"Dr. Reznick has combined long-term fieldwork and careful laboratory studies, all with rigorous experimental design, to demonstrate that natural selection can achieve rapid and dramatic changes in life history characteristics," said Professor Mark Springer, chair of the department of biology at UC Riverside. "This work is regarded as a classic in evolutionary biology and is regularly featured in both introductory biology textbooks and evolution textbooks."
The E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award is given to an active investigator in mid-career who has made significant contributions to the knowledge of a particular ecosystem or group of organisms. Special consideration is given to those individuals whose research and writing illuminate principles of evolutionary biology and an enhanced aesthetic appreciation of natural history.
Nominations for the award are solicited on an annual basis. A committee appointed by the president of the American Society of Naturalists selects recipients of the award. The award consists of an especially appropriate work of art and an honorarium of $2,000, presented at the annual meeting.
The UC Riverside Department of Biology serves three main functions: undergraduate instruction, graduate education, and research in basic biology. The department conducts research and teaching in many areas of life science including cell biology, conservation biology, developmental biology, ecology, evolution, molecular biology, physiology, and population biology. The department is part of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, a multi-departmental unit dedicated to instruction and basic research in the physical and life sciences, and also to 'mission-oriented' applied research in the agricultural sciences. The Biology major is a popular undergraduate major on the UC Riverside campus, with approximately 1000 students currently enrolled. Biology also provides much of the un
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University of California - Riverside
4-Jun-2003