BIOGRAPHIES OF THE BERAC MEMBERSHIP
ADELSTEIN, S. JAMES
Education: B.S.,
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949; M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1953; Ph.D. (biophysics),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957. Professional Experience: Medical House Officer, Senior Assistant
Resident, Chief Resident Physician, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1953-1960; Fellow of the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, 1957-1958; Philip H. Cook Fellow in Radiology, Harvard, 1960-1968; Career Development
Award, U.S. Public Health Service, 1965-1968; Instructor, Associate, Assistant, Full Professor, Anatomy/Radiology,
Harvard Medical School, 1961-1989; Paul C. Cabot Professor of Medical Biophysics, Harvard Medical School, 1989-1997;
Daniel C. Tosteson University Professor, Harvard Medical School, 1997-present; Paul C. Cabot Distinguished Professor of
Medical Biophysics, 2003-present. Selected Concurrent Positions: Director, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Peter
Bent Brigham Hospital, 1968-1992; Chief, Nuclear Medicine Services, The Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts,
1970-1978; Physician,Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, 1982-1993; Radiologist, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, 1992-present; Director, MD-PhD Program, Harvard Medical School, 1978-1982; Executive Dean for Academic
Programs in the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1978-1997; American Board of Nuclear Medicine, 1972-1978;
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, 1978-present; Director, Whitaker Health Sciences Fund,
1981-1992; Board on Radiation Effects, National Academy of Sciences (Chair, 2002-2005), 1998-2005; Chair, University
Advisory Committee on Human Subjects Research, Harvard University, 1998-2003; Vice Chair, Nuclear and Radiation
Studies Board, The national Academies, 2005-present. Memberships: Biophysical Society, 1957-present; Association
for Radiation Research, 1958-present; American Chemical Society, 1965-present; Society of Nuclear Medicine,
1968-present; American College of Nuclear Physicians, 1974-present; Association of University Radiologists, 1984-present;
Health Physics Society, 1995-present. Awards and Honors: Elected Fellow, American College of Nuclear Physicians,
1981; Herman L. Blumgart Award, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 1983; Elected Member, Institute of Medicine of the National
Academy of Sciences, 1985; Paul Ebersold Award, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 1986; Elected Fellow, American Association
for the Advancement of Science, 1987; Georg de Hevesy Award, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 1999; Lauriston Taylor
Lecturer, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, 2000. Mailing Address: Harvard Medical School,
Harvard University, 260 Longwood Avenue - TMEC 145, Boston, MA 02115.
(Telephone: 617-432-3997; email james_adelstein@hms.harvard.edu)
BIERLY, EUGENE W.
Education: A.B.,
(chemistry), University of Pennsylvania, 1953; Certificate of Completion (aerology), U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, 1954;
M.S. (meteorology), University of Michigan, 1957; Ph.D. (meteorolgy), University of Michigan, 1968. Professional Experience: Assistant,
Department of Civil Engineering, Meteorological Laboratories, University of Michigan, 1956-1960; Assistant Research Meteorologist, Department
of Engineering Mechanics, 1960-1963; Lecturer, 1961-1963; Meteorologist, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1963-1966; Program Director,
Meteorology, 1966-1971; Coordinator, Global Atmospheric Research Program, 1971-1974; Head, Office Climate Dynamics, 1974-1975;
Head, Climate Dynamics Research Section, 1975-1979; Director, Division of Atmospheric Science, National Science Foundation, 1979-1992;
Director, Education and Research, 1992-1998; Senior Scientist, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 1998-present.
Concurrent Positions: Consultant, Power Reactor Development Company, 1961-1962; PAC Missile Range, 1962-1963; University of
Alaska at Fairbanks, Florida State University, University of Oklahoma, McGraw-Hill, 1992-present; Congressional Fellow (APSA), 1970-1971.
Memberships: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Fellow, American Meteorology Society (President, 1984);
Member, American Geophysical Union; Chinese Meteorological Society, Sigma Xi. Mailing Address: Director for Education and Research,
American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009. (Telephone: 202-777-7506; email ebierly@agu.org)
BRAAM, JANET
Education: B.Sc. (zoology), Southern Illinois University, 1980; Ph.D. (biology and virology), Cornell Graduate School
of Medical Sciences, Sloan-Kettering Division, New York, 1985. Professional Experience: Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, 1990-1996; Adjunct
Faculty, Developmental Biology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, 1992-present; Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, 1996-2003; Professor of Biochemistry
and Cell Biology, Rice University, 2003-present; Chair of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Department, Rice University, 2007-present. Awards and Honors: Rice University Women’s
Resource Center IMPACT Award, 2006. Societies and Committees: Member, NSF Integrative Plant Biology Study Section Panel, 1996-2003; Member, USDA NRI’s Developmental
Processes of Agricultural Plants Panel, 2005-2006; Member, USDA NRI’s Biochemistry Panel, 2006-2007; Member NSF Advisory Panel for Plant Cyber-Infrastructure, 2007; Member NSF-Genome
Canada Collaboration Steering Committee, 2007; Member Editorial Board, Plant Signaling and Behavior, 2005-present. Research Interests: Understanding how plants perceive environmental
conditions and respond in ways that make them better able to withstand environmental stress; the roles of cell wall modifying enzymes (xyloglucan endotransglucosylases/hydrolases) and calmodulin
and calmodulin-like proteins in plant biology; Calcium and nitric oxide signaling. Autophagy regulation; use of Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system for studying plant biology. Mailing Address:
Chair and Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005-1892. (Telephone 713-348-5287; email braam@rice.edu)
BROIDO, MICHELLE S.
Education: BA (1976),
M.S. (1978); Ph.D. (1980), University of California, San Diego (chemistry). Professional Experience: NIH Postdoctoral Fellow (chemistry),
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1980-1982; Postdoctoral Research Chemist, University of California, San Francisco, 1982-1983;
Associate/Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 1983-1992; Health Scientist Administrator,
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH, 1990-1994; Program Manager, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, DOE, 1994-1997;
Acting Director/Director, Environmental Sciences Division, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, DOE, 1995-1999; Assistant Vice
Chancellor for Research, Health Sciences and Associate Professor Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh,
1999-2003; Associate Vice Chancellor for Basic Biomedical Research, Director of the Office of Research, Health Sciences, and Associate Professor, Environmental and
Occupational Health, 2003 - present; Co-Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Associate Professor of Clinical and Translational
Science, 2008-present. Research Interest: High-resolution
NMR studies of biomolecules. Mailing Address: Associate Vice Chancellor for Basic Biomedical Research, University
of Pittsburgh, Scaife Hall, Suite 401, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. (Telephone: 412-648-2232;
email broidoms@pitt.edu)
DICKINSON, ROBERT E.
Education: B.A. (chemistry and physics), Harvard
University, 1961; M.S. (meteorology), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962; Ph.D. (meteorology), Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 1966. Professional Experience: Scientist, Head, Climate section, and Deputy Director,
NCAR, Boulder, Colorado, 1968-1990; Professor and Regents Professor, University of Arizona, Department of Atmospheric
Sciences, 1993-1999; Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (Endowed Chair, Georgia
Power/Georgia Research Alliance), 1999-present. Societies and Committees: American Geophysical Union, member
since 1987, President 2002-2004; American Institute of Physics Governing Board, 2004-2007; American Meteorological
Society, Member since 1971; Ecological Society of America; International Society of Biometeorology. Honors and Awards:
American Meteorological Society, Meisinger Award, 1973; American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 1984;
American Geophysical Union, Fellow, 1987; National Academy of Science, Member, 1988; American Meteorological Society,
Rossby Award, 1996 American Geophysical Union, Roger Revelle Medal, 1996; National Academy of Engineering, Member, 2002.
Research Interests: Global Change, Climate Modeling, Remote Sensing, Tropical Deforestation, Interaction of
Terrestrial and Atmospheric Hydrological Processes, Drought. Mailing Address: Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson
School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, C1100, Austin, TX 78712. (Telephone: ; email
robted@jsg.utexas.edu)
EHLERINGER, JAMES R.
Education: B.S., San Diego State University, 1972; M.S.,
San Diego State University, 1973; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1977. Professional Experience: Assistant Professor (1977-1980), Associate Professor
(1980-1984), Professor (1984-2000), Chair of Biology (1993-1996), Distinguished Professor (2000-present), Department of Biology, University of
Utah. Honors and Awards: Murray Buell Award, Ecological Society of America, 1978; Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, 1984; Distinguished
Research Award, University of Utah, 1988; Students Choice Award for Teaching, University of Utah, 1998; Governors Medal for Science and
Technology, State of Utah, 1999; AAAS Fellow, 1999. Research Interests: Global Change impacts on vegetation and ecosystem processes; plant
ecology, including photosynthesis, water relations, and energy balance; applications of stable isotopes to address environmental, physiological, forensic,
anthropological, and ecosystem processes. Mailing Address: Department of Biology, University of Utah, 257 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City,
UT 84112. (Telephone: 801-581-7623; email ehleringer@biology.utah.edu)
FOWLER, JOANNA S.
Education: B.A. (chemistry), University of South Florida, 1964; Ph.D.
(chemistry), University of Colorado, 1967; Post-Doctoral (chemistry), University of East Anglia, England 1968; Post-Doctoral (chemistry), Brookhaven
National Laboratory, 1969-1970. Positions: Chemist, Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1971-present; NCR Committee on
Nuclear and Radiochemistry, 1986-1992; NIH, Diagnostic Radiology Study Section, 1987-1991; U.S. Pharmacopeia Advisory Board, 1990; the Javits
Neuroscience Investigator Award, 1994-2001; Director, Brookhaven PET Program, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 1994-present;
Adjunct Professor, Chemistry Department and Biomedical Engineering Department, SUNY Stoney Brook, New York, 2000-present. Honors: Aebersold
Award, Society for Nuclear Medicine, 1997; Garvan Award, American Chemical Society, 1997; E.O. Lawrence Award, Life Sciences, 1999; Alfred P.
Wolf Award, Society for Nuclear Imaging in Drug Development, 2000; Glen T. Seaborg Award (nuclear chemistry), American Chemical Society, 2002;
Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2003; Distinguished Basic Scientist Award, Academy of Molecular Imaging, 2005; Distinguished Scientist
Fellowship, DOE, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, 2005. Research Interests: Organic synthesis and organofluorine chemistry; rapid
radiotracer synthesis with positron emitters; new applications of radiotracers to problems in biology and medicine; mechanistic studies relating to the
development of radiotracers for PET; in vivo studies of neurotransmitter activity, enzyme activity neurodegeneration and drug mechanisms; monoamine
oxidase; neuropharmacological actions of tobacco smoke; neurochemical changes in addictive disorders. Mailing Address: Chemistry Department,
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Building 555, Upton, NY 11973. (Telephone: 631-344-4365; email fowler@bnl.gov)
GESTELAND, RAYMOND F.
Education: B.S. (chemistry), University of Wisconsin, 1960; M.S. (biochemistry), University of Wisconsin, 1961; Ph.D. (biochemistry),
Harvard University, 1965; Post Doctoral, Institut de Biologie Moleculare, Universite de Geneve, NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1966-1967.
