Research Interests

Host Parasite Dynamics, Ecology of Microbial Diseases, Leishmaniasis, Tropical Diseases, Pre-College Science Education.

Education

B.S., Providence College, Providence, RI, 1947-1951. (cum laude)

M.A., Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1951-1952

Ph.D., Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1952-1956

MPH, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998-1999

Field of Specialization:

Microbiology

Publications, Texts, Abstracts, Presentations (past 5 years)

Krasner, Robert I., Pasteur:  High Priest of Microbiology, ASM News, 61: 1995

Chirikjian, J.G., E. Kisailus, R. Krasner, B. King, H. Mortensen, THE SCIENCE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY:  Theory and Practice, Vol. I., (Plant Biotechnology, animal Cell Culture, Immunobiotechnology), 1995, Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Chirikjian, J.G., E. Kisailus, R. Krasner, B. King, H. Mortensen, THE SCIENCE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY:  Theory and Practice, Vol. II., (Genetic Engineering, Mutagenisis, Separation Technology), 1995, Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Presenter at 1994 AAAS Annual Meeting - Teaching Biotechnology in the Middle School,

Annual History of Microbiology Lecturer at 1994 ASM General Meeting - Pasteur and Rabies:  The Making of a Hero

Presenter at 1994 ASM Regional Meeting - Pasteur and Rabies:  The Making of a Hero

Presenter at 1994 NABT Annual Meeting - Biotechnology Education for Teachers

Pasteur Foundation Invited Lecturer in conjunction with the 1995 "Year of Pasteur":

1.  Alliance Francaise, San Jose, California, Feb, 1995

2.  Alliance Francaise, Tamps, Florida, March, 1995

3.  Alliance Francaise, Jacksonville, Florida, March, 1995

Invited Closing Session Speaker at XIII International Congress for Microbiology, Argentine Society for Microbiology, May 1995

Covener and Presenter at 1995 ASM General Meeting - Incorporation of biotechnology into the Undergraduate Curriculum (Seminar)

Featured Speaker at 1995 NABT Annual Meeting - Louis Pasteur

Presenter at 1995 NSTA Regional Meeting - Louis Pasteur

Featured Speaker at 19995 NSTA Regional Meeting - Louis Pasteur:  A Centennial Commemoration

Presenter at International Conference on New Trends in Science Education, May 1997, Istanbul, Turkey:

Opening Sessions Speaker, Innovative Strategies in Science Education

Keynote Speaker, Louis Pasteur:  High Priest of Microbiology

Workshop, Innovative Pre-College Science Education at Providence College, RI

Presenter at 1997 Annual Meeting of international Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, New and Emerging Infections; Societal Considerations

Special Honors & Awards

Recipient or Providence College Torch Award on occasion of 75th Anniversary of the College, April 1993 in recognition of teaching and service

Appointed American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Annual History of Microbiology Lecturer at ASM General Meeting, Las Vegas, May 1994.  Title:  Pasteur and Rabies:  The Making of a Hero

Recipient of Providence College National Alumni Association Faculty Award, 1996

Grants (past 5 years)

Director, Dwight D. Eisenhower Grant, 1993-1994.  Title:  A Biotechnology Workshop for Middle School Science Teachers (conducted June, 1994)

Director, Rhode Island State Department of Environmental Management, 1994-1995.  Title:  A Strategy to Introduce Composting into the Classroom

Director, Dwight D. Eisenhower Grant, 1994-1995.  Title:  A Biotechnology Institute for Pre-College Science Teachers (two workshops conducted June-July 1995)

Director, Dwight D. Eisenhower Grant, 1995-1996.  Title:  DNA Science, Human Genetics & Human Genome Project for Pre-College Science Teachers

Director, Dwight D. Eisenhower Grant, 1996-1997.  Title:  Microbiology Update: A Focus on Classroom Implementation for Pre-College Science Teachers

Current Projects

-Meeting the Microbial Challenge - a text book now in press; American Society for Microbiology Press (Publisher)

-The New Microbe Hunters - a text book now in preparation; American Society for Microbiology Press (Publisher)

-Ecological Perspective of Human Leishmaniasis - Field work to be conducted in Brazil

-Biological Warfare and Biological Terrorism

-Operation Clean Hands - a program designed for the pre-college classroom