Slain UAH Professor Had integral Role in Minority STEM Education Network: The University of Alabama at Huntsville is more than Kimberly Green Hobbs’ alma mater; it’s where she found her heart’s work — and Dr. Adriel Johnson.
“Since the first meeting, I got the feeling he was serious and sincere about seeing students succeed,” Green Hobbs said. “I saw a mentor from the beginning. Coming from Chicago, I was alone, but it comforted me that I had somebody to mentor me in the program.”
Johnson, 52, was one of three professors who died in a Feb. 12 shooting at a UAH biology department faculty meeting. Alleged shooter Dr. Amy Bishop, a biology professor, shot six of her colleagues, killing 52-year-olds Dr. Maria Ragland Davis, a specialist in molecular biology and plant genetics, and Dr. Gopi Podila, the department chair who helped launch the doctoral program in biology. Three others were injured.
