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Maltby awarded Herb Ward SETAC
Exceptional Service Award
November 2005
The Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) has awarded Lorraine
Maltby the 2005 Herb Ward Exceptional Service Award
in recognition of her participation in the science and
leadership of the Society. She will receive the award
at the SETAC Europe 16th annual meeting in May 2006.
Maltby has committed years
of service to the advancement of the Society and has
served on the local or scientific organizing committees
of nine SETAC conferences, three SETAC workshops and
hosted the founding conference of SETAC Europe in 1991.
She took an active leadership role in the development
of SETAC Europe and served as the president from 2001
to 2002. She also aided the development of the SETAC
World Council in 2001 and served as its president in
2002.
"I am extremely honored
to be considered worthy of the Herb Ward Exceptional
Service Award," says Maltby. "SETAC is an
excellent organization that provides a unique forum
for information exchange and discussion between environmental
scientists in academia, business and government. It
has been my privilege to serve the society to the best
of my ability."
The Herb Ward Exceptional
Service Award is given annually to recognize a past
or present SETAC member who has demonstrated long-lasting,
high-quality service to SETAC.
In addition to her service
to SETAC, Maltby is also a member of the United Kingdom
Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances and the United
Kingdom Advisory Group on Pesticides. Her current research
projects include aquatic fungi, biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning, environmental monitoring and protection,
highway runoff, and pesticide risk assessment. She has
presented 28 invited conference and seminar papers,
contributed to 88 scientific publications, and been
awarded research grants and contracts worth more than
£3,500,000.
Maltby is a professor
of environmental biology in the Department of Animal
and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield, United
Kingdom. She earned a doctorate from the University
of Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1984 and a bachelor's
degree in zoology from the University of Newcastle upon
Tyne, United Kingdom, in 1981.
SETAC is a not-for-profit,
worldwide professional society consisting of individuals
and institutions dedicated to the study, analysis, and
solution of environmental problems; the management and
regulation of natural resources; environmental education;
and research and development. Visit www.setac.org
for more information.
Contact:
April M. Phillips
T 850 469 1500 x 28
aprilp@setac.org
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