Election of Officers 2012

INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ELECTION, 2012

The Nominating Committee puts forth the following list of willing and qualified Academy members for the Council positions noted. Please review their bios. Academy members will need to vote for one candidate for each Council position. Voting must be completed by midnight Thursday, February 23, 2012. The new Council members will be announced at the 127th Annual Academy Meeting, March 10, 2012, and assume their responsibilities on June 1, 2012.

Candidates for President-elect (1yr; accede to Academy President in 2013)
(Edwards and Janutolo)

Dale Edwards is Professor and Acting Chair of Biology at University of Evansville. He received a BS degree in Zoology from Brandon University (Canada) and MS and PhD degrees in biology from Wake Forest University. He served as a visiting lecturer at High Point University and the University of Richmond before accepting a full-time faculty position at the University of Evansville in 1994. While at UE, Dale has been the recipient of several awards and has served on numerous committees and programs. He has also served as President of Phi Beta Chi, a member of the Public Affairs Committee for Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, and served the Academy as Chair of Local Arrangements Committee for the Indiana Academy of Science in fall, 2008

D. Blake Janutolo is Dean of the College of Science and Humanities at Anderson University. He received a BS degree in agriculture from West Virginia University, and a Ph.D. in plant pathology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In 1977, he accepted a teaching position at Anderson University in the Biology Department. He was appointed Chair of the Biology Department in 1981, and to his present position in 1985. He serves on the Academic Council for the Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies and is the national secretary for the National Council of Alpha Chi, a junior/senior national honorary society. Blake is involved with the early college movement, acting as the liaison between Anderson University and Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School. He is Vice Chair of the Anderson Tree Commission. He has chaired the Botany section of the Academy three times and served as chair of the Programs and Invitations Committee. His teaching interests are in the areas of botany and mycology.

Candidates for Council Secretary (3 yrs.) (Foos and Hansen)

Michael Foos is Professor Emeritus at Indiana University East. He received his PhD from The Ohio State University. While at IU East he taught biology, microbiology, biotechnology and a wide range of other courses. In 1990 he received the Indiana University Herman Frederic Lieber Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching. During his tenure at IU East he conducted fungal research focusing on the biology of Pilobolus, which included extensive field work in Yellowstone National Park. In addition to being a member of the faculty, he served several years as Department Chair and as President of the Faculty Senate. He has been a member of the Indiana Academy of Science since 1983 and was elected as a Fellow in 2004. Mike has served in the Academy in several capacities, as well as the Academy Webmaster for the last several years. Mike was elected Council Member-at-Large (2011).

Uwe Hansen served as chair of the Physics Department at Indiana State University (ISU). After retirement from ISU in 1998, he accepted an appointment as Executive Director of CSUI, a consortium of Midwestern Universities. He is currently serving as Editor of the Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, and was presenter at the 2011 Academy Fall Forum “Discovering the Wonders of Science through the Sensations of Music”. In 2005, Uwe was elected president of the Indiana Academy of Science, and has also been chosen as Academy Speaker of the Year. With a PhD in Low-Temperature Solid State Physics from Brigham Young University (66), Uwe spent 2 years at the US Naval Research Laboratory as a NAS/NRC Research Fellow before joining the Physics faculty at Indiana State University. His research has focused on mode studies in musical instruments, primarily using holographic inter-ferometry and computer animated modal analysis. He is a Fellow of the Indiana Academy of Science (IAS) and the Acoustical Society of America (ASA).

Candidates for Research Grants Committee (5 yrs.) (Jacobus and Nyce)

Luke Jacobus grew up in the Columbus, Indiana, area and has returned to this community. Currently he investigates various topics in environmental science, especially those related to freshwater insects. These organisms have proven valuable for the development of new generation identification systems, the analysis of biodiversity patterns in space & time, and the application of phylogenetic models to problems in environmental toxicology. Much of his research has focused on the insect order Ephemeroptera, or mayflies. Aspects of this research include, but are not limited to taxonomy and identification, DNA barcoding, biodiversity, phylogeny, rearing and stage associations, descriptive biology and ecology, field studies, conservation, species inventories and regional faunistics. Luke interacts with various international stakeholders in the academic, government and private realms.

