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Information on Committee Members
STEERING CO~ITT:EE
Robert E. Bum (Chairman) is an emeritus professor of bio-
chem~stry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His scientific ac-
compl~shments include research on biological nitrogen fixation, respi-
ration of plants, photosynthesis, and hydrobiology. He has served on
numerous committees of the NAS/NRC and on national and interna-
tional panels. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences,
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American
Philosophical Society. He is a past president of the American Society
of Plant Physiologists.
Fakhri A. Bazzaz is the H. H. Timken Professor of Science In the
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Uni-
versity. His research includes physiological ecology, plant community
organization, the recovery of damaged ecosystems, and the rising
CO2 concentrations and global change. He has served on several
NAS/NRC committees and Is a member of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences.
Ralph W. F. Hardy is the president of the Boyce Thompson In-
stitute, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and deputy chairman,
BioTechnica International Inc., a biotechnology firm. His research
interests focus on plant biology, biochemistry of nitrogen fixation
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and carbon input into crop plants, and photosynthesis. BioTechnica
is active in developing products of biotechnology. He has served
on numerous committees of the NAS/NRC and other national ~d
international panels.
Edward I. Eorwek received his doctorate in biochemistry from
the University of Pittsburgh and his law degree from Duquesne Uni-
versity Law School. He is a partner with the law firm of Hogan &
Hartson in Washington, D.C., where he specializes ~ regulatory law.
He has served on the NIH Recombinant Advisory Comrn~ttee and is
currently on the Agriculture Biotechnology Research Advisory Com-
mittee. He is a on the Editorial Advisory Board of Biotechnology
Law Report.
Richard E. [enski (Chairman, Subcommittee on Microorgan-
isms) is an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology
at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Lenski has conducted
studies in population and evolutionary genetics, including applica-
tions that relate to stability and the fate of genetically engineered
m~croorganisrns. He was a consultant to the Office of Technology As-
sessment and was also one of the authors of the April 1989 Ecological
Society of America document on environmental release of genetically
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engineered m~croorgantsrns.
Eugene W. Nester Is a professor and chairman of the Deparment
of Microbiology at the University of Washington, Seattle. His ret
search interests include bacterial-plant interactions and the genetic
engineering of higher plants by Agrobacteri7tm.
Stanley ]. Peloqu~n (Chairman, Subcommittee on Plants) is the
Campbell Bascom Professor of Horticulture and Genetics, University
of Wisconsin, Madison. Dr. Peloquin's research is on cytogenetics
and evolution, and he is a specialist in potato breeding. He is a
member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Calvin O. Qualset is a professor in the Department of Agronomy,
University of California, Davis, and director of the California Genetic
Resource Conservation Program. His research is directed at the
genetics and evolution of disease resistance in plants, analysis of
quantitative genetic variation in plants, breeding of barley, wheat,
oats, triticale and rye, and genetic resources conservation ~ plants.
He has served on numerous NAS/NRC comrn~ttees and has been the
president of the Crop Sciences Society of America and editor in chief
of its journal.
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Ralph S. Wolfe Is a professor in the Department of Microbiology,
University of Illinois, Urbana. He has studied the metabolism and
physiology of bacteria including methanogens and archaebacteria.
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON MICROORGANISMS
Richard E. Lenski (listed with the Steering Committee), Chair
man
Peter J. BottomIey Is a professor of microbiology and soil science
at Oregon State University, CorvaDis. Dr. Bottomiey has conducted
studies in the physiology, biochemistry, and ecology of nitrogen-fixing
microorganisms in both laboratory and field situations. He has been
a consultant to USDA-AID and to the Plant Division of the Oregon
Department of Agriculture. He is a member of the editorial board of
Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Ananda M. Chakrabarty is a professor of microbiology at the
University of Bl~nois College of Medicine, Chicago. Dr. Chakrabarty
has conducted studies in biomedical sciences, in molecular cloning
and genetic engineering with plasrnids, and in the genetic basis of
hydrocarbon biodegradation. He has served on committees for the
NAS/NRC, the Society of Industrial Microbiology, COGENE, the
European Economic Community, and the European Molecular Biol-
Ogy Organization. He is a Chairman of the P~e} of Scientific Ad-
visors of the United Nations Tnclustrial Development Organization
(UNIDO) International Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotech-
nology.
Rita R. ColweD Is the director of the Maryland Biotechnology
Institute, director of the Center of Marine Biotechnology, and pros
lessor of microbiology at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Dr. Colwell has conducted studies in marme biotechnology, marine
and estuar~ne microbial ecology, survival and ecology of pathogens
in the marine environment, dee~sea marine microbiology, microbial
degradations, and release of genetically engineered m~croorganisrns
into the environment. She has served as vice-president for acadern~c
affairs at the University of Maryland, past president for the American
Society for Microbiology, and on numerous NAS/NRC committees.
