Chet Cooper

1989

Ph D, Microbiology

University of Texas – Austin

1983

MA, Microbiology

University of Texas – Austin

1979

BS, Biology

University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

2015

YSU Student Government

John J. Gocala Sr. Service Award

2014

YSU Student Government Association

Smith-Murphy Award

2013

Youngstown State University

Distinguished Professor Award for Service

2011

YSU Student Government Association

Martin T. Manning Award (1st Annual)

2009

YSU Student Government Association

Smith-Murphy Award

2009

Youngstown State University

Distinguished Professor Award for Scholarship

2007

YSU Student Government Association

Spirit Award

2007

YSU Chapter of the National Leadership Honor Society

Elected to Omicron Delta Kappa

2004

YSU Student Government Association

Smith-Murphy Award

2004

oungstown State University

Distinguished Professor Award for Scholarship

2004

YSU School of Graduate Studies and Research

Dean’s Award

1998

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases

Young Investigator Award

1989

Medical Mycological Society of the Americas

Milton Huppert Graduate Student Award (First Annual)

1989

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Elected to Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Honors

1988

American Society for Microbiology

Raymond W. Sarber Fellowship

1987

Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology

O. B. Williams Award

1987

Department of Microbiology, University of Texas

Curtis Eklund Award (First Annual)

1986

Phi Kappa Phi

Elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society

1983

Sigma Xi

Sigma Xi Research Award

1983

American Society for Microbiology

President's Fellowship

1982

Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology

O. B. Williams Certificate of Meritorious Achievement

2008 - 2025

Youngstown State University

Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

2004 - 2008

Youngstown State University

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

2000 - 2004

Youngstown State University

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

1995 - 2000

University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston

Member, Graduate Program in Experimental Pathology

1994 - 2000

University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston

Member, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases

1994 - 2000

University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston

Graduate Faculty, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

1994 - 2000

University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston

Associate Director, Medical Mycology Research Center

1994 - 2000

University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology

1994 - 2000

University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston

Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology

1993 - 1993

New York State Department of Health

Research Scientist II

1993 - 1994

Case Western Reserve University

Associate Director, Medical Mycology Research Center

1993 - 1994

Case Western Reserve University

Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology

1992 - 1993

New York State Department of Health

Supervisor, Northeast Regional Tuberculosis DNA Typing Laboratory

1990 - 1993

Russell Sage College

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory

1989 - 1992

New York State Department of Health

Supervisor, Special Diagnostics Unit, Mycology Reference Laboratories

1989 - 1993

New York State Department of Health

Associate Director, Regulated Medical Waste Program

1985 - 1989

Austin Community College

Instructor, Division of Natural Sciences

1984 - 1989

University of Texas at Austin

Graduate Research Assistant

1982 - 1987

University of Texas at Austin

Teaching Assistant

1979 - 1979

University of Texas at Austin

Research Assistant

2016

"ProtSecKB: The protist secretome and subcellular proteome knowledgebase"

B. Powell, V. Amerishetty, J. Meinken, G. Knott, F. Yu, C. Cooper, Jr., X. Min, . others

Computational Molecular Biology, volume 6

2015

"Role of the rttA gene in morphogenesis, stress response, and virulence in the human pathogenic fungus, Penicillium marneffei"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2015

"MetazSecKB: the human and animal secretome and subcellular proteome knowledgebase"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2014

"Role of the yakA gene in morphogenesis and stress response in Penicillium marneffei."

C. Cooper, Jr.

2014

"FunSecKB2: a fungal protein subcellular location knowledgebase"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2013

"Spermidine is required for morphogenesis in the human pathogenic fungus, Penicillium marneffei"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2010

"Penicillium marneffei actin expression during phase transition, oxidative stress, and macrophage infection"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2010

"Isolation and differential expression of ura5 gene during phase transition and stress conditions in a human pathogenic dimorphic fungus, Penicillium marneffei"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2010

"An improved Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system for the functional genetic analysis of Penicillium marneffei"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2009

"Karyotype determination and gene mapping in two clinical isolates of Penicillium marneffei"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2009

"Isolation and expression of the heat shock protein 30 gene from Penicillium marneffei"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2008

"Protein profiling of the dimorphic, pathogenic fungus, Penicillium marneffei"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2008

"Molecular cloning and characterization of WdTUP1, a gene that encodes a potential transcriptional repressor important for yeast-hyphal transitions in Wangiella (Exophiala) dermatitidis"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2008

"Molecular analysis of the Penicillium marneffei glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (gpdA) and differential expression of gpdA and isocitrate lyase (acuD) upon internalization by murine macrophages"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2008

"Insights into the pathogenicity of Penicillium marneffei"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2007

"The copper, zinc superoxide dismutase gene of Penicillium marneffei: cloning, characterization, and differential expression during phase transition and macrophage infection"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2007

"Source tracking of Escherichia coli by 16S-23S intergenic spacer region denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of the rrnB ribosomal operon"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2006

"Penicillium marneffei infection and recent advances in the molecular biology aspect"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2005

"Isolation and characterization of a yeast-phase specific catalase-peroxidase gene from the pathogenic fungus, Penicillium marneffei"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2000

"Penicillium marneffei: an insurgent species among the penicillia"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2000

"Comparative morphology of Lacazia loboi (syn. Loboa loboi) in dolphins and humans"

C. Cooper, Jr.

2000

"Clues to the presence of pathogenic fungi in certain environments"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1999

"Penicillium marneffei: infection and biology"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1998

"Isolation of fungal rDNA from bottlenose dolphin skin infected with Loboa loboi"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1998

"In vitro evaluation of voriconazole against selected fungi"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1997

"Penicillium marneffei, an emerging acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related pathogen"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1997

"In vitro evaluation of voriconazole against some clinically important fungi"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1997

"Candida and Torulopsis. A blinded evaluation of use of pseudohypha formation as a basis for identification of medically important yeasts"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1997

"An outbreak of lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis among nursery workers associated with topiary production"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1997

"A multicenter evaluation of the standardization of antifungal susceptibility testing for the filamentous fungi"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1996

"Restriction endonuclease analysis of Penicillium marneffei"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1996

"In vitro susceptibility of clinical yeast isolates to fluconazole and terconazole"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1995

"Quality control guidelines for National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards recommended broth macrodilution testing of amphotericin B, fluconazole, and 5-fluorocytosine"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1995

"Genetic transformation of the dematiaceous phaeohyphomycotic fungus Wangiella dermatitidis"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1995

"Detection of amphotericin B-resistant Candida species in a broth-based system"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1994

"Ribosomal DNA internally transcribed spacer analysis supports synonomy of Scedosporium inflatum and Lomentospora prolificans"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1994

"Current priorities for the clinical mycology laboratory"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1993

"Response to antifungal therapy by human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with disseminated Penicillium marneffei. Infections and in vitro susceptibilities of isolates from clinical specimens"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1993

"Evidence for two cell division cycle (CDC) genes that govern yeast bud emergence in the pathogenic fungus Wangiella dermatitidis"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1992

"Scedosporium inflatum osteomyelitis in a dog"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1992

"Melanized and non-melanized multicellular form mutants of Wangiella dermatitidis in mice: mortality and histopathology studies"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1992

"Laboratory-acquired sporotrichosis"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1992

"DNA typing of isolates associated with the 1988 sporotrichosis epidemic"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1988

"An Escherichia coli bioassay of individual siderophores in soil"

C. Cooper, Jr.

1984

"Effects of polyoxin AL on cellular development in Wangiella dermatitidis"

C. Cooper, Jr.