Dr. Tyrrell Conway is a professor and department head for the OSU Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. Conway was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and has been married for 31 years to Sharri Conway, an elementary school teacher. They have two children. Conway graduated from Oklahoma State University with a doctorate in Microbiology. He previously held faculty appointments at the University of Florida, University of Nebraska, Ohio State University, and the University of Oklahoma. Amongst several scientific discoveries, Conway is the co-inventor of U.S. Patent number 5,000,000 for genetically engineering E. coli to make biofuels, and he published the first DNA microarray paper on E.coli. He was the first scientist to systematically determine what carbon sources are used by E. coli to colonize the animal intestine. Conway is a member of the American Academy of Microbiology. If he had more time, he would read more novels and go fishing more often.