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Biology Department Faculty & Staff
Department Chair Willem (Jaap) Hillenius
Unless noted, faculty
and staff receive FAXes at the departmental FAX number: 843-953-5453
Basic course information is available from the Undergraduate
Catalog.
Course titles on this page link to current class web pages where
available.
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Faculty | Faculty
Emeritus | Visiting & Adjunct
Faculty | Staff
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Agnes
Ayme-Southgate
Associate Professor
Chair, Health Profession Committee
Bio 212: Genetics
Bio 322: Comparative Vertebrate Embryology
Office: 218B Science Center
Phone: 953-6544
eMail: southgatea@cofc.edu |
The assembly
and function of muscle cells using Drosophila melanogaster (fruitfly)
as a model system; formation of the complex protein system
known as the myofibril during development.
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Deborah
Bidwell
Instructor
Bio 101: Elements of Biology
Bio 102: Elements of Biology
Bio 111: Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology
Bio 112: Evolution, Ecology & Biology of Organisms
Bio 211: Biodiversity, Ecology & Conservation
Biology
Office: 210 Science Center
Phone: 953-7107
eMail: bidwelld@cofc.edu |
Marine
finfish aquaculture and stock enhancement, fish behavior
in response to fishing gears and fisheries conservation.
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Louis
E. Burnett
Professor
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
122
Phone: 953-9170 (office) or 762-8755 (lab) FAX:
953-9199
eMail: burnettl@cofc.edu |
Comparative
physiology of respiration, ion and acid-base regulation in
marine organisms; physiology of respiratory pigments; physiological
adaptations associated with the transition from breathing
water to breathing air; physiology of disease mechanisms
especially as they relate to water quality.
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Isaure
de Buron
Associate Professor
Bio 320: Histology
Bio 336: Parasitology
Office: 205 Science Center
Phone: 953-5848
eMail: deburoni@cofc.edu |
Host-parasite interactions at the ecological, cellular, and molecular levels; Parasitic fauna of fish in the Charleston Harbor estuarine system; Use of parasites as tags to identify fish stocks and movements; Acanthocephalans of deep-sea hydrothermal vent fish.
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Christine A. Byrum
Assistant Professor
Bio 212: Genetics
Bio 502-1 Marine Genomics
Office: 236B Science Center
Phone: 953-7176
eMail: byrumc@cofc.edu |
Marine invertebrate developmental biology; cell specification and signal transduction; evolution of metazoan body plans.
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Stephanie
Dellis
Senior Instructor
Office: 202A Science Center
Phone: 953-4906
eMail: delliss@cofc.edu |
Protein-Protein
and Protein-DNA interactions and their role in: 1) the regulation
of viral transcription, and 2) the regulation of DNA replication.
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Robert
T. Dillon, Jr.
Associate Professor
Office: 200A Science Center
Phone: 953-8087
eMail: dillonr@cofc.edu |
Genetics,
evolution and ecology of mollusks.
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Giacomo
(Jack) DiTullio
Professor
John Arthur Siegling Endowed Chair in Biology
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
208
Phone: 953-9196 (office) or 762-8945 (lab) FAX:
762-8737
eMail: ditullioj@cofc.edu |
The
ecological study of marine phytoplankton and how they can
affect the biogeochemical cycling of iron, carbon, nitrogen,
and sulfur. The effects of trace metals (iron) on primary
production in High Nutrient, Low Chlorophyll regions of the
World's Oceans.
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Phillip
Dustan
Professor
Bio 341: General Ecology
Bio 502: Special Topics in Marine Biology
Special Topics: Biology of Coral Reefs
Office: 232 Science Center
Phone: 953-8086
eMail: dustanp@cofc.edu |
Ecology,
vitality, and conservation of reef-building corals. Remote
sensing and change detection in coral reefs communities.
The impact of urbanization on watershed ecology of coastal
waters.
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Jean
Everett
Senior Instructor
Office: 206 Science Center
Phone: 953-7843
eMail: everettj@cofc.edu
››Learn
about invasive
Cogongrass |
Plant
community interactions: Forest ecology, seed banks, and restoration
ecology (especially longleaf pine systems).
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Antony
(Tony) S. Harold
Associate Professor
Bio 335: Biology of Fishes
Bio 340: Zoogeography
Bio 350: Evolution
Bio 632: Ichthyology
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
125
Phone: 953-9180 (office) or 953-9181 (lab) FAX:
953-9199
eMail: harolda@cofc.edu |
Evolutionary
processes, phylogenetic analysis, and biogeography of fishes.
Histological studies of light organs and morphology in deep-sea
stomiiforms, coevolution of gobies and host corals, reproductive
biology of gobioids, and biodiversity and phylogeny of certain
South American freshwater ostariophysans.
