Min Zhong
Department of Biological Sciences
Senior Lecturer
Department of Biological Sciences
Senior Lecturer
Office: 210 Science Center Laboratory Bldg.
Address:
211 Science Center Laboratory Bldg.
Auburn University, AL 36849
Phone: (334) 844-3925
Fax: (334) 844-1645
Email: zhongmi@auburn.edu
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2009-2010
Ph.D. - Auburn University
2009
M.S. - China Agricultural University
2004
B.Sc. - Qufu Normal University
2001
Honors and Awards
COSAM Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award
2022
DBS Outstanding Lecturer Teaching Award
2021
National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences
2012 - 2013
Professional Activities
Biggio Faculty Fellow, 2020 - 2023
Lead Coordinator of AULAP, 2020 - present
Facilitator of SoTL Community of Practice at Auburn, 2022
Research and Teaching Interests
My primary teaching and research interests embrace curriculum transformation and evidence-based teaching practices through Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), specifically in the following areas:
- Development, implementation, and assessment of Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) in the entry-level science core courses.
- Metacognition interventions in STEM courses.
- Best practices for teaching Primary Scientific Literature (PSL) in introductory biology courses
- Sustainability of Auburn University Learning Assistant Program (AULAP)
Selected Publications
- McNeal, K.S. Zhong, M., Soltis, N., Doukolpoulos, L. Alwan, A, Johnson, E., Courtney, S., Porch, M. Biosensors Show Promise as a Measure of Student Engagement in a Large Introductory Biology Course. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2020 Dec;19(4):ar50. doi: 10.1187/cbe.19-08-0158. PMID: 33001773.
- Zhong, M, B. Hansen, M. Nesnidal, A. Golombek, K.M. Halanych, T.H. Struck. 2011. Detecting the symplesiomorphy trap: a multigene phylogenetic analysis of terebelliform annelids. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:369
- Bleidorn, C., L. Podsiadlowski, M. Zhong, I. Eeckhaut, S. Hartmann, K. M. Halanych. Tiedemann, R. 2009. On the phylogenetic position of Myzostomida: Can 77 genes get it wrong? BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:150
- Zhong, M., T.H. Struck, K.M. Halanych. 2008. Phylogenetic information from three mitochondrial genomes of Terebelliformia (Annelida) worms and duplication of the methionine tRNA. Gene 416:11-21.
- Zhong, M., Z.R. Shen. 2004. The Superinfection of Endosymbiont Wolbachia in Trichogramma evanescens in China. Acta Entomologica Sinica. 47:732-737.
- Zhong, M., Z.R. Shen. 2003. Scale Structure and Development of Lepidopteran Insects and Their Eyespot Formation. Entomological Knowledge. 40:410-415.
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