Professional Experience: Professor of Biology, University of Utah, 1978-present; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory for
Genetic Research, University of Utah, 1978-1998; Professor of Human Genetics, University of Utah, 1984-present; Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering,
University of Utah, 1989-present; Chairman, Human Genetics Department, University of Utah, 1984-2000; Vice President for Research, University of
Utah, 2000-present. Memberships: Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1980-present; American Society for Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology, 1980-present; Member, American Society for Microbiology, 1983-present; Board of Trustees (Scientific Advisory Committee),
Primary Children's Medical Center Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1989-1996; Member, The Human Genome Organization, 1989-present; Sponsor
for Oak Ridge Associated Universities Fellowship Program, 1990-97; Member, NIH/DOE Human Genome Coordinating Committee, 1992-1996;
Chairperson, NIH Human Genome Study Section, 1992-1996; Member, DOE HERAC Subcommittee, 1993-1996; Member, NIH External Advisory
Committee to the Drosophila Genome Center at the University of California, Berkeley, 1993; Member, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Advisory
Committee for the Human Genome Center, 1992; Member, American Academy of Microbiology, 1994-present; Member, Genetics Society of America,
1985-present; Member, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1985-present; Member, DOE "Search Committee for Associate
Director of the Office of Health and Environmental Research", 1994-1995; Chairman of Science Advisory Board, Bureau of Land Management, Pat Shea
Director, 1997-2000; Member DOE Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee (BERAC), 1996-present. Honors and Awards: 1994
Governor's Medal for Science and Technology Award, The State of Utah, Governor Michael O. Leavitt, 1994; 55th Frederick William Reynold's Lecturer,
University of Utah, 1995; "Distinguished Professor" of Human Genetics at the University of Utah, 1996; Recipient, The Helen Lowe Bamberger Colby Presidential
Endowed Chair in Human Genetics, University of Utah, 1998. Mailing Address: Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, 15 N. 2030 E,
Room 7410, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. (Telephone: 801-581-5190; email ray.gesteland@genetics.utah.edu)
JOACHIMIAK, ANDRZEJ
Education: M.S. (1974) and Ph.D. (1979) (chemistry), University of A. Mickiewicz, Poznan, Poland; D.Sc.
(molecular biology), Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Poland, 1991. Professional Experience: Adjunct, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry,
Polish Academy of Sciences, 1980-1981; Research Associate, University of Chicago, 1981-1984; Research Associate, Instructor, University of Chicago, 1985-1986; Adjunct, Institute of
Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1986-1992; Research Scientist, Yale University, 1990-1993; Staff Member, Argonne National Laboratory, 1993-present; Associate Adjunct
Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1996-present; Director, Structural Biology Center, Argonne National Laboratory, 1997-present; Principal Investigator, Midwest Center for
Structural Genomics, Argonne National Laboratory, 2000-present; Senior Biophysicist, Argonne National Laboratory, 2001-present; Senior Fellow, Computational Institute UoC/ANL, 2005-present;
Professor, University of Chicago, 2004-present; Senior Fellow, the Genomic and Systems Biology Center, 2007-present; Co-Investigator, Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases,
2007-present. Honors and Awards: Polish Academy of Sciences Scientific Society Award, 1976; Mozolowski Polish Biochemical Society Award, 1978; City of Poznan Scientific Award,
1982; Argonne National Laboratory Pacesetter Award, 1996; University of Chicago Award for Distinguished Performance, 2001; Inventor Award, Argonne National Laboratory, 2005 and 2006;
Arthur H. Compton Award, Advanced Photon Source, 2007. Societies and Committees: American Crystallographic Association, 1982; Member, European Academy of Sciences, 2002;
Member, International Structural Genomics Organization Advisory Board, 2004; Member, Protein Data Bank Advisory Committee, 2005, Chair, Protein Structure Initiative Target Selection Committee,
2005; Member, Protein Structure Initiative Steering Committee, 2005; Member, Protein Structure Initiative Milestones Committee, 2006; Member, National Center for Macromolecular Imaging,
Advisory Committee, 2006; NSLS-II Experimental Facilities Advisory Committee, 2007; Member, Protein Structure Initiative OMG, 2007; Member, Biophysical Society, 2007; (Editorial Boards:
Journal of Structural Biology; Journal Structural and Functional Genomics, Editor-in-Chief; Protein Science). Research Interests: protein structure, working to improve methods that determine
protein structures including new techniques in protein production, crystal growth, X-ray crystallographic structure. Mailing Address: Structural Biology Center and Midwest Center for Structural Genomics,
Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439 (Telephone: 630-252-3926, email andrzejj@anl.gov)
KINGSBURY, DAVID T.
Education: B.S., 1962 and M.S., 1965, University
of Washington; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1971. Professional Experience: Dernham Junior Postdoctoral Fellow in
Oncology, Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, 1971-1972; Assistant and Associate Professor of Medical
Microbiology and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of California,
Irvine, 1972-1981; Professor of Medical Microbiology and Virology, University of California, Berkeley, 1981-1986; Scientific Director,
Naval Biosciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 1981-1986; Adjunct Professor of Microbiology, George Washington
University, 1985-1988; Assistant Director for Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences, National Science Foundation, 1984- 1988;
Professor of Microbiology, George Washington University, 1988-1993; Visiting Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and
Genetics, and Managing Director, Genome Data Base, The Johns Hopkins University, 1992-1993; Director, Genome Data Base,
Director, Welch Laboratory for Applied Bioinformatics, Associate Professor of Information Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 1993-1997;
Director, Division of Biomedical Information Sciences, Director, William H. Welch Medical Library, Associate Dean for Information Sciences,
Johns Hopkins University, 1994-1997; Chief Information Officer, Johns Hopkins University, 1995-1997; Vice President, Chief Information Officer,
Chiron Corporation, 1997-1999; Senior Vice President, Research and Development ValiGene Corporation, Paris, France, 1999-2000;
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Discovery Biosciences Corporation, 2000-2002; President, DTK Consulting, 2002-2004;
Chief Program Officer, Science, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, 2004-present. Concurrent Activities: Founding Editor-in-Chief,
Journal of Computation Biology; Editor, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. Mailing Address: Chief Program
Officer, Science, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, P.O. Box 29910, The Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94129-0910.
