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Steven M Caruso

Steven M Caruso

Principal Lecturer

Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences Bldg BS 455

Education

Ph D University of Maryland Graduate School Baltimore 2002

BS University of Maryland Baltimore County 1994

About

Ph.D., UMBC, 2002
BS, UMBC, 1994

Research Interests

Phage biology, microbial physiology, molecular and microbiology, genetics, science education

Teaching Interests

Science education, genetics, micro- and phage biology, active learning, investigative teaching, and creating an immersive lab experience.

Selected Classes

  • Fall 2023 BIOL 396 – Ugrad Tchng Assistantshp
  • BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
  • Summer 2023 BIOL 302 – Molecular & General Genetics
  • BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
  • PRAC 101 – Educational Research
  • Spring 2023 BIOL 316L – Phage Genome Analysis
  • BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
  • BIOL 123 – Human Genetics
  • Spring 2022 BIOL 302L – Mol & Gen Genetics Lab
  • Winter 2022 BIOL 109 – Life: Intro To Mod Biol
  • Fall 2021 BIOL 497H – Honors Capstone Course
  • Spring 2021 BIOL 499 – Undergrad. Lab/Field Rsch

Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Steven, Caruso M. “Instructional Faculty, Research Enrichment Core of the STEM BUILD at UMBC Initiative,” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: NIH. (Jan 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2018).

Steven, Caruso M. “Faculty Mentor and Classroom-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CRE) Instructor for the STEM BUILD at UMBC Initiative,” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: NIH. (Jan 1, 2019 – Dec 31, 2023).

Intellectual Contributions

Jin, Hanna, Chana, Nihal K., Tang, Annie L., Kaur, Paramjit, Lamichhane, Brishti, Leung, Sze C., Scheiderer, Diane, Sivaprakasam, Vighnesh V., Marcelino, Dannah T., Hull, Gregory J., Kamara, Toma M., Cambraia Guimaro Diniz, Maria, Steven, Caruso M. (2024). . e0058124 Washington, DC: Microbiology resource announcements.

Monti, Denise L., Gill, Julia C., Adair, Tamarah L., Adams, Sandra D., Ahumada-Santos, Yesmi Patricia., Amaya, Isabel, Anders, Kirk, Anderson, Justin R., Antunes, Mauricio S., Ayuk, Mary, Baliraine, Frederick, Bates, Tonya C., Beyer, Andrea R., Bhalla, Suparna, Bouklas, Tejas, Bullock, Sharon K., Butela, Kristen A., Byrum, Christine, Steven, Caruso M., Chong, Rebecca, Chung, Hui-Min, Conant, Stephanie B., Condon, Brett, Crump, Katie E., D'Elia, Tom, Dennis, Megan K., DeVeaux, Linda C., Diacovich, Lautaro, Diaz, Arturo, Duffy, Iain, Edwards, Dustin, Fallest-Strobl, Patricia C., Findley, Ann, Fisher, Matthew R., Fogarty, Marie P., Frost, Victoria Jane., Gainey, Maria D., Galle, Courtney S., Gibb, Bryan, Golebiewska, Urszula, Gramajo, Hugo, Grinath, Anna S., Guerrero, Jennifer, Guild, Nancy, Gunn, Kathryn E., Gurney, Susan, Hughes, Lee E., Jayachandran, Pradeepa, Johnson, Kristen, Johnson, Allison, Kanak, Alison E., Kanther, Michelle L., King, Rodney A., Kohl, Kathryn, Lee-Soety, Julia, Lewis, Lynn O., Lindberg, Heather, Madden, Jaclyn A., Martin, Breonna J., Mastropaolo, Matthew D., McClory, Sean, Merkhofer, Evan C., Merkle, Julie A., Mitchell, Jon, Mussi, María Alejandra., Nieto, Fernando, Nissen, Jillian, Nsa, Imade Yolanda., O'Donnell, Mary G., Overath, R. Deborah., Page, Shallee T., Panagakis, Andrea, Parra Unda, Jesús Ricardo., Pass, Michelle B., Perez Morales, Tiara, Peters, Nick T., Plymale, Ruth, Pollenz, Richard, Reyna, Nathan S., Rinehart, Claire A., Rocheleau, Jessica, Rombold, John S., Rossier, Ombeline, Rudner, Adam D., Rueschhoff, Elizabeth E., Shaffer, Christopher D., Smith, Mary Ann V., Sprenkle, Amy B., Sunnen, C. Nicole., Thomas, Michael A., Tigges, Michelle M., Tobiason, Deborah, Tolsma, Sara Sybesma., Torruellas Garcia, Julie, Uetz, Peter, Vazquez, Edwin, Ward, Catherine M., Ware, Vassie C., Washington, Jacqueline M., Waterman, Matthew J., Westholm, Daniel E., Wheaton, Keith A., White, Simon J., Williams, Elizabeth C., Williams, Daniel C., Wisner, Ellen M., Biederman, William H., Cresawn, Steven G., Heller, Danielle M., Jacobs-Sera, Deborah, Russell, Daniel A., Hatfull, Graham F., Asai, David J., Hanauer, David I., Graham, Mark J., Sivanathan, Viknesh. (2024). . 9 Frontiers in Education.

