Rate My Professor Anna Hull

Anna Hull, Ph.D., serves as Professor and Chair of the Biology Department at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, where she has been a faculty member since earning her Ph.D. from Boston University in 2009. She teaches Genetics, Molecular Biology, Botany, and the plant component of an introductory Biology course for majors. Hull fosters scientific curiosity among students through undergraduate research opportunities, encouraging them to design projects on plant-people interactions encompassing behavioral and biological dimensions. She volunteers in the local school district and serves as Principal Investigator on collaborative grants that fund summer internships for Lincoln University students at nearby research centers.

Hull's research centers on plant-people interactions, particularly metabolomics and genetics in relation to nutrition and cancer susceptibility in minority populations. Her work examines interactions between genetic factors and cruciferous vegetable consumption in modulating cancer risk. She leads a population-based research initiative with the Chemistry Department investigating genetics alongside environmental modulators like smoking and cruciferous vegetables on cancer risk in both minority and majority populations. Notable funding includes a three-year, $400,000 National Science Foundation grant as co-Principal Investigator for the LU-FIELDS project, aimed at diversifying sustainability studies through student-driven curricula on sustainable foods, food gardens, research, community engagement, and food justice using computer science. Previously, she participated in an NIH-funded Lincoln University-Fox Chase Cancer Center partnership. Key publications encompass "High Prevalence of Discordant HPV and p16 Oropharynx Squamous Cell Carcinomas in an African American Cohort" (2015), "Antimicrobial Activities of Laetiporus conifericola (Agaricomycetes) Burds & Banik Collected from Pennsylvania, USA" (2021), and multiple papers on antimicrobial potentials of Pennsylvania mushrooms (2020). Her scholarship has garnered over 2,200 citations. Additionally, Hull leads the campus gardening project, sits on the board of the Friends of the State Line Serpentine Barrens, contributes to the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning advisory board, and organizes the regional science fair.