Frederic (Ric) Martini
Dr. Martini received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in comparative and functional anatomy for work on the pathophysiology of stress. His publications include journal articles and contributed chapters, technical reports, and magazine articles. He is the coauthor of six other undergraduate texts on anatomy and physiology or anatomy. He is currently affiliated faculty of the University of Hawaii and remains connected with the Shoals Marine Laboratory, a joint venture between Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Martini is now a President Emeritus of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society after serving as President-Elect, President, and Past-President over 2004-2007. He is also a member of the American Physiological Society, the American Association of Anatomists, the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, the Australia/New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists, and the International Society of Vertebrate Morphologists.

Michael J. Timmons
Michael J. Timmons received his degrees from Loyola University, Chicago. For more than three decades he has had a strong commitment to teaching both human anatomy and physiology to nursing and pre-professional students at Moraine Valley Community College and is recognized for instructional technology innovation and teaching excellence. In 2005-2006 Professor Timmons was honored with the Professor of The Year Award by Moraine Valley College and the Excellence Award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development for his outstanding contributions to teaching, leadership, and student learning. Professor Timmons was nominated for the Illinois Outstanding Faculty Award and was the recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award by the Illinois Community College Board of Trustees.

Professor Timmons has authored and coauthored several anatomy and physiology lab manuals and dissection guides. His areas of interest include biomedical photography, crafting illustration programs, and developing instructional technology learning systems. He chaired the Midwest Regional Human Anatomy and Physiology Conference and is an active member of scientific and professional associations, serving on a variety of committees. Professor Timmons is also a national and regional presenter at the League for Innovation Conferences on Information Technology for Colleges and Universities and at Human Anatomy and Physiology Society meetings.

Robert B. Tallitsch
Dr. Tallitsch received his Ph.D. in physiology with an anatomy minor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the ripe old age of 24. Since then, Dr. Tallitsch has been on the biology faculty at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. His teaching responsibilities include Human Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Histology, Kinesiology, and Cadaver Dissection. He is also a member of the Asian Studies faculty at Augustana College and teaches a course in Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has been a presenter at numerous regional and national meetings on the topic of his use of Problem-Based Learning in his courses at Augustana College. In six out of the last eight years, Dr. Tallitsch has been designated as one of the "unofficial teachers of the year" by the graduating seniors at Augustana College. His research grants, journal articles, and abstracts have focused on the effect of hypoxia on contractile mechanics, sodium, and calcium transport in papillary muscles isolated from genetically hypertensive rats. Dr. Tallitsch is a member of the American Physiological Society, American Association of Anatomists, AsiaNetwork, and the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society. In addition to his teaching responsibilities at Augustana College, Dr. Tallitsch has served as a visiting faculty member in the Department of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins College of Medicine, the Foreign Languages Faculty at the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology (Beijing, PRC), and the Foreign Languages Faculty at Central China Normal University (Wuhan, PRC) and as a visiting scientist in the National Institutes of Health Gerontology Research Center at the National Institutes of Aging.