Milhaven, Mark, Bakry, Heba A., Batra, Anuvi, Bermingham, Amanda M., Grama, Gloria, Kebe, Jacob, Martinez, Shawn S., Mudunuri, Rishika V., Nelson, Megan R., Nguyen, Evie T., Peterson, Mia M., Pruitt, Alexis, Tran, Kristan, Brar, Akarshi, Cerna, Gabriella, Chaffee, Elaine, Steven, Caruso M., Pfeifer, Susanne P. (2024). . e0018224 Washington, DC: Microbiology resource announcements.

Kumar, Soven Verma., Schaffer, Nicholas, Bharmal, Zainab, Mood, Quinn, Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2024). . e0006824 Washington, DC: Microbiology resource announcements.

Hanauer, DI, Zhang, T, Graham, MJ, Adams, SD, Ahumada-Santos, YP, Alvey, RM, Antunes, MS, Ayuk, MA, Baez-Flores, ME, Bancroft, CT, Bates, TC, Bechman, MJ, Behr, E, Beyer, AR, Bortz, RL, Bowder, DM, Briggs, LA, Brown-Kennerly, V, Buckholt, MA, Bullock, SK, Butela, KA, Byrum, CA, Steven, Caruso M., Chia, CP, Chong, RA, Chung, HM, Clase, KL, Coleman, ST, Collins, DP, Conant, SB, Condon, BM, Connerly, PL, Connors, BJ, Cook-Easterwood, JE, Crump, KE, D'Elia, T, Dennis, MK, Deveaux, LC, Diacovich, L, Duffy, I, Edgington, NP, Edwards, DC, Egwuatu, TOG, Eivazova, ER, Fallest-Strobl, PC, Fillman, CL, Findley, AM, Fisher, E, Fisher, MR, Fogarty, MP, Freise, AC, Frost, VJ, Gainey, MD, Costas, AMG, Garza, AA, Gavin, HE, Ghittoni, R, Gibb, B, Golebiewska, UP, Grinath, AS, Gurney, SMR, Hare, RF, Heninger, SG, Hinz, JM, Hughes, LE, Jayachandran, P, Johnson, KC, Johnson, AA, Kanther, M, Kenna, M, Kirkpatrick, BL, Klyczek, KK, Kohl, KP, Kuchka, M, Laperuta, AJ, Lee-Soety, JY, Lewis, LO, Lindberg, HM, Madden, JA, Markov, SA, Mastropaolo, MD, Mathur, V, Mcclory, SP, Merkhofer, EC, Merkle, JA, Michael, SF, Mitchell, JC, Molloy, SD, Monti, DL, Mussi, MA, Nance, H, Nieto-Fernandez, FE, Nissen, JC, Nsa, IY, O'Donnell, MG, Page, ST, Panagakis, A, Pelletier, TA, Morales, TGP, Peters, NT, Phuntumart, V, Pollenz, RS, Preuss, ML, Puthoff, DP, Raifu, MK, Reyna, NS, Rinehart, CA, Rocheleau, JM, Rossier, O, Rudner, AD, Rueschhoff, EE, Ryan, A, Saha, S, Shaffer, CD, Smith, MAV, Sprenkle, AB, Strong, CL, Sunnen, CN, Tarbox, BP, Temple, L, Thoemke, KR, Thomas, MA, Tobiason, DM, Tolsma, SS, Garcia, JT, Valentine, MS, Vazquez, E, Ward, RE, Ward, CM, Ware, VC, Warner, MH, Washington, JM, Westholm, DE, Wheaton, KA, Wilkes, BM, Williams, EC, Biederman, WH, Cresawn, SG, Heller, DM, Jacobs-Sera, D, Hatfull, GF, Asai, DJ, Sivanathan, V. (2023). . STEM: Innovation on Teaching and Learning 8 20 FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION.

