Rate My Professor Naresh Ramesh

Naresh Ramesh, Ph.D., serves as Assistant Professor of Biology in the School of Arts and Sciences at WVU Tech, a campus of West Virginia University. He instructs undergraduate courses such as General Biology, SPTP: Endocrinology, and Immunology. Before joining WVU Tech, Dr. Ramesh was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at St. Matthew’s University School of Veterinary Medicine. He also maintained cross-appointments as Lecturer with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan and Lecturer with the Department of Indigenous Science and Knowledge at First Nations University of Canada. In addition, he functioned as an Academic Consultant for BeMo, a prominent EdTech and admission screening firm in North America. Dr. Ramesh is recognized for excellence in teaching and research, employing a tailored approach that fosters problem-solving and interpretation skills among students. He advocates for equality of opportunity, access, and outcomes in higher education.

Dr. Ramesh's research centers on comparative endocrinology, investigating peptides like Nesfatin-1 and ghrelin, their metabolic and cardiovascular effects, intestinal glucose transport, insulin secretion, and energy homeostasis across species including goldfish, mice, and rats. Notable publications include "Ghrelin Facilitates GLUT2-, SGLT1- and SGLT2-mediated Intestinal Glucose Transport in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)" (Scientific Reports, 2017), "Nucleobindin-1 Encodes a Nesfatin-1-Like Peptide that Stimulates Insulin Secretion" (General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2015), "Metabolic and Cardiovascular Actions of Nesfatin-1: Implications in Health and Disease" (Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2017), and "A DIO2 missense mutation and its impact on fetal response to PRRSV infection" (BMC Veterinary Research, 2024). He leads an international team developing a vaccine strategy targeting DIO2 gene mutations to bolster fetal resilience against the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), mitigating substantial economic losses in the U.S. pork industry. Awards received encompass the Teacher Scholar Doctoral Fellowship from the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning, Devolved Scholarship from Western College, Dean’s International Scholarship from the College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Graduate Student Research Excellence Award from Zoetis Inc. for identifying the protein “NLP,” ISA Award for Academic Excellence, and Presidential Poster Award from the Endocrine Society. Dr. Ramesh acts as Treasurer for the West Virginia Academy of Science, serves as a scientific reviewer for General and Comparative Endocrinology, and holds memberships in the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology and the Association of Southeastern Biologists.