Alisa Hove, PhD is an Associate Professor of Biology at Warren Wilson College and a plant evolutionary ecologist. Her research explores the evolutionary dynamics of ecological communities, and in recent years has expanded to include biology education. Projects in her lab currently involve using population genetics, environmental DNA (eDNA), and DNA barcoding to characterize genetic diversity and species diversity in mountain ecosystems and developing innovative methods to bring research experiences into university classrooms. She and her colleagues study a range of species, including American ginseng and the American pika.