Professor
David Ross Boyd Professor
Email: rharrison@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-4367
Office: Sarkeys Energy Center, T-221
Education
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (1975)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S. Chemical Engineering (1967)
University of Oklahoma
M.S. Chemical Engineering (1968)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Focus
Experience and Awards
About
The general area of my research is the application of biotechnology to solve medical problems. Toward this end, my research group has developed significant expertise in the engineering, expression, and purification of recombinant proteins produced in Escherichia coli bacteria. We developed the NusA fusion protein system for expressing recombinant proteins in soluble form, which has been licensed by the University of Oklahoma to a biotechnology company for the worldwide research market.
The primary emphasis of current research has been on the development of targeted therapies using several approaches: