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Prior to 1965:
- Kaye, Kenneth W.
M.S. Botany, 1949.
- Additional degrees: B.S. Biology, University of Rhode
Island, 1947.
- Present title and employer: Retired.
- Work duties:
- Contact information: 4610 Dares Beach Road,
Prince Frederick, MD 20678; Tel: 301- 855-9171. [9/02]
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- Glaser, Ronald. M.S. Zoology, 1964.
- Additional degrees: B.A. Biology, University of Bridgeport; Ph.D., University of Connecticut; Postdoc at Baylor College of Medicine.
- Present title and employer: Associate Vice President for Research, and Professor of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
- Work duties: Involved in research policy issues for the University. Also Director of a large research program in neuroimmunology eg. Director of The Ohio State University Institute for Mind/Body Medicine, one of the five NIH-designated centers in the U.S. [9/02]
1965:
Hargraves, Paul E.
M.S. Botany, 1965.
Additional degrees: B.S. Botany, University of Rhode
Island, 1963; Ph.D. Marine Science, College of William & Mary,
1968.
Present title and employer: Professor of Oceanography &
Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Oceanography, University
of Rhode Island; and Senior Research Scientist, Harbor Branch
Oceanographic Institute, Ft. Pierce, FL.
Work duties: Research and teaching.
Contact information: Graduate School of Oceanography,
University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882-1197; Tel:
401-874-6241; E-mail:
pharg@gso.uri.edu; Web:
www.gso.uri.edu/faculty/.
Other interests: Current research interests:
phytoplankton biodiversity, life cycles,
ultrastructure; harmful algal blooms; benthic diatom community
structure. [10/02]
- Manyan, David R.
M.S. Zoology, 1965.
- Additional degrees: B.A. Chemistry, Bowdoin
College, 1958; Ph.D. Biochemistry, 1967.
- Present title and employer: Associate Dean
of Basic Sciences University of New England College of Osteopathic
Medicine.
- Work duties: Oversee the five basic science
departments in the osteopathic medical school which are Anatomy,
Biochemistry/Nutrition, Microbiology, Pharmacology and Physiology and am
also responsible for the first two preclinical years of the four-year
predoctoral medical curriculum.
- Contact information: University of New
England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME 04005; Tel:
207-283-0170, Ext 2336; Fax: 207-294-5931; E-mail:
dmanyan@mailbox.une.edu. [9/02]
1966:
1967:
- Cutler, Edward B.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1967.
- Present title and employer: Professor
Emeritus of Biology, Utica College of Syracuse University. Currently:
Museum Associate, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Museum of
Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
- Work duties: Retired – continuing research
with colleagues on Sipuncula and mentoring
- PostDoc Fellow.
- Contact information: E-mail:
ebcutler@earthlink.net; Web:
www.mcz.harvard.edu/Departments/InvertZoo/cutler.htm. [9/02]
1968:
1969:
- Bean, Daniel J.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1969.
- Present title and
employer: Professor Emeritus
of Biology, Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VT 05439.
- Other interests:
Active over the years in training programs for Kk-12 teachers in
using aquatic systems for teaching science and related
topics.
- Additional comments:
Past: Chair of Biology, Professor of Biology (specialties in
Ecology, Aquatic Biology). 1994 CASE Vermont Professor of
the year award. [9/02]
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1970:
- Kennedy, Victor
S. Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1970.
- Present title and employer: Professor,
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Director,
Multiscale Experimental Ecosystem Research Center.
- Work duties: Administering a research
center, performing research into larval behavior and ecology of bivalves
as well as crab and fish foraging behavior, teaching graduate-level
courses, and advising graduate students.
- Contact information: Horn Point Laboratory,
UMCES, Box 775, Cambridge MD 21613; Tel: 410-221-8286; Email:
kennedy@hpl.umces.edu; Web:
http://www.hpl.umces.edu/vkennedy/vkennedy.htm.
- Other interests: Visited over 40 countries
around the world while teaching and leading field trips for three
semesters (1970, 1971, 1993) in an accredited seagoing university
program which was managed by Chapman College as World Campus Afloat and
is now, as Semester at Sea, with the University of Pittsburgh.
- Other information: Was a post-doc in New
Zealand and in Canada after leaving Rhode Island. North American member
of the organizing committee of an international conference on estuarine and coastline pollution
that was held in Fukuoka,
- Japan, in 1987. [9/02]
1971:
Fulk, George
W. Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1971
Additional degrees: Doctor of Optometry (O.D.), New England College of Optometry, 1981.
Present title and employer: Professor of Optometry, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK.
Work duties: Research, teaching, clinical practice.
Contact information: E-mail: fulk@nsuok.edu.
Other interests: research into nearsightedness in children. [9/02]
- Langlois,
Gaytha Allen. Ph.D. Biological Sciences
(Zoology), 1971.
- Additional degrees: M.A. Zoology,
University of Rhode Island, 1969.
- Present title and employer: Professor of
Environmental Policy, Science, and Technology, Bryant College.
- Work duties: My work includes teaching
responsibilities and basic research in protistan ecology (emphasis on
effects of oil pollution on microbial communities), environmental
policy research (emphasis on the interface among scientific,
technological, governmental, and business interests), and development
of web-based “collaborative learning at a distance programs” in
Belarus and China. Also, I have co-developed the “Center for
Sustainable Practices” at Bryant.
- Contact information: Home: 946C Tuckertown
Road, Wakefield, RI 02879; Tel: 401-789-0447; Fax: 401-789-0447.
Work: Science & Technology Department, Bryant College, 1150 Douglas
Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917; Tel: 232-6145; Fax: 401-232-6492; E-mail:
langlois@bryant.edu; Web:
http://web.bryant.edu/~langlois/homepage.
-
Other interests:
Frequent travel to Belarus (Distant Learning project), trips to China
and Tibet, research trip planned to Great Barrier Reef in Australia
(January 2003). [8/02]
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- Vaughan, Carleton F.
M.S. Botany, 1971.
- Additional degrees: B. S. Biology/Education, Bridgewater
State College, 1966; M.Ed. Health Education, Bridgewater State
College, 1981; Ed. D. Science Education, University of Maine, 1984.
-
Present title and employer:
Biology Laboratory Coordinator, University of New Hampshire.
- Work duties: Training graduate teaching assistants to
teach introductory labs. Training undergraduates to assist grad
TA's. Setting up and modifying labs.
-
Contact information:
216 Spaulding Life Science Center, University of New Hampshire,
Durham, NH 03824; Tel: 603-862 1658; E-mail:
cv@cisunix.unh.edu. [9/02]
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- Wegener, Barbara A.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1971.
- Present name: Barbara A.
W. Heavers.
- Additional degrees: B.S.
Biology, Old Dominion University, 1966; M.S. Zoology, University
of Rhode Island, 1968.
- Present title and employer:
Science Teacher, Former Department Head, Moses Brown School.
- Work duties: I teach three
sections of Biology and one of AP Biology, coach Girl’s Cross
Country, Head of the Outdoor Laboratory Development Project and
periodically serve on the NEASC Visiting teams for School
Evaluations.
- Contact information: P.O.
Box 325 Kingston, RI 02881; Tel: 401-364-7240 (home);
401-831-7350, ext. 162 (school); E-mail:
bheavers@mosesbrown.org.
- Other interests: Married
to Richard M. Heavers, Ph.D. URI 1979, Graduate School of
Oceanography; I have participated in many summer courses that have
taken me to a variety of places in the western US including
Oregon, California, Utah, and Colorado as well as Ecuador. I
served for three years on the SATII Biology Committee (6 members)
that writes the questions for the SATII Biology achievement test.
Richard and I raise sheep on our farm in Charlestown, RI. We have
over 75 polled Dorsets and a Great Pyrennes guard dog. Our farm
is one of the original colonial homesteads in Charlestown (1705)
and we have restored many of the original stone walls pastures,
the 1837 house, and added several new farm buildings.
[10/02]
1972:
- Gould, Lisa Lofland.
M.S., 1972.
- Present title and employer: Executive Director, Rhode
Island Natural History Survey; Research Associate, URI Department of
Natural Resources Science.
- Work duties: RINHS is an umbrella group for ecological
data in Rhode Island. I oversee the operations of the organization,
and participate in the outreach activities of the College of the
Environment & Life Sciences. I also give natural history walks and
lectures to a variety of organizations, focusing especially on plant
ecology and the issue of invasive species.
- Contact information: Room 101 Coastal Institute in
Kingston, 1 Greenhouse Road, University of Rhode Island, Kingston,
RI 02881; Tel: 401-874-5800; Fax: 401-874-4561E-mail:
lgould@rinhs.org; Web:
http://www.rinhs.org. [10/02]
1973:
1974:
- Kesler, David
H. M.S. Zoology, 1974.
- Additional degrees: Ph.D. Zoology,
University of Michigan, 1979.
- Present title and employer: Professor of
Biology, Rhodes College.
- Work duties: Teaching courses such as
Ecology, Coral Reef Ecology, Introductory
- Biology, Limnology. Involved in research –
aquatic ecology, freshwater mussel biology.
-
Contact information:
Biology Department, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN 38112; Tel:
901-843-3557; E-mail:
kesler@rhodes.edu; Web:
http://kesler.biology.rhodes.edu. [8/02]
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- O’Neill, David
(Dave) J. M.S. Zoology, 1974.
- Additional degrees: Ph.D., University of
Maryland Eastern Shore.
- Present title and employer: Professor of
Biology and Chairman of the Department of Health and Natural Science,
Community College of Baltimore Co., Dundalk Campus.
- Work duties: My two primary
responsibilities are administration of a small department (four
faculty, two technicians, ½ secretary, 18 adjunct faculty) and
teaching. I usually teach major’s biology and try to emulate both
Frank Heppner and the late Dr. DeWolf. My secondary responsibility is
student service. I advise a small but active Phi Theta Kappa chapter
that has been very active in community service and in developing
scholarship opportunities for its members. I also work occasionally
as adjunct faculty at JHU (Certificate of Environmental Studies
Program) and regularly as an on-line instructor for UMUC (Marine
Biology, The Global Environment).
