Todd Morris is a visiting assistant professor of chemistry for the 2009-10 academic year. He most recently worked at the National Institute of Science and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., where he has been conducting postdoctoral research using molecules called “lectins” to correctly attach sugars to proteins in the process of manufacturing biopharmaceutical drugs. Morris earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at the University of Tennessee at Martin, and a doctoral degree in analytical chemistry at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Immediately following completion of his Ph.D., he taught briefly as a full time faculty member at Adams State College in Colorado.