Profile

• Organization

  Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College

  
  
• Website

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-starnes-5577a0152/

  
  
• Telephone

  2709011024

  
  
• ORCID

  0000-0002-7002-3852

  
  
• Interests

  1. ecology
  2. mycology
  3. plant pathology
  4. population genetics

  
  
• Address

  address1:	1845 Loop Drive
  city:	Bowling Green
  postal:	42501
  region:	KY
  country:	US

  
  
• Biography

  Educator, Dad, Plant Pathologist
  
  
  
  
  
  Hello everyone! I am an Professor of Biology at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College (2 year state undergraduate institution, approximately 5000 students). This is where I teach Ecology, General Biology, and Anatomy and Physiology courses. Currently I am involved with the Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges program as a steering committee member. If you would like to become involved in the program then go to https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/qbcc.
  
  
  
  
  
  My collegiate educational background started at the University of Kentucky where I obtained a B.S. degree in Agriculture Biotechnology in 2000 and worked on research projects in biochemistry and population genetics. I received a M.S. in Biology in 20004 at Western Kentucky University where I studied the population genetics of a threatened native sunflower species. In 2013 I finally finished my Ph.D. in Plant Pathology back at the University of Kentucky where I studied telomere stability in a plant pathogen.
  
  
  
  
  
  When not at work I enjoy taking the kids outside and exploring nature and playing online games with them.

  
  
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