The members of the North Carolina Academy of Science voted to elect Michael Kingston, professor of biology and environmental studies, to serve as president-elect in 2021-22 and President in 2022-2023.

Professor of Biology Michael Kingston was elected to the position of President-Elect of the North Carolina Academy of Science at the virtual annual meeting on March 14 hosted on Zoom by Lenoir Rhyne University.
Kingston will serve as president-elect from 2021 to 2022, and then as president from 2022 to 2023.
Kingston previously served as president in 2013-14 and chair of the Local Arrangements Committee in 1999 and 2011 when ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ served as the venue for the annual meeting. He is also an associate editor of the Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science.