Maria Messner
Teaching Assistant Professor
Howell N108
252-737-4777
messnerm25@ecu.edu
Education
- BA in Psychology, University of Missouri at Columbia, 2000
- PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University, 2007
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, John Wayne Cancer Institute, 2010
Research Interests
My graduate and post-doctoral research focused primarily on understanding how changes in lipid biochemistry affect the development and progression of atherosclerosis and pancreatic cancer. Since then, I have focused on the pedagogy of science and how to teach science more effectively.