis, and I teach Microbiology 303, Microbiology 304, Microbiology 527 and Microbiology 551 in various years. I am also active in the scholarship of teaching: participating in seminars, presentations, and publications. Other responsibilities include:

• Author of Through the Microscope an online microbiology textbook, Why Microbes Matter – a book for the general public, and Virtual Microbiology
• Serving on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education.

Microbiology 303: Biology of Microorganisms
Microbiology 304: Biology of Microorganisms Laboratory
Microbiology 527: Physiology of Microorganisms Laboratory
Microbiology 551: Physiological Diversity of Procaryotes Laboratory

Education

B.S., Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1989