Aaron Coby, Ph.D.

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Dean of College of Arts and Sciences

Professor, Biology and Environmental Studies

Areas of Expertise

  • Climate change
  • Student learning/metacognition
  • Microbiology
  • Microbial ecology
  • Earth science

Education

Ph.D., Indiana University
M.S.E.S., ibid
M.P.A., ibid
B.S., Saint Xavier University
 

Select publications:

  • Coby, Aaron. (2017) A Concept Triangle as a Metacognitive Device and Assessment Tool in a General Microbiology Course. 24rd annual asm conference for undergraduate educators (asmcue). J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. 18(3): doi:10.1128/jmbe.v18i3.1479.
  • Coby, Aaron. (2016) Use of a Concept Triangle to Align Assessment of Student Learning with Goals of Vision and Change Criteria. 23rd annual asm conference for undergraduate educators (asmcue). J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. 17(2):309-323 doi:10.1128/jmbe.v17i2.1148.
  • Coby, Aaron; Bode, R; Hartman, MJ; Olney M. (2015) All in, Biology Program Transformation. NWBio: Biology Instructors Conference. Vancouver BC.
  • Coby, AJ; Picardal, FW; Shelobolina, E; Xu, H; Roden, EE. (2011) . Appl. Environ. Microbiol. Vol 77. No 17. p. 6036-6042.
  • Coby, AJ; Picardal, FW. (2006) . Environ. Sci. Technol. Vol 40. No. 12. p 3813-3818.
  • Cooper, DC; Picardal, FW; Coby, AJ. (2006) . Environ. Sci. Technol. Vol 40. No 6. p 1884-1891.
  • Coby, AJ; Picardal, FW. (2005) . Appl. Environ. Microbiol. Vol. 71 No. 9 p. 5267-5274.
  • Cooper, DC; Neal, AL; Kukkadapu, RK; Brewe, D; Coby, AJ; Picardal, FW. (2004) Effects of sediment iron mineralogy on microbially mediated changes in divalent metal speciation: importance of ferrihydrite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Vol. 69 No. 7 p. 1739-1754.

Areas of interest (professional / personal): 

Aaron's research interests include anaerobic microbial ecology, bioremediation, and metal-microbe interactions. When he's not teaching or in the lab, Aaron enjoys spending time with his family camping, hiking and bike riding. He also enjoys experimenting with single-celled fungi in fermentation experiments at home (results vary). Most recently he has explored the scholarship of teaching and learning by exploring student metacognition and the learning experience.