Distinguished Alumni

James Voogt
BS in Biological Sciences 1966
Elected to Academy 2000

PhD (1970) in Physiology from Michigan State University. In 1974, Michigan Tech recognized Dr. Voogt with the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. Dr Voogt is a professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology in the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Kansas City, KS. He is also the past Chair of the Department of Physiology and was also the Associate Dean for Research. A nationally recognized authority in the field of endocrinology, Voogt is the author of more than 90 research publications and book chapters and has been an invited speaker at universities, conferences and medical centers internationally. In 1999, he spent a sabbatical year as visiting professor at Erasmus University in the Netherlands. He is a charter member of the International Society of Neuroendocrinology. His major research area is reproductive neuroendocrinology.