Rollin C. Richmond
President, Humboldt State University
Education
A.B. in zoology, San Diego State University (1966)
Ph.D. in genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York (1971)
Academic Positions
Humboldt State University: President (2002- )
Iowa State University: Provost and Professor of Zoology and Genetics (1999-2002)
State University of New York, Stony Brook: Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (1995-99)