(Express Mail: 38 Mesa Blvd.) (Telephone: 415-561-7524; email David.Kingsbury@moore.org)
LARSON, STEVEN M.
Education: B.A. (zoology), University of Washington,
1967; Fellowships in Nuclear Medicine, 1964-1966; M.D., University of Washington, 1972; Internship/Resident, Virginia Mason Hospital,
1968-1970; Clinical Associate, Department of Nuclear Medicine, NIH, 1970-1972. Professional Experience: Associate/Full Professor of
Medicine, University of Washington, 1976-1983; Professor, Department of Radiology, 1983-1988; Professor of Radiology, Cornell
University Medical College, 1988-present; Director of Radiology Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, present.
Selected Concurrent Positions: Head, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, 1975-1976;
Chief, Nuclear Medicine Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, 1975-1976; Chief, Radioimmunoassay
Unit, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, 1976-1983; Director, University of Washington Conjoint PET
Program, 1980-1987; Chief, Nuclear Medicine Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, 1981-1987;
Chief, Department of Nuclear Medicine, NIH, 1983-1988; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1988-present;
Chief, Nuclear Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1988-present; Attending Physician, Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center, 1990-present; Visiting Clinician, Clinical Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1990-present;
Attending Radiologist, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1996-present; Member, Sloan-Kettering Institute, 1988-present;
Director, Laurent and Alberta Gerschel PET Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1995-persent. Memberships: American
Medical Association; American Society of Clinical Oncology; Society of Nuclear Medicine; American College of Nuclear Physicians;
American College of Physicians; Radiological Society of North America, Inc.; Institute for Clinical PET; New York Academy of Medicine;
Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Honors and Awards: Smith Kline Instrumentation Prize, 1968; Commissioners
Special Citation, FDA, 1982; Distinguished AMA Lecturer in Medical Sciences, 1986; The Louise and Lionel Berman Foundation Award,
1990. Research: Nuclear medicine; positron emission tomography. Mailing Address: Chief, Nuclear Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Room S212, New York, NY 10021. (Telephone: 212-639-7373; email larsons@mskcc.org)
LEINEN, MARGARET S.
Education: B.S. (geology), University of Illinois, 1969; M.S.
(geological oceanography), Oregon State University, 1975; Ph.D. (geological oceanography), University of Rhode Island, 1980.
Professional Experience: Marine Scientist, 1980-1982; Assistant and Associate Research Professor, 1982-1989; Professor of Oceanography,
1989; Associate Dean, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 1988-92; Acting Dean, College of Resource Development, 1995-2000;
Vice Provost for Marine Programs and Dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography, 1991-2000; Assistant Director for Geosciences, National Science
Foundation, 2000-2007; Chief Science Officer, Climos, Inc., 2007. Memberships: American Geophysical Union; Geological Society of America; The
Oceanography Society; Association of Women Geoscientists. Awards and Honors: Fellow, Geological Society of America; Fellow, American Association
for the Advancement of Science. Research Interests: history of biogenic sedimentation in the oceans and its relationship to global biogeochemical
cycles, and the history of eolian sedimentation in the oceans and its relationship to climate. Mailing Address: Chief Science Officer, Climos, Inc.,
119 S. Columbus St., Alexandria, VA 22314. (Telephone: 202-415-6545; email mleinen@climos.com)
PADGETTE, STEPHEN R.
Education: B.S. (chemistry), Georgia Institute of Technology, 1980; Ph.D.
(biochemistry, organic chemistry minor), Georgia Institute of Technology, 1984. Professional Experience: Glyphosate-tolerant crop research, Monsanto,
1984-1989; Program Leader, Roundup Ready® Crops, Monsanto, 1989-1994; Fellow and Center of Excellence Leader, Biopolymers/Oils, Monsanto,
1994-1997; Co-Director, Global Soybean Business Team, Monsanto Ag Sector, 1997-1998; Vice President, Technology, Monsanto Ag Sector, 1998-1999;
Vice President, Biotechnology and Science Fellow, Monsanto, 1999-present. Selected Concurrent Positions: Board of Directors, Mendel Biotechnology
LLC, Haywood, California; Governance Board, Renessen LLC, Deerfield, Illinois, a joint venture of Monsanto and Cargill; Board of Trustees, St. Louis Science
Center; External Advisory Board, Georgia Institute of Technology, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience; Corporate Liason, Danforth Plant Science Center.
Memberships: American Chemical Society; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Society of Plant Biologists. Awards:
Monsanto Edgar M. Queeny Award for Science Leading to a Significant Commercial Product: Discovery and Development of Roundup Ready® Crops. Mailing Address:
Vice President, Biotechnology, Monsanto Company, Monsanto GG3A, 700 Chesterfield Parkway West, Chesterfield, MO 63017.
(Telephone: 636-737-6386; email stephen.r.padgette@monsanto.com)
PENNER, JOYCE E.
Education: B.S., University of California, 1970; M.S., Harvard
University, 1972; Ph.D. (applied mathematics), Harvard University, 1977. Professional Experience: Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, 1977-1996; Group Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1987-1996; Division Leader, Global Climate Research
Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1995-1996; Professor, University of Michigan, 1996-present.
