At Manchester since: Fall 2018
Education: Dickinson College, 2003 (B.S. Biology); University of Delaware, 2006 (M.S. Marine Biology and Biochemistry); Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 2019 (Doctorate of Philosophy)
Graduate research area: Thermal and light stress impacts on photosynthesis in marine algae, thermal stress impacts on gene expression and physiology in soybean.
Courses taught: Microbiology, Immunology, Cellular Biology
Current research interests: Understanding molecular and physiological events that occur during abiotic stress in plants.
Memberships & Affiliations: American Society of Plant Biologists, National Science Teachers Association, Indiana Academy of Science

At Manchester since: 2017
Education: Saint Mary’s College, 2012 (B.S. Biology); Indiana University School of Medicine, 2017 (Ph.D. Cellular and Integrative Physiology)
Graduate research area: Mesenchyme Homeobox 2 regulation of fetal endothelial progenitor cell function.
Courses taught: Human Biology: Stages of Life, Fundamentals of Human Physiology, Introduction to Molecular Biology.
Current research interests: Chronic morbidities resulting from exposure to a diabetic intrauterine environment, teratogenesis of oral diabetic medications, maternal-fetal translational research.
Memberships & Affiliations: American Physiological Society, Indiana Physiological Society, Women and Hi Tech, Kappa Gamma Pi National Catholic College Graduate Honor Society, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society.

At Manchester since: Fall 2023
Education: University of Arizona, 2015 (B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Ph.D. Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology)
Graduate research area: Evolution and ecology of morphological variation in social insect workers.
Courses taught: Principals of Biology I, Ecology.
Current research interests: Functional relationships between form and performance in social insect workers; phylogenetic comparative methods; ecology of eusocial Hymenoptera.