Animal Science Faculty

Peter Sutovsky

Peter Sutovsky

Associate Professor

Reproductive Physiology


S141 Animal Science Research Center
Division Of Animal Sciences
Columbia, MO 65211

Peter Sutovsky, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, also appointed as Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Departments of OBGYN and Women’s Health in the School of Medicine, University of Missouri. Since the early 90’s, Peter has studied mammalian gametogenesis, fertilization, and pre-implantation embryonic development, with special emphasis on the gamete and zygotic ubiquitin system. He holds five US patents, reflecting his involvement in technology development and commercialization. He was recently recognized as the inaugural recipient of the USDA-NRI Discovery Award, Big 12 Raising Star Award and CAFNR Distinguished Researcher Award.

His work on fertilization and infertility has been funded by USDA, NIH, NIJ, Missouri Life Sciences Trust Fund and various other public and private entities. He has been serving as Section Editor, Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member in a number of distinguished journals in cell and reproductive biology. In high demand as a presenter, Peter has been the invited plenary speaker at numerous international symposia in North and South America, Europe and Asia. His laboratory maintains active collaborations with scientists in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, France, India, Japan, Peru, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom and USA.

News Releases

Fall 2009: Peter’s technology development and commercialization efforts, supported by grants from the Missouri Life Sciences Trust Fund and the National Institute of Justice, are profiled by Columbia Daily Tribune and by the new Inside Columbia’s CEO Magazine.

April 2009: Peter is presented the Distinguished Researcher Award by the Dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri.

August 2008: Peter travels to his native Slovakia to receive a commemorative medal awarded by the citizens of his hometown Beckov on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of Beckov’s first written record.

April 2007: Research article published in collaboration with Dr. Richard Oko of the Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, is featured as the Paper of the Week in the prestigious Journal of Biological Chemistry and covered by press in USA and Canada.

March 2007: Peter is honored as a Big 12 Raising Star by the Kaufmann Foundation and the Big 12 Center for Economic Development, Innovation and Commercialization.

August 2006: An award honoring Best Biological Paper of 2005, published in Microscopy and Microanalysis is presented to Peter and his collaborators from Pfizer Inc., at the Microscopy & Microanalysis  Meeting 2006, Chicago, IL.

April 2006: Chicago Tribune talks with Peter about his selection as one of “Twenty Life Science Innovators You Should Know, Who Are Changing our World” while covering  BIO2006, Chicago, IL, a world biotechnology fair attended by 18,000 participants.

May 2005: Peter receives the Inaugural USDA NRI Discovery Award at a ceremony attended by US Senator Kit Bond, USDA-CREEES administrator Colien Hefferan, and USDA program leaders Mark Mirando and Chavonda Jacobs-Young.