Professional Service and Memberships: Chair-Elect, of the AAAS Section on Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences,
2005-2008; Vice Chair, NRC Panel on Climate Variability and Change for the NRC Decadel Study on Earth Sciences,
2004-2005; Member, NOAA Climate Monitoring Working Group, 2003-2005; Chairman, National Science Foundation
Advisory Committee for Geosciences, 2003-2004; Member, NASA Earth System Science Advisory Committee, 2002-2003;
Member, Space Studies Board, National Research Council, 1999-2001; Member, various panels, National Academy of Science,
1989-present. Honors and Awards: Norbert Gerbier-Mumm International Award of the WMO for "A search for human influences
on the thermal structure of the atmosphere" by Santer et al., 1998; Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 1996, 1999; Research
Excellence Award, University of Michigan College of Engineering, 2003; Aksel Wiin-Nielson Collegiate Professor of Atmospheric
Science, 2005. Research: Cloud and aerosol interactions and cloud microphysics, climate and climate change, interactions of
atmospheric chemistry with climate. Mailing Address: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of
Michigan, 2455 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. (Telephone: 734-936-0519; email penner@umich.edu)
PETSKO, GREGORY
Education: B.A. (chemistry), Princeton University, 1970; D.Phil. (molecular biophysics), Oxford University,
Oxford, England, 1973; EMBO Fellowship, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chemique, Universite de Paris, Paris, France, 1973. Professional Experience: Instructor, Department
of Biochemistry, Wayne State University School of Medicine, and Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, and Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979-1984; Professor, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985-1990; Lucille P. Markey
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, 1990-1996; Director, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University,
1994-2007; Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, 2005-present; Associate Member, Tufts New England Medical
Center Cancer Center, 2007-present; Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Brandeis University, 1996-present. Awards and Honors: Rhodes Scholarship to
Oxford University, 1970-1973; U.S. Public Health Service Research Career Development Award, 1978-1983; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, 1978-1982; Max Planck Prize, 1991;
Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 1995; Lynen Medal, 2001; Elected to the Institute of Medicine, 2001; Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002; Elected
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003; McKnight Endowment for Neuroscience Brain Disorders Award (shared), 2004; Abraham Sacchar Award, 2005.
Societies and Committees: Scientific Advisory Boards: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1994-present; MediQuest Therapeutics 1997-present; Microbia, 1998-present; MannKind,
2001-present; Compound Therapeutics, 2003-present; Amicus Therapeutics, 2005 to present; Link Medicine, Inc., 2005-present. Medical Advisory Board, Howard Hughes Medical Institutes,
2004-present. Editorial Boards: Protein Engineering (Founding Editor and Executive Editor), 1986-2003; Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 1996-present; Journal of Biochemical Education
2000-present; Trends in Biochemical Education, 2000-present; Annual Reviews in Biochemistry, 2000-present; Current Protocols in Bioinformatics, 2000-present. American Crystallographic
Association; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Chemical Society; American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; American Society for Microbiology;
Biophysical Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; National Academy of Sciences; Member, Board of Chemical Sciences,
National Research Council, 1995-2001; Member, Board of Life Sciences, National Research Council, 2001-present. Research Interests: Protein structure and function; enzyme catalysis;
protein dynamics; yeast genetics; the quiescent state of the eukaryotic cell; neurodegenerative diseases, especially Parkinson’s Disease and the taupoathies. Mailing Address: Rosenstiel Center MS 029,
Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454-9110. (Telephone: 781-736-4903; email petsko@brandeis.edu)
RANDALL, DAVID A.
Education: B.S., M.S., Ohio State University, 1971;
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1976. Professional Experience: Research Assistant, Colorado State University, 1971-1972;
Research Assistant, Ohio State University, 1971; Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles,
1972-1976; Assistant Professor, Department of Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976-1979; Meteorologist,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 1979-1988; Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University,
1982-1988; Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, 1992-2005. Memberships: American
Meteorological Society, 1971-present; American Geophysical Union, 1990-present; American Association for the Advancement
of Science, 1992-present. Awards and Honors: Scholarship Impact Award, Colorado State University, 2005; Fellow, American
Geophysical Union, 2002; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001: Bjerknes Lecturer, Fall American
Geophysical Union Meeting, 2001; Cermak Outstanding Graduate Advisor Award, 1999; Abell Faculty Research and Graduate
Program Support Award for Excellence, 1996; Creativity Award from the National Science Foundation, 1995; NASA Group
Achievement Award, 1995; Award for “Outstanding Contributions to the ARM Program,” 1995; Councilor of the American
Meteorological Society, 1995-1998; Meisinger Award of the American Meteorological Society, 1994; American Geophysical
Union Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, JGR-Atmospheres, 1992; NASA Group Achievement Award, 1992;
Dean’s Council Award, College of Engineering, Colorado State University, 1991; NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific
Achievement, 1988; GLAS Best Paper Award, 1987; Fellow, American Meteorological Society, 1986; GLAS Best Paper
Award, 1983; Goddard Exceptional Performance Award, 1982; GLAS Special Achievement Award, 1982. Research:
Cloud-climate studies, climate dynamics, cloud parameterization, and numerical methods . Mailing Address: Department of
Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Campus Deliver 1371, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
(Telephone: 970-491-8474; email randall@atmos.colostate.edu)
REMINGTON, KARIN
Education: B.A. (natural science and mathematics), College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University,
St. Joseph, Minnesota, 1985; Ph.D. (mathematics), University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1991; Post Doctorate, Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1991-1992; Post Doctorate, Scientific Computing, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1992-1994. Professional Experience: Information Director, Association
for Computing Machinery’s Transactions on Mathematical Software (TOMS), 1997-1998; Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1994-1999; Senior Scientist,
Informatics Research, Celera Genomics, 1999-2002; Vice President, Bioinformatics Research and Senior Computational Scientist, The Venter Institute, 2002-2006; Founder and President,
Your Genome, Your World, 2006-2007; Project Manager, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON, Inc.) 2007; Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology,
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health, 2007-present. Awards and Honors: Householder Fellowship in Scientific Computing, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, 1992-1994; Wimberly Royster Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Kentucky, 1987; Delta Epsilon Sigma; Pi Mu Epsilon. Societies and Committees:
Board of Directors, Association for Computing Machinery’s SIGNUM (Special Interest Group on Numerical Mathematics), 1997-1999; The American Association for the Advancement of Science;
International Society for Computational Biology; International Society for Microbial Ecology; Association for Computing Machinery; American Association of University Women.
