{"id":47,"date":"2013-05-10T13:15:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T17:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/biologyalumni\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2013-08-01T18:19:37","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T22:19:37","slug":"faculty-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/biologyalumni\/faculty-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Hires, Awards, and Promotions<\/h1>\n

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New Hires<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Co\"<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nDr. Liz Co<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>Biology Lecturer, <\/em>PhD, University of California, San Francisco, <\/em>Areas of Interest: Science education, human immunology and reproduction.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Davison\"<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nProfessor Ian Davison<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Assistant Professor of Biology. <\/em>PhD, Simon Fraser University, <\/em>Areas of Interest: Neural circuit architecture and information storage in olfactory cortical networks.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Siggers\"<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nProfessor Trevor Siggers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor of Biology, <\/em>PhD, Columbia University, <\/em>Areas of Interest: Systems biology of the immune and inflammatory systems, gene regulation in immune and inflammatory systems, inflammatory diseases, transcriptional networks, DNA-binding of transcription factors and transcriptional regulatory complexes, computational genomics, cis-regulatory logic in transcription.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Stewart\"<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nDr. Nathan Stewart<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biology Lecturer, PhD, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Areas of Interest: Influence of habitat complexity, prey quality, and predator avoidance on marine mammal resource selection in nearshore\u00a0sub-tidal\u00a0communities in coastal Alaska and the Arctic.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Awards<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Finnerty\"<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nProfessor\u00a0John Finnerty<\/a><\/strong>, Director of the\u00a0BU Marine Program<\/a> (BUMP), has been awarded a 2013\u00a0Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Kaufman\"<\/a><\/b><\/td>\nProfessor <\/b>Les Kaufman<\/b><\/a> <\/b>received the Parker-Gentry Award for Conservation Biology from the Field Museum in Chicago.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Primack\"<\/a><\/b><\/td>\nProfessor <\/b>Richard Primack<\/b><\/a> received the Distinguished Service Award of the Society for Conservation Biology and became an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Fulweiler\"<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nProfessor Wally Fulweiler<\/a><\/strong> won the Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Traniello\"<\/a><\/b><\/td>\nProfessor <\/b>James Traniello<\/b><\/a> received the Templeton Award for Excellence in Student Advising.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"G<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nProfessor\u00a0Gloria Callard<\/a> <\/strong>was awarded the ISFE (International Symposium on Fish Endocrinology) Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Finzi\"<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nProfessor\u00a0Adrien Finzi<\/a><\/strong> <\/a>received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Life Science and Agriculture at the University of New Hampshire where he completed his undergraduate degree in 1990.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Lobel\"<\/a><\/b><\/td>\nProfessor <\/b>Phillip Lobel<\/b><\/a> was awarded the “NOGI” (the oldest and most prestigious award in the diving industry) by the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences (AUAS); he also received the 2011 Service Award from the American Academy of Underwater Sciences.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Promotions<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Finzi\"<\/a><\/b><\/td>\nProfessor Adrien Finzi<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Ecology, Behavior & Evolution<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Promoted to Full Professor (effective 9\/2011)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"McCall\"<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nProfessor Kim McCall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cell & Molecular Biology<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Promoted to Full Professor (effective 9\/2013)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/b><\/a>\"Templer\"<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/td>\nProfessor Pamela Templer<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Ecology, Behavior & Evolution<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Promoted to Associate Professor (effective 9\/2012)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Man\"<\/a><\/b><\/td>\nProfessor Hengye Man<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Neurobiology<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Promoted to Associate Professor (effective 9\/2011)<\/i><\/p>\n

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\"Naya\"<\/a><\/b><\/td>\nProfessor Frank Naya<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Cell & Molecular Biology<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Promoted to Associate Professor (effective 9\/2011)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Spilios\"<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nDr. Kathryn Spilios<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Director of Instructional Labs and Lecturer<\/em><\/p>\n

Promoted to Full Time Lecturer (effective 7\/2013)<\/em><\/p>\n

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