- Contact information: Department of Health
and Natural Sciences, Community College of Baltimore County Dundalk,
7200 Sollers Point Rd., Dundalk, MD 21222; Tel: 410-285-09746
[office], 410-285-9756 [lab]. Home: 12 Dalebrook Drive, Phoenix, MD
21131; 410-683-9998.
- Other interests: I enjoy gardening,
especially replacing the introduced flora of my yard with native
plants. I enjoy taking students on environmental camping/field trips
to the Delmarva Peninsula each semester that incorporate historical,
environmental and biological activities. These trips include a
dissection dinner during which the biology of the organisms consumed
(mostly mollusks and crustaceans) is discussed before they are cooked
and eaten.
- With my significant other, I enjoy
antique shopping, travel, and weekends at our vacation home near a
tidal river on the lower Eastern Shore of VA, where we enjoy boating
and beach combing on the uninhabited barrier islands. I still enjoy
fishing clamming, and, with any luck, duck hunting.
- I have been able to attend occasional
meetings, most regularly the International Association of Astacology
meetings in Germany, Australia, England, and in Louisiana. I was able
to mix some tourism and research-oriented travel to the south of
England, Italy, The Netherlands, France, Tasmania, northwest Mexico,
and Washington Sate. I try to attend every meeting in Louisiana that
I can.
- Finally, I enjoy my two sons. Jon
has completed 70 credits in outdoor education, but is adding courses
to enter the engineering program at UMBC or UM. Brian is married, has
a 3-year-old son, and attends McNeese in LA. This, along with the
abundance of my most recent research animal, Procambarus clarkii,
explains my interest in Lousiana. [9/02]
1975:
- Bowen, Marcia.
M.S. Zoology, 1975.
- Additional degrees: B.A. Biology, University of
Rochester.
- Present title and employer: Senior Aquatic Ecologist,
Normandeau Associates.
- Work duties: Investigate environmental impacts of various
activities (coastal development, power plants, dredging, highway
construction, aquaculture), manage office of environmental
professionals.
- Contact information: Normandeau Associates, 253 Main St.,
Yarmouth, ME 04096; Tel: 207-846-3598; E-mail:
mbowen@Normandeau.com.
- Other interests: Marcia reports that she would be happy
to talk to new grads about working as a consultant. [10/02]
- Sicard, Raymond E.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1975.
- Additional degrees: A.B. Biology, Merrimack College 1969;
M.S. Zoology, University of Rhode Island, 1972.
- Present title and employer: Associate Professor of
Anatomy & Cell Biology (promotion to Professor in Jan 2003),
Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine.
- Work duties: Course director for “Cell Biology &
Microanatomy” and “Medical Embryology”; Principal Investigator on
project, “Informatics in Biomedical Science at Pikeville College”;
Research expertise: wound repair and reparative regeneration.
- Contact information: School of Osteopathic Medicine,
Pikeville College, 147 Sycamore St., Pikeville, Kentucky 41501; Tel:
606-218-5426; Fax: 606-218-5442; E-mail
rsicard@pc.edu.
- Other interests: Editor – Journal of the Minnesota
Academy of Science; Editor – Journal of the Kentucky Academy of
Science. [10/02]
1976:
- Ellington, W.
Ross. Ph. D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1976.
- Present title and employer: Michael J.
Greenberg Professor of Biological Science, and Director of the
Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University.
- Work duties: Director of a large
multi-disciplinary institute which houses faculty from Biological
Science, Chemistry and Physics who work in the area of structural
biology- elucidation of the 3-D structure of macromolecules and
macromolecular assemblages at the atomic level. My primary academic
appointment is in Biological Science.
-
Contact information:
Institute of Molecular Biophysics (IMB), Florida State University,
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4370, 305 Bio Unit I Tel: 850-644-5406;
850-644-0451 (IMB Director's tel); Fax: 850-644-0481; E-mail:
elling@bio.fsu.edu; Web:
http://www.bio.fsu.edu/faculty-ellington.htm. [8/02]
- Scully, Erik P.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1976.
- Additional degrees: B.S., Fordham
University, 1971.
- Present title and employer: Professor,
Biological Sciences, Towson University.
- Work duties: I have been a member of the
faculty of Towson University since 1978. My current teaching
responsibilities include General Biology, Evolution, Marine Biology
and a graduate course in Population & Community Biology. I am also an
adjunct faculty member for the summer program at the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County. My research focuses on the ecology of
corals, including ecological effects of coral bleaching and coral
pathology.
-
Contact information:
Biology Department, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252-0001; Tel: 410
704-3012; Fax: 410 704-2405; E-mail:
escully@towson.edu; Web:
http://www.towson.edu/~scully/. [8/02]
1977:
- Bigford, Thomas
E. M.S. Zoology, 1977.
- Additional degrees:
B.Sc., Michigan State
University, 1974; M.Marine Affairs, University of Rhode
Island, 1977.
- Present title and
employer: Director, Habitat
Protection Division in National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service's Office
of Habitat Conservation.
- Work duties:
Manage 20-person team of habitat protection experts who focus on
national policy, management, and science
issues related to wetlands, estuaries, and the oceans.
