Dr. Emily Taylor graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a BA in English. She went on to get a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Arizona State University, where she worked as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in the subject of environmental physiology.

Her student-driven research focuses on the reproductive and endocrine physiology of free-ranging reptiles, particularly rattlesnakes. She has awarded the California Faculty Association’s Distinguished Educator Award in 2010 and Cal Poly’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2012. She teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, including introductory biology, anatomy and physiology, endocrinology, and herpetology.