James M. Nyce received his PhD from Brown University in 1987. Nyce, a cultural anthropologist, is Associate Professor at Ball State University Muncie, IN, USA. A docent (in information science) at Linköping University, Sweden, he is also there a CRiSIM Senior Partner/Principal, see https://www.imh.liu.se/samhallsmedicin/socialmedicin/crisim?l=sv.  Jim is also Adjunct Associate Pprofessor in the Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis and an affiliated professor at Lund University. He has been visiting professor in military technology and war studies at the Swedish National Defence College, 1998-2000, 2005-2011.

Candidates for Academy Foundation Committee (3 yrs.) (Badger and Dolan)

Kemuel Badger is Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Biology at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. He received a Bachelor’s Degree from Hanover College, a Master’s Degree from Indiana State University, and his Ph.D. from Ohio University. Kem taught at Missouri Valley College before coming to Ball State in 1991. Dr. Badger’s research interests include conservation ecology, distribution and ecology of Indiana ferns, and applications of GIS technology to conservation biology; resulting in extensive published works. Kem also serves on the Field Station committee, and the steering committee for Ball State’s newly created Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences interdepartmental program. Dr. Badger continues to serve the Academy as a member of the Biodiversity in Natural Areas Committee for the Indiana Academy of Science.

Tom Dolan is Professor of Biological Sciences at Butler University. He received a BA in Biology from the University of the South (Sewanee) in 1973 and a Ph.D. in Botany with a specialty in mycology from The University of Georgia in 1983. He spent 7 years working Macy’s, Atlanta, in inventory control and operations management after graduating from Sewanee and prior to entering graduate school at UGA. Tom was a University of California Postdoctoral Fellow in Plant Pathology UC, Riverside, prior to accepting a position at Butler in 1985. He served as department chair from 1994 through 2000. Tom has taught a range of courses in general biology for non-majors, botany, mycology, genetics and evolution. Recent research interests include the population biology of water molds. Dr. Dolan has been a representative to the Butler University Faculty Senate since 2008 and currently serves as Chair of the University Core Curriculum Committee. Service pertinent to finance at Butler include membership on the Finance Strategy and Policy Committee (1998-2005), Budget Contingency Allocation Work Group (1999, 2000), Board of Trustee Finance and Facilities Committee (2006-2007). He currently serves as Faculty Senate representative to the Capital Budget Allocation Work Group (1999, 2000, 2009 – 2012) and on the Board of Trustees Advancement Committee (2009-2012).

Candidates for Member-at-Large (2 yrs.) (Gillette and Petrache)

Marcia Gillette is Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at Indiana University, Kokomo, and a long- time member of the Indiana Academy of Science Youth Activities Committee. For the past eleven (11) years, Marcia has directed the Indiana Academy of Science Talent Search Program, and has been a strong advocate and mentor for young aspiring scientists. Her professional involvement also includes the American Chemical Society, the Chemical Education Division of the American Chemical Society, and the Hoosier Association for Science Teachers Incorporated. Dr. Gillette earned both her Ph.D. and M.S. from Iowa State University, and her Bachelor’s Degree from Mount Holyoke College (MA).

Horia Petrache is Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).He conducts research on biological membranes using x-ray scattering and NMR spectroscopy (Biomembrane Physics laboratory website: http://www.iupui.edu/~lab59). Dr. Petrache obtained a Diploma in Theoretical Physics from University of Bucharest, Romania, in 1992, held a research position for one year at the Ettore Majorana Center in Erice, Italy, and then earned his Ph.D. in Physics (1988) from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Before joining IUPUI in 2006, Horia held research positions as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physiology at The Johns Hopkins University (1998-2001) and in the Laboratory of Physical and Structural Biology at the National Institutes of Health (2001-2006). Horia has been a member of the Indiana Academy of Science since 2007 serving as Chair for the Physics and Astronomy Section between 2008 and 2011. He is currently a member of the Science and Society Committee and the Vice-chair for the Physics and Astronomy Section. Horia is also a member of the American Association of Physics Teachers, American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Biophysical Society, Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, and Mathematical Association of America. He is on the editorial board for the Journal of Membrane Biology and ISRN Biophysics and servers as reviewer for more than 10 research journals. At IUPUI, Dr. Petrache is a member of the Center for Membrane Biosciences and the Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute and he mentors students in a number of research programs for disadvantaged students.