SUNY Geneseo has awarded supported professorships to Biology Professor Harold Hoops and Associate Physics Professor Kurt Fletcher , in recognition of their outstanding records of teaching, research and service to the College. Hoops and Fletcher recently began three-year terms as James and Julia Lockhart Professor and Geneseo Alumni Association Professor, respectively.
Hoops also teaches general and human biology, biological techniques and electron microscopy.
Hoops primary field of research is the cellular biology of very small organisms, particularly phycology, the study of algae. The way their cells move is closely related to how, for example, our lungs get cleaned or a sperm reaches an egg. His other professional activities include reviewing grant applications and article submissions for the National Science Foundation, proceedings of the U.S. National Academy, and publications such as The Journal of Phycology and Environmental and Experimental Biology. Hoops has himself obtained several major grants from the National Science Foundation for undergraduate research and equipment acquisition at Geneseo. After earning a bachelor s of science degree in biology from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wis., Hoops earned master s and doctoral degrees in botany from Ohio State University.