Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Mary Kinkel

Dr. Mary Kinkel
Sep 26, 2016

Why did you become a biologist (and specifically the type of biologist you are)?I was drawn to developmental biology because it ties together much of ...

Matt Estep

Dr. Matt Estep
Oct 2, 2015

Why did you become a biologist?A deep love of the outdoors lead me to a career in Biology. Upon graduating high school, my family drove me to Springer...

Dr. Andrew Bellemer

Dr. Andrew Bellemer
Jan 14, 2015

Why did you become a biologist (and specifically the type of biologist you are)?I am a molecular neuroscientist who uses the fruit fly, Drosophila mel...

Mike Gangloff in a boat on a river

Dr. Mike Gangloff
Nov 5, 2014

Why did you become a biologist (and specifically the type of biologist you are)?I was pretty much born a biologist and once I had moved on from classi...

Dr. Geib with students catching bees

Dr. Jennifer Geib
Jul 8, 2014

Why did you become a biologist?I am an ecologist and science teacher educator here at App State. My ecology work focuses on the population biology and...

Dr. Brauer in a cave

Dr. Suzanna Bräuer
Mar 20, 2014

Why did you become a Biologist (and specifically the type of biologist you are)?As a child I always loved the outdoors and eagerly explored crawdads i...

Darren Seals at microscope

Dr. Darren Seals
Oct 29, 2013

Why did you become a biologist?When I first entered college, I didn't initially set out to become a biologist. My brother was the first to go to colle...