Dr. Jane B. Reece has worked in biology publishing since the year 1978 when she joined the staff of Benjamin Cummings. Reece’s education includes an A.B. in biology from Harvard, and an M.S. in microbiology from Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. in bacteriology from UC Berkeley. At UC Berkeley, and later as a postdoctoral fellow in genetics at Stanford University, Jane’s research focused on genetic recombination in bacteria. She taught biology at Queensborough Community College (New York) and Middlesex County College (New Jersey). During her 12 years as an editor at Benjamin Cummings, she played a major role in a number of successful textbooks. She is the co-author of Campbell Biology, Campbell Biology in Focus, Campbell Essential Biology, and Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology, among other books.