1. Mark McGinley Story
Dr. Mark A. McGinley
Professor, Head of Science Unit
Core Curriculum and General Education Office
Lingnan University

2. Where have I lived?
• Born in Corpus Christi, Texas USA, soon moved to small town called
Kingsville (too young to remember any of this)
• From 3 yrs old to 6th grade lives in or near Houston, Texas
• Lived on the edge of town so spent lots of time riding bikes and exploring in
the country
• Became interested in biology at this time

5. Australia
• In grade 6 we moved to Australia
• Two years in Melbourne and 2
years in Sydney

6. Travelled the World

7. Grade 10, Back to USA. Thousand Oaks,
California

8. University of California, Santa Barbara
Studied Zoology- took school field trips all over California studying ecology

9. UCSB undergraduate research

10. Research Resulted in Publication in Scientific
Journal

11. M.S from Kansas State University

12. Research Assistant- Mountain Research
Station, Colorado

13. M.S. Research- Behavioral and Evolutionary
Ecology

14. Ph.D- Univeristy of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

15. Research Assistant- Portal, Arizona

16. Ph.D Research- Plant Evolutionary Ecology

17. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

18. Post-doctoral Research- University of
Minnesota

19. Texas Tech University- Lubbock, Texas

20. Cotton farming

21. Sand Shinnery Oak

22. Favorite Classes

23. Odyssey Expeditions, Caribbean Sea