Skip to main content
    Kent State University logo
    • Apply
    • Visit
    • Give Now
    • FlashLine Login
    • Calendars
    • Phone Directory
    • Maps & Directions
    • Search
    Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
    Menu Search
    • About
      Close
      • About Overview
      • Director's Welcome
      • Our Legacy
      • International Liquid Crystal Society
    • People
      Close
      • People Overview
      • Leadership
      • Administrative
      • Staff
      • Postdoctoral Research Associates
    • Affiliated Faculty
      Close
      • Affiliated Faculty Overview
      • Materials Science Graduate Program
      • Aeronautics & Engineering
      • Anthropology
      • Architecture & Environmental Design
      • Biological Sciences
      • Chemistry & Biochemistry
      • Computer Science
      • Fashion
      • Mathematical Sciences
      • Nursing
      • Physics
      • Podiatric Medicine
      • Public Health
    • Become a Member
    • Facilities
      Close
      • Facilities Overview
      • Cleanroom Research and Prototyping Facility
      • Characterization Facility
      • Organic Synthesis Facility
      • Machine Shop
      • SAXS Facility
      • 3PNMF Facility
      • Related University facilities
    • News/Research
      Close
      • News/Research Overview
      • Newsletter Archive
    • Support
      Close
      • Support Overview
      • Donate to AMLCI
      • Ukrainian Scholar Support Fund
    • 60th Anniversary
      Close
      • 60th Anniversary Overview
      • 60th Anniversary
      • Materials Day 2024
      • Materials Day 2023
      • Materials Day 2022
      • Materials Day 2021
    • FlashLine Login
    • Calendars
    • Phone Directory
    • Maps & Directions
    • Search
    • Apply
    • Visit
    • Give Now
    Live Chat
    Photo of Professor Christopher Woolverton

    Christopher J. Woolverton

    Professor Epidemiology
    Campus:
    Kent
    Contact Information
    Email:
    cwoolver@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-4648

    Biography

    Christopher J. Woolverton, Ph.D., is professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Woolverton is a recipient of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine's Jefferson Science Fellowship (2020-2021). He is a member of the Graduate Faculty of the Kent State University College of Public Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences and the Northeastern Ohio Medical University. Woolverton serves on the faculty of the National Biosafety and Biosecurity Training Program of the NIH and is the manager of the NIH Designated Training Facility (BSL-3 Training Laboratory) at Kent State. He is also a member of the Cooperative Medical Technology Program of Akron (OH) faculty. Woolverton received his graduate training in medical microbiology from West Virginia University School of Medicine. He spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow studying cellular immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Woolverton has received additional training in biological safety, security and policy analysis from MIT, ABSA International (formerly American Biological Safety Association); and Emory University; and training in coronavirus contact tracing from the Johns Hopkins University. He has been at Kent State since 1995.

    Woolverton’s research is focused on the detection and control of bacterial pathogens, and biological safety and security issues. He is co-inventor of the liquid crystal biosensor and co-inventor of the fibrin sealant antimicrobial drug delivery system. His teaching scholarship is centered on adult learning. He has presented and published, internationally, his biosensor, antimicrobial drug delivery, biosafety, and pedagogical research.

    Woolverton previously served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, the pedagogical journal of the American Society for Microbiology. He is a member of several societies, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society for Microbiology, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, ABSA International, and the Ohio Public Health Association. He is the co-author of the undergraduate textbook Prescott’s Microbiology (7th-10th editions). He is an international lecturer on biosafety and biosecurity, as well as, liquid crystal biosensors. Woolverton also serves on the city of Kent Board of Health and the Portage County (OH) Medical Reserve Corp.

     

    Education

    Ph.D., Medical Microbiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 1986
    M.S., Medical Microbiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 1984
    Biology (Psychology minor), Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1982
    Postdoctoral training, Cellular Immunology, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1986-1988

    Documents

    PDF icon cjw vitae 2020.pdf
    Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

    Street Address

    1425 Lefton Esplanade
    Kent, OH 44242


    Mailing Address

    800 E. Summit St.
    Kent, OH 44242

    Contact Us

    330-672-2654 amlci@kent.edu
    Contact Us
    • 330-672-3000
    • info@kent.edu

    QUICK LINKS
    • Materials Science
    • Physics
    • Chemistry & Biochemistry
    • Biological Sciences
    • Mathematical Sciences
    • Aeronautics and Engineering
    • Anthropology
    • Architecture & Environmental Design
    • Brain Health Research Institute
    • Computer Science
    • Fashion
    • Public Health
    • facebook
    • instagram
    • youtube
    • linkedin
    • TikTok
    • X
    • snapchat
    • ...
    Information
    • Accessibility
    • Annual Security Reports
    • For Our Alumni
    • For the Media
    • Health Services
    • Jobs & Employment
    • Privacy Statement
    • HEERF CARES/CRRSAA/ARP Act Reporting and Disclosure
    • Website Feedback
    Kent State University logo
    © 2025 Kent State University All rights reserved.