deCarvalho, Tagide, Mascolo, Elia, Steven, Caruso M., López-Pérez, Júlia, Weston-Hafer, Kathleen, Shaffer, Christopher, Erill, Ivan. (2023). . 12. 17 2381-2388 The ISME Journal.

Cleary, Katherine E., Pelagalli, Charles, Cassford, Marly, Berry, Nathan, Aguas, Elizabeth, Kim, Brandon, deCarvalho, Tagide, Jacobs-Sera, Deborah, Steven, Caruso M., Cornely, Kathleen. (2023). . 11. 12 e00592-23 Washington, DC: Microbiology Resource Announcements.

Ismail, Ahmed, Saini, Tanuj, Al Qaffas, Ahmed, Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M., Temple, Louise, Johnson, Allison A. (2023). . 2. 15 276 Basel: Viruses.

Davis, Faith, Kakacek, Baily, Doorandish, Delaram, Goldwasser, Tamar, Agboha, Neyiasuo, Steven, Caruso M., Erill, Ivan. (2022). . 12. 11 e0099822 Washington, DC: Microbiology resource announcements.

Park, Yvette Genie., McCarthy, Gillian Faith., Mustafa, Hadeeqa, Feild, Gemma M., Puram, Snigdha, Younes, Hager Aly., Imam, Danyah, Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2022). . 11. 11 e0092222 Washington, DC: Microbiology resource announcements.

Mascolo, E, Adhikari, S, Steven, Caruso M., deCarvalho, Tagide, Folch Salvador, A, Serra-Sagristà, J, Young, R, Erill, Ivan, Curtis, P D. (2022). . 13 918015 Frontiers in microbiology.

Koert, Matthew, Lopez-Perez, Julia, Mattson, Courtney, Steven, Caruso M., Erill, Ivan. (2021). . 1 e16 Peer Community Journal.

Ramsey, J, McIntosh, B, Renfro, D, Aleksander, S A., LaBonte, S, Ross, C, Zweifel, A E., Liles, N, Farrar, S, Gill, J J., Erill, Ivan, Ades, S, Berardini, T Z., Bennett, J A., Brady, S, Britton, R, Carbon, S, Steven, Caruso M., Clements, D, Dalia, R, Defelice, M, Doyle, E L., Friedberg, I, Hughes, L, Johnson, A, Kowalski, J M., Li, D, Lovering, R C., Mans, T L., McCarthy, F, Moore, S D., Murphy, R, Paustian, T D., Perdue, S, Peterson, C N., Prüß, B M., Saha, M S., Sheehy, R R., Tansey, J T., Temple, L, Thorman, A W., Trevino, S, Vollmer, A C., Walbot, V, Willey, J, Siegele, D A., Hu, J C. (2021). . 10. 17 e1009463 PLoS computational biology.

Steven, Caruso M., deCarvalho, Tagide, Kropinski, Andrew M., Gill, Jason, Gillis, Annika. (2021). . Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021) London: ICTV [International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses].

Steven, Caruso M., deCarvalho, Tagide, Huynh, Anthony, Morcos, George, Kuo, Nansen, Parsa, Shabnam, Erill, Ivan. (2019). . 12. 11 1134 Basel: Viruses.

Blocker, Devin, Koert, Matthew, Mattson, Courtney, Patel, Harsh, Patel, Priya, Patel, Rishit, Paudel, Hemanta, Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2018). . 12. 7 e00993-1018 Washington, DC: Microbiology Resource Announcements.

Lee, Martin, Puglisi, Kayla M., Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2018). . 25. 6 e00493-18 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.

Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2018). . 3. 6 e01480-17 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.

Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M., Hu, Jim. (2018). . 6. 39 18 Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching.

