NeilA.Campbellhastaughtgeneralbiologyfor30yearsandisacoauthor,withJaneReeceandLarryMitchell,ofBiology,FifthEdition,andBiology.ConceptsandConnections,ThirdEdition.Hisenthusiasmforsharingthefunofsciencewithstudentsstemsfromhisownundergraduateexperience.HebeganatLongBeachStateCollegeasahistorymajor,butswitchedtozoologyaftergeneraleducationrequirements"forced"himtotakeasciencecourse.FollowingaB.S.fromLongBeach,heearnedanM.A.inZoologyfromUCLAandaPh.D.inPlantBiologyfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Riverside.Hehaspublishednumerousarticlesonhowcertaindesertplantssurviveinsaltysoilandhowthesensitiveplant(Mimosa)andotherlegumesmovetheirleaves.Hisdiverseteachingexperiencesincludecoursesfornon-biologymajorsatCornellUniversity,PomonaCollege,andSanBernardinoValleyCollege,wherehereceivedthecollegesfirstOutstandingProfessorAwardin1986.Dr.CampbelliscurrentlyavisitingscholarintheDepartmentofBotanyandPlantSciencesatUCRiverside.
JaneB.Reecehasworkedinbiologypublishingsince1978,whenshejoinedtheeditorialstaffofBenjaminCummings.Sheisacoauthor,withNeilCampbellandLarryMitchell,ofBiology,FifthEdition,andBiology:ConceptsandConnections,ThirdEdition.HereducationincludesanA.B.inBiologyfromHarvardUniversity,anM.S.inMicrobiologyfromRutgersUniversity,andaPh.D.inBacteriologyfromtheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley.AtUCBerkeley,andlaterasapostdoctoralfellowingeneticsatStanfordUniversity,herresearchfocusedongeneticrecombinationinbacteria.ShetaughtbiologyatMiddlesexCountyCollege(NewJersey)andQueensboroughCommunityCollege(NewYork).Duringher12yearsasaneditoratBenjaminCummings,Dr.ReeceplayedmajorrolesinanumberofsuccessfultextbooksincludingMicrobiology:AnIntroduction,byG.J.Tortora,B.R.Funke,andC.L.Case,andMolecularBiologyoftheGene,FourthEdition,byJ.D.Watsonetal.ShewasalsoacoauthorofTheWorldoftheCell,ThirdEdition,withW.M.BeckerandM.EPoenie.