Heather Thornton, MS

Heather Thornton, MS       

Instructor, Biology

SciTech Room 228

One University Boulevard

Bluffton, SC 29909

Office: N/A

heathert@uscb.edu

CV_Thornton.pdf

I earned a bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology from the University of North Carolina – Wilmington, an MS in Zoology from Clemson University, and an MEd in Higher Education from Georgia Southern University. At USCB I teach various major and non-major courses including Biological Principles I & II, Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II, Introduction to Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution, and Oceans and Society. Prior to becoming an instructor at USCB, I was an Academic Advisor and Student Success Coordinator at Georgia Southern Armstrong Campus focusing on student retention for science majors.  In addition, I taught in the Biology Department at Armstrong for three years. I was also an Aquarium Curator at the Tybee Island Marine Science Center, where I had the opportunity to coordinate the Sea Turtle Nesting program.  My research interest focuses on behavioral ecology. In particular, as a graduate student I studied the evolution of mating signals and locally adaptive traits to better understand the mechanisms of divergence and speciation in Sailfin Molly fish.