Hanauer, David I., Graham, Mark J., Betancur, Laura, Bobrownicki, Aiyana, Cresawn, Steven G., Garlena, Rebecca A., Jacobs-Sera, Deborah, Kaufmann, Nancy, Pope, Welkin H., Russell, Daniel A., Jacobs, William R., Sivanathan, Viknesh, Asai, David J., Hatfull, Graham F., Steven, Caruso M., Erill, Ivan. (2017). . 201718188 Washington, DC: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2017). . 31. 5 e00700-17 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.

Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2017). . 29. 5 e00701-17 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.

Steven, Caruso M., Klumpp, Jochen, Kropinski, Andrew M., Adriaenssens, Evelien M., Kuhn, Jens H., Ryu, Sangryeol. (2017). . London: ICTV [International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses].

Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2016). . 5. 4 Washington, DC: Genome announcements.

Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2016). . 5. 4 e00953–16 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.

Sauder, Amber Brooke., Quinn, McKenzie Rea., Brouillette, Alexis, Steven, Caruso M., Cresawn, Steven, Erill, Ivan, Lewis, Lynn, Loesser-Casey, Kathryn, Pate, Morgan, Crystal, Crystal, Stockwell, Stephanie, Temple, Louise. (2016). . February 2016. 489 243-251 Virology.

Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2015). . 5. 3 e01178–15 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.

Erill, Ivan, Steven, Caruso M. (2015). . 5. 3 e01199–15 Washington, DC: Genome Announcements.

Pope, Welkin H., Bowman, Charles A., Russell, Daniel A., Jacobs-Sera, Deborah, Asai, David, Cresawn, Steven G., Hendrix, Roger W., Lawrence, Jeffrey G., Hatfull, Graham F., Steven, Caruso M. (2015). . 4 e06416 eLife.

Jordan, Tuajuanda C., Barnett, Sandra H., Carson, Susan, Steven, Caruso M. (2014). . 1. 5 01051-13 ASM.

Pope, W H., Jacobs-Sera, D, Russell, D A., Peebles, C L., Al-Atrache, Z, Alcoser, T A., Alexander, L M., Alfano, M B., Alford, S T., Amy, N E., Anderson, M D., Anderson, A G., Ang, A A., Ares, Jr, M, Barber, A J., Barker, L P., Barrett, J M., Barshop, W D., Bauerle, C M., Bayles, I M., Belfield, K L., Best, A A., Bowman, C A., Boyer, C A., Bradley, K W., Bradley, V A., Broadway, L N., Budwal, K, Busby, K N., Campbell, I W., Campbell, A M., Carey, A, Steven, Caruso M., Chew, R D., Cockburn, C L., Cohen, L B., Corajod, J M., Cresawn, S G., Davis, K R., Deng, L, Denver, D R., Dixon, B R., Ekram, S, Elgin, S C., Engelsen, A E., English, B E., Erb, M L., Estrada, C, Filliger, L Z., Findley, A M., Forbes, L, Forsyth, M H., Fox, T M., Fritz, M J., Garcia, R, George, Z D., Georges, A E., Gissendanner, C R., Goff, S, Goldstein, R, Gordon, K C., Green, R D., Guerra, S L., Guiney-Olsen, K R., Guiza, B G., Haghighat, L, Hagopian, G V., Harmon, C J., Harmson, J S., Hartzog, G A., Harvey, S E., He, S, He, K J., Healy, K E., Higinbotham, E R., Hildebrandt, E N., Ho, J H., Hogan, G M., Hohenstein, V G., Holz, N A., Huang, V J., Hufford, E L., Hynes, P M., Jackson, A S., Jansen, E C., Jarvik, J, Jasinto, P G., Jordan, T C., Kasza, T, Katelyn, M A., Kelsey, J S., Kerrigan, L A., Khaw, D, Kim, J, Knutter, J Z., Ko, C C., Larkin, G V., Laroche, J R., Latif, A, Leuba, K D., Leuba, S I., Lewis, L O., Loesser-Casey, K E., Long, C A., Lopez, A J., Lowery, N, Lu, T Q., Mac, V, Masters, I R., McCloud, J J., McDonough, M J., Medenbach, A J., Menon, A, Miller, R, Morgan, B K., Ng, P C., Nguyen, E, Nguyen, K T., Nguyen, E T., Nicholson, K M., Parnell, L A., Peirce, C E., Perz, A M., Peterson, L J., Pferdehirt, R E., Philip, S V., Pogliano, K, Pogliano, J, Polley, T, Puopolo, E J., Rabinowitz, H S., Resiss, M J., Rhyan, C N., Robinson, Y M., Rodriguez, L L., Rose, A C., Rubin, J D., Ruby, J A., Saha, M S., Sandoz, James W., Savitskaya, J, Schipper, D J., Schnitzler, C E., Schott, A R., Segal, J B., Shaffer, C D., Sheldon, K E., Shepard, E M., Shepardson, J W., Shroff, M K., Simmons, J M., Simms, E F., Simpson, B M., Sinclair, K M., Sjoholm, R L., Slette, I J., Spaulding, B C., Straub, C L., Stukey, J, Sughrue, T, Tang, T Y., Tatyana, L M., Taylor, S B., Taylor, B J., Temple, L M., Thompson, J V., Tokarz, M P., Trapani, S E., Troum, A P., Tsay, J, Tubbs, A T., Walton, J M., Wang, D H., Wang, H, Warner, J R., Weisser, E G., Wendler, S C., Weston-Hafer, K A., Whelan, H M., Williamson, K E., Willis, A N., Wirtshafter, H S., Wong, T W., Wu, P, Yee, B C., Zaidins, D A., Zhang, B, Zúniga, M Y., Hendrix, R W., Hatfull, G F. (2011). . 1. 6 e16329 PloS one.

