Dr. Maya Ellison
Professor of Biology · Department of Biology
About
Dr. Ellison studies freshwater ecosystems and mentors undergraduate researchers through Guilford Rise. Her students present at regional conferences — often as first-years — and several have co-authored published work. She teaches with the door open, literally: her lab is a place students wander into and stay.
Teaching
- BIOL 111 — Principles of Biology
- BIOL 340 — Ecology & Field Methods
- BIOL 480 — Research Capstone (Guilford Rise)
Research & interests
Watershed health, macroinvertebrate indicators, and community-based environmental monitoring across the Greensboro Triad — much of it done hand-in-hand with local partners and students.
Related people
Biology, B.S.
About the program
Biology at Guilford is hands-on from the first semester — small labs, real field sites, and faculty who put you on live research rather than canned exercises. You’ll leave with a portfolio of work, not just a transcript.
What you’ll study
- Core: cell & molecular biology, ecology, genetics, organismal biology
- Electives across microbiology, neuroscience, and environmental science
- A research capstone through Guilford Rise
Where it leads
Graduates go on to medical and graduate school, conservation and lab careers, and health professions — advised the whole way by faculty who know their names.
Come build your path at Guilford.
Apply, visit, or ask us anything — and your gift, of any size, powers financial aid and the 189-year work of teaching a handful of students at a time.