Xiao Wei, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of biology, and the only botanist at the University of Guam.<\/p>\n

Before Wei began teaching at UOG, she was a graduate student at the University of Texas as Austin. At UT, she conducted research and taught other grad students while completing her dissertation.<\/p>\n

“My life was pretty much running between classrooms and doing research for my labs,” Wei said.<\/p>\n

Before choosing biology as her graduate studies, she was previously a chemistry major. She studied medicinal plants and analyzed their chemical components.<\/p>\n

To analyze their chemical components, Wei was required to do field work to collect medicinal plants. This exposed her to more biology concepts.<\/p>\n

“That’s where I was hooked,” Wei said.<\/p>\n

She remembers the specific date, Aug.18, 2014, the day she began teaching at UOG. Before Wei arrived at UOG, there was no one teaching plant biology.<\/p>\n

She is currently teaching two sections of environmental biology and has previously taught botanical courses, like plant taxonomy and plant diversity.<\/p>\n

“Biology is exciting,” Wei said. She explains that it can tell stories. These stories can unravel history, a person’s current life, and how one should live responsibly in the future.<\/p>\n

One of Wei’s goals as an instructor is to have her students gain the basic training in biology, like the basic foundations in biology.<\/p>\n

Wei points out that a student does not have to be an expert, but a student should at least know how to improve themselves.<\/p>\n

She explains that a class that is not interesting will result in students ignoring the subject.<\/p>\n

“You have to have the passion for it. In my class, it’s very important for me to show my passion and interest in my teaching subject first,” Wei said.<\/p>\n

Next semester, Wei is excited to be teaching scientific writing for the first time.<\/p>\n

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Xiao Wei, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of biology, and the only botanist at the University of Guam. Before Wei began teaching at UOG, she was a graduate student at the University of Texas as Austin. At UT, she conducted research and taught other grad students while completing her dissertation. “My life was pretty much … <\/p>\n

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