Zere Ezaz received his B.S. degree from Haile Selassie I University in Ethiopia, a M.S. in animal science and reproductive physiology from New Mexico State University, and his PhD in agriculture/reproductive physiology from the University of Wales. He is currently completing a M.S. in biology and environmental science from Jackson State University. Dr. Ezaz spent more than fifteen years teaching and conducting research in the fields of anatomy, physiology, genetics, microbiology, parasitological, biology and physiology in Ethiopia and Eritrea, East Africa. He has worked as adjunct professor in microbiology at Hinds Community College and professor and agricultural projects coordinator for Piney Woods School. In his spare time, Dr. Ezaz has visited all the continents except Australia. His wife, Mebrat, is employed in the development office at Millsaps College. His sons are Prep graduates. Currently Aron is a senior at the University of Mississippi and Ghideon is a student at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Betel is a sophomore at Prep. Dr. Ezaz joins our staff as a tenth grade biology teacher.