College of the Atlantic alumnus Santiago Salinas '05 is a biology professor at Kalamazoo College.College of the Atlantic alumnus Santiago Salinas '05 is a biology professor at Kalamazoo College. Credit: Keith Mumma

Kalamazoo College recently appointed five faculty members as endowed chairs, recognizing their achievements as professors. Endowed chairs are positions funded through the annual earnings from an endowed gift or gifts to the College, and reflect:

  • The value donors attribute to the excellent teaching and mentorship that occurs at K; and
  • How much donors want to see that excellence continue.

Salinas, an assistant professor of biology, teaches classes such as vertebrate biology and human physiology. His research interests include his work in the K Fish Lab, where he and his student collaborators study the ways fish populations cope with changes in the environment.

Salinas was born in Argentina and attended the Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific. He earned his bachelor’s degree from College of the Atlantic and a Ph.D. from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University. Salinas then was a post-doc at the University of California-Santa Cruz and the Southwest Fisheries Science Center. He was a visiting assistant professor at the University of the Pacific.

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