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Welcome  – From the Editor

Hello and Welcome to the Biology Portal

The Biology board curates the materials related to life science. We assemble, review, and maintain resources in Anatomy & Physiology, Medicine, General Biology (including subdisciplines such as Botany, Zoology, Evolution, Genetcs, etc.), Biochemistry, Ecology and Environmental Sciences. The materials range from short videos or articles to entire courses. These can be used for learning, teaching, professional development or anything else you can dream up.

You can help with the MERLOT project as well by contributing materials (which we will put in our queue to review). If you are interested in joining the Biology board, please contact the editors, Michael or Marty.

MemberRoleTitleInstitutionEmail
Michael PlotkinCo-EditorAssociate Professor, Biological SciencesMt. San Jacinto Collegemplotkin@msjc.edu
Marty ZahnCo-EditorAssociate Professor (retired)Virginia Peninsula Community College
mzahn13@gmail.com
Jim BidlackAssociate Editor (Editor Emeritus)Professor of BiologyUniversity of Central Oklahomajbidlack@uco.edu
Juville Dario-Becker
Associate Editor

Professor		Central Virginia Community College
dario-beckerj@cvcc.vccs.edu

Pankaj MehrotraAssociate EditorInstructor University of the Peoplepankaj.mehrotra@uopeople.edu
Harsha SharmaAssociate EditorProfessor, Distinguished EducatorNebraska Methodists Universityharsha.sharma@methodistcollege.edu
Medora HusebyReviewerAssociate ProfessorColorado State University, Fort CollinsMedora.Huseby@colostate.edu
Zeynep Akyol-AtamanReviewerAssociate Professor, Biological Sciences
Mt. San Jacinto Collegezataman@msjc.edu

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