Dr. Lloyd Mitchell, is currently an assistant professor at Elizabeth City State University, one of the 16 constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina, where he combines teaching, research, and service in the geosciences and public health with special foci on cultural geology, geological hazard planning, bioterrorism, and health conditions and diseases related to soil or rock. Dr. Mitchell's cultural geology research relating ice cracks to humans and environmental health has received international recognition and has been consistently funded for the past five years.

Additionally, Dr. Mitchell has served as Clinical Director of the Health Education and Assessment for Lifetime Transitions into Happiness (H.E.A.L.T.H.) Clinic, which provides screening and education for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, promotes lifestyle and behavior modification strategies to reduce the onset of, or decrease the severity of, these diseases.

For over twenty years, Dr. Mitchell has consulted with or lived, worked, and taught on American Indian reservations throughout North America, including the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Navajo Nation, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in Oregon, and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians in Washington State.

Dr. Mitchell also has collaborated with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on several projects related to challenges and issues involving American Indians and tribal entities. In 2005 and again in 2006, Dr. Mitchell was awarded one of the prestigious Faculty-Student Research Grants from DHS to research Homeland Security challenges related to American Indian Reservations.

From 2001 to 2004, Dr. Mitchell was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to implement a program at the University of North Dakota bringing Indian and non-Indian college students together in projects related to Earth science.

In 1999 and 2000 Dr. Mitchell was awarded a National Aeronautics and Space Administration fellowship to research sanitation in spacecraft and to gain insight into American Indian attitudes toward space related activities.

Dr. Mitchell holds advanced degrees in space studies, public health, and cultural geology, and undergraduate degrees in architecture and urban planning, geology, general biology, and community services. He also holds national level registrations as a sanitarian a.k.a. public health officer, and a surgical assistant, and is certified in Basic Disaster Life Support by the American Medical Association. He has active memberships in many associations and organizations and has served on the Minority Affairs Committee of the Endocrine Society. Also, he has served on several governmental selection and advisory committees, including the Licensing Review Panel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

In his spare time, Dr. Mitchell enjoys NASCAR races, classic automobiles, collecting American antiques, traveling to small towns, camping in America's National Parks, and weekend escapes to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.