Key issues include
wetland loss, anadromous fish, habitat needs of harvested
species, marine
protected areas, port and harbor issues, and coral reefs.
- Contact information:
NOAA/NMFS, Office of Habitat Conservation - F/HC2, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; Tel: 301-713-2325; Fax:
301-713-1043; E-mail:
thomas.bigford@noaa.gov; Web:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/index.html.
- Other interests:
Travel
around the country working on marine habitat issues; enjoy
running
(inspired by Dr. Carl Hammen and still going after 32 years),
soccer, and gardening; 14-year-old daughter (Charlotte) entering high
school this
year. [9/02]
- Cornell,
Elizabeth A. M.S. Zoology, 1977
- Additional degrees: C.A.S. (certificate of
advanced study), Higher Education Administration Program, College of
William and Mary, School of Education.
- Present title and employer:
Williamsburg/James City Public School System.
- Work duties: Adult Education GED teacher.
- Contact information: 6 Brooke Court,
Williamsburg, VA 23188; Tel: 757-258-3941; E-mail:
JJV8@aol.com.
- Other interests: Still keeping reptiles as
pets; enjoying family travel and adventures to places such Costa Rica,
Japan, Africa and Australia, and white water rafting down the Grand
Canyon. [9/02]
- Hittinger, Victoria McCabe.
M.S. Zoology, 1977.
- Additional degrees: M.B.A., 1991.
- Present title and employer: Laboratory Coordinator &
Instructor, Biology Department, Rhode Island College.
- Work duties: Instructor of introductory biology courses;
coordinate information and select materials for undergraduate biology
course. Supervise undergraduate and graduate lab assistants.
- Contact information: Rhode Island College, 600 Mt. Pleasant
Avenue, Providence, R.I. 02908; Tel: 401-456-9569; Fax: 401-456-9620.
- Other interests: Golf; stained glass. [10/02]
Tomas, Carmelo R. Ph.D. Biological Sciences
(Botany), 1977.
Additional degrees: B.A. Biology, American International College, 1964; M.S. Botany, University of Rhode Island, 1971.
Present title and employer: Associate Professor Biological Sciences, Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Work duties: Joint teaching and research position at UNCW. Teaching includes classes in my specialty dealing with marine microalgae, toxic species and phytoplankton ecology/physiology; research deals mainly with toxic marine algae, their physiological ecology, toxicity and environmental importance
Contact information: Center for Marine Science, UNCW, 5600, Marvin Moss Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409; Tel: 910-962-2385; Fax: 910-962-2410; E-mail: (presently) tomasc@uncwil.edu, but after December to be tomasc@uncw.edu.
Other interests:
Five years in Italy on international exchange with the Zoological Station, Naples, Italy; International courses in marine Phytoplankton, in Norway, Denmark, Italy, Venezuela.
[9/02]
1978:
- Klein-MacPhee, Grace.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1978.
- Additional degrees: B.A. Biology, Boston University,
1961; M.A. Biology, Boston University, 1969.
- Present title and employer: Associate Marine Research
Scientist, URI Graduate School of Oceanography.
- Work duties: Field and laboratory research— Current
grants on Ichthyoplankton Survey of Narragansett Bay; Effects of a
hydroelectric dam on fish fauna of the Blackstone River in
Woonsocket, RI.; Effects of dredging on winter flounder eggs and
larvae in Narragansett Bay; and Developing methods for biological
indicators in transition zones between aquatic resources.
Specialist in early life history of fish and flatfish biology and
ecology. Teach Human Anatomy at CCRI.
- Contact information: Narragansett Bay Campus, Graduate
School of Oceanography, South Ferry Road, Narragansett RI; Tel: ,
401-874-6175; E-mail:
gracemac@gso.uri.edu.
- Other interests: Have attended fishery meetings in:
Yucatan, Mexico; Sydney, Australia; and Bergen, Norway. Taught at
University of Alaska, Juneau, for a year. Recreation: figure
skating. Hobbies: collecting stamps, mushrooms and postcards, ice
skating (hockey a particular interest). [9/02]
1979:
- Labov, Jay.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1979.
- Additional degrees: M.S. Zoology,
University of Rhode Island, 1975
- Present title and employer: Deputy
Director, Center for Education, National Research Council, Washington,
DC.
- Work duties: Oversee projects on
mathematics and science education; responsible staff officer for six
NRC reports on education at the K-12 and undergraduate levels; staff
officer in charge of National Academy of Sciences efforts to promote
evolution education in schools.
- Contact information: Center for Education,
National Research Council, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001:
Tel: 202 334-1458; Fax: 202 334-2210; E-mail:
jlabov@nas.edu; Web:
http://nationalacademies.org.
- Additional comments: 1979-1997: Assistant
and Associate Professor of Biology, Colby College, Waterville, ME.
Served as Natural Sciences Division Chair and Associate Chair of the
Department of Biology. Taught courses in introductory biology,
neurobiology, animal behavior, animal and human physiology,
and led January programs to various tropical ecosytems. [8/02]
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1980:
Fofonoff, Paul W.
M.S. Zoology, 1980.
Additional degrees: Ph.D. Oceanography, University of
Rhode Island, 1994.
