Richard Gardner

  • Professor of Biology

Education

  • Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, 1998
  • B.A. cum laude in Biology, Utah State University, 1991

I teach my students that science is not just how nature works, but the creative process by which humans discover how nature works. At Southern Virginia University, I have the opportunity to know my students individually. I enjoy watching pre-health professionals, biology, and biochemistry majors advance to careers in science and medicine, as well as helping students in other majors learn that they like biology more than they thought they would.


Education

  • Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, 1998
  • B.A. cum laude in Biology, Utah State University, 1991

Courses

  • Core: Biological Concepts
  • Biology Major: Cell Biology, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Teaching Positions & Professional Experience

  • Joined the Southern Virginia University faculty in 2004

Scholarship & Creative Work

  • Research focuses on the yeast cell cycle and mitotic control
  • The Spindle Checkpoint of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Requires Kinetochore Function and Maps to the CBF3 Domain (link)
  • RAD53, DUN1 and PDS1 Define Two Parallel G2/M Checkpoint Pathways in Budding Yeast (link) 
  • The Highly Conserved Ndc80 Complex is Required for Kinetochore Assembly, Chromosome Congression, and Spindle Checkpoint Activity (link)
  • The Spindle Checkpoint: Two Transitions, Two Pathways (link)
  • The Heart of the Gospel: Explorations into the Workings of the Atonement, 2013
  • God’s Organizing Power: Explorations into the Power and Blessings of the Priesthood, 2014
  • Beneficiaries of the Restoration: Our Privileges, Responsibilities, and Attitude Regarding Scripture, History, Truth, and Zion, 2018

Awards, Leadership & Service

  • Missionary, Curitiba, Brazil, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1986-1988