The Department of Entomology is pleased to announce
that
Marla Spivak has
been named a Distinguished McKnight University Professor
for 2005.
Professor Spivak joins
George
Heimpel, and
Karen
Mesce, who have been awarded McKnight Land-Grant
Professorships, as well as Distinguished McKnight University Professors
David Andow and
Ann Fallon,
in continuing
the tradition of excellence in our Department.
The purpose of the Distinguished McKnight University Professorship
is to recognize and reward our most outstanding mid-career
faculty. Recipients are honored with the title Distinguished
McKnight University Professor, which they will hold for
as long as they remain at the University of Minnesota.
The grant associated with the Professorship consists of
$100,000 to be expended over five years.
The winners were chosen on the merit of their scholarly
achievements and the potential for greater attainment in
the field; the extent to which their achievements have
brought distinction to the University of Minnesota; the
quality of their teaching and advising; and their contributions
to the wider community.
On the Graduate School's announcement page, it says:
Professor Spivak is a world authority on honeybees, their behavior, and their services to humankind. As pollinators of one-third of all crops, bees are critical to environmental and human health. Spivak fuses basic and applied research, producing insights into basic biology while making significant differences for beekeepers. Spivak bred a widely used honeybee line resistant to disease through hygienic behavior. She is currently uncovering the antimicrobial benefits of propolis, a resin, to bees and humans. Spivak is past-president of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects’ North American Section, a trustee of the Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, and a member of the board of directors of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. She received the University of Minnesota McKnight Land-Grant Professor award in 1996 and a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant in 1997. She has had continuous research funding from NSF since 1997.
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