2006 In the Department of Biological Science at Florida State University (updated 31 July 06)

In May, construction began on the new Life Sciences Building that will replace Conradi. See the photos.

More news and events of 2006

Administration
Faculty roster
Arrivals
Departures
Awards to faculty, students, staff
Publications
Alumni newsletter (Responses)
Obituaries

Administration

Chair: Timothy S. Moerland
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies: George W. Bates
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies: Robert H. Reeves
Associate Chair for Curriculum Development: Lloyd M. Epstein

• New Professor David M. Gilbert, who came to the department from SUNY Upstate Medical University to fill the J. Herbert Taylor chair

• New Assistant Professor Hong-Guo Yu

• New Assistant Professor Fanxiu Zhu

• Robert A. Warner arrived to spend two three-week periods as the 2006 Mote Eminent Scholar in Fisheries Ecology.

• New head accountant William Chow joined the Conradi fiscal office in June, replacing Eric Strait.

• New fiscal assistant (personnel rep) Mari McElhannon joined the Conradi fiscal office in June, replacing Wilma Smith.

• New office assistant Keli Hardee joined the Conradi office in March, replacing Cyndi Harlow.

• Professor John S. Elam retired after 35 years in the department.

• Assistant Professor Thomas F. Hansen left during the spring semester to accept a position at the University of Oslo, in his native Norway.

• Research Associate Antonieta Labra Lillo left during the spring semester to accompany Dr. Hansen in his move to Norway.

• Postdoctoral investigator Kevin C. Rowe left Dr. Steppan's laboratory in July.

• Senior Lab Technician Kevin Haight left Dr. Tschinkel's laboratory (where he also earned a master's degree) in July.

• Laboratory technician Katie McAlister left Dr. Inouye's and Dr. Underwood's labs in July.

• Office Assistant Cyndi Harlow left the Conradi Clerical Office in January to accept another postion with the university.

• Eric Strait, head accountant in the department's Conradi Fiscal Office, left in March to accept a position in at Emory University.

• Gustavo Garrido, grant specialize in the department's Conradi Fiscal Office, left in July to accept another position on campus.

• Wilma Smith, of the department's Conradi Fiscal Office, left in May to accept a position elsewhere in Tallahassee.

• Professor Kenneth A. Taylor was awarded a named professorship, becoming the Donald L. D. Caspar Professor of Biological Science.

• Professor David M. Quadagno and Assistant Professor Nora Underwood both received university teaching awards.

  Assistant Professor Gregory M. Erickson received the department's Loretta Ellias Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

• Graduate student Peter Bouwma received a 2005-06 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.

• Graduate Student Publication Award: David Ferrell and Jean Burns Moriuchi
  
• Robert K. Godfrey Scholarship: Amanda Kubes
  
• The Margaret Menzel Memorial Scholarship: Amanda Kubes
  
• The Robert B. Short Scholarship in Zoology: Amanda Buchanan, Katie Lotterhos, and Matthew Schrader
  
• The Brenda Bennison Memorial Scholarship: Matthew Schrader
  
• The Jack Winn Gramling Research Award in Marine Biology: Nathaniel Jue and David Ferrell
  
• The Horace Loftin Endowment Award: Heather Gamper
  
• Biological Science Alumni Scholarship: Regina Anderson and Matthew Beard
  
• The John Mark Caffrey Scholarship: James Enos, Gelinda Gavino, Trstan Gonzalez-Sanz, Holly Monroe, Priya Pal, Brian Seitzman, and Michelle Smith
  
• The Biological Science Faculty Award for Undergraduate Scholarship: Brian Seitzman
  
• The Francenia E. Fisher Scholarship: Nicholas Miles
  
• The Charles M. McAllister Undergraduate Research Award: Jordan Rogers
  
• The Varina Vaughn-Winona Jordan Scholarship: Jennifer Peterson
  
• The 2006 of the Howard Hughes Computational Biology Fellowship: Rudolph Arceo, Jren Armon, Joshua Hoffman, Benjamin Kemp, Denise Newsome, Kristen Norman, Pankaj Pal, Priya Pal, Lauren Seabrooks, Lawren Vandevrede, and Halei Wong.
  

• Paul Kanciruk, 58, a retired marine biologist, died Friday, 10 February, 2006. A student of Dr. William F. Herrnkind, Paul received his doctorate in biology in 1976. Obituary.

• Kathleen Allison Craddock Burks, a botanist and project coordinator for Florida Natural Areas Inventory, died Thursday, 8 June 2006, at her home, after an all too brief struggle with cancer. A student of Dr. Loran C. Anderson, Kathy got her M.S. in the department in 1992 and remained a research associate of FSU's Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium until her death. Memorial contributions can be made to the Robert K. Godfrey Endowment Fund, Fund No. 0303, FSU Foundation, P.O. Box 3062739, Tallahassee, FL 32306. Obituary.

• Dr. David C. White, a microbiologist who was a member of the department from 1973 through 1984, died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on 25 October 2006 in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was a faculty member at the University of Tennessee and a distinguished scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Obituary.