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Joan Wennstrom Bennett, Ph.D. Rutgers University Associate Vice President for Promoting Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics Professor II, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology Cook College – 59 Dudley Road New Brunswick, NJ 08901 E-mail: profmycogirl@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________________ Education: University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 1967 Ph.D. (Botany), U.S. Public Health Service Trainee in Genetics 1964 M.S. (Botany), Hutchinson Memorial Fellowship Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey 1963 B.S. (Biology and History), Upsala College Board of Trustees Scholarship Academic Positions Held: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 2006-present Professor II, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology. Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 1990-2006 Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology 1981-1990 Professor, Department of Biology 1976-1981 Associate Professor, Department of Biology 1971-1976 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology 1970-1971 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biology 1998-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway New Jersey Visiting Professor, Department of Pharmacology 1991-1992 Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands Visiting Scientist, Department of Plant Molecular Biology 1968-1970 Southern Regional Research Laboratory, New Orleans, Louisiana National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S. Department of Agriculture 1967-1968 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology Fields of Interest: Fungal biotechnology; Genetics and genomics; Mold and mycotoxins; Biology of women; Bioethics; History of microbiology Publications: 1992 Aspergillus: Biology and Industrial Applications. Ed. (with M. A. Klich), Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston 1991 Applied Molecular Genetics of Fungi. Ed. (with J. F. Peberdy, C. E. Caten, and J. E. Ogden.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1991 More Gene Manipulations in Fungi, Ed. (with L. Lasure), Academic Press, New York 1985 Gene Manipulations in Fungi, Ed. (with L. Lasure), Academic Press, New York 1983 Secondary and Metabolism Differentiation in Fungi, Ed. (with A. Ciegler), Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York 1970-present Approximately 140 research papers, chapters and reviews Membership in Professional Societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Society for Microbiology; British Mycological Society; Mycological Society of America; Society for General Microbiology; Society forIndustrial Microbiology; Torrey Botanical Club Funded Research: U.S. Department of Agriculture; Brown-Hazen Fund; Exxon Corp; National Institutes of Health; U.S. Department of Defense; U.S. Department of Energy; Louisiana Power & Light; Newcomb Foundation; National Science Foundation Teaching: Bioethics; General Biology; Genetics; Heredity and Society; Human Reproduction; Molecular Cytogenetics; Molecular Genetics Awards and Honors: 2007 Honorary Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2006 Alice Evans Award, American Society for Microbiology 2005 Member, National Academy of Science Honorary Doctor of Science, Bethany College Charles Porter Award, Society for Industrial Microbiology 2003 Outstanding Service Award, Tulane Honors Program 1999 Carski Teaching Award, American Society for Microbiology 1998 MDS Panlabs Lecturer, Society for Industrial Microbiology 1996 Fellow, Society for Industrial Microbiology 1994 Honorary Member, Czech Society for Microbiology 1992 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 1991 Fellow, American Society for Microbiology 1991 Honors Professor Year, Tulane University 1990 Honorary Doctor of Literature, Upsala College 1988, 2000 Divisional Lecturer, American Society for Microbiology 1985 Carleton College Distinguished Woman Lecturer 1981 Foundations Lecturer, American Society for Microbiology 1980 Certificate of Award, New Orleans Association for Retarded Citizens 1978 Becton Dickinson Lecturer, American Society for Microbiology 1975 Newcomb College Mortarboard Award for Excellence in Teaching Editorial Boards and Editorships: 2000-2004 Mycologia (Editor-in-Chief) 1999-2004 Advances in Applied Microbiology (Co-Editor-in-Chief) 1999-present Series Editor, Marcel Dekker/Francis & Taylor Mycology Series 1998-2005 The Mycota (Co-Editor-in-Chief) 1997-2000 Biotechnology Letters 1996-2000 Annual Review of Microbiology 1991-2000 International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 1991-1994 Mycological Research 1985-1994 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 1984-1994 Mycopathologia (Mycotoxin Editor, 1985-1990) 1985-1989 Journal of Industrial Microbiology 1978-1985 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Administrative and Elected Offices: 2006- present Associate Vice President, Rutgers University 2006-2007 Chair, Biology Section, Amer. 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Advancement Science 2003-2005 Director, Environmental Studies, Tulane University 2001-2002 President, Society for Industrial Microbiology 1992-2000 Co-Director, Environmental Studies, Tulane University 1990-1991 President, American Society for Microbiology 1989-1991 Chairman, ad hoc Committee on Biotechnology, American Society for Microbiology 1988-1989 Vice President, British Mycological Society 1986-1989 Chairman, Committee on Biotechnology, Tulane University 1986-1987 Chairman, Second Conference on Biotechnology, American Society for Microbiology 1986-1987 President, Tulane Chapter Sigma Xi 1985-1986 Chairman, Fermentation and Biotechnology Division, American Society for Microbiology 1982-1984 Chairman, Sub-Committee on Use of Human Subjects, Tulane University Other Professional Activities: 2002-present Archivist, Society for Industrial Microbiology 2001-present Scientific Advisory Board, Neugenesis Corporation 2001- 2006 Chair, American Society for Microbiology Archives Committee 1996-2003 Scientific Advisor, DSM (formerly Gist-brocades) Delft, NL 1993-2006 Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University 1993-1995 Scientific Advisory Board, EcoScience Corporation 1991-1995 Board Member, National Foundation for Infectious Disease 1990 Leader, People-to-People Biotechnology Delegation, Peoples Republic of China 1988-1989 Board Member, Newcomb Foundation 1986-1989 Board Member, Society for Industrial Microbiology 1982-2006 Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine 1979-1985 Consultant on Bioethics, Lutheran Church in America 1972-2005 Collaborator, Southern Regional Research Laboratory, New Orleans, Louisiana 1972-1979 University of Chicago Alumni Cabinet
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