Biology

Four biology students received awards for their presentations at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science hosted by Elon University March 25-26.

Dave Gammon, assistant professor of biology; Jen Platania, associate professor of economics; Susan Manring, associate professor of management; and environmental studies major David Munoz published a peer-reviewed guest editorial in the December 2011 issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

Led by Assistant Professor Antonio Izzo, students in a fall microbiology course designed portraits by inoculating various strains of microbes.

A group of 14 chemistry and biochemistry students from the Elon American Chemical Society student affiliate group, along with their adviser, Chemistry Lab Manager Paul Weller, and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Victoria Moore, traveled to Richmond, Va. Oct. 28-30 for the South Eastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Kathy Gallucci, associate professor of biology, presented the paper, "Using Case Studies to Teach Evolution," at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) in Anaheim, CA, on Oct. 14, 2011.

The 8th annual Elon University Fall Environmental Forum, a conference for leaders, builders, developers, educators and students “with a vision for a sustainable community,” takes place Oct. 30-31 in McKinnon Hall with some of the biggest names in the regional green economy scheduled to share their experiences.

David Vandermast, associate professor of biology and environmental studies, chaired the meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of the Ecological Society of America in Austin, Texas, on August 10.

Professor Michael Kingston, of the departments of Biology and Environmental Studies, and Mona DeVries, an assistant professor of biology, co-taught a graduate-level Marine Ecology course at the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, N.C., from July 11 to Aug. 12.