Research Interests: Integration of biology with computer sciences, engineering, mathematics, and physics. Mailing Address: Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH, 45 Center Drive, MSC 6200, Bethesda, MD 20892-6200. (Telephone: 301-451-6446; email remingka@nigms.nih.gov)
RILEY, MARGARET A.
Education: B.S. (zoology), University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1979-1981; M.S. (morphology), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1981-1983;
Ph.D. (population Genetics), Harvard University, 1983-1989. Professional Experience: Assistant Professor, Department
of Biology, Yale University, 1991-1996; Associate Professor, Department of EE&B, Yale University, 1996-1999;
Professor, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2003-present. Research Interests: range
from studies of experimental evolution of microbes to developing novel antimicrobials and redefining the microbial
species concept. Use of molecular and experimental methods to study the processes and patterns of microbial
ecology and evolution. Mailing Address: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Morrill Science Center, South 306,
Amherst, MA 01003. (Telephone: 413-545-2132; email riley@bio.umass.edu)
SAYLER, GARY S.
Education: A.A., Liberal Arts, Bismarck Junior College, 1969; B.S., Department of Bacteriology, North Dakota
State University, 1971; Ph.D., Department of Bacteriology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, 1974; Postdoctoral, Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland, 1975.
Professional Experience: Assistant Professor (1976-1980) and Associate Professor (1980-1985), University of Tennessee, Department of Microbiology and the Graduate Program
in Ecology; Director for Research, Waste Management Research and Education Institute, University of Tennessee, Center of Excellence, 1987-1991; Professor, Departments of Microbiology and
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Adjunct, Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty Appointments, Environmental Toxicology Program and Biotechnology Program, 1985-present;
Founding Director, Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Designated Research Center-of Excellence 2000, 1986-present; Director, Waste Management Research
and Education Institute, University of Tennessee, Center of Excellence, 1991-2005; Distinguished Professor, The University of Tennessee, 2000-2005; Interim Director, Institute for a Secure
and Sustainable Environment, University of Tennessee, 2005-2006; Beaman Distinguished Professor, The University of Tennessee, 2006; Director, University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National
Institute Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, 2006-present. Awards and Honors: Research Career Development Award (NIEHS), U.S. Public Health Service, 1980-1985; Teaching
Incentive Award, University of Tennessee, College of Liberal Arts, June 1980; Top 100 Innovators in Science, Science Digest, 1985; Chancellor Research Scholar, University of Tennessee, 1988;
Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (Lifetime), 1991; Senior Research Award, University of Tennessee College of Arts and Sciences, 1994; Procter and Gamble Award in Applied and
Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology, 1994; Silver and Gold Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Idaho, 1995; Discover Magazine Technology Innovation
Award Finalist with M. Simpson, 1998; SPHERE Award, DOW Foundation, 1998-2000. Societies and Committees: Chairman, EPA, Environmental Biology Peer Review Panel, Office
of Exploratory Research, 1990-1993; Section Editor, Antoine Van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology, 1994-1999; Editorial Boards: Molecular Ecology (1991-1999),
Biodegradation (1990-present), Microbial Ecology (1989-1993), Industrial Microbiology (1986-1988), Applied and Environmental Microbiology (1986-1989),
Journal of Microbiological Methods (1982-2000); Associate Editor, Environmental Science and Technology, American Chemical Society, 1999-present;
Water Environment Research Foundation, Research Council Member, 1999-2003; NAS/NRC Decontamination and Decommission Committee 2000-2002; NAS/NRC Committee,
Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques, 2002-2003; EPA Science Advisory Board, Drinking Water Committee 2003-2007; Board of Scientific Counselors, EPA/ORD, 2004-present;
Chairman, Board of Scientific Counselors, EPA/ORD, 2007-present. Mailing Address: The University of Tennessee, The Center for Environmental Biotechnology, 676 Dabney Hall,
Knoxville, TN 37996-1605. (Telephone: 865-974-8080, email sayler@utk.edu)
STACEY, GARY
Education: B.S. (biology), Bowling Green State University, 1974; Ph.D. (microbiology), University of Texas, 1978.
Professional Experience: Research Associate, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978-1981; Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Department of
Microbiology and Graduate Program of Ecology, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1981-1986; Associate Professor, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1987-1992; Professor, University
of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1992-2002; Director, Center for Legume Research, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1990; van der Klaauw Chair of Plant Molecular Biology, Visiting Professorship,
University of Leiden, The Netherlands, Sept-Dec 1990; Director, Molecular Biology Resource Facility (Automated DNA sequencing), 1995-1997; Associate Head, Department of Microbiology,
University of Tennessee, 1997-2001; Endowed Professor, Division of Plant Science, University of Missouri, 2002-present; Joint Faculty, Division of Biochemistry, University of Missouri,
2004-present; Joint Faculty, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri, 2005-present. Awards and Honors: Member of the Faculty of the Science Alliance
Center of Excellence, 1984-1995; Sigma Xi; Research Fellowship, Alexander Von Humboldt Stiftung, 1988; Chancellor’s Award for Research and Creative Achievement, University of Tennessee,
1992; Distinguished Research Award, College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, 2007. Societies and Committees: Member, Editorial Board, Applied and
Environmental Microbiology, 1986, 1989, 1992; Editorial Board, J. Bacteriol., 1989-2003; Associate Editor, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 1991-1994; Founding Editor, Co-Editor-in-Chief,
Plant-Microbe Interactions, 1995-1997; Senior Editor, Prokaryotic symbiosis, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 1995-1997; Advisory Board, National Science Foundation Soybean Genome
Center, University of Illinois, 1999-2002; Member, Steering Committee, Soybase Genome Database, 2001; Monitoring Editor, Plant Physiology, American Society of Plant Biologists, 2002-2005;
Elected Member, International Society of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Board of Directors, 2003-2007; Affymetrix Soybean GeneChip Design Steering Committee, 2003; Treasurer,
International Society of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2003-present; American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), Public Affairs Committee, 2004-2008; Associate Editor, Plant Physiology,
American Society of Plant Biologists, 2005-2007; Elected Member, National Soybean Genetics Executive Committee, 2005-2008; Committee of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science, Section on Biological Sciences, 2006-2009; Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2006-present; Member, Editorial Board, BMC: Plant Genomes and Systems
Biology, 2007-present; Member, Editorial Board, Bioenergy Research, 2007-present. Research Interests: Use of structural and functional genomic methods to understand the way in which
legumes respond to microbial infection. Mailing Address: Associate Director, National Soybean Biotechnology Center, Division of Plant Science, Division of Biochemistry, Department of
Microbiology and Molecular Immunology, 271E Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211. (Telephone: 573-884-4752, email staceyg@missouri.edu)
TIEDJE, JAMES M.
