Faculty

Kevin Langford, Ph.D.

     Dr. Langford joined the biology faculty in the Fall of 2002. A native of East Texas, Dr. Langford earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in biology from SFASU. Following completion of his doctoral research at the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, Dr. Langford spent the next 7 years at the Arkansas Cancer Research Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.

     Dr. Langford maintains active research in the areas of cellular and molecular events that dictate the transformation of a single cell into an individual organism during embryonic development. Much of this work involves the biology of syndecan, an important cell surface receptor that performs critical functions during development as well as normal growth. Currently, Dr. Langford is investigating the role of syndecan during the development of the coronary blood vessels using a chicken emybro model system. Also, to better understand how syndecan functions as a broad spectrum regulator, molecular models as well as the nematode C. elegans model system are being used.

Dr. Langford teaches:

BIO 327- Human Physiology
BIO 445 - Human Development
BIO 449 - Animal Histology

Contact Information:

Dr. Kevin Langford, Associate Professor  
Stephen F. Austin State University
Department of Biology
Miller Science Building, Room 201
Box 13003 SFA Station Nacogdoches, TX 75962
phone (936) 468-2258
fax (936) 468-2056
email: klangford@sfasu.edu