Joan L. Slonczewski
Professor of Biology at Kenyon College. Email.

The Highest Frontier

“If you’re looking for a fantastic science fiction novel that will appeal to both teens and young adults
(and up) The Highest Frontier by Joan Slonczewski is a novel written just for you!”
Douglas Cobb, BSC Kids

Ultraphyte
Science Fiction Blog

Summer Lab Group 2011

Jackson Cabo '13, Dan Riggins '12, Luke Kresslein '15, Kari Deininger '13, Keith Martinez, Anna Yie '14, Michael Harden '14
(mid row) Zoe Lyon '15, Rachel Rhee '15; (below) "Dr. S." Slonczewski, Q Tashiro '15, Maria Narvaez '14

More research students and alumni

Kenyon Students Show Why Drug-resistant E. coli Survives Stomach Acid

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Tour an orbital space habitat: Frontera 3D.

Curriculum vitae
Bacterial pH Research
Courses
MicrobeWiki
Nature Profile and Panel
Microbiology: An Evolving Science, 2E

 The Highest Frontier

Science Fiction
Biology in Science Fiction
Cuba Trip
Biomolecules at Kenyon
 Bob Macnab Memorial

How do bacteria keep their pH constant in extreme acid or base?

Review of Cytoplasmic pH, AMP, 2009.

How do bacteria survive extreme environments, such as stomach acid? 
Courses
BIOL 103 Biology in Science Fiction
BIOL 191 Global Health: First-year Seminar
BIOL 238 & 239 Microbiology
BIOL 263 Molecular Biology and Genomics
BIOL 375 Virology
Science Fiction

Reader's site by Dave Switzer

Favorite Heinlein
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute Awards
Undergraduate research, lab development and pre-college outreach
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English/Spanish Medical Site
Con las imágenes y diálogos.  ¡Pruébalo!
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Pre-college Science Education
Middle School Teachers Science Workshop
Elementary School Science Month

Community service
Polls and Voter Registration
New Orleans rehab

Parents, John and Esther
On holiday in the Alps for their 50th wedding anniversary
Esther Slonczewski, violin teacher