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Meet the Author
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Gordon E. Uno Gordon E. Uno was born and raised on the eastern plains of Colorado in the small farming town of Roggen. He received a B.A. in biology with education from the University of Colorado, Boulder, but decided that teaching in the pre-college classroom took more patience and resolve than he had. He continued with his formal education in the botany department at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his Ph.D. in 1979. He immediately accepted a position in the botany and microbiology department at the University of Oklahoma (OU), where he vowed to stay only a year or two. Twenty-one years later, he is a David Ross Boyd Professor of Botany at OU and director of the Introductory Botany program. He is coauthor of three high-school biology texts and has written two handbooks for faculty members on teaching undergraduate science courses. In addition, he has served as President of the National Association of Biology Teachers, was a Program Officer at the National Science Foundation, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He considers himself honored and lucky to have received three university, one state, and one national teaching award(s) and believes that longevity in the business really does pay off. Richard Storey Richard Storey was born in Roswell, New Mexico. He received a B.S. in Education (biology) from the University of New Mexico and, for a short time, taught biology at Manzano High School in Albuquerque. With support from the National Science Foundation, he received a Masters of Natural Science from the University of Oklahoma. In 1997, he was awarded a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Oklahoma and then conducted postdoctoral research at the C.F. Kettering Research Laboratory in Yellow Springs, Ohio. In 1998, he joined the biology faculty at the Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. During his time on the faculty, he taught botany, cell biology, and plant physiology and was awarded research grants to study protein metabolism, nitrogen fixation, and the nutritional qualities of potential crop plants. He has also received three faculty and student research and development grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In 1999, he served as president of the National Association of Biology Teachers and was named Dean of the College and Dean of the Faculty at Colorado College. He has been acknowledged with a Carnegie Association teaching award from the Colorado College, has coauthored a high-school biology text, is a contributing author to three books on plant physiology, and has written over 50 scientific papers on botany. With his wife, Martha, he continues his poorly funded, but highly enthusiastic, pursuit to catch and release on a fly all of the trout inhabiting the beautiful streams of the Rocky Mountains. Randy Moore After a wonderfully misguided youth spent playing loud music and pursuing mischief, Randy Moore received a B.S. in biology from Texas A&M University, an M.S. in botany from the University of Georgia, and a Ph.D. in biology from UCLA. Since then, he has published about 200 papers and a variety of books, including Botany, Writing to Learn Biology, and Biology Laboratory Manual. He has received "Best Professor" awards from two universities; local, state, and national teaching awards from organizations such as the National Science Teachers Association; research grants from agencies such as the National Science Foundation; and science writing awards from organizations such as the Education Press Association of America. He currently edits the popular journal The American Biology Teacher and serves on the editorial boards of a variety of other journals. Although he has dabbled in administration for more than a decade, his primary interests are in teaching and research. He is currently teaching at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. 
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