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JAMES MORRIS is professor of DOMENIC CASTIGNETTI is
biology at Brandeis University. He professor emeritus of biology at
teaches a wide variety of courses for Loyola University Chicago. During
majors and non-majors, including his 37 years at Loyola, he taught
introductory biology, evolution, many courses, including the
genetics and genomics, epigenetics, introductory biology two-semester
comparative vertebrate anatomy, and course, general microbiology, micro-
a first-year seminar on Darwin’s On bial physiology, and biochemistry.
the Origin of Species. He is the recipient of numerous He was awarded Loyola University’s Master Teacher of
teaching awards from Brandeis and Harvard. His research the College of Arts and Sciences Award and received
focuses on the rapidly growing field of epigenetics, the first Faculty/Staff Member of the Year Award from
making use of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a the Student Government Association. Dr. Castignetti
model organism. He currently pursues this research with received an MS from Colorado State University and
undergraduates in order to give them the opportunity a PhD in microbial ecology and physiology from the
to do genuine, laboratory-based research early in their University of Massachusetts-Amherst. His research,
scientific careers. Dr. Morris received a PhD in genetics conducted with undergraduate and graduate students,
from Harvard University and an MD from Harvard Medical focused on the microbiology and biochemistry of soil
School. He was a Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows microorganisms. He has been associated with the
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at Harvard University and a National Academies Education AP Biology program since 2003 and has served as a
Fellow and Mentor in the Life Sciences. For the last two reader, table leader, and a member of the Development
years he has served as a reader for the AP Biology Exam. Committee. He was chief reader for five years.
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JOHN LEPRI is Professor of Biology and RICK RELYEA is the David Darrin
Faculty Fellow in the Lloyds International Senior ‘40 Endowed Chair in
Honors Program at the University Biological Sciences and the
of North Carolina at Greensboro. director of the Darrin Freshwater
He teaches courses in introductory Institute at Rensselaer Polytechnic
biology, biological clocks, and animal Institute. He received a BS in
physiology. His earlier research focused environmental forest biology
on hormones and pheromones that from the SUNY College of
coordinate reproduction in mammals. Dr. Lepri earned Environmental Science and Forestry, an MS in wildlife
a PhD in zoology at North Carolina State University. His management from Texas Tech University, and a PhD in
professional activities include teacher preparation programs ecology and evolution from the University of Michigan.
for high school science teachers. He has worked with He has authored more than 200 scientific articles
College Board and ETS for more than 25 years, including and book chapters and presented research seminars
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five years as chief reader for the AP Biology Exam. throughout the world. Dr. Relyea was a professor at
the University of Pittsburgh for 15 years, where he
was named the Chancellor’s Distinguished Researcher
and received the Tina and David Bellet Teaching
Excellence Award. In 2014, he moved to Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute to direct The Jefferson Project,
which is the most technologically advanced research
endeavor to study freshwater lakes. Rick has a strong
interest in high school education, including hosting high
school science teachers who conduct research in his
laboratory. He is co-author of Environmental Science for
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