May Roberta Berenbaum ( eng. May Roberta Berenbaum , born July 22, 1953) - American entomologist , professor, member of the NAS of the USA . Awarded the National Scientific Medal (2014). Winner of the Tyler Prize (2011) for his environmental work.
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Biography
She graduated with honors from Yale University (bachelor of biology summa cum laude , 1975). Degree in Philosophy in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University in 1980. Since that year, he has been working at the Department of Entomology at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign , which she has been heading since 1992; she is the head of the department since 1996, a professor. Member of the Board of Directors of AAAS .
She headed the US National Research Council committees: in 2000, the Committee on the Future of Pesticides in US Agriculture ( Committee on the Future of Pollinators in North America) and in 2007, the Committee on the Status of Pollinators in North America North America ).
Editor in Chief of Annual Review of Entomology . Founder of the . M. Berenbaum became the prototype of entomologist Bambi Berenbaum in the series “The X-Files ”.
Member of the US National Academy of Sciences (1994) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996). Fello of the and the American Association for the Advancement of Science .
Berenbaum is known for its contribution to chemical ecology , especially in finding out the chemical interaction between phytophagous insects and their host plants, including the detoxification of natural and synthetic chemicals. She also dealt with the systematics and evolutionary biology of butterflies (Lepidoptera), photobiology ( furanocoumarins , alkaloids), and the study of the practical application of environmental and evolutionary principles to develop sustainable methods of managing natural and managed ecosystems. As the head of the Committee on the Status of Pollinators in North America ( Committee on Pollinators in North America ), she testified before the US Congress on issues related to the health of honey bees and reducing their role in pollination [3] [4] .
Awards and honors
- 1988 - George Mercer Award of the Ecological Society of America
- 2004 - Ecological Society of America
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- 2006 - Entomological Society of America Distinguished Teaching Award of the Entomological Society of America [3]
- AAAS Public Engagement with Science Award (2009)
- Tyler Prize (2011)
- In 2014, US President Barack Obama awarded M. Berenbaum the National Medal of Science.
- 2015 - John P. McGovern Award, [3]
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Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society.
Proceedings
Author of more than 200 scientific publications and several monographs and popular science books about insects and many articles [5] .
- Books
- 1989. Ninety-nine gnats, nits and nibblers. Champaign: University of Illinois.
- 1993. Ninety-nine more maggots, mites, and munchers. Champaign: University of Illinois.
- 1995. Bugs in the System: Insects and their Impact on Human Affairs. Reading (MA): Addison Wesley.
- 2000. Buzzwords: A Scientist Muses On Bugs, Sex, Rock and Roll. Washington: Joseph Henry Press.
- 2004. Blutsauger, Staatsgründer, Seidenfabrikanten. Die zwiespältige Beziehung von Mensch und Insekt. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-8274-1519-5 .
- 2009. The Earwig's Tail: A Modern Bestiary of Multi-legged Legends. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
- 2010. Honey I'm Home-Made: Across the Centuries and Around the World. Champaign: University of Illinois Press.
- 2012. The Secret Life of Parsnips. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
- 2013. Chemical Communication: the Language of Life. Princeton University Press.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Freebase - Google data upload .
- ↑ 1 2 https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/204506
- ↑ 1 2 3 May Berenbaum . sigmaxi.org
- ↑ May R. Berenbaum . NASonline.org
- ↑ May R. Berenbaum (publications) . life.illinois.edu