Education: B.S., B.S. (agronomy), Iowa
State University, 1964; M.S., Cornell University, 1966; Ph.D. (soil microbiology, biochemistry), Cornell University, 1968.
Professional Experience: Assistant, Associate Professor, and Professor, Departments of Crop and Soil Sciences and of
Microbiology and Public Health, Michigan State University, 1968-1993; Visiting Associate Professor, Department of
Microbiology, University of Georgia, 1974-1975; Visiting Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Biology, University of
California, Berkeley, 1981-1982; Director, National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center in Microbial
Ecology, 1989-present. Professional Service and Memberships: Editor, Microbial Ecology Section, Applied and
Environmental Microbiology, 1980-1985; Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, Committee on New
Developments in Biotechnology, 1986-1988; EPA Biotechnology Science Advisory Committee, 1986-1991,
(Chairperson, 1988-1990, Member 1986-1990; Chair, Executive. Committee, International Committee on Microbial
Ecology, 1995-1998; Editor, Microbiological Reviews later Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 1992-1999;
Chair Elect, Chair, Past Chair, American Association for the Advancement of Science Section on Agriculture, Food and
National Resource, 1998-2001; Chair, Environmental Microbiology Committee, and member Public and Scientific Affairs
Board, American Society for Microbiology, 1998-2003; President, American Society of Microbiology, 2003-2004.
Honors and Awards: Outstanding young microbiologist, Eli Lilly Research Laboratories and received Career Development
Research Award of $10,000, 1974; Fellow, American Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America, 1981;
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1985; Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan State
University, 1986; Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan Association of University Governing Boards, 1989; Fellow,
International Institute of Biotechnology (London), 1991; Applied and Environmental Research Award, American
Society for Microbiology, 1992; University Distinguished Professor, 1992; Carlos J. Finley Prize presented by
UNESCO for international research contributions in microbiology, 1993; American Society for Microbiology
Founders Award for Distinguished Service, 2003; Elected. National Academy of Sciences, 2003. Research Interests:
Discovering, understanding and developing new bioconversion reactions by anaerobes, especially for destruction of
hazardous wastes, understanding the ecology, physiology and biochemistry of denitrification, and understanding the
fate and impact of genetically engineered microbes so that their success or risk in nature can be better predicted.
Mailing Address: Director, The Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, 540 Plant and Soil Sciences
Building, East Lansing, MI 48824. (Telephone: 517-353-9021, email tiedjej@msu.edu)
WASHINGTON, WARREN MORTON
Education:
B.S. (physics), Oregon State University, 1958; M.S. (meteorology), Oregon State University, 1960; Ph.D.(meteorology),
Pennsylvania State University, 1964. Professional Experience: Research Associate, Pennsylvania State University,
1960-1963; Research Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1963-present; 1987-95, Director,
Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1987-1995. Concurrent Positions:
Adjunct Associate Professor, Meteorology and Oceanography, University of Michigan, 1968-1971; Member, various
panels, National Academy of Science and National Science Foundation, 1969-present; Member, Government Science
Advisory Committee, State of Colorado, 1975-1978; Presidential Appointment, National Advisory Committee,
Oceans and Atmosphere, 1978-1984; Member, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 1990-1993; National
Science Board, 1995-2006. Memberships: American Association for the Advancement of Science (Board of Directors),
1991-1995; American Meteorological Society, President, 1995; American Geophysical Union, Sigma Xi.
Honors and Awards: Fellow, American Meteorological Society, 1980; President-Elect, American Meteorological
Society, 1993; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1981; Member Board of Directors,
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1991-present; Fellow, The Alumni Fellow Program,
Pennsylvania State University, 1990; Distinguished Alumni Award, Pennsylvania State University, 1991; Fellow,
The Alumni Fellow Program, Oregon State University, 1990; Fellow, African Scientific Institute, 1993; one of
16 scientists featured in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, "Black Achievers in Science" Exhibit; Le
Verrier Medal of the Societe Meterologique die France, 1995; NAS Portrait Collection of African Americans in
Science, Engineering, and Medicine, 1997; DOE Biological and Environmental Research Program Exceptional
Service Award of Atmospheric Sciences, 1997; Distinguished Alumni Award, Oregon State University, 1996;
Walter Orr Roberts Lecturer, 1998; Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer for 1998-1999; Honorary Member,
American Meteorological Society, 2005. Research: Numerical modeling of the climate. Mailing Address:
National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307. (Express Mail: 1850
Table Mesa Dr.) (Telephone: 303-497-1321, email wmw@ucar.edu)
WILDUNG, RAYMOND E.
