The Team

Who We Are?

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William C. Beckerson

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

William is an interdisciplinary teacher and researcher. He is classically trained in molecular genetics and involved in discipline-based education research in biology. As a recent research fellow with both the National Science Foundation (PRFB) and Horizon Europe (MSCA), he focused on characterizing biomolecules used by Ophiocordyceps fungi to infect and manipulate zombie ants! He has also explored how student social personality affects performance in active learning settings and is currently using technology like virtual reality and AI to scale up active learning for larger class sizes!

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