James Forney received a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at Indiana University. In 1988, after postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley, he joined the faculty at Purdue University where he is now Professor of Biochemistry. Throughout his career, James Forney has maintained an interest in gene expression and DNA rearrangements in ciliated protozoa. His current teaching responsibilities include general biochemistry and a graduate course in nucleic acid biochemistry.