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Faculty Member

Dr. Craig Thulin

Biography

PhD Biochemistry University of Washington, Postdoctoral Fellowship at Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research. Published two book chapters and thirty peer-reviewed papers. Co-inventor on patents for biomarkers of pregnancy complications.

Education

PhD, University of Washington, 1995

Major: Biochemistry - Interdisciplinary Molecular and Cellular Biology

BA, University of Utah, 1989

Major: Biology, Cell

Teaching

BIOL 3600

Biological Chemistry, Summer 2026

CHEM 3600

Biological Chemistry, Summer 2026

BIOL 3600

Biological Chemistry, Spring 2026

CHEM 3600

Biological Chemistry, Spring 2026

BIOL 3620

Biological Chemistry II, Spring 2026

CHEM 3620

Biological Chemistry II, Spring 2026

CHEM 1110

Elementary Chemistry for the Health Sciences, Spring 2026

CHEM 4890R

Undergraduate Research in Chemistry, Spring 2026

CHEM 4890R

Undergraduate Research in Chemistry, Spring 2026

Presentations

Thulin, Craig , American Chemical Society Annual Conference, "Does Tyrosinase, Catalase, or catalase-peroxidase catalyze the conversion of 3-hydroxykynurenine to xanthommatin in Pseudomonas putida", Atlanta, GA. (March, 2026)
Thulin, Craig , Utah Valley Neuroscience Society Seminar Series, "Seeing the Light_ The Neuroscience of Vision", Utah Valley Neuroscience Society, Orem, UT. (March, 2026)
Thulin, Craig , Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "Does Tyrosinase, Catalase, or catalase-peroxidase catalyze the conversion of 3-hydroxykynurenine to xanthommatin in Pseudomonas putida", Ogden, UT. (February, 2026)
Thulin, Craig , Utah Science Teaching Association Annual Conference, "Analogy-Based Learning_ Teaching What They Don’t Know Using What They Do Know", Utah Science Teaching Association, Layton, UT. (September, 2025)
Thulin, Craig , Protein Society Annual Symposium, "Tyrosinase as a possible catalyst of xanthommatin synthesis in Pseudomonas", San Francisco, CA. (June, 2025)
Thulin, Craig , Utah Science Teaching Association Annual Conference, "Students Doing Science Research Projects_ Fanning the Flames of Curiosity", Utah Science Teaching Association, Layton, UT. (October, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Forman, Kyri A, Thulin, Craig D, (2022) "Ommochrome Wing Pigments in the Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)" (Issue: 12, vol. 22(6)). Oxford, UK: Entomological Society of America / Oxford University Press. https://academic.oup.com/jinsectscience/article/22/6/12/6958439
Thulin, Craig , Merrell, Karen , Esplin, M. Sean, Graves, Steven W., (2008) "Development of a comprehensive serum proteomic approach capable of monitoring the low molecular weight serum proteome and of sequencing intermediate to large peptides" . Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry.
Thulin, Craig , Graves, Steven W., Culwell, Thomas F., Merrell, Karen J., (2008) "Influence of Diet on the Proteome of Drosophila Melanogaster as Assessed by Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis and Capillary Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry_ The Hamburger Effect Revisited" (Issue: 19). Journal of Biomolecular Techniques.
Thulin, Craig , Yang, Li , Bennett, Richard , Strum, John , Ellsworth, Benjamin B., Hamilton, David , Tomlinson, Matthew , Wolf , Rudolf W., Housley, Michael , Roberts, Brad A., Welsh, Jesse , Jackson, Bruce J., Wood, Steven G., Banka, Carole L., (2008) "Screening Phosphatidylcholine Biomarkers in Mouse Liver Extracts from a Hypercholesterolemia Study using ESI/MS and Chemometrics" . Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.
Thulin, Craig , Merrell, Karen , Esplin, M Sean, Graves, Steven W., (2008) "Systematic Internal Standard Selection for Capillary Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Time Normalization to Facilitate Serum Proteomics" (Issue: 19). Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques.
Thulin, Craig , Armenta, Jenny M., Gu, Binghe , Lee, Milton L., (2007) "Coupled affinity- hydrophobic monolithic column for on-line removal of immunoglobulin G, preconcentration of low abundance proteins and separation by capillary zone electrophoresis" (Issue: 1148, vol. A). Journal of Chromatography.

Awards

Most Valuable Professor award

Utah Valley University Athletics

Dean’s Award of Excellence–Service

Utah Valley University, College of Science

Outstanding Educator of the Year

Utah Valley University

Fellow

Higher Education Association

Outstanding Educator of the Year

Utah Valley University

Dean's Distinguished Faculty Award for Research

Utah Valley University, College of Science & Health