Stephen P.
Karaganis earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, with biology as his major field and chemistry as a minor, cum laude from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1998. He then pursued graduate study in biology at Texas A&M University, where his doctoral work focused on circadian biology and the molecular and physiological organization of biological clocks. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2008.
Karaganis began his academic career at Texas A&M University, working in the Department of Biology as a research assistant from 1998 to 2008 while completing graduate study in circadian biology. His research during this period examined avian circadian organization, including the interactions among the pineal gland, retina, and hypothalamic pacemakers, clock-gene expression, melatonin signaling, and peripheral metabolic rhythms. In 2008 he joined Parker University, where he taught basic sciences and served as an assistant and later associate professor involved in courses including cell and tissue biology and research methods. In 2014 he joined West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas, as an associate professor of biology. His teaching there has included human anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, advanced physiology, neuroscience, histology, and research methodology. He has also advised pre-physical-therapy and pre-occupational-therapy students. His later research has addressed circadian-clock mechanisms in the gastrointestinal tract, rodent models of neuropathic pain, and biomedical applications of physiological research.
Conducted research elucidating the roles of extra-hypothalamic oscillators in the avian circadian system.
Contributed to research identifying circadian gene-expression patterns and regulatory mechanisms in the chick pineal gland, avian peripheral tissues, and neural systems.
Developed and contributed to biomedical research concerning neuropathic pain, including interferon-beta signaling and vitamin B treatment in pain and neuropathy.
(Authored chapter in Aspects of Pacemakers: Functions and ...)
2011(Doctoral dissertation examining extra-hypothalamic oscill...)
2010(Co-authored article in the Journal of Pineal Research inv...)
2009(Co-authored article in General and Comparative Endocrinol...)
2009(Co-authored research article in The Journal of Pain exami...)
2020(Co-authored review in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy an...)
2021(Co-authored research article published in BMC Genomics, e...)
2008His documented professional interests include scientific, philosophical, and social questions concerning modern healthcare and education.
Karaganis has been associated with the Society for Neuroscience, the Society for Science Based Medicine, the Society for Research in Biological Rhythms, and the honor society Phi Kappa Phi. During his graduate years he also participated in the Biology Graduate Student Executive Council and a Texas A&M University K–12 outreach teacher-training program.
Member of the honor society.
Phi Kappa Phi
Professional scientific society membership.
Society for Neuroscience
2001 - present
Professional and scientific society membership.
Society for Science Based Medicine
Membership during his graduate research period.
Society for Research in Biological Rhythms
1999 - 2006
Karaganis is the son of MaryAnn and Andreas Karaganis.
