Mark Wooden, PhD, earned a Bachelor of Science in wildlife conservation biology and a PhD in biology with a focus on integrative and comparative environmental physiology from Arizona State University. In his over 20 years at GCU, he has served as department chair of math and sciences, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, associate dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, dean of the College of Health Sciences, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, dean of the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology, and is now the dean of the College of Natural Sciences. Dr. Wooden has extensive experience teaching in the field as a full-time professor of biology, an adjunct faculty, a teaching associate and a guest lecturer at several universities in Phoenix. His vast knowledge has afforded Dr. Wooden the opportunity to teach an array of fascinating biology classes such as human anatomy and physiology, endocrinology, pathophysiology, and developmental biology across a number of different modalities and to various types of learners.