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John E. Burris
President
Beloit College
Area(s) of expertise: Biology, marine and terrestrial plant physiology, ecology
Language(s) spoken: English
Contact Information:
202-326-6440
scipak@aaas.org
PIO Contact: Ginger Pinholster
202-326-6440
gpinhols@aaas.org
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Dr. John E. Burris is the president of Beloit College. Prior to his appointment as Beloit's president in 2000, Burris served for eight years as director and CEO of the world-renowned Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He was a professor of biology at the Pennsylvania State University from 1976 to 1985, and held an adjunct appointment there until going to Beloit. His research interests are in the areas of marine and terrestrial plant physiology and ecology, with some 25 scholarly publications resulting. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the U. S. Department of Agriculture, among others. Burris serves on the boards and advisory committees of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) based in Hiroshima, Japan; the Krasnow Institute; Consiglio Scientifico, Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn' in Naples, Italy; and the Grass Foundation and the Bay and Paul Foundations Biodiversity Leadership award committee. For many years he served as a consultant to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Science and Human Values. He was the executive director of the National Research Council's Commission on Life Science and the first director of the Commission's Board on Biology prior to his affiliation with the MBL. He has served as president of the American Institute of Biological Sciences and was a member of the AAAS board of directors. Burris received an AB in biology from Harvard University in 1971, attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison in an M.D.-Ph.D. program, and received a Ph.D. in marine biology from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California-San Diego in 1976.
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