Dr. Christine Bezotte

Dr. Bezotte earned her Ph. D. in 1991 from Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, in an interdisciplinary  Chemistry and Biology program. At Elmira College she teaches Cell and Molecular Biology, Microbiology, General Biology and The Biology of Cancer. 

Dr. Bezotte is advisor of the Elmira College Medical Technology program.   She and undergraduate researchers study such subjects as stream water quality, cellular cytoskeletal arrangements in apoptosis, effects of non-traditional cancer remedies, genetic markers in evolutionary relationships and developments for learner centered classrooms.  Her research group has presented at various professional venues.

Dr. Bezotte co-authored and received a matching funds grant from LI-CORE Scientific for a DNA sequencer.  She is committed to undergraduate student research and to community outreach.  She co-authored and received a grant from the AAUW Foundation to support an innovative program, Women Investigating Stream Ecology (WISE), to promote achievement in science among girls in the Elmira City Schools.  She also assists parent-teacher-student connections through “Family Science Nights.”