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 Kent Holsinger
Faculty Excellence Award in Research, Sciences 2007
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Nominated by: Kentwood Wells
Kent Holsinger is a professor in the Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology and an adjunct professor in the Department of
Statistics at the University of Connecticut. His research encompasses
three broad areas: the evolution of plant reproductive systems, the
genetics of geographically structured populations, and the application
of basic biological principles to conservation problems. He has served
as chair of the board of directors for the Connecticut State Museum of
Natural History, vice-chair for science and stewardship of The Nature
Conservancy Connecticut Chapter, a member of the editorial board for
Conservation Biology, and an officer of the Botanical Society of
America.
His leadership and service to American Institute of Biological
Sciences goes back more than a decade, with numerous board and
committee appointments to cross-disciplinary projects, including the
BioOne online journals initiative, the National Ecological Observatory
Network, the Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science, and the
Year of Science 2009.
Updated: 2007
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