Management Team
John Gustin, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. John Gustin is a co-founder of Innovative Bios and its Chief Executive Officer. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland and received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He recently finished a post-doctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and is now working full-time for Innovative Bios. Dr. Gustin was a member of the inaugural class of the INNoVATE program, which is a program designed to teach post-doctoral fellows to start companies by commercializing technologies. Dr. Gustin was also an entrepreneurial resident at the Center for New Technology Enterprise, which is a nonprofit organization whose aim is to train people from various backgrounds in entrepreneurship.
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. John Gustin is a co-founder of Innovative Bios and its Chief Executive Officer. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland and received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He recently finished a post-doctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and is now working full-time for Innovative Bios. Dr. Gustin was a member of the inaugural class of the INNoVATE program, which is a program designed to teach post-doctoral fellows to start companies by commercializing technologies. Dr. Gustin was also an entrepreneurial resident at the Center for New Technology Enterprise, which is a nonprofit organization whose aim is to train people from various backgrounds in entrepreneurship.
University Collaborators
Ryan Casey, PhD
Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry at Towson University
Dr. Ryan Casey earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Virginia Tech in 1995. He then moved to Clemson University where he earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology in 1999 after studying the fate of nitrogen and phosphorus in golf course runoff passing through a riparian wetland. Dr. Casey started at Towson University as an Assistant Professor in 2000 where he continued his research involving nutrients in stormwater, but this time in an urban context. Following the initiation of several critical collaborations with faculty in Biology and Geosciences, Dr. Casey’s research emphasis switched from nutrients to trace metals in stormwater. At the same time, Dr. Casey was involved in establishing the Urban Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory at Towson University. Research in the Casey laboratory has focused on trace metal speciation and impacts on sediment quality in stormwater ponds. Most recently this laboratory has also evaluated the fate of deicing salts in stormwater pond systems along with the influence of road salt on trace metal bioavailability and cation exchange processes in retention pond soils. Since arriving at Towson, Dr. Casey has served as PI or co-PI on over $2.6 M in extramural funding and has been an author on 16 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Casey teaches three different environmental chemistry courses targeted toward undergraduate non-science majors, upper level Chemistry majors, and Environmental Science graduate students. He also teaches an upper level course in Toxicology and routinely teaches general chemistry.
Meghan May, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Towson University
Dr. Meghan May earned a B.S. in Microbiology from University of New Hampshire in 2001. She then moved to the University of Connecticut where she earned an M.S. (2004) and a Ph.D. (2006) in Pathobiology and Veterinary Science and Bacteriology (respectively) for work in clinical bacteriology in veterinary medicine and the identification of host cell binding proteins in poultry pathogens. Dr. May started at Towson University as an Assistant Professor in 2010 where she continued her research involving virulence determinants in veterinary pathogens, most notably Mycoplasma species. This work has led to several clinical and basic research collaborations with other institutions including the University of Florida, the International Livestock Research Institute, University of Maryland (Baltimore), and the University of Connecticut. Currently, Dr. May’s research focus is on the contribution of glycosidases and host cell attachment to the evolution of virulence and on the characterization of novel antimicrobial compounds. Dr. May has been an author on 13 peer-reviewed publications, 5 textbook chapters, and 20 poster presentations. She has given 12 invited platform presentations and serves on the editorial board for an undergraduate research journal. Dr. May teaches Cellular Biology, Genetics, and Medical Microbiology. She has also designed an upper level Biology course in infectious diseases.
Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry at Towson University
Dr. Ryan Casey earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Virginia Tech in 1995. He then moved to Clemson University where he earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology in 1999 after studying the fate of nitrogen and phosphorus in golf course runoff passing through a riparian wetland. Dr. Casey started at Towson University as an Assistant Professor in 2000 where he continued his research involving nutrients in stormwater, but this time in an urban context. Following the initiation of several critical collaborations with faculty in Biology and Geosciences, Dr. Casey’s research emphasis switched from nutrients to trace metals in stormwater. At the same time, Dr. Casey was involved in establishing the Urban Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory at Towson University. Research in the Casey laboratory has focused on trace metal speciation and impacts on sediment quality in stormwater ponds. Most recently this laboratory has also evaluated the fate of deicing salts in stormwater pond systems along with the influence of road salt on trace metal bioavailability and cation exchange processes in retention pond soils. Since arriving at Towson, Dr. Casey has served as PI or co-PI on over $2.6 M in extramural funding and has been an author on 16 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Casey teaches three different environmental chemistry courses targeted toward undergraduate non-science majors, upper level Chemistry majors, and Environmental Science graduate students. He also teaches an upper level course in Toxicology and routinely teaches general chemistry.
Meghan May, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Towson University
Dr. Meghan May earned a B.S. in Microbiology from University of New Hampshire in 2001. She then moved to the University of Connecticut where she earned an M.S. (2004) and a Ph.D. (2006) in Pathobiology and Veterinary Science and Bacteriology (respectively) for work in clinical bacteriology in veterinary medicine and the identification of host cell binding proteins in poultry pathogens. Dr. May started at Towson University as an Assistant Professor in 2010 where she continued her research involving virulence determinants in veterinary pathogens, most notably Mycoplasma species. This work has led to several clinical and basic research collaborations with other institutions including the University of Florida, the International Livestock Research Institute, University of Maryland (Baltimore), and the University of Connecticut. Currently, Dr. May’s research focus is on the contribution of glycosidases and host cell attachment to the evolution of virulence and on the characterization of novel antimicrobial compounds. Dr. May has been an author on 13 peer-reviewed publications, 5 textbook chapters, and 20 poster presentations. She has given 12 invited platform presentations and serves on the editorial board for an undergraduate research journal. Dr. May teaches Cellular Biology, Genetics, and Medical Microbiology. She has also designed an upper level Biology course in infectious diseases.
