Scott Gilbert is a Professor of Biology at Swarthmore College, where he teaches developmental genetics, embryology, and the history and critiques of biology. He received his B.A. in biology and religion from Wesleyan University and his M.A. in the history of science and PhD in biology at the Johns Hopkins University. He is a fellow of the AAAS and the St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists. His books include Developmental Biology, Bioethics and the New Embryology, and Ecological Developmental Biology, co-authored with David Epel. He is currently researching how the turtle forms its shell and continues to do research and write in both developmental biology and in the history and philosophy of biology.