Education: B.S. (Soil Science), California State Polytechnic University, 1962;
M.S. (Soil Science), University of Wisconsin, 1964; Ph.D. (Soil Science, Bacteriology), University of Wisconsin, 1966; NIH Fellow, (Soil Science, Biochemistry)
University of Wisconsin, 1967. Professional Experience: Scientist, Section Manager, Environmental Sciences Department Manager (Geochemistry,
Microbiology, Plant Physiology, Terrestrial, Aquatic and Marine Sciences), Associate Center Manager, Laboratory Initiative Director, Program Director,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), 1967-2004; Senior Scientific Advisor, Environmental Remediation Sciences Division, OBER, DOE, 2004-2005;
Laboratory Fellow, PNNL, 2006. Concurrent Positions (selected): Affiliate Professor, Dept Agronomy and Soils, Washington State Univ., 1980-2006;
Director, Laboratory Initiatives in Biotechnology and Environmental Remediation Sciences, PNNL, 1991-1996; Director, Environmental Science Research Center,
Subsurface Science Program, OBER, DOE 1989-2004; National Science Team Leader, Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation Research Program (NABIR),
OBER, DOE 1996-1999. Professional Service (selected): Chairman, Oil Shale Panel, Coal, Uranium, Phosphate and Aluminum Panels, Committee on
Redistribution of Accessory Elements NAS, 1977-1979; Chairman, Soils Panel, Committee on Soil as a Resource in Relation to Surface Mining for Coal, NAS,
1978-1981; Executive Committee member, Chairman, Committee on Environmental Fate and Effects, Coordinator, Solid Waste Management, Oil Shale Task Force,
Office of Assistant Secretary for Environment, DOE, 1978-1981; Chairman, University of Chicago Advisory Committee for Environmental Research, Argonne National
Laboratory, 1981-1988; Committee on Onshore Energy Mineral Development, NAS, 1981-1983; Director’s Council, National Environmental Research Parks Program,
Office of Energy Research, DOE 1985-1989; Chairman, Scientific Committee 64-7 Soil Contamination, National Council on Radiation Protection, 1988-89; US
Delegation to Commission of European Communities, Environmental Effects of Chernobyl, 1986; Scientific Advisory Council, Glen T. Seaborg Institute of Transactinium
Science, Lawrence Livermore/Berkley National Laboratories, 1991-1994; Board of Visitors, Washington State University, 1993-1996; NABIR subcommittee,
BERAC, 2000-2003; Chairman, Scientific Advisory Council, Subsurface Science Initiative, Idaho National Laboratory, 2001-2003. Honors and Awards: DOE E. O. Lawrence
Award; Fellow, Soil Science Society of America; Leopold Edward Wrasse Scholar; National Institutes of Health Fellow; National Defense Education Act Fellow. Research Interests:
Understanding the role of biogeochemical processes in controlling contaminant fate and mobility in soil and subsurface systems and the implications for environmental restoration and stewardship.
Recent emphasis on the subsurface biosphere and microbial dissimilatory reduction and complexation processes and their influence on oxyanion speciation and transport, leading to new
concepts for in situ remediation of metals and radionuclides and for the use of enzymatic reduction in the discovery of synthesis of new radiopharmaceutical imaging agents.
Mailing Address: Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999,
MSIN P7-50, Richland, WA 99354. (Express Mail 790 6th Street) (Telephone: 509-376-6801; email r.wildung@pnl.gov)
WOOLEY, JOHN C.
Education: B.S. Michigan State
University, 1967; Ph.D. (biophysics and physics), The University of Chicago, 1975. Current PositionsPrevious and Ongoing Positions: Deputy Associate Director, Biological
and Environmental Research, Office of Science, DOE, 1992-1999; Associate Director, Office of Energy
Research (now called Office of Science), DOE, 1995-1998; Research Associate Professor of Biophysics,
Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1994-present; Division Director, Instrumentation and Resources Division,
National Science Foundation, 1988-1992; Program Director, Biological Instrumentation Program, National
Science Foundation, 1984-1988; Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemical Sciences, Princeton
University, 1978-1983; Research Fellow in Biochemistry, The Biological Laboratories, Harvard University,
1976-1978; Searle Visiting Scientist, Biophysics Department, Molecular Biology Research Laboratories,
G.D., Searle and Co., 1975-1976. Honors and Awards: SES Presidential Rank Award, Meritorious
Executive, 1997; National Science Foundation Superior Accomplishment Award, 1987; Searle Visiting
Scientist, 1975-1976; Danforth Teaching Scholar, 1969-1970. Memberships: Member, The University
of Chicago Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory, 2003-2006; Chair, Scientific Advisory
Board, Bioinformatics Institute, Singapore, 2002-2008; Member, Deep Computing Institute, IBM,
2000-2005; Member, Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center National Biomedical Computing Resource,
1997-2001; Advisory Board in Bioinformatics Training and Research, University of Michigan,
2002-2006; Chair, 2001-2003, and Member, 1999-2003, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics,
NIH Special Review Group; Member, National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for the
Biological Sciences, 1999-2005. Mailing Address: University of California, San Diego, 9500
Gilman Drive, MC#0043, La Jolla, CA 92093. (Telephone: 858-534-2494, email jwooley@ucsd.edu)
ZAVARIN, MAVRIK
Education: B.S. (chemistry),
University of California, Berkeley, California, 1989-1993; Ph.D., (soil chemistry), University of California,
Berkeley, California, 1993-1999. Professional Experience: Geochemist, Energy and Environment Directorate,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1998-2005; Chemist, Chemistry and Materials Science Directorate,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2005-present; Project Manager, Underground Test Area Project,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2005-present. Concurrent Position: Affiliate, The Center for
Reverine Science and Stream Re-naturalization, University of Montana, Missoula. Memberships: American
Chemical Society. Research Interests: reaction chemistry at the mineral-water interface, sorption/co-precipitation
kinetics, mineral dissolution/precipitation kinetics, colloid-facilitated transport, surface complexation modeling,
and reactive transport modeling. Mailing Address: Chemical Biology and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, L-231, Livermore, CA 94551. (Telephone: 925-424-6491,
email zavarin1@llnl.gov)
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