Dr. Harriott, who teaches microbiology and molecular biology, hopes to develop a course on microbial ecology or industrial microbiology. She also hopes to help minority students gain exposure to the biology field. There aren't that many African-Americans in the field, unfortunately, and I'd like to change that. A native of Canada, he received his undergraduate biology degree from Acadia University in Nova Scotia. Dr. Stewart's bachelor of science honors thesis was on the feeding habits of masked shrews, a widespread type of shrew in North America.
Shrews feed on insects, and usually eat three times their body weight in food each day.
Dr. Stewart, whose postdoctoral experience and position as research associate took place at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, hopes to continue his studies of the shrew, and increase his sample size. I have been working with more American species, and I am doing research with a network of collaborators. Dr. Stewart is working with two students on projects. The first is developing a lab for an ecology course, and the other is working on the preparation of mammal species for museum collections. A believer in undergraduate research, having had very positive research experiences as a student himself, including field experiences to find rare species of shrews, Dr. Stewart hopes to act jointly with students on research in the future.