Sources:
Scot Hulbert, 785-532-1335, shulbrt@k-state.edu;
Richard Marston, 785-532-6727, rmarston@k-state.edu;
and Bharat Ratra, 785-532-6265, ratra@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Levi Wolters, 785-532-6415
Monday,
November 7, 2005
THREE
K-STATE PROFESSORS HONORED WITH FELLOW STATUS BY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
MANHATTAN
-- Three Kansas State University professors have been designated
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Scot
Hulbert, professor and interim head of the department of plant pathology;
Richard Marston, professor and head of the department of geography;
and Bharat Ratra, professor of physics, will be acknowledged with
a certificate and rosette at the Fellow's Forum, part of the association's
annual meeting Feb. 18, 2006, in St. Louis, Mo.
Each
year the society elects members whose "efforts on behalf of
the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically
or socially distinguished."
Hulbert
is being honored for his contributions to understanding the molecular
structure of complex disease resistance loci and the mechanism by
which they evolve. He specializes in the molecular genetics of host/parasite
interactions.
Hulbert
received his bachelor's degree in horticulture from Washington State
University in 1979, and a master's degree in vegetable crops in
1982 and a doctorate in genetics in 1987, both from the University
of California at Davis.
He
joined the K-State faculty in 1989. Hulbert received the Commerce
Bank Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award from K-State in 2002 and
is a Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society.
Marston
is being honored by the association for his advances in understanding
hydraulic interactions with vegetation, sediment yields and anthropogenic
geomorphology. His professional interests center in geomorphology,
environmental geosciences and water resources.
Marston
earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California at
Los Angeles in 1974, followed by a master's degree and a doctorate
from Oregon State University in 1976 and 1980, respectively.
Marston
has served as co-editor in chief of the international Elsevier journal,
Geomorphology, since 1999. He is serving as president of the Association
of American Geographers for 2005-06. Marston has been certified
a professional hydrologist by the American Institute of Hydrology.
Marston
previously served as the Sun Professor of Geology at Oklahoma State
University. He came to K-State in July 2005.
Ratra
is recognized by the association for his contributions in cosmology,
including the quantum mechanics of inflation, the dynamical effective
cosmological constant and the tissue of cosmological space curvature
and cosmic magnetic fields.
Ratra
earned a master's in physics in 1982 from the Indian Institute of
Technology in New Delhi, India, and a doctorate in physics from
Stanford University in 1986. He joined the K-State faculty in 1996.
Ratra
received a five-year, $300,000 National Science Foundation grant
to study experimental data generated by deep-space experiments to
help study the evolution of the universe. He is a Fellow of the
American Physical Society.
Ratra
was one of the first physicists to propose the concept of "dark
energy," the still-mysterious entity which opposes gravity
and accelerates the expansion of the universe.
Founded
in 1848, the American Association for the Advancement of Science
is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing
science around the world by serving as an educator, leader and professional
association. In addition to organizing membership activities, the
association publishes the journal Science, as well as scientific
newsletters, books and reports, and spearheads programs that raise
the bar of understanding for science worldwide.
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