Research Professor
UT
Biography
Dr. Ripp earned a bachelor’s degree in Microbiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Biology from Oklahoma State University. He completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Laboratory under an Alexander Hollaender Fellowship and currently serves as a Research Associate Professor at UT. His research interests emphasize the integration of synthetic biology, molecular biology, and bioelectronics to create cellular reporter systems for biomedical imaging with ancillary applications in environmental monitoring.