Exploring, Growing, and Understanding The willingness to learn is what makes a scientist, and the ability to evolve is what makes a successful scientist. Dr. Don Lovett has been an educator since 1979 but has been involved with teaching well before that. His teaching career started with giving swimming lessons and leading a boy…
Mystery, Discovery, and Beauty – How a Physicist Looks at Physics With promises of unraveling the secrets of the universe – the TCNJ Physics Department is a community that sees beauty on chalkboards that are scrambled with equations. Instead of seeing the frustration in the messy erasures of failed attempts to solve a problem,…
Work Hard, Play Hard: Research Rewards the Resilient Between coloring, chasing, painting, and playing with her two little kids, Dr. Nina Peel spends her time researching and creating an environment where her students can thrive. Known to her students by her trademark friendliness and upbeat personality, it’s not hard to realize why she became a faculty…
Angela Capece’s Hike through the World of Physics Ever since Professor Angela Capece was a kid, she’s been captivated by physics. The Pennsylvania born and raised scholar was fascinated by the Voyager mission in her youth. She went on to take a keen interest in engineering and physics, even attempting to read graduate level textbooks…
Why be a Rock Star when you can be a Mathematician? When people are told to imagine what their math professor will be like, most probably won’t picture a weight-lifting, scuba diving, painter with a love for rock and roll. Founder of the B.I.C.E.P. (Bio-Inspired Computation and Experiments) Lab, Dr. Nicholas Battista has many interests…
A Geneticist in Her Playground Associate professor of biology Kathryn T. (KT) Elliott has always been able to find the beauty in her subject area, and in particular, her fascination with bacteria. Her office decor is a true testament to her passion; on one of her bookshelves, Dr. Elliott showcases her collection of plush figures…
A Man of Many Sciences For assistant professor of chemistry Dr. Joseph Baker, the field of science has always been about deep exploration. From organic chemistry to astrophysics to computational biochemistry, Dr. Baker has delved into various scientific topics throughout his career that have not only expanded his breadth of knowledge but also nurtured his…
Dr. Leeann Thornton, Associate Professor of Biology, has won a national contest sponsored by the American Society of Plant Biologists in recognition of “Fascination of Plants Day 2015.” Professor Thornton is one of four national winners; in particular, she won in the category for designing a T-shirt. Her design, titled Know Plants, know life.…
Mother knows best. During embryogenesis, maternal genes and proteins instruct cellular division and cellular fate of developing embryos. Only later on in development do embryonic genes turn on and begin taking charge. Biology professor, Dr. Marcia O’Connell, uses zebrafish (Danio rerio) as the model organism in her lab to study genes that play important roles during development.
When she’s not teaching, traveling, or spending time with her husband and young son, Dr. Michelle Bunagan can usually be found doing research in her lab, specifically concentrating on the physics of chemistry, which she uses to investigate the structure and dynamics of proteins.
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