Steven, Caruso M., James, Sandoz, Jessica, Kelsey. (2009). . 4. 8(4) 278-282 CBE Life Sciences Education.

Steven, Caruso M., James, Sandoz. (2007). . Proceedings of the 29th Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) 29 423-433

Steven, Caruso M. (2000). . 6. 41 425-429 Current microbiology.

Research In Progress

Steven, Caruso M. “Co-author on 147 bacteriophage genome NCBI entries,” Scholarly (On-Going). Jan 1, 2009

Presentations

Steven, Caruso M. (Author & Presenter), Erill, Ivan (Author). Tenth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium. Poster. "GOing forward: developing critical reading skills through an inter-campus GO annotation competition," Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (Jun 9, 2018).

Erill, Ivan (Author & Presenter), Steven, Caruso M. (Author), James, Hu (Author). 39th Annual ABLE Meeting – Major Workshop. Seminar. "Gamifying critical reading through a genome annotation intercollegiate competition," ABLE. (Jun 14, 2017).

Steven, Caruso M., Erill, Ivan. Regional ABLE (RABLE) Conference. Other. "Genome Annotation Using the Gene Ontology in an Intercollegiate Competition Setting," Association of Biology Laboratory Education. (Oct 8, 2016).

Steven, Caruso M., Cynthia, Ruth Wagner, Miller, Stephen M., Leupen, Sarah M. UMBC50 A Look Ahead, Explorations in Transformative Research. Other. "Exploring Research in STEM Teaching," University of Maryland Baltimore County. (Apr 20, 2016).

Johnson, Allison (Author & Presenter), Lewis, Lynn (Author), Steven, Caruso M. (Author), Erill, Ivan (Author), Temple, Louise (Author). Seventh Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium. Poster. "Host range of Bacillus phages. Seventh Annual SEA-Phages Symposium," Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (Jun 14, 2015).

Steven, Caruso M. (Author & Presenter), Erill, Ivan (Author & Presenter). Seventh Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium. Poster. "Giving it a GO - enhancing bacteriophage genome annotation and student learning with the Gene Ontology Seventh Annual SEA-Phages Symposium," Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (Jun 14, 2015).

Mathew, Sabrina M. (Author & Presenter), Nunn, Robert (Author), Steven, Caruso M. (Author), Erill, Ivan (Author). Fifth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium. Poster. "Troll, a curved-tail Myoviridae of Bacillus thuringiensis," Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (Jun 8, 2013).

Steven, Caruso M. (Author & Presenter), Erill, Ivan (Author). Fifth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium. Poster. "Out From Under the Bridge: Switching the Student Population of SEA-Phages," Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (Jun 8, 2013).