Present title and employer: Smithsonian Institution,
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
Work duties: Research (mostly library) on biological
invasions (introduced species) in coastal and estuarine waters in
North America and worldwide; assistance with invertebrate
identifications.
Contact information: Smithsonian Environmental Research
Center, P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037 (647 Contees Wharf Rd);
Tel: 443-482-2337 (work); 410-867-7971 (home); Fax: 443-482-2295;
E-mail:
fofonoffp@si.edu. [10/02]
- Hadlock, Robin Price.
M.S. Zoology, 1980.
- Present name: Robin Hadlock Seeley.
- Additional degrees: Ph.D. Yale University, 1985.
- Present title and employer: Associate Curator of
Malacology Collection, Cornell University. Department of Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology.
- Work duties: I curate the Malacology Collection as well
as help manage the Blaschka collection of glass invertebrates owned
by Cornell. I also teach (Marine Invertebrates, Marine Ecology),
supervise undergraduate research, review and grade undergraduate
honors theses, and participate in a laboratory group (Drew Harvell’s).
I also do my own research.
- Contact information: Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853; Tel:
607-539-7897; Fax: 607-255-8808; E-mail:
rhs4@cornell.edu; Web:
www.geocities.com/rockweedinfo/home.html.
-
Other
interests:
Parenting two daughters (that’s recreation!). [9/02]
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- Howell, Hunt.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1980.
- Additional degrees: M.S. Zoology, University of Rhode
Island, 1975.
- Present title and employer: Professor of Zoology,
University of New Hampshire.
- Work duties: Teach courses in Fisheries, Aquaculture,
Ichthyology, Comparative Anatomy. Research is in the area of
fisheries and finfish aquaculture.
- Contact information: Department of Zoology, University of
New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824; Tel: 603-862-2109; Fax:
603-862-3784; E-mail:
whh@cisunix.unh.edu; Web:
http://zoology.unh.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html. [9/02]
- Johnson, Donna
A. M.S. Botany 1980.
- Additional degrees: B.S. Botany, University of Rhode
Island, 1978;
Ph.D. Program, University of Connecticut, 1985 ABD.
- Present title and employer: President and
CEO, Pinnacle Technology, Inc. & Agro-Plastics, Inc.
- Work duties: Pinnacle is a new products
development company specializing in electronics and software.
Agro-Plastics is also a new products development company which
developed a plastic made from 50% straw. Responsibilities for both
companies include corporate oversight.
- Contact information: Pinnacle Technology,
619 East 8th Street, Suite D, Lawrence, KS 66044; Tel: 785-832-8866;
Fax: 785-749-9214; E-mail:
donnaj@pinnaclet.com; Web:
www.pinnaclet.com.
- Other interests: Travel any and all –
including China, Africa. Interests: golf, bridge, stain glass.
[8/02]
- LeBaron,
Geoffrey S. M.S. Zoology, 1980.
- Additional Degrees: B.S. University of
Miami (FL), 1976.
- Present title and employer: Director,
Christmas Bird Count, National Audubon Society.
- Contact information: P.O. Box 523,
Williamsburg, MA 01096; E-mail:
glebaron@audubon.org; Web:
www.audubon.org/bird/cbc.
- Other interests: Occasionally I lead
natural history tours world-wide for NAS travel program (Antarctic,
Galapagos, Australia, Central America, Caribbean, others); freelance
military aviation photographer/writer. [8/02]
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- Thompson,
Nancy Bray. Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1980.
- Additional degrees: B.S., Duke University,
1971; M.S. Zoology, University of Rhode Island, 1977.
- Present title and employer: Director,
Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), National Marine Fisheries
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Work duties: Regional director for NOAA
research on living marine resources and regional ecosystems.
Administer research programs for region from North Carolina to Texas
and U.S. Caribbean. Senior regional scientist for NOAA Fisheries.
- Contact information: SEFSC, 75 Virginia
Beach Dr., Miami, Fl. 33149; Tel: 305-361-4285; E-mail:
Nancy.Thompson@noaa.gov; Web:
http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov. [8/02]
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1981:
- Thompson, Thomas J.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences, 1981.
- Additional degrees: B.A. Biological Sciences, State
University of New York at Oswego, 1969; M.S. Biology, Florida
Atlantic University, 1977; M.P.H. (Masters of Public Health; focus
on Environmental/Occupational Health), University of Miami School of
Medicine, 1987.
- Present title and employer: Program Professor, Higher
Education Leadership Division, Nova Southeastern University.
- Work duties: Injury Epidemiology, and community program
evaluation. Teach, administer, and advise doctoral education
students in health care education specialization and coordinate
research methodology courses in a unique field-based, applied
program for graduate educators (most of whom are college
instructors). Teach bioethics and serve as dissertation advisor for
an average load of 15 advisees. I have also taught (Aquatic
Ecotoxicology) in the University’s Oceanographic Center as an
Associate Adjunct Professor.
- Contact information: Nova Southeastern University, 1750
N.E. 167th Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33162; Tel: 800-986-3223,
ext. 8514; E-mail:
tsquare@nova.edu.
