Faculty & Staff Spotlights
![Dr. Annkatrin Rose, associate professor in Appalachian State University's Department of Biology](https://biology.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/safe_rose.png?itok=ji5Nozxj)
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...
![Dr. Shea Tuberty, professor in Appalachian State University's Department of Biology and director of the university's Quality Enhancement Plan.](https://biology.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/safe_tuberty_0.png?itok=dEtV3o7R)
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...
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Alumni Spotlights
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](https://biology.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/00201192-038_5x7_daly.jpg?itok=MfpYYCRO)
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...
![Picture of Erin McCombs](https://biology.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/erin-48.jpg?itok=icYc1wzR)
Erin McCombs
What do you currently do?I am the Conservation Director for Southern Appalachia with American Rivers. American Rivers is a national river advocac...
Graduate Student Spotlights
![Leigha Henson, biology graduate student from Griffin, Georgia, received a 2023 LI-COR Prize at the Botanical Society of America's Botany Conference in Boise, Idaho, for her poster](https://biology.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/henson_poster.jpg?itok=3BUg56J8)
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)'...
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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...
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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...