<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/directory/croft_abigail.html" dsn="faculty"><prefix/><first_name>Abigail</first_name><preferred_first_name>Abigail</preferred_first_name><middle_initial/><last_name>Croft, M.S.</last_name><suffix/><email>crofta@mtc.edu</email><title>Biology Faculty</title><department>Arts and Sciences</department><phone>740-386-4187</phone><campus>Marion Campus</campus><satellite_campus/><building>BR 136A</building><biography><p>Abigail is teaching Biology 1: Cell and Molecular Biology, Biology 2: Evolution, Organisms &amp; Ecology, and Microbiology. Abigail earned a Master's in Biology at William and Mary and a Bachelor's in Field Ecology from Ohio University.</p>
<p>Her master's thesis focused on how mulch type, organic and plastic mulches, affects soil microbial communities. She is passionate about botany, spending time outdoors, baking/cooking, and her cats.</p></biography><education><ul>
<li>M.S., William and Mary University</li>
<li>B.A., Ohio University</li>
</ul></education><image><img src="/_resources/images/_directory-images-new/2026Employees/Abigail%20Croft.jpg" alt="Abigail Croft"/></image></item>