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Lea Marie Alford is an Associate Professor of Biology at Oglethorpe University, located in Atlanta, Georgia. She holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from Boston College. Her research focuses on ciliary biology using the model organism Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, emphasizing radial spoke assembly and ciliary structure-function relationships. She teaches courses at all levels in the Biology Program, including Biological Inquiry, Biostatistics, Genetics, and advanced electives in cell/molecular biology, as well as the Core Program’s Science and Human Nature.
Dr. Alford has received notable awards, including the 2022 Lu Thomasson Garrett ’52 Award for Meritorious Teaching and the 2009 NIH/NIGMS IRACDA Fellowship. Her publications span molecular mechanisms of ciliary assembly, intraflagellar transport, and genetic studies of ciliary defects.
Her lab’s research integrates biochemical, genetic, and ultrastructural approaches to unravel ciliary architecture. Advising undergraduate co-authors, she bridges education and research. Additional details about her work are available on her lab’s website.
