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Rachel Bleich

Dr. Rachel Bleich
Sep 8, 2020

Why did you become a biologist (and specifically the type of biologist you are)?Microbes are fascinating! Each one of us has trillions of microbes tha...

Graduation photo

2020 Biology Award Recipients
Apr 30, 2020

Congratuations to our 2020 Biology Award Recipients.  [[nid:470]]Undergraduate:Bailey, Lauren E, Meritorious SeniorBrewer, Samuel B., Wayne Van D...

Amanda Wilkinson

Amanda Wilkinson
Dec 18, 2019

How did you become interested in biology?Growing up, I had a large interest in science – understanding how the world worked through fundamental, uns...

Julia Showalter

Dr. Julia Showalter
Nov 27, 2019

Why did you become a biologist (and specifically the type of biologist you are)?Growing up, I spent a lot of time in the forest or helping out on the ...

Dalton Sizemore

Dalton Sizemore
Nov 13, 2019

How did you become interested in biology?Biology has always been a special subject for me. I graduated from high school thinking I wanted a BA in Poli...

Christina Daly

Christina Daly
Nov 5, 2019

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...

Katie Krogmeier with poster at Botany 2019

Krogmeier Takes Top Prize at Botany Conference 2019
Aug 12, 2019

 AppState student Katie Krogmeier earned the Li-Cor prize for best poster at the Botanical Society of America’s Botany Conference 2019 in Tucso...

3MT awards

Biology Grad Students Take Honors in Three Minute Thesis competition
Nov 9, 2018

Department of Biology graduate students Gita Gajjar and Amanda Wilkinson won awards in the recent Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. The 3MT ...

Jessica McCanless

Jessica McCanless wins Melton Award
Nov 5, 2018

Jessica McCanless, a graduate student who works with Dr. Maryam Ahmed and Dr. Darren Seals, won the Thoyd Melton Award at this year's North Carol...

Cortney Bouldin

Fall 2018: Dr Cortney Bouldin
Aug 14, 2018

For the Fall 2018 installment of our Featured Faculty series, we sat down with Dr. Cortney Bouldin, an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department, ...