Dr. Knight’s expertise lies in the boundary of chemistry and biology. Her graduate research involved RNA biochemistry, specifically riboswitches. In graduate school, she discovered a passion for education and finding innovative/interactive ways to educate students and the community. She grew up in a rural Georgia community, and spent all of her formative and adult years in the Georgia education system, completing her BS. in Chemistry with a concentration in Biochemistry from the University of West Georgia, then completing her Ph.D. in Biomolecular Chemistry from Emory University. Her interdisciplinary academic training allows her to directly demonstrate to students how various branches of science come together to affect the world around (and within) us.