EDUCATION:

• B.S., Department of Animal Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, May 1986
• M.S., Department of Animal Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, August 1989
• Ph.D., Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, May 1996

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:

• Research Laboratory Technician, Laboratory Animal Research Unit of the Animal Science Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1986-1988
• Research Assistant, Reproductive Physiology and Genetics, Dept. of Animal Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1986-1989
• Research Associate, Granada BioSciences Inc., College Station, TX and Hanford, CA, 1989-1991
• Research Assistant, Reproduction and Biotechnology, Dept. of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1992-1996
• Research Physiologist, Postdoctoral Training, Germplasm and Gamete Physiology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD, 1996-1998
• Vice President of Research and Development, Ultimate BioSystems, LLC, Franklin, TX, 1998-1999
• General Manager and Director of Research, Genetic Savings and Clone, Inc., College Station, TX, 1999-2002
• General Manager and Director of Research, Viagen, Inc., College Station, TX, 2002-2003
• Visiting Scientist, Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine Laboratories, 2003-2004
• Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Concho Valley Genetics, LLC, San Angelo, TX 2003-present
• Director of Advanced Reproductive Technologies, Global Genetics and Biologicals, Bryan, TX 2003-2004
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Faculty of Reproductive Biology, Texas A&M University, 2004-present

HONORS:

• University of Missouri Curators Scholarship, 1982-1983
• University of Missouri Dean's List, 1984-1986
• University of Massachusetts Lotta Crabtree Fellowship, 1994-1996

FUNDED RESEARCH: (last 3 years)

• Genotype variation in nuclear transfer (USDA, Small Business Innovation Research $73,500), PI , March 1999
• Production of disease resistance livestock by RNA Interference (USDA, CSREES National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program $299,608), Co-I, January 2004
• Production of disease models by RNA interference (NIH, NIHCD, $400,125), Co-I, March 2005, pending

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• International Embryo Transfer Society
• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
• Alpha Zeta

SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

• Dobrinsky JR, Pursel VG, Long CR, Johnson LA: Birth of piglets after transfer of embryo cryopreserved by cytoskeletal stabilization and vitrification. Biology of Reproduction 62:564-570, 2000.
• Hill JR, Winger QA, Long CR, Looney CR, Thompson JA, Westhusin ME: Development rates of male bovine nuclear transfer embryos derived from adult and fetal cells. Biology of Reproduction 62:1135-1140, 2000.
• Hill JR, Burghardt RC, Jones K, Long CR, Looney CR, Shin T, Spencer TE, Thompson JA, Winger QA, Westhusin ME: Evidence for placental abnormality as the major cause of mortality in first-trimester somatic cell cloned bovine fetuses. Biology of Reproduction 63:1787-1794, 2000.
• Westhusin ME, Long CR, Shin T, Hill JR, Looney CR, Pryor JH, Piedrahita JA: Cloning to reproduce desired genotypes. Theriogenology 55:35-49, 2001.
• Long CR, Walker SC, Tang RT, Westhusin ME: New commercial opportunities for advanced reproductive technologies in horses, wildlife and companion animals. Theriogenology 59:139-149, 2003.
• Dindot SV, Farin P, Farin C, Alexander J, Crosier E, Walker S, Long C, Piedrahita J: Analysis of epigenetic modifications and genomic imprinting in nuclear transfer derived Bos Gaurus X Bos Taurus concepti. Biology of Reproduction 71:470-478, 2004.
• Golding MC, Long CR, Carmel M, Hannon G, Westhusin ME: Suppression of prion protein in livestock by RNA interference. PNAS (in press ), 2006.