Ryan Hanson

Ryan Hanson is an accomplished molecular biologist currently serving as an Assistant Professor at South Dakota State University since August 2022, with previous experience as a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Minnesota from March 2020 to September 2022. Prior to that, Ryan worked at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a Postdoc (CRTA) between September 2016 and March 2020, and also served as an instructor for a Physics and Chemistry MCAT review course at the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) in late 2018. Ryan began academic pursuits as a Graduate Student Researcher at the University of Nebraska Medical Center from January 2012 to July 2016, contributing to research focused on the signaling role of the transmembrane mucin MUC1 in pancreatic cancer under Dr. Michael (Tony) Hollingsworth's supervision. Educational credentials include a PhD in Cancer Research from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (2012-2016) and a BS in Biology from the University of South Dakota (2010-2011), with earlier studies at the University of Iowa (2007-2009).