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: 2024
Education: Indiana State University, 2014 (B.S. in Earth & Environmental Sciences and Science Education), Indiana State University, 2016 (M.S. in Earth & Quaternary Sciences), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2019 (Ph.D. in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences)
Graduate research area: Diatom-inferred records of paleolimnological variability and continental hydrothermal activity in Yellowstone National Park, USA (Ph.D. Dissertation), Multi-proxy Holocene fire history reconstruction in the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming (M.S. Thesis).
Courses taught: Introduction to Environmental Studies, Interpretation of Natural History, Geographic Information Systems Applications, Environmental Science, Principles of Biology I, Ecology, Limnology, Conservation Biology, Invertebrate Zoology
Current Research Interests: My research focuses on reconstructing disturbance ecology and climate using paleolimnology. While I specialize in using fossil diatom assemblages to reconstruct past lake environments, I have an interest in several paleoecological proxies. I am also interested in modern water quality monitoring efforts.
Memberships & Affiliations: Geological Society of America, National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Indiana Academy of Science, Lake Erie & Aquatic Research Network, International Association of Great Lakes Research

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 2010
Education: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2002 (B.S.); Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2005 (M.S.); Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2010 (Ph.D. Zoology)
Graduate research area: Female characteristics that influence male mate preference in house mice (Mus musculus).
Courses taught: Principles of Biology II, Fundamentals of Human Physiology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, and Vertebrate Physiology.
Current research interests: influence of physical quality on mate choice by males and females, altruism and kin selection theory, dominance rank/social status, predator detection and avoidance, maternal behavior, and behavioral trade-offs.