Dr. Steven Michael Caruso

Dr. Steven Michael Caruso

Teaching Professor · Non-Tenure Track

Department of Biological Sciences

College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

He/Him/His/Himself

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.

Education

  • Ph D, Biological sciences — University of Maryland Graduate School Baltimore (2002)
  • BS, Biological Sciences and Psychology — University of Maryland Baltimore County (1994)

Publications

Presentations

  • GOing forward: developing critical reading skills through an inter-campus GO annotation competition 2018 Tenth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Poster Caruso M Steven (Author & Presenter), Ivan Erill (Author)
  • Gamifying critical reading through a genome annotation intercollegiate competition 2017 39th Annual ABLE Meeting – Major Workshop · ABLE · Seminar Ivan Erill (Author & Presenter), Caruso M Steven (Author), Hu James (Author)
  • Genome Annotation Using the Gene Ontology in an Intercollegiate Competition Setting 2016 Regional ABLE (RABLE) Conference · Association of Biology Laboratory Education Caruso M Steven, Ivan Erill
  • Exploring Research in STEM Teaching 2016 UMBC50 A Look Ahead, Explorations in Transformative Research · University of Maryland Baltimore County Caruso M Steven, Ruth Wagner Cynthia, Stephen M Miller, Sarah M Leupen
  • Giving it a GO - enhancing bacteriophage genome annotation and student learning with the Gene Ontology Seventh Annual SEA-Phages Symposium 2015 Seventh Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Poster Caruso M Steven (Author & Presenter), Ivan Erill (Author & Presenter)
  • Host range of Bacillus phages. Seventh Annual SEA-Phages Symposium 2015 Seventh Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Poster Allison Johnson (Author & Presenter), Lynn Lewis (Author), Caruso M Steven (Author), Ivan Erill (Author), Louise Temple (Author)
  • Out From Under the Bridge: Switching the Student Population of SEA-Phages 2013 Fifth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Poster Caruso M Steven (Author & Presenter), Ivan Erill (Author)
  • Troll, a curved-tail Myoviridae of Bacillus thuringiensis 2013 Fifth Annual NGRI SEA-Phages Symposium · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Poster Sabrina M Mathew (Author & Presenter), Robert Nunn (Author), Caruso M Steven (Author), Ivan Erill (Author)

Grants and Contracts

  • Faculty Mentor and Classroom-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CRE) Instructor for the STEM BUILD at UMBC Initiative 2019 NIH · Grant · Funded
  • Instructional Faculty, Research Enrichment Core of the STEM BUILD at UMBC Initiative 2015 NIH · Grant · Funded

Research in Progress

  • Co-author on 159 bacteriophage genome NCBI entries 2009 Scholarly · On-Going

Courses Taught

  • Ugrad Tchng Assistantshp BIOL 396 · Fall 2025
  • Mol & Gen Genetics Lab BIOL 302L · Fall 2025
  • Molecular & General Genetics BIOL 302 · Summer 2025
  • Life: Intro To Mod Biol BIOL 109 · Summer 2025
  • Phage Genome Analysis BIOL 316L · Spring 2025
  • Experimental Biology Lab BIOL 300L · Spring 2025
  • Human Genetics BIOL 123 · Spring 2025
  • Phage Genome Analysis BIOL 316L · Winter 2025
  • Mol & Gen Genetics Lab BIOL 302L · Winter 2025
  • eBiology - Phage Hunters BIOL 216L · Winter 2025
  • Ugrad Tchng Assistantshp BIOL 396 · Fall 2023
  • Mol & Gen Genetics Lab BIOL 302L · Fall 2023
  • Educational Research PRAC 101 · Summer 2023
  • Mol & Gen Genetics Lab BIOL 302L · Summer 2023
  • Molecular & General Genetics BIOL 302 · Summer 2023
  • Mol & Gen Genetics Lab BIOL 302L · Spring 2023
  • Human Genetics BIOL 123 · Spring 2023
  • Life: Intro To Mod Biol BIOL 109 · Winter 2023
  • Mol & Gen Genetics Lab BIOL 302L · Fall 2022
  • Honors Capstone Course BIOL 497H · Fall 2021
  • Undergrad. Lab/Field Rsch BIOL 499 · Spring 2021