Faculty

Assistant Professor Rauri Bowie has been selected for the 2013 Distinguished Teaching Award by the UC Berkeley Committee on Teaching.

Professor Craig Moritz is the 2012 recipient of the Molecular Ecology Prize.
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Professor Emeritus David Wake is the recipient of the 2012 Fellows' Award presented by the California Academy of Sciences. This honor is given to "especially prominent scientists who have made outstanding contributions to their specific scientific fields."
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The University of California Research page features an article about Professors Robert Full's research on lizards and geckos and how it has inspires industry.
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Berkeley NewsCenter has an article about AmphibiaWeb, a catalog of amphibians initiated by Professor Emeritus David Wake.
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Professor Marvalee Wake was presented with the Inaugural International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) Award "in recognition of her dedicated and meritorious contribution to the IUBS and to Biological Sciences" at the 31st General Assembly of the International Union of Biological Sciences, held in Suzhou, China in early July, 2012.

Berkeley NewsCenter has an article about research just published in PLoS by Professor Robert Full. The article describes a pendulum-like motion used by cockroaches and geckos to escape from predators, and a six-legged robot called DASH (Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod) that was created to reproduce the behavior. 
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Professor Anthony Barnosky has published a paper in Nature presenting evidence that the Earth may be approaching a global tipping point.
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Professor Emeritus Marian Diamond has been awarded the 2012 Clark Kerr Award for her contribution to the advancement of higher education.
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