Microbiology
David R. Benson
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Education
  • Biology/English , B.A.

    Moravian College - 1978

  • Microbiology and Biochemistry , Ph.D.

    Rutgers University - 1978

  • Biochemistry , Post Graduate Training

    University of Wisconsin, Madison - 2000

Positions
  • Nominating Committee for the Proctor and Gamble Award - American Academy of Microbiology

    2006

  • Elected Fellow - American Academy of Microbiology

    2005 - 2005

  • Chairman, General Microbiology Department - American Society for Microbiology

    1990 - 1991

  • Chair Elect, General Microbiology Division I - American Society for Microbiology

    2003 - 2004

  • Chair Elect, General Microbiology Division I - American Society for Microbiology

    2004 - 2005

  • Chair Elect, General Microbiology Division - American Society for Microbiology

    1989 - 1990

  • Division I Councilor - American Society for Microbiology

    2005 - 2006

  • - Animal Science Department External Review Committee

    2001 - 2001

  • Editorial Board - Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    1986 - 1996

  • Associate Professor - Biology

    1985 - 1991

  • Assistant Professor - Biology

    1980 - 1985

  • - Biotechnology Steering Committee

    1984 - 1985

  • - Building Committee Liason

    1992 - 1997

  • - Chancellor's Research Excellence Advisory

    1998 - 1998

  • - Conflict of Interest Committee

    2000 - 2004

  • Elected Fellow - Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences

    2008 - 2008

  • Chair of Organizing Committee - Connecticut Valley Branch, American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting

    1990 - 1990

  • - Departmental Advisory Committee

    2002 - 2007

  • PTR Committee Chair - Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

    2000 - 2007

  • Department Head - Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

    2007

  • PTR Committee - Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

    1985 - 1999

  • - Food Microbiology Search Committee

    2006 - 2007

  • Chairman - Graduate Admissions Committee

    1984 - 1987

  • Committee - Graduate Awards

    1984 - 1984

  • Interim Chair - Graduate Education

    2003 - 2004

  • - Honors Committee

    1988 - 1990

  • Executive Committee - Institute of Water Resources

    1987 - 1989

  • Chair - Microbial Physiologist Search Committee

    1996 - 1997

  • Professor - Microbiology

    1991

  • Chair - Microbiology Graduate Program

    1985 - 1999

  • PTR Committee - Microbiology Section

    1981 - 1981

  • Chair - Microbiology Serach Committee

    1996 - 1997

  • B.A. - Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA

    1968 - 1972

  • Panel Member - NSF-GENEN Program

    2004 - 2004

  • Chairman - Organizing Committee for the 7th International Meeting on Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants

    1988 - 1988

  • - Pathogenic Microbiologist Search Committee

    1998 - 2001

  • - Phase II Biology Building

    1996 - 1999

  • - Radiation Safety Committee

    1987 - 1990

  • Research Assistant - Rutgers University

    1973 - 1978

  • - Self-Study Steering Committee

    2000 - 2001

  • Member - Storrs Research Advisory Council

    1997 - 2001

  • - Training Grant Committee

    1987 - 1987

  • UCRF Grants Review Panel - UCRF

    1988 - 1991

  • Visiting Scientist - University of Chile, Santiago

    1999 - 2001

  • Faculty Opponent - University of Umeå, Sweden

    1990 - 1990

  • Visiting Professor - University of Waikato, New Zealand

    1994 - 1994

  • Research Associate - University of Wisconsin, Madison

    1978 - 1980

  • Senator - University Senate CLAS

    2014 - 2017

  • Grants Review Panel Member - USDA-CRGO

    1986 - 1990

  • Senior Scientific Advisor - U. S. Department of State

    2012 - 2013

Special Titles
  • Fellow American Academy Microbiology FAAM - American Society for Microbiology

    6/1/05

  • Jefferson Science Fellow

    8/1/12

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