Vita, August, 2005

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Born: November 8, 1938, Los Angeles, California

Office: Room 516, Biological Sciences West

Telephone:  (520) 621-3847; FAX:  (520) 621-1697 or -9288

e-mail: mawells@email.arizona.edu

Homepage: http://aedes.biosci.arizona.edu 

Education

BA, Biochemistry, University of Southern California, 1961

Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, 1965

Postdoctoral Fellow: Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, 1965-67 

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor (1967-1972)
Associate Professor (1972-1977)
Professor (1977-2002)
Regents Professor (2002-2004)
Regents Professor Emeritus (2004-present)
Head (1986-1995)
University Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Fields of Interest  

Regulation of digestive enzyme synthesis in the mosquito midgut after a blood meal

Regulation of amino acid metabolism in mosquitoes

Lipoprotein and lipid metabolism in insects

Science education using insects.

Honors and Fellowships 

Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi

U. S. Public Health Service Predoctoral Fellow, University of Kentucky, 1962-1965

American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, 1965-1967

Macy Faculty Scholar, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1975-1976

Outstanding Achievement in Science Education, Faculty of Science, University of Arizona, 1991

Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Science, University of Arizona, 1996

Fellowship in Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1997

Elected Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1997
Henry and Phyllis Koffler Prize for outstanding accomplishments in Public Service/Outreach, 2003

Research Grants

NIH (AI31951) "Regulation of Digestion in Blood-Sucking Insects", 2/1/92-3/31/11.

NIH (AI46541) "Regulation of Energy Metabolism in Insects", 12/1/99-1/31/11
NIH (GM50008) "Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism in Insects", 7/01/93-6/30/06
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., Senior Scientist Mentor Program, 2006-2007.

 Educational Grants

Howard Hughes Medical Institute # 71195-521304, 2002 Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program, 9/1/2002-8/31/2006, PI . CoPI is Carol Bender.

NIH (R25 GM 072733) "Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research for Undergraduates" 02/01/05- 01/31/09. Total. CoPI is Carol Bender. CoPI is Carol Bender.

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American Association for Advancement of Science

Entomological Society of America

Editorial Activities 

Editorial Board - Insect Molecular Biology

Editorial Board – Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Editorial Board – Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology  

Editorial Board – The Journal of Insect Science  

 

   

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