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Willem (Jaap) Hillenius
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Office: 230 Science Center
Phone: 953-8083
eMail: hilleniusw@cofc.edu |
The
evolutionary biology of tetrapod vertebrates. The origins
and evolution of exercise physiology and endothermy among
amniotes; and the role of the tear duct and the Harderian
gland in the function of the vomeronasal system of amphibians,
reptiles and mammals.
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Melissa
Hughes
Associate Professor
Bio 112: Evolution, Form & Function of Organisms
Bio 333: Ornithology
Bio 343: Animal Behavior
Office: 217B Science Center
Phone: 953-6557
eMail: hughesm@cofc.edu |
Behavioral
ecology; communication, mating behavior and aggression in
crustaceans and birds.
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Christopher
Korey
Assistant Professor
Office: 217C Science Center
Phone: 953-7178
eMail: koreyc@cofc.edu |
Drosophila genetics;
Molecular genetics of Human neurological disease using Drosophila as
a model system.
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Mark
Lazzaro
Associate Professor
Office: 216D Science Center
Phone: 953-7180
eMail: lazzarom@cofc.edu |
Cell
biology: cytoskeletal function in pollen tube development;
structure and function of plant secretory hairs including
salt glands of marine plants; digital and fluorescent microscopy.
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Eric McElroy
Assistant Professor
Bio 201: Human Physiology
Office: 235 Science Center
Phone: 953-3707
eMail: mcelroye@cofc.edu |
Evolution and ecology of animal performance and functional morphology. Functional, physiological and morphological basis of animal behavior.
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Dorian
R. McMillan
Laboratory Manager & Instructor
Bio 101: Elements of Biology
Office: 202B Science Center
Phone: 953-4847
eMail: mcmilland@cofc.edu |
Taxonomy
and systematics of fishes.
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Elizabeth Meyer-Bernstein
Assistant Professor
Bio 321: General & Comparative Physiology
Bio 351: Neuroscience I
Office: 233 Science Center
Phone: 953-2298
eMail: meyerbernsteine@cofc.edu |
Physiological
mechanisms underlying the circadian timing system using Drosophila and
mouse model systems. Research includes studies at the molecular,
cellular, system and behavioral levels.
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Susan
Morrison
Assistant Professor
Associate Provost
Bio 310: General Microbiology
Office: 212 Science Center & 210
Randolph Hall
Phone: 953-8078 (Sci. Center) 953-5527 (Randolph
Hall)
eMail: morrisons@cofc.edu |
Estuarine
and marine microbiology; sanitary microbiology; distribution
and survival of pathogenic bacteria in estuarine environments.
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Duncan R. Munro
Senior Instructor
Bio 201: Human Physiology
Office: 231 Science Center
Phone: 953-8080
eMail: munrod@cofc.edu |
Gastric
physiology: acid barriers; role of the ECL cell; control
of histidine decarboxylase rate within the ECL cell/control
of H secretion in isolated, separated parietal cells.
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Courtney Murren
Assistant Professor
Bio 211: Biodiversity, Ecology & Conservation
Biology
Bio 341: General Ecology
Bio 444/EVSS 628: Plant Ecology
EVSS 610: Environmental Biology
Bio 611/EVSS 624: Biometry
EVSS 680: Case Studies
Office: 216C Science Center
Phone: 953-8077
eMail: murrenc@cofc.edu |
Plant
Ecological Genetics: factors contributing to invasive species
establishment success, pollination ecology in forest fragments,
phenotypic plasticity and phenotypic evolution.
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David
W. Owens
Professor
Bio 406/629, EVSS 629: Conservation Biology
Bio 620/621: Graduate Core Seminar
Bio 627: Marine Tetrapod Biology
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
119
Phone: 953-9176 (office) or 953-9177, 953-9178 (lab) FAX: 953-9199
eMail: owensd@cofc.edu |
The
physiology, behavior and ecology of marine vertebrates with
special interest in the reproductive biology of marine turtles
and the diamondback terrapin. We are particularly interested
in discovering basic biological concepts which may be of
use in developing improved conservation strategies for marine
and estuarine organisms.
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John S. Peters
Senior Instructor
Bio 101: Elements of Biology
Bio 102: Elements of Biology
Biology 111: Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
Biology 112: Evolution, Form and Function of Organisms
Biology 151: Honors Intro to Cell and Molecular Biology
SMFT 538: Topics in Zoology for Teachers
SMFT 639: Genetics & Molecular Biology for Teachers
SMFT 697: Evolution, Ecology & Conservation Bio for Teachers
Office: 207 Science Center
Phone: 953-1422
eMail: petersj@cofc.edu |
Science Education: The effect of student-directed inquiry and problem-based pedagogies on college and pre-college students’ Science-Technology-Society literacy. Fisheries Biology: Early life history of fish.
