Life Sciences Professor Awarded NSF Grant to Organize Scientific Conference
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| Brett Riddle |
On September 2006 the National Science Foundation awarded Dr. Brett Riddle a $48,625 grant to organize the symposium entitled "Really Big Biogeographically-based Integrative Historical and Ecological Science: Grand Collaborative Studies of Whole Biotas."
Many of the exciting advances in science happen when researchers from different disciplines collaborate on large-scale questions. Accordingly, the goal of this three-day workshop is to bring together researchers from the fields of ecology, evolution, and biogeography to design a new, integrative and collaborative template for conducting large-scale, multidisciplinary science on the historical development and current ecological attributes of the world’s most fascinating terrestrial and marine biotas.
The workshop will also provide biologists with a new approach to understanding processes involved in assembling and sustaining the world’s biological diversity. This is a critically important task at this time when the combined effects of habitat destruction, invasive species, and global climate change threaten the future health of Earth’s biological diversity.