Tom E Porter

teporter@umd.edu

Professor

Animal & Avian Sciences 1131 AnSc/AgEn Building 8127 Regents Drive College Park, Maryland 20742

301-405-2516

RESEARCH FOCUS

Neuroendocrine regulation of growth and reproduction
Cellular differentiation of the anterior pituitary gland during embryonic development
Global analysis of gene expression in the neuroendocrine system

Teaching

Awards and Honors

2025 James H. Denton Distinguished Service Award from the Poultry Science Association
2024 Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2023 Named Distinguished University Professor
2023 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Faculty Research Award
2022 Elected President of the Poultry Science Association
2021 Elected Vice President of the Poultry Science Association
2021 Named Editor-in-Chief for World’s Poultry Science Journal
2020 University of Maryland Exemplary Researcher Award
2019 University of Minnesota Golden Alumni Award
2016 Named Fellow of the Poultry Science Association
2012 Embrex Fundamental Science Award from the Poultry Science Association
2010-2016 Named Editor-in-Chief for Poultry Science journal
2009 Dean Gordon Cairns Award for Distinguished Creative Work and Teaching in Agriculture
2007 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni Excellence in Instruction Award
2001 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Excellence in Research Award
2000 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Junior Faculty Excellence Award
1996 Recipient of the Poultry Science Association Research Award

Other Accomplishments

Author of 118 refereed scientific papers, 23 book chapters or reviews, and 189 abstracts
Publications cited more than 4,500 times
Author of 35,452 nucleotide sequence submissions to GenBank
Author of five cDNA microarray platform submissions to GEO (Gene Expression Omnibus)
Recipient of $31M in total funding from competitive federal grant support
Research mentor to 9 postdoctoral fellows and 31 graduate students

Publications