Dr. Colwell Is president-elect of Sigma Xi, a member of the Na-
tional Science Board, and vice president of the International Union
of Microbiological Societics.
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studies In plant pathology as related the physiology, genetics, and
molecular biology of AgrobacteTium spp. As part of these studies
Dr. Farrand has been using genetic technology to engineer Unproved
biological control systems for crown gall. He has served on U.S.
Department of Agriculture and National Institutes of Health review
panels, NRC workshops on plant-m~crobe interactions, and profes-
sional society committees.
Robert HaseD`orn is the F.~. Pritzker Distinguished Service Pro-
fessor in the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry at the Univer-
sity of Chicago. He is also the director of the Center for Photo-
chem~stry and Photobiology at the university. Dr. Haselkorn has
conducted studies of nitrogen fixation in cyanobacteria and in photo-
synthetic bacteria, and of the function of nucleic acids In viruses and
cellular organelles, and of virus structure. He has served on editorial
boards and in the virology study section of the National Institutes
of Health. He ~ the past president of the International Society for
Plant Molecular Biology and a member of the Pane} of Scientific
Advisors for UNIDO's International Center for Genetic Engineering
and Biotechnology.
Roger D. Milkman is a professor of biology at the University of
Iowa, Iowa City. Dr. Milkman has conducted studies in nucleotide se-
quence polymorphism, selection theory, genetic structure of species,
population genetics, evolution, and molecular evolution. He has
served with the genetics study section of NTH and on numerous edi-
toria] boards. He has been the secretary of the American Society of
Naturalists and the secretary of the Society of General Physiologists.
Bum Sequen~a is the J.C. Walker Professor in the Department of
Bacteriology and Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madi-
son. Dr. Seque~ra has conducted studies in the molecular biology
associated with virulence and aviruler~ce ~ plant-pathogenic bacte-
ria, host-parasite interactions in bacterial diseases of plants, plant
growth regulators, and the physiology of parasitism. He is a member
of the National Academy of Sciences. He has served on national
and international committees and on numerous editorial boards; he
wan manager of the USDA Competitive Grants Office and is past
president for the American Phytopathological Society.
James M. Tie~je is a professor of microbial ecology at Michigan
State University, East Lansing. Dr. Liege has conducted studies in
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rucrobial ecology including denitrification, microbial metabolism of
organic pollutants, and molecular methods to study soil populations.
He has served on NSF, USDA and EPA panels and was editor-in-
chief of Applied and Environmental Microbiology. He is chairman of
EPA's Science Advisory Pane} that has reviewed all proposed U.S.
field tests of genetically modified microbial pesticides. He was an
author of the April 1989 Ecological Society of America document on
environmental release.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON PLANTS
Stanley J. Peloq In (listed with the Steering Committee), Chair
man
Roger N. Beathy is a professor of biology at Washington Uni-
versity, St. Louis, Missouri. His research focuses on the control of
synthesis of soybean seed proteins, plant viral messenger RNAs, ef-
fects of virus gene products on infected host cells, and the genetic
transformation of plants for virus resistance. He is a fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Donald N. DuviLk is vice president for research at Pioneer Hi-
Bred International, ~c., Johnston, Iowa. His research interests are
in cytoplas~c inheritance of pollen sterility in maize, immunologi-
cal identification of plant proteins, developmental morphology and
anatomy, and genetics. Dr. Duvick is past president of the National
Council of Commercial Plant Breeders and of the Crop Science So-
ciety of America.
Robert T. Haley is manager of plant molecular biology at the
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri. In addition, he is an adjunct
professor at Washington University, St. Louis. His research interests
are in genetic engineering of plants and the development of efficient
systems for introducing and monitoring the expression of foreign
genes in plant cells. He has had editorial responsibility for several
professional journals.
Richard N. Mack is a professor and chairman of the Depart-
ment of Botany, Washington State University, Pullman. His research
interests are pr~rnarily ~ the invasions of vascular plants in North
America, plant population biology, and community ecology. Dr.
Mack is a member of the Ecological Society of America.
Anne Vidaver is a professor and head of the Department of Plant
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P~bology$ Onivershy ~ Nebraska, Lluco~. Her research interests
are in pbytopatbogeuic Id beueSci~ bitterly, bacteriopbages, ma
bacterioc~s. D~ Bidder ~ ~ alternate meter of the UsD^,s
Agricultural Biotechnology Rese~cb Advisory Committee. She
a ~11~ and bag been presided of the germs Pbytop~tbo~gic~
Society; she ~ a IDS of the America Association far the Advance
meat ~ Science.
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