People Connected to the Hibbett Lab
Brian Dempsey
Brian is a biology teacher at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School. He has a long-standing connection with our lab, having participated in our 2003 summer workshop for high school biology teachers.
More recently, Brian has collaborated with us in connection with the NSF-supported Boletales project. Through this collaboration, we have developed a module for Brian's AP biology class on the monotrope symbiosis (see the Outreach pages). In 2006, Brian joined our lab on a Research Experiences for Teachers supplement to the Boletales project. Brian's work in our lab is described in an article in The Science Teacher (PDF).
Brian is the recipient of the 2006 Massachusetts Outstanding Biology Teacher award from the National Association of Biology Teachers (article).