The members of the North Carolina Academy of Science voted to elect Michael Kingston, professor of biology and environmental studies, to serve as president-elect in 2021-22 and President in 2022-2023.
Professor of Biology Michael Kingston was elected to the position of President-Elect of the North Carolina Academy of Science at the virtual annual meeting on March 14 hosted on Zoom by Lenoir Rhyne University.
Kingston will serve as president-elect from 2021 to 2022, and then as president from 2022 to 2023.
Kingston previously served as president in 2013-14 and chair of the Local Arrangements Committee in 1999 and 2011 when Elon University served as the venue for the annual meeting. He is also an associate editor of the Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science.