He also serves as Co-Director of the Accelerated Physician/Scientist Program, Associate Dean of Academic Advising, Assessment and Special Programs, Director of the Advising & Learning Assistance Center, and Chair of the PreHealth Professions Committee. His research interests include slime mold development, in vitro gene evolution, mutagenesis, and protein engineering. He has taught all levels of undergraduate and graduate courses in biology over the past 29 years at RPI. Most recently, he has been involved in curricular design for a novel introductory biology course. Professor Hanna received his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Illinois.