Fax: (620) 341-5607

E-mail: cruppers@emporia.edu

Education:

B.S. Biology, Pittsburg State University, 1988

M.S. Biology, Pittsburg State University, 1989

Ph.D. Microbiology, University of Kansas, 1995

Postdoc, Dept. Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, 1995-1997

Teaching Experience:

Assistant Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences, Emporia State University, 1997-2002.

Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University, 2002-current.

United States Patents:

Iandolo, J.J., and S.S.Crupper. 1997. Broad spectrum antibiotic peptide; United States Patent No. 5,703,040

Iandolo, J.J., and S.S. Crupper. 2000. Broad spectrum therapeutic peptide; United States Patent No. 6,043,219

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

1. Deshmane, S.P., S.L. Carrithers, S.J. Parkinson, S.S.Crupper, D.C. Robertson, and S.A. Waldman. 1995. Rat guanylyl cyclase c expressed in COS-7 cells exhibits multiple affinities for Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin. Biochemistry. 34:9095-9102.

2. Crupper,S.S., and J.J. Iandolo. 1996. Purification and partial characterization of a novel antibacterial agent (Bac1829) produced by Staphylococcus aureus KSI1829. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:3171-3175.

3. Crupper, S.S., and J.J. Iandolo. 1997. Exploiting the unique biophysical properties of bacteriocins to purify Bac1829 from Staphylococcus aureus KSI 1829. Prot. Expr. Purif. 9:228-232.

4. Deshmane, S.P., S.J. Parkinson, S.S. Crupper, D.C. Robertson, S. Schulz, and S.A. Waldman. 1997. Cytoplasmic domains mediate the ligand-induced affinity shift of guanylyl cyclase C. Biochemistry. 36:12921-12929.

5. Crupper, S.S., A.J. Gies, and J.J. Iandolo. 1997. Purification and characterization of staphylococcin BacR1, a broad spectrum bacteriocin. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:4185-4190.

6. Hyatt, D.R., J.C. Galland, S. Crupper, L. Hawkins, N.V. Anderson, and G.L. Stokka. 1998. Prevalance, antibiotic susceptibility, and genetic diversity of Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Escherichia coli O157:H7 collected at four Kansas beef cattle feedyards over 13 months. Cattlemen's Day 1998. 96-97.

7. Mosier, D., J. Iandolo, D. Rogers, G. Uhlich, and S. Crupper. 1998. Characterization of a 54-kDa heat shock inducible protein of Pasteurella haemolytica. Vet. Microbiol. 60:67-73.

8. Crupper, S.S., V. Worrell, G.C. Stewart, and J.J. Iandolo. 1999. Cloning and expression of cadD, a new cadmium resistance gene of Staphylococcus aureus. J. Bacteriol. 181:4071-75.

9. Crupper, S.S., and J.T. Dawson. 1999. A novel approach to the isolation of plant mitochondria in the introductory college biology laboratory. Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching. 25:7-10.

10. Kunonga, N.I., R.J. Sobieski, and S.S. Crupper. 2000. Prevalence of the multiple antibiotic resistance operon (marRAB) in the genus Salmonella. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 187:155-160.

11. Tseng, C.W., J. Stein, C.R. McFall, D. Edds, and S.S. Crupper. 2000. Molecular differentiation of white perch and yellow bass. Trans. Ks. Acad. Sci. 103:168-172.

12. DeBoer, L, R.J. Sobieski, and S.S. Crupper. 2000. Isolation and restriction endonuclease digestion of onion DNA in the junior college-high school biology laboratory. Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching. 26:15-17.

13. Patton, T.G., S. Katz, R. J. Sobieski, and S. S. Crupper. 2001. Genotyping of clinical Serratia marcescens isolates: a comparison of PCR based methods. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 194:19-25.

14. Tseng, C.W.^, R.J. Sobieski, and S.S. Crupper. 2001. Genotyping by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA is influenced by the method of DNA preparation. Trans. Ks. Acad. Sci. 104:37-43.

15. Galland, J.C., D.R. Hyatt, S.S. Crupper, and D.W. Acheson. 2001. Prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility, and diversityof Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates from a longitudinal study of beef cattle feedlots. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:1619-1627.

16. Slaughter, D.M., T.G. Patton, G. Sievert, R.J. Sobieski, and S.S. Crupper. 2001. Antibiotic resistance in coagulase negative staphylococci isolated from Cope's gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis). FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 205:265-270.

17. DeBoer, L.R., D.M. Slaughter, R. D. Applegate, R.J. Sobieski, and S.S. Crupper. 2001. Antimicrobial susceptibility of staphylococci isolated from the faeces of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallapovo). Lett. In Appl. Microbiol. 33:382-386.

18. Nickless, D.M., R.J. Sobieski, and S.S. Crupper. 2001. Genetic regulation of amylase expression in Bacillus. Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching. 27:27-29.

19. Sundberg, M.I., D.M. Slaughter, and S.S. Crupper. 2002. Genetic variation among a population of sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) revealed by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting: A preliminary study. Trans. Ks. Acad. Sci. 105:91-95.

20. Hagen, C.A., S.S. Crupper, R.D. Applegate, and R.J. Robel. 2002. Prevalence of Mycoplasma antibodies in lesser prairie-chicken sera. Avian Diseases. 46:708-712.

21. Crupper, S.S., and R.D. Applegate. 2002. Incidence of selected bacterial pathogen antibodies in Kansas wild turkeys. Veterinary Record. 151:450.

22. Mills-Robertson, F., M.E. Addy, P. Mensah, and S.S. Crupper. 2002. Molecular characterization of antibiotic resistance in clinical Salmonella typhi isolated in Ghana. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 215:249-253.

23. Mills-Robertson, F., S.S. Crupper, M.E. Addy, and P. Mensah. 2002. Antibiotic resistance and genotyping of clinical group B Salmonella isolated in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 94:289-294.