Faculty & Staff Spotlights

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Annkatrin Rose
Dr. Rose received a Spring 2023 Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) grant to launch her research project, titled "Leaf Spot Endophytes in Southern A...

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Shea Tuberty
Dr. Tuberty received a Spring 2023 Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) grant to cover expenses for the Carolinas' Area Benthologists Workshop held a...

Alumni Spotlights

Wilkes company creates new opportunities [alumni featured]
A North Wilkesboro-based company plans to soon start large-scale pilot production of a material that makes soil more productive, reduces carbon dioxid...
Lara Souza
Interview with Lara Souza about her career, her time at Appalachian State University, University of Tennessee and Oklahoma and as Director of Oklahoma...

Christina Daly
What do you currently do?I am working toward a PhD in Biomedical Sciences at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the lab of Dr. Ryan Potts.Why di...
Graduate Student Spotlights

Biology graduate student Leigha Henson earns prize at Botanical Society of America Conference
BOONE, N.C. — Leigha Henson, biology graduate student from Griffin, Georgia, received a 2023 LI-COR Prize at the Botanical Society of America (BSA)'...

Leigha Henson
Leigha Henson is currently a graduate student in the Department of Biology, working with Dr. Howard Neufeld on the effects of climate change on Southe...

Erik Rangel-Silva
How did you become interested in biology?Learning about the nervous system in my psychology class really sparked the intrigue for biological processes...