Joan L. Slonczewski
Joan L. Slonczewski received her BA from Bryn Mawr College and her PhD in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University, where she studied bacterial motility with Robert M. Macnab. Since completing postdoctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania, she has since taught undergraduate microbiology in the Department of Biology at Kenyon College, where she earned a Silver Medal in the National Professor of the Year program of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. She has published numerous research articles with undergraduate coauthors on bacterial pH regulation as well as five science fiction novels, including The Highest Frontier and A Door into Ocean, both of which earned the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. She conducted fieldwork on microbial ecosystems in Antarctica, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. She has served as At-Large Member representing Divisions on the Council Policy Committee of the American Society for Microbiology and as a member of the editorial board of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Books by Joan L. Slonczewski
Microbiology: An Evolving Science
Joan L. Slonczewski, John W. Foster
Fourth International Student Edition, Paperback, 2017
The most current and visually engaging introduction to general microbiology.Microbiology: An Evolving Science
Joan L. Slonczewski, John W. Foster, Erik Foster
Fifth International Student Edition, Mixed Media Product, 2020
A microbiology text as dynamic as the field it represents.Microbiology: The Human Experience
John W. Foster, Zarrintaj Aliabadi, Joan L. Slonczewski
First Edition, Paperback, 2017
A case history approach.Microbiology: The Human Experience
John W. Foster, Zarrintaj Aliabadi, Joan L. Slonczewski
Second Edition, Mixed Media Product, 2021
The most accessible introduction to the microbiology that matters.