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Craig
J. Plante
Professor
Director, Graduate Program in Marine Biology
Bio 341: General Ecology
Bio 601: Ecology of Marine Organisms
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
104
Phone: 953-9187 (office) 953-9188 (lab) FAX:
953-9199
eMail: plantec@cofc.edu |
Microbial ecology, benthic ecology, animal-microbe interactions, and the role of quorum sensing in development of marine biofilms.
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Robert
D. Podolsky
Assistant Professor
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
214
Phone: 953-9186 (office) FAX: 953-9199
eMail: podolskyr@cofc.edu |
Functional
biology and evolutionary ecology of marine invertebrates,
larval ecology and life-history evolution, fertilization
ecology, physiological ecology, phenotypic plasticity.
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Peyre G. Pringle
Senior Instructor
Office: 237 Science Center
Phone: 953-7112
eMail: pringlep@cofc.edu |
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Seth Pritchard
Assistant Professor
Bio 304: Plant Physiology
ENVT 200: Intro to Environmental Studies
Office: 217A Science Center
Phone: 953-5995
eMail: pritchards@cofc.edu |
Plant
physiological ecology: physiological responses of plants
to ongoing global environmental changes including rising
atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone concentrations, warming,
and soil salinization; implications for ecosystem function
and food production.
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Matt Rutter
Assistant Professor
EVSS 680: Case Studies
Office: 218B Science Center
Phone: 953-6544
eMail: rutterm@cofc.edu
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Evolutionary biology, ecology and genetics: Evolution of interactions between species, quantifying the effects of spontaneous mutation in the model plant Arabidopsis
thaliana, patterns of evolution of biochemical pathways.
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Gorka
Sancho
Associate Professor
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
203
Phone: 953-9194 (office) 953-9195 (lab) FAX:
953-9199
eMail: sanchog@cofc.edu |
Behavior
and ecology of fishes; fisheries conservation.
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Brian
Scholtens
Professor
Office: 229 Science Center
Phone: 953-8081
eMail: scholtensb@cofc.edu |
Plant-insect
interactions and the faunistics and systematics of the Lepidoptera.
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Erik
Sotka
Assistant Professor
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
208
Phone: 953-9191 (office) FAX: 953-9199
eMail: sotkae@cofc.edu |
Ecology
and evolution of marine biotic interactions, larval dispersal,
phylogeography, molecular ecology, chemical ecology.
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Allan
Strand
Associate Professor
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
119
Phone: 953-9189 (office) 953-9190 (lab) FAX:
953-9199
eMail: stranda@cofc.edu |
Plant
evolutionary biology, molecular ecology, and conservation
biology.
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Allison
Welch
Assistant Professor
Office: 217-A Science Center
Phone: 953-5451
eMail: welcha@cofc.edu |
Evolutionary
Biology and Behavioral Ecology: evolution of sexual displays
and mating preferences; quantitative and ecological genetics;
context-dependent sexual selection.
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D.
Reid Wiseman
Associate Professor
Bio 204: Man and the Environment
Bio 300: Botany
Bio 303: Phycology
Office: 208 Science Center
Phone: 953-8082
eMail: wisemand@admin.cofc.edu |
Systematics
and ecology of marine algae.
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Anastasia Zimmerman
Assistant Professor
Office: 216B Science Center
Phone: 953-7638
eMail: zimmermana@cofc.edu |
Molecular
evolution of the vertebrate immune system. Genome-wide analyses
of innate and adaptive immune loci in fishes. Use of the
zebrafish as an immunological model system.
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Emeritus
Faculty:
Harry W.
Freeman, Distinguished Professor
Emeritus
William
D. Anderson, Jr., Professor Emeritus
Charles
K. Biernbaum Professor Emeritus
Julian
R. Harrison III, Professor Emeritus
James W. Smiley, Professor
Emeritus
Martha W. Runey, Associate
Professor Emeritus
Visiting & Adjunct
Faculty, Research Associates:
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Karen
G. Burnett
Research Associate, Adjunct Faculty
Bio 614: Environmental Immunology
Office: Hollings Marine Lab, 331 Ft.
Johnson Rd.
