Anna Grygoruk

Courses Taught:

Biology 49, 50, 120, 121

Academic Information:

B.S., Behavioral Neuroscience - University of Florida, Gainesville

Ph.D., Neuroscience - University of California, Los Angeles

Biography:

Anna Grygoruk’s graduate and post-doctoral research focused on different factors that regulate aminergic neurotransmission in Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly). While she truly enjoyed conducting scientific research, what she enjoyed most during her time at UCLA was mentoring, training and teaching numerous undergraduate and graduate students in the lab. Inspired to become a full-time instructor, Anna began teaching Human Anatomy at the community college level in the Spring of 2014 and joined the GCC community in Spring 2016. In addition to teaching Human Anatomy, she has also taught General Biology and Physiology at other Southern California community colleges. She considers herself incredibly lucky that she gets to help students learn about the remarkable wonders of biology and the amazing complexity of the human body.