Kenan Distinguished Professor Joel Kingsolver (Biology) has taught evolutionary biology and related classes for non-majors, biology majors and graduate students at UNC and other universities for over three decades. He is fascinated by the connections between science and art (particularly between biology and music), and has given numerous public presentations about evolution, biodiversity and human-caused environmental change for the Carolina Public Humanities Program at UNC. His research combines physiology, ecology and evolution to understand how insects respond to novel and changing environments, including climate change, invasive plants and parasites.