Dr. Leslie C. Kelso Winemiller is an Instructional Associate Professor at Texas A&M University where she has taught courses in general biology, biodiversity, zoology, and tropical biology for more than 25 years. She has produced multiple editions of instructional zoology laboratory manuals. For many years she has organized and led study abroad field trips to the Amazon for university students. She has conducted lab research on translational regulation during early development in marine invertebrates as well as fish ecology, the latter including field studies in Africa, Brazil, Venezuela, and Alaska.