Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Sconiers teaches introductory biology and education courses and researches curriculum development and educational approaches for large classroom settings. During the summers, he researches how changes in plant communities in response to climate change impact arthropod communities in alpine systems.

For the Spring 2023 issue, Warren recommended Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus, David Quammen, Simon & Schuster, 2022, 416 pages.

For the Winter 2022-2023 issue, Warren recommended Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, Jared Diamond, WW Norton, 1999, 480 pages

For the Autumn 2022 issue, Warren recommended Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, David Quammen, WW Norton, 2012, 520 pages.