Dr. Simara Price joined the biology department after completing a post-doctoral research position at the University of Pennsylvania where she characterized SHORTROOT signaling pathways in C₃ and C₄ photosynthetic plants. Dr. Price earned her undergraduate degree in biology at the University of Maryland and completed a Ph.D. in biology at Drexel University where her research centered upon investigating the role of the collagen protein in a marine cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium erythraeum. Dr. Price has a wealth of research and teaching experience.

When she isn’t in the Dean’s Office, you can often find her teaching her non-major course, Cell Biology, Genetics or Microbiology laboratory sections throughout the academic year.