Peggy Richey recently retired as a professor of biology and biochemistry/molecular biology from Centre College after teaching there for 36 years.

She earned a B.S. in botany from the University of Kentucky (1983) and an M.S. and Ph.D. in plant pathology from the University of Kentucky (1985, 1989). She taught a wide range of courses at Centre College with specialties in microbiology, molecular biology and genetic engineering.

Richey lives in Lexington and enjoys gardening, hiking, reading and traveling to new places.