Phone: 762-8933 (office) 762-8985 (lab) FAX:
762-8737
eMail: burnettk@cofc.edu |
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Tanya Darden
Research Associate
Bio 111: Intro to Cell & Molecular
Biology
Bio 112: Evolution, Form and Function of Organisms
Bio 152: Honors Biology II
Bio 211: Biodiversity, Ecology & Conservation Biology
Bio 313: Cell Biology Lab
Phone: 953-5504
eMail: dardent@cofc.edu |
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Doug Florian
Research Associate
eMail: florianj@cofc.edu
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David Holman
Adjunct Faculty
Bio 310: General Microbiology Lab
Phone: 953-5504
eMail:holmand@cofc.edu |
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Kathleen E. Janech
Adjunct Faculty
Bio 101: Elements of Biology
Bio 102: Elements of Biology
Bio 111: Intro. to Cell & Molecular Biology
Bio 112: Evolution, Ecology & Biology of Organisms
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 214
Phone: 953-4970
eMail: janechk@cofc.edu |
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Deb Laska-Shelton
Adjunct Faculty
Bio 201L: Human Physiology Lab
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 102
Phone: 953-0783
eMail: laskasheltond@cofc.edu |
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Tita M. Massie
Adjunct Faculty
Bio 101: Elements of Biology
Bio 102: Elements of Biology
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 101
Phone: 953-1421
eMail: massiet@cofc.edu |
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Marie
Owens
Adjunct Faculty
Bio 310L: General Microbiology Lab
Office: 214 Science Center
Phone: 953-1422
eMail: owensm@cofc.edu |
Molecular
biology of mycobacterial pathogenesis.
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Kathleen Potter
Adjunct Faculty
Bio 102: Elements of Biology
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 102
Phone: 953-0783
eMail: potterk@cofc.edu |
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Heather Pritchard
Adjunct Faculty
Bio 101: Elements of Biology
Bio 111: Intro. to Cell & Molecular Biology
Bio 112: Evolution, Ecology & Biology of Organisms
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 214
Phone: 953-4896
eMail: pritchardh@cofc.edu |
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Virginia Probin
Adjunct Faculty
Bio 102: Elements of Biology
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 101
eMail: probinv@cofc.edu |
The role of oxidative stress and cellular senescence in normal tissue response to cancer therapy.
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Jennifer Schepp-Berglind
Adjunct Faculty
Bio 111: Intro. to Cell & Molecular Biology
Bio 112: Evolution, Ecology & Biology of Organisms
Bio 310L: General Microbiology Lab
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 102
Phone: 953-0783
eMail: scheppj@cofc.edu |
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Richard
Southgate
Research Associate
Bio 111: Intro. to Cell & Molecular Biology
Bio 322: Comparative Vertebrate Embryology
Office: 236C Science Center
Phone: 953-7113
eMail: southgater@cofc.edu |
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Maria Whitehead
Adjunct Faculty
Bio 102: Elements of Biology
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 101
Phone: 953-1241 Cell: (843) 367-2080
eMail: whiteheadm@cofc.edu |
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John Wise
Research Associate
Office: 234 Science Center
Phone: 953-8087
eMail: wisej@cofc.edu |
Systematics
and evolutionary biology of the molluscan groups Heterostropha,
Ptenoglossa and Pleuroceridae.
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Lesley Wooten
Adjunct Faculty
Bio 101: Elements of Biology
Bio 212L: Genetics Laboratory
Office: 65 Coming Street, Room 214
Phone: 953-1421
eMail: wootenl@cofc.edu |
Staff:
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Don Barrett
Electronics Technician
Phone: 953-5684
eMail: barrettd@cofc.edu |
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Shelly Brew
Administrative Assistant, Grice Marine
Lab
Office: Grice Marine Laboratory, Room
102
Phone: 953-9200
eMail: brews@cofc.edu |
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Mark McConnel
Program Coordinator, Master
of Environmental Studies Program
Office: 284 King Street, Room 206
Phone: 953-2000
eMail: mcconnelm@cofc.edu |
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Peter Meier
Marine Operations Manager
Grice Marine Laboratory, Room 126
Phone: 953-9218
eMail: meierp@cofc.edu |
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Sarah R. Prior
Grice Marine Laboratory Manager
Grice Marine Laboratory, Room 116
Phone: 953-9174
eMail: priorsr@cofc.edu |
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Debbie Robertson
Administrative Specialist
Office: 214 Science Center
Phone: 953-5696
eMail: robertsond@cofc.edu |
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Saneva M. Ody
Administrative Assistant
Office: 214 Science Center
Phone: 953-5504
FAX: 953-5453
eMail: odys@cofc.edu |
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Tricia Roth
Manager, Molecular Core Facility
Office: 210 Grice Marine Lab
Phone: 953-9193 FAX: 953-9199
eMail: wheelerd@cofc.edu |
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Kristin Wright
Business Manager
Office: 209 Science Center
Phone: 953-6371
eMail: wrightk@cofc.edu |
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Rita
Liddy Hollings Science Center