- Other interests: Married, two children (son at William &
Mary; daughter in high school); aquatic sports (fishing), golf,
travel.
- Additional comments: Interned at Health and Human
Services in DC; evaluated the State of Florida’s capacity-building
grant in community injury prevention, coordinate national program
conferences, attended Kennedy Institute of Ethics (Georgetown
University) for bioethics training. Still wish for a full time
marine biology faculty position. [9/02]
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- Watters, G. Thomas.
M.S. Zoology, 1981.
- Additional degrees: Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1990.
- Present title and employer: Curator of Molluscs, Museum
of Biological Diversity, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and
Organismal Biology, Ohio State University.
- Work duties: Oversee collection of ~500,000 specimens,
comprising one of the largest freshwater collections in the world.
Perform land and freshwater mollusc surveys nationwide.
- Contact information: Museum of Biological Diversity, Ohio
State University, 1315 Kinnear Rd., Columbus, OH 43212; Tel:
614-292-6170; E-mail
Watters.1@osu.edu; Web:
www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~molluscs/OSUM2. [10/02]
1982:
Bengtson, David A.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1982.
Additional degrees: A.B. Biology, Boston University,
1971; M.S. Zoology, University of Rhode Island, 1974.
Present title and employer: Professor, Department of
Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Rhode
Island.
Work duties: Teaching, research and service, primarily
in the area of aquaculture.
Contact information: Tel: 401-874-2668; Fax:
401-874-7575; E-mail:
bengtson@uri.edu: Web:
http://www.uri.edu/cels/favs/db.html. [10/02]
- Desharnais,
Robert A. Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1982.
- Additional Degrees: B.A. Biology,
University of Massachusetts Boston, 1976; M.S. Zoology, University of
Rhode Island, 1979.
- Present title and employer: Professor of
Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, California State
University, Los Angeles.
- Work duties: Research in the areas of
ecology and population biology; Teach Biometrics, Ecology, Population
Genetics.
- Contact information: Department of
Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, CA 90032-8201; Tel: 323-343-2056; Fax: 323-343-6451; E-mail:
rdeshar@calstatela.edu; Web:
http://caldera.calstatela.edu/rdeshar,
- Other interests: Computer-aided biology
instruction. Author of Biology Labs On-Line:
http://www.biologylabsonline.com/. [8/02]
-
- Karentz, Deneb.
Ph. D. Biological Sciences (Botany), 1982.
- Additional degrees: B.S. Botany,
University of Rhode Island, 1973; M.S. Botany, Oregon State
University, 1976.
- Present title and employer: Professor,
Department of Biology, University of
- San Francisco.
- Contact information: Department of Biology
HRN 342, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94117-1080;
Tel: 415 422-2831; E-mail:
karentzd@usfca.edu. [8/02]
-
- Wang, Denis.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1982.
- Additional degrees: B.A. Biological Sciences, Johns Hopkins, 1971; M.S. Marine Studies, University of Delaware, 1975.
- Present title and employer: Science
Department Chairman, Tilton School, Tilton, NH 03276.
- Work duties: I have been teaching in college prep boarding schools for the past twenty years. I also have administrative duties, coach (varsity soccer and skiing), and am a dorm parent. I teach courses in biology, chemistry, physics, and ecology. I also do some panelist and selection committee work for NSF, (which allows me to see Dave Campbell and Jay Labov!).
- Contact information: E-mail: Dwang@tiltonschool.org.
- Other interests: Sailing, ethnobotany, woodworking. Every summer I retreat to the Maine coast.
[9/02]
1983:
- Campbell,
David B. Ph. D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1983.
- Additional degrees: B.S. Zoology,
University of Rhode Island, 1975; M.S. Marine Biology, Florida
Institute of Technology, 1978.
- Present title and employer: Program
Director, National Science Foundation.
- Work duties: Facilitate and organize the
reviews of proposals submitted to the Division of Elementary,
Secondary, and Informal Education. Make recommendations for funding decisions, and manages active awards.
Participate in interdisciplinary programs within the National Science
Foundation and with other governmental agencies.
- Contact information: ESIE/EHR Suite 885,
National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230;
Tel: 703-292-5093; E-mail:
dcampbel@nsf.gov; Web:
www.nsf.gov. [8/02]
-
- Thursby, Glen B.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Botany), 1983.
- Additional degrees: B.A. Biology and Art, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1974; M.S. Botany, University of
Florida, 1976.
- Present title and employer: Research Biologist, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, RI.
- Work duties: Marine botanist developing methods to
determine plant condition (for both algae and vascular plants) using
spectral reflectance and chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics. Also
develop water quality criteria for coastal waters, with a current
emphasis on dissolved oxygen requirements for healthy animal
communities.
- Contact information: U.S. EPA, 27 Tarzwell Dr.,
Narragansett, RI 02882; Tel: 401-782-3178; E-mail:
thursby.glen@epa.gov.
- Other interests: Guitar, watercolors. [10/02]
1984:
- Kane, Michael
Edward. Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Botany), 1985.
- Additional degrees: B.S. Resource
Development (Aquatic Botany), University of Rhode Island, 1974; M.S.
Botany, University of Rhode Island, 1977.
