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- President
- University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
- University of Maryland System
- College Park, MD 20740
- Tel: 301-403-0501
- Email: colwell@umbi.umd.edu
Vitae
Education
- Purdue University 1956 B.S. Bacteriology
- Purdue University 1958 M.S. Genetics
- University of Washington 1961 Ph.D.
Recent Professional Experience
- 1991-Present President, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
- 1987-1991 Director, Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland
- 1987-1991 Director, Maryland Biotechnology Institute, University of Maryland
- 1983-1987 Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Maryland
- 1980-1981 Acting Director, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies
- 1977-1983 Director, University of Maryland Sea Grant College
- 1972-Present Professor of Microbiology, University of Maryland
- 1966-1972 Associate Professor of Biology, with tenure, Georgetown University
Honorary Degrees
- Professor Extraordinario, Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile, 1976
- D. Sc. (Hon.) Heriot-Watt University,. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1987
- Honorary Professor, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia, 1988
- D. Sc. (Hon) Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, 1991
- D. Sc. (Hon) Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1993
- D. Sc. (Hon) University of Surrey, Guilford, England, 1995
Recent Awards
International Institute of Biotechnology Gold Medal, 1990, Purkinje Medal for
Achievement in the Biological Sciences, Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences, 1991;
National Scholar, Phi Kappa Phi, 1992; Andrew White Medal, Loyola College, 1994
Research Focus
Biotechnology; microbial biodiversity; marine and estuarine microbial ecology;
microbial systematics; marine microbiology (ecology, physiology, genetics, and fine
structure of marine and estuarine bacteria); temperature and high pressure effects on
marine bacteria; microbial degradation; applications of computers in biology and medicine;
release of genetically engineered microorganisms.
Selected Professional Activities
- Washington Academy of Science, Fellow
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, President-Elect,
1994-1995, President, 1995-1996
- Sigma Delta Epsilon, Fellow
- American Academy of Microbiology, Fellow
- Canadian College of Microbiologists, Fellow
- Society for Industrial Microbiology, Board of Governors, 1976-1979
- Washington Academy of Sciences, Board of Managers, 1976-1979
- American Type Culture Collection, Board of Trustees, 1970-1985, Chairman,
1980-1981
- American Institute of Biological Sciences Governing Board, 1987-1992
- Microbial Ecology, Editorial Board, 1972-1990
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Editorial Board, 1969-1981
- Member of General Committee and President, International Congress of Systematic
and Evolutionary Biology, 1993-1996
- International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), offices at various times
include: Secretary-Treasurer, Vice Chairman and Chairman of Bacteriology Division,
President, 1990-1994
- American Society of Microbiology, President 1984-1985
- ASM Fisher Award, 1985 and ASM Alice Evans Award, 1985
- Presidential appointment to National Science Board, 1984-1990
- Advisory Committee to the Food and Drug Administration ("Blue Ribbon
Committee"), 1990-1991
- Chairman, Biotechnology Scientific Advisory Committee, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1988-1991
- Strategic Environmental Research Program (SERDP), Department of Defense, 1993-
- National Genetic Resources Program Advisory Board, USDA, 1994-
- Elected to Executive Board, International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU),
1993-1996
- Elected Chair, Biological Unions Council of ICSU 1993-1996
- Member, United Nations University/Biotechnology in Latin American and the
Caribbean (UNU/BIOLAC), Scientific Advisory Committee, 1993-1996
- Member, Alumni Advisory Committee, School of Science, Purdue, University,
1993-1996
- Chairman, Waterman Committee, National Science Board, National Science
Foundation, 1993-1994
- President-Elect, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1994-1995
- President, American Association of the Advancement of Science, 1995-1996
- Chairman of the Board, American Association for the Advancement of Science,
1996-1997
- Member, International Academic Committee, The Hebrew University Faculty of
Medicine, 1994
Publications
Author or editor of 16 books; produced award-winning film, Invisible Seas,
a 28 minute, color, sound film on marine microbiology
Author or co-author of more than 400 papers and articles and approximately 400
published chapters, reports, and abstracts
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