Robert (Scott) Seville, Ph.D.

President, National Association of IDeA Principal Investigators (NAIPI)
Director, Wyoming INBRE
Senior Associate Dean, College of Agriculture, Life Sciences, & Natural Resources
Professor of Zoology and Physiology
University of Wyoming

Dr. Scott Seville joined the faculty at University of Wyoming-Casper in 1993. He is Professor and Chair of the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology, Director of the NIH-funded Wyoming IDeA Networks for Biomedical Research Excellence Program (WY INBRE), Associate Director of the NIH-funded IDeA Mountain West CTR-IN Pilot Grant Program (https://ctrin.unlv.edu/) and President of the National Association of IDeA Principal Investigators (NAIPI).

He received a B.S. in Zoology from San Diego State University in 1981, and a M.S. in Parasitology (1987), B.S. in Secondary Science Education (1989) and PhD in Zoology and Physiology (1992) from the University of Wyoming. In 1992-93 he was an NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellow working at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in Maple, ONT Canada. His research interests include taxonomy and systematics of coccidian parasites of wildlife, disease ecology, and parasite-host coevolution.

Education:

• Ph.D., Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, 1992
• M.S., Parasitology, University of Wyoming, 1987
• B.S., Secondary Science Education, University of Wyoming, 1989
• B.S., Zoology, San Diego State University, 1981

Research Interests:
Parasitology; taxonomy and systematics; evolution; science education

Teaching:
Evolutionary Biology; Problems

Affiliations, Associations, Consultation:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society of Parasitologists
Helminthological Society of Washington, D.C.
Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists
University Continuing Education Association
Wyoming Lifelong Learning Association

Foundation Board
Term Expires: 2025