Stephen T. Kilpatrick received a B.S. in Biology from Eastern College (now Eastern University) in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. from the Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown University. His thesis research was an investigation of the population genetics of interactions between the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes of Drosophila melanogaster. Since 1995, Dr. Kilpatrick has taught at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he is currently chair of the Department of Biology. His regular teaching duties include undergraduate courses in introductory biology for biology majors and advanced undergraduate courses in genetics (for both majors and nursing students), evolution, and molecular genetics. He has also supervised a number of undergraduate research projects in evolutionary genetics. Dr. Kilpatrick’s major professional focus has been in biology education. He has participated in the development and authoring of ancillary materials for several introductory biology, genetics, and molecular genetics texts and online educational review sites as well as writing articles for educational reference publications. For his classes at Pitt-Johnstown, Dr. Kilpatrick has developed many active learning exercises in introductory biology, genetics, and evolution. Dr. Kilpatrick resides in Johnstown with his wife and four cats. Outside of scientific interests, he enjoys music, literature, and theater.
