Stedman Stephens

Stedman graduated from Freed-Hardeman University (FHU) in Henderson, TN with a B.S in Biology with Honors. At FHU, he worked under the guidance of Dr. Caleb Kersey with bacteria P. carotovorum which causes root rot in vegetables. Stedman worked with mutant variants of P. carotovorum to understand how mutations in various areas caused hyper virulence. Stedman joined the Dewar Lab as a research assistant and currently investigates telomere function.