Tennille Presley

Dr. Tennille D. Presley is a tenured Professor of Physics & Project Director at Winston Salem State University (WSSU). She obtained her BS degree in Interdisciplinary Physics from North Carolina A & T State University, and acquired her MS and PhD degrees in Biophysics from The Ohio State University. While at The Ohio State University, she became the first African American to graduate from the Biophysics program. Following her PhD, Dr Presley completed her post-doctoral training at Wake Forest University in the Department of Physics and the Translational Science Center. Since joining WSSU, she has been the recipient of numerous external and internal grants and awards including the NIH and NSF. Furthermore, she has been Visiting Faculty at Brookhaven National Laboratory, a recipient of the Buckeyes Under 40 Award, and a US Delegate for the International Conference on Women in Physics. Her research has expanded into the realm of physics, music and biology as well as data science; she was a Faculty Fellow for the Center for Applied Data Science and has completed a certificate program in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace. Dr. Presley has an extensive record of national and international presentations, ultimately highlighting her scientific research and experience in biophysics, mentorship, advocacy and integrative learning. She has published more than a dozen articles in free radical research, and is the author of the book entitled “Biophysics of the Senses”; a second edition of her book was published in April 2021.