| Degrees: |
Master of Science in Developmental Biology
Vanderbuilt University, 2003 (ABD) |
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Bachelor of Science in Molecular Genetics
The Ohio State University, 1999 |
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| Courses taught: |
| BIOL 1010 | General Biology | | BIOL 1610 | Principles of Biology I | | BIOL 2030 | Principles of Genetics |
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I have been at Dixie State College since the autumn of 2005. Previously, I worked as a Research Associate at the Ohio State University. I appreciate the size of DSC as it lends to collegiality amongst faculty and affords us the opportunity to get to know our students. I look forward to growing with the college as DSC because recognized for its academic excellence. As our program grows, I hope to develop a molecular biology curriculum.
As a self-professed biophile, I am fascinated by all aspects of biology but my academic interests are piqued by the functions of DNA. DNA’s position within the spectium of life’s organization is unique. The molecule ‘simply’ encodes the instructions for the individual (cell, organism, etc) yet drives the entirety of what we recognize as Life (reproduction, behavior, evolution, etc). It is at once the micro and the macro. As I tell my students, ‘DNA is life…the rest is just details’. Specifically, I am interested in the regulation of gene transcription by information encoded within the molecule (the other 98% of the genome). Knowing how to build a machine is one thing; knowing how to use it is quite different. |
