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About the Author

Rodney P. Anderson received his PhD in biological sciences from the University of Iowa in 1989. His doctoral work centered on protein synthesis mechanisms in Escherichia coli. After graduate school, he began his academic career at Ohio Northern University, where he continues to teach undergraduates in the Department of Biological and Allied Health Sciences. He teaches courses in microbiology for both majors and allied health students as well as courses in genetics. He has also introduced nonmajors to microbiology through interdisciplinary seminars in disease and society.

Dr. Anderson has been actively involved in microbiology education. He is a past chair of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Conference for Undergraduate Educators, which developed the core curriculum for undergraduate microbiology courses, and has organized and spoken at a number of education division symposia at the ASM annual meetings. His outreach activities have included microbial presentations at local elementary schools. His interest in microbiology education has resulted in another undergraduate microbiology textbook, Visualizing Microbiology, Second Edition (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.), and in a children’s book, The Invisible ABCs (ASM Press). The Invisible ABCs emphasizes to children the benefits of the microbial world, rather than the incomplete message that all microbes cause disease.

Dr. Anderson and his wife, Tami, are parents of two adult children, Isaac and Graetel, who are both using their microbiology knowledge in their nursing careers. He loves classic cars, hunting, and traveling.