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Thomas E. Spencer, Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology of Reproduction & AgriLife Research Faculty Fellow
Room 442 Kleberg
979-845-4896
tspencer@tamu.edu
Full Curriculum Vitae
Laboratory for Uterine Biology & Pregnancy
Dr. Thomas Spencer is a Professor of Reproductive Biology and Physiological Genomics and AgriLife Research Faculty Fellow. He coordinates the team taught graduate level courses in Reproductive Biology.
His research interests are focused on the hormonal, cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating development and function of the uterus and placenta using sheep, cattle and mice. These areas are funded by the USDA and NIH.
Spencer received a Bachelor's in Animal Science in 1989, and a Master's in Animal Science in 1992 from Auburn University. He received his Doctorate in Physiology of Reproduction in 1995 from Texas A&M University and completed postdoctoral studies at Baylor College of Medicine in molecular and cell biology in 1997.
Spencer is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Endocrine Society, Society for Reproduction and Fertility, Society for the Study of Reproduction, and Sigma Xi. He currently serves as a Permanent Member of the NIH Pregnancy and Neonatology Study Section, Associate Editor of Domestic Animal Endocrinology, and is on the Editorial Boards of Reproduction and the American Journal of Reproductive Immunology.
Spencer received a National Research Service Award from NIH in 1996, the Outstanding Young Animal Scientist Award-Research from the American Society of Animal Science in 2003, the New Investigator Award from the Society for the Study of Reproduction in 2004, the Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award in 2005, and the Texas A&M University Vice Chancellor's Awards in Excellence for Research On-campus and as a member of a research team in 2005. He was named a Texas AgriLife Research Faculty Fellow in 2008.
