Rate My Professor Mark Schlueter

Dr. Mark A. Schlueter serves as Professor of Biology in the Department of Biological Sciences within the School of Science and Technology at Georgia Gwinnett College. A zoologist, he earned his Ph.D. in zoology with a focus on population genetics and his M.S. in zoology emphasizing environmental toxicology from Miami University. He also holds a B.S. in biology and a B.A. in psychology from the University of North Florida. With more than 15 years of college-level teaching experience, Dr. Schlueter delivers courses in general biology, field biology, zoology, genetics, anatomy and physiology, ecology, and others. He has guided student educational trips to Central America, including Costa Rica and Belize.

Dr. Schlueter specializes in mentoring undergraduate researchers, having supervised over 25 students whose projects have been presented at major U.S. scientific conferences, with several earning best student paper or poster awards. His initial Georgia Gwinnett College research students were the first from the institution to deliver oral presentations at scientific conferences. Ongoing research examines parasitic beetles such as Tribolium species and Callosobruchus maculatus, human vision biology, and native bee ecology. Since 2010, he has led the Georgia Native Bee Biodiversity Assessment Project, surveying over 20,000 bees across nearly 200 species mainly in North Georgia apple orchards, extending to blueberry pollination at Pinefield Eco Farm. Funded by eight SARE grants, these efforts have yielded over 100 student co-authored presentations to promote native pollinators amid honeybee declines for sustainable agriculture. Notable publications include "Guided-Inquiry Labs Using Bean Beetles for Teaching the Scientific Method & Experimental Design" (2013), "Bridging the Undergraduate Curriculum Using an Integrated Course-Embedded Undergraduate Research Experience (ICURE)" (2015), "Native Bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) Abundance and Diversity in North Georgia Apple Orchards Throughout the 2010 Growing Season (March to October)" (2016), "Temporal variation in the apple bloom from year-to-year (2010-15) significantly affect diversity, abundance and dominance of native bee species in North Georgia" (2016), and "Gene flow and genetic diversity of turtle grass, Thalassia testudinum, Banks ex K\u00f6nig, in the lower Florida Keys" (1998). His work has received 237 citations.