Dr. Starr is a Tenured Associate Professor and received his B.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. Before entering graduate school, Dr. Starr served for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay, South America. He also worked for eight years in the Twin Cities to promote sustainable agriculture and for four years as a high school science teacher in Minnesota and Hawaii. Dr. Starr returned to the University of Minnesota and earned his Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology & Genetics while working in the laboratory of Dr. Kristin Hogquist. His Ph.D. thesis focused on understanding T cell development in the thymus. After receiving his doctorate, Dr. Starr moved to the field of cancer research and worked as a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. David Largaespada's laboratory.Leadership rolesDr. Starr leads the Ovarian Supergroup, is co-chair of the Ob-Gyn Research Committee, and is faculty advisor to the Career Development Committee of the Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology graduate program
