Tennille D. Presley, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Physics at Winston Salem State University. She obtained her B.S. degree in Interdisciplinary Physics from North Carolina A & T State University, and acquired her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biophysics from The Ohio State University. Dr. Presley has received numerous internal, as well as external grants from both NSF and NIH.

 

She was a scholar in the NIH Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged (PRIDE) in Health-Related Research, Visiting Faculty at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and a recipient of the Buckeyes Under 40 Award. Dr. Presley also served as a U.S. delegate for the International Conference on Women in Physics.

 

She has an extensive record of national and international presentations, highlighting her scientific research and experience in biophysics, mentorship, advocacy and integrative learning. Dr. Presley has published over a dozen articles in free-radical research, and is the author of the book: “Biophysics of the Senses”.