Dr. K. Michael Foos was a Professor of Biology at IU East. 

Select publications and grants:

• "Viruses: The Deadly Enemy," The American Biology Teacher 60(8), 1998 (publication) 
• "A Survey of Pilobolus from Yellowstone National Park," National Park Service Superintendent's Annual Research Report for Yellowstone National Park in 1997, Yellowstone National Park Library, 1998 (publication) 
• National Association of Biology Teachers-American Society for Microbiology-National Science Foundation Microbial Literary Collaborative (grant)
• Received a $11,700 grant from an intercampus research fund to research the fungus Pilobolus in Yellowstone National Park
• Received Distinguished Teaching Award in 1990