Ļć½¶Ö±²„biological sciences professor elected president of International Society of Protistologists
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STARKVILLE, Miss.āA Ļć½¶Ö±²„ faculty member is the new 2020-21 president of the International Society of Protistologists.
Matthew Brown, associate professor of biological sciences, will serve the organization that is devoted to research on single-celled eukaryotes, or protists. It promotes the presentation and discussion of new or important facts and problems in protistology, and works to provide resources for the advancement of this field of science.
āI see this as a pinnacle service spot for my career,ā Brown said. āOver the years, I have contributed greatly to this society, taking my first elected position in 2013 and maintaining an elected position since. As the president, I intend to build on our capacity of scholars in the classroom and will encourage young scientists to teach protistology courses across the world.ā
Brown has been an Ļć½¶Ö±²„faculty member since 2013. His research focus uses protistological techniques to understand the evolution and diversity of eukaryotes. In a recent study published in Current Biology, his lab linked ancient fossils to modern organisms using a new method that bypasses genome sequencing. Among other honors, Brown was named a College of Arts and Sciences Deanās Eminent Scholar, the top scholarship award given by the college.
Brown has been an ISOP member since 2006, when he was a graduate student at the University of Arkansas. He said he quickly realized the top scholars in his field are among the organizationās membership. Brown received his bachelorās and doctoral degrees from Arkansas in biology before conducting post-doctoral research at Dalhousie University in Canada. He has been a biological sciences faculty member at Ļć½¶Ö±²„since 2013.
Part of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Biological Sciences can be found online at . For more on Brownās research lab, visit .
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