Thomas M. Arnold, Professor of Biology, Dickinson College

In Brief

I am a biochemist who studies the secondary metabolic pathways and bioactive natural products of plants and marine organisms. We aim to discover how organisms use these substances to defend themselves, and to imagine how these compounds might be beneficial for human health.

Contact information:

Thomas M. Arnold, Associate Professor Department of Biology Dickinson College Carlisle PA 17013 arnoldt@dickinson.edu 717-245-1319

Current course offerings

BIOL 325 Plant Physiology, BIOL/CHEM 342 Metabolism, BIOL 129 Changing Ocean Ecosystems, BIOL 401 Chemical Ecology

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Month: April 2012

Lionfish pizza? Student researcher tracks venomous invasive species.

Lab member Chris Mealey won the School for Field Studies’ Distinguished Research Award.  Congrats Chris!   Ask him for his pizza recipe.  Or see: http://www.dickinson.edu/news-and-events/news/2011-12/Tracking-a-Predator/

New student research course in Australia

The new Dickinson Global Scholars program kicked off with our class, which studied climate change and the potential impacts of ocean acidification on Moreton Bay, Australia.  Eighteen students conducted…