Ash T. Zemenick

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · University of Michigan

Mid career · publishing since 2016

Plant and animal studies Animal and Plant Science Education Science Education and Perceptions Science Education and Pedagogy Career Development and Diversity

Publications

Citations

394

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2016

In context

Among 458 mid career Agricultural and Biological Sciences PIs within our index

Citations: 394cohort median 530

Publications / year (recent): 2.8cohort median 2.6

Typically publishes in teams of ~8 · 15% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 12 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

Discussions of sexual diversity in nature increase student sense of belonging in biology
BioScience · 2026
Students express minimal resistance to inclusive biology activities highlighting the diversity of scientists
BioScience · 2026
Highlighting Counterstereotypical Scientists in Undergraduate Life Science Courses
CBE—Life Sciences Education · 2025
More than a token photo: humanizing scientists enhances student engagement
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2025
Sustaining socially just and accurate life sciences teaching for sex, gender, and reproduction?
Natural sciences education · 2025
“Scientists are People too”: Biology Students Relate More to Scientists When They are Humanized in Course Materials
CBE—Life Sciences Education · 2024
More than a token photo: humanizing scientists enhances student engagement
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2024
Evolutionary signatures of a trade-off in direct and indirect defenses across the wild grape genus, <i>Vitis</i>
Evolution · 2023
A response to Fagundes and Coyne's “Strategies for promoting effective and inclusive biology education”
BioScience · 2023
Six Principles for Embracing Gender and Sexual Diversity in Postsecondary Biology Classrooms
BioScience · 2022
Thermal sensitivity and seasonal change in the gut microbiome of a desert ant, <i>Cephalotes rohweri</i>
FEMS Microbiology Ecology · 2022
Removing systemic barriers to equity, diversity, and inclusion: Report of the 2019 Plant Science Research Network workshop “Inclusivity in the Plant Sciences”
Plant Direct · 2022
Diversifying and Humanizing Scientist Role Models Through Interviews and Constructing Slide Decks on Researchers’ Research and Life Experiences
CourseSource · 2022
Different Jargon, Same Goals: Collaborations between Landscape Architects and Ecologists to Maximize Biodiversity in Urban Lawn Conversions
Land · 2022
Linked networks reveal dual roles of insect dispersal and species sorting for bacterial communities in flowers
Oikos · 2021

Publishes in

BioScience×5
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences×2
CBE—Life Sciences Education×2
FEMS Microbiology Ecology×1

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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