- Present title and employer: Professor and
Graduate Coordinator, Environmental Horticulture Department,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
- Work duties: 70% research, 30% teaching
appointment. Teaching responsibilities include Micropropagation of
Horticultural Crops, Plant Propagation, and Graduate Professional
Development. Research includes development of ecologically sound and
commercially viable in vitro propagation procedures for
selection and production of native aquatic, wetland and coastal plants
ecotypes used for habitat restoration; AFLP generated markers are used
to address issues related to genetic diversity in donor and restored
plant populations; use of in vitro culture techniques to probe
the structural and developmental control of shoot organogenesis in
aquatic plants.
- Contact information: Environmental
Horticulture Department, P.O. Box 110670, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL 32611-0670; Tel: 352-392-1831, ext. 205; Cell:
352-222-7724; Fax: 352-392-3870; E-mail:
mkane@mail.ifas.ufl.edu; Web:
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/.
-
Other interests:
Gardening and flying (private pilot). [8/02]
- Munns, Wayne
R., Jr. Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1984.
- Additional degrees: B.A. Zoology,
University of Washington, 1977.
- Present title and employer: Associate
Director for Science, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects
Research Laboratory, Atlantic Ecology Division.
- Work duties: I am responsible for
coordinating planning and management of the U.S. EPA Atlantic Ecology
Division’s (AED) research program. I serve as the primary research
contact for the Division, and I have principal responsibility for
ensuring the relevance and responsiveness of the Division’s research
program to EPA’s regulatory programs. I work closely with EPA’s
Program and Regional Offices to ensure understanding of Agency
research needs and to communicate products developed by AED’s research
program. As a member of the Division’s management, I assist the AED
Division Director in developing long- and short-range research plans,
goals, and projects; reviewing and evaluating progress; allocating
dollar and manpower resources; and providing leadership, direction,
and guidance to a highly technical , scientific multi-disciplinary
staff to achieve program objectives. I also have key coordination and
communication responsibilities, representing the Agency to ensure
effective interaction of the Division’s research activities with the
activities of other Federal agencies, state, municipal, and foreign
governments, industry, and academic and private organizations.
- Contact information: Atlantic Ecology
Division, U.S. EPA, 27 Tarswell Drive, Narragansett, RI 02882; Tel:
401-782-3017; Fax: 401-782-3139; E-mail:
munns.wayne@epa.gov.
-
Other interests:
Birding, hiking, travel. [8/02]
1985:
- Davidoff,
Amy J. M.S. Zoology, 1985.
- Additional degrees: Ph.D.
Pharmacology/Toxicology, University of Rhode Island, 1989
- Present title and employer: Associate
Professor and Chair of Research, Department of Pharmacology
University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine.
- Work duties: Teaching cardiovascular
physiology and pharmacology to students earning Doctor of Osteopathy
(DO), Physician Assistant (PA) and Masters Nurse Anesthesiology (MNA).
Principle Investigator of NIH research program investigating the
adverse effects (and pathogenesis) of diabetes on ventricular
myocyte excitation-contraction coupling.
- Contact information: Department of
Pharmacology, University of New England, College of Osteopathic
Medicine, 11 Hills Beach Rd. Biddeford, ME 04005; Tel: 207-283-0170
x2824; Fax: 207-294-5931; E-mail:
adavidoff@une.edu.
- Other interests: Sailing, sailing,
sailing. [8/02]
-
- Vye, Christian.
M.S. Zoology, 1985.
- Additional degrees: A.B.
Bowdoin College, 1982.
- Present title and employer:
Lead Information Technologist, OIS, U.R.I.
- Work duties: Software
support for academic computing. [10/02]
-
- Martins,
Antonio Manuel de Frias. Ph.D. Biological Sciences, 1985.
- Present title and employer: Full Professor
in the Department of Biology, University of the Azores; head the
section of Systematics and Evolution of the Department and the
Biodiversity and Conservation Group of the Center for Research of
Natural Resources.
- Work duties: Teaching and research. Main
research area: Molluscs (anatomy, systematics and evolution);
collateral scientific interests: biodiversity and conservation.
- Contact information: Departamento de
Biologia, Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel,
Açores, Portugal; E-mail:
frias@notes.uac.pt.
- Other interests: Travel to mangroves and
marshes throughout the world, searching for snails! Fishing.
-
Additional comments:
Former Chairman of the Department of Biology (1985-1991) and
Coordinator of Research for the University (1995-1998). [8/02]
- Wiseman, Robert W.
M.S. Zoology, 1985.
- Additional degrees: B.S. Zoology, University of New
Hampshire, 1981; Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Florida State
University, 1988.
- Title and employer: Associate Professor of Physiology and
Radiology, and Director of the Molecular Imaging Research Center,
Michigan State University.
- Work duties: I conduct research to understand the role of
metabolic and mechanical stress on phenotype for cardiovascular and
muscle disorders. I direct program in biomedical imaging and teach
medical students cardiovascular physiology.
- Contact information: Department of Physiology, 2201
Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI 48824; Tel: 517-355-6475, extension
1151; Fax: 517-355-5125; E-mail:
rwiseman@msu.edu.
- Other interests: Skiing, SCUBA diving, sailing. [9/02]
1986:
- Keinath, John A.
M.S. Zoology, 1986.
- Additional degrees B.S. Zoology, University of Rhode
Island, 1981; B.A. Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 1984; Ph.D,
Marine Science, The Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of
William and Mary, 1993.
- Present title and employer: Adjunct Professor of Biology,
Armstrong Atlantic State University: St. Leo University: and
Columbia College (yes, all three).
- Work duties: I teach introductory biology, human biology,
and oceanography
- Contact information: 176 Herbal Lane, Midway, GA 31320.
kazakhx@aol.com
- Other information: Post-doc'd at VIMS and Drexel
University. Have traveled to Mexico, St. Croix, England, and Costa
Rica for my work (sea turtle biology). Have spent way too much time
at sea (research) off the East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico.
[10/02]
1987:
- Anderson,
John. Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1987.
- Additional degrees: B.A. Zoology, UC
Berkeley, 1979; M.A. Ecology, San Francisco State University, 1982.
- Present title and employer: Associate Dean
of Advanced Studies, and W.H. Drury Chair in Natural History, College
of the Atlantic.
- Work duties: Responsible for College of
the Atlantic graduate program (M.Phil.) and Director of Marine Studies
(responsible for boats and two offshore island field stations. I
teach a bunch, and still do research on birds – though its mostly
gulls and petrels now, rather than pelicans.
- Contact information: College of the
Atlantic, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor, ME 04609. Web sites:
www.coa.edu and
www.greatduckisland.net.
- Other interests: We went around the world
during last sabbatical (1998); I had to give talks in South Africa and
New Zealand. I have also done some bird stuff in Uruguay, and this
coming sabbatical we are off to the West Coast where I have to give
some talks at Intel’s Berkeley Research Lab and down in S.
California. I putter around the Maine archipelago in a variety of
boats looking at birds and talking natural history. My daughter Clare
and I are trying to restore an old 19-foot sailing dory. My son David
and I make models of old warships. My wife Karen takes me hiking.
[8/02]
-
- Frey, Debra
Ann. M.S. Zoology, 1987.
- Present name: Debra Ann Fadool.
- Additional degrees: Ph.D. Zoology,
University of Florida, Whitney Marine Laboratory, St. Augustine, 1993.
- Present title and employer: Assistant
Professor, Program in Neuroscience and Molecular Biophysics, Florida
State University.
- Work duties: Research as an
electrophysiologist/biophysicist: Ion channel modulation,
structure/function studies, study of electrical changes in brain
function following nerve injury (Neurotrophins- changes in tyrosine
kinase cascades) or Diabetes (Insulin-changes in receptor tyrosine
kinase phosphorylation). Instructor as a physiologist: teach various
types of physiology courses to medical students, veterinary students,
pharmacy graduate students, neuroscience graduate students, nurses,
and third year biology majors. This year also started teaching first
year biology majors the introductory biology.
- Contact information: 217 Biomedical
Research Facility; Tel: 850-644-4775, 850 645-3281; Web:
http://www.neuro.fsu.edu/faculty/fadool/.
- Other interests: I love travel to the
tropics or to Paris. I enjoy boating and SCUBA. I am a runner, and I
enjoy raising and selling succulents at the downtown market in
Tallahassee and various Florida art fairs. I have three kiddos –
between the laboratory and my home I am pretty consumed!
- Additional comments: NIH Postdoctoral
Fellow, Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, December 1996;
Assistant Professor, Zoology and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University,
Auburn, AL (1997-1999). [9/02]
-
- Gemma, Jane N.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Botany), 1987.
- Additional degrees: B.S. Pharmacy, University of Rhode
Island, 1978; M.A. Biology, Rhode Island College, 1981.
- Present title and employer: Adjunct Associate Professor,
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.
- Work duties: My work includes research projects
concerning the role of symbiotic fungi and native plants in Hawaiian
ecosystems. Another project in this lab includes the use of
symbiotic fungi in turf greens to decrease the input of harmful
chemicals (fertilizers and pesticides) in golf courses.
- Contact information: E-mail: "Jane Gemma" <rkoske@uri.edu>.
- Other interests: My main interest over the last few years
has been painting (oils and watercolors). My first solo art exhibit
was Aug. 2002 at the Boulevard Gallery in Newport. [10/02]
1988:
- Franz, Craig
J. Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), 1988.
- Additional degrees: B.A. Biology, Bucknell
University, 1975; M.Sc. Environmental Engineering and Science, Drexel
University, 1977.
- Present title and employer: President, St.
Mary’s College of California.
- Work duties: CEO responsibilities for a
140-year-old, distinguished northern California, private, Lasallian,
Catholic college in the liberal arts tradition involving 3800+
students.
-
Contact information:
1928 Saint Mary’s Road, Moraga, CA 94575; Tel: 925-631-4203; Fax
925-376-2150. [7/02]
-
- Rubin, David A.
M.S. Zoology, 1988.
- Additional degrees: Ph.D. Biology, University of Denver,
1994.
- Present title and employer: Assistant Professor of
Physiology, Illinois State University.
- Work duties: Research: Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) and PTH-like
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