Dr. Michael Sekor is a plant evolutionary ecologist with a focus on studying how plants rapidly adapt to novel environments. He began his research career while studying at Vassar College and has conducted research in New York, Louisiana, and Colorado. Prior to completing his PhD in Biology at Fordham University in 2017, he was an Instructor in the General Genetics Laboratory. He has also taught in the Adult Education Department at the New York Botanical Garden and was a Project Leader at the Queens Zoo for Project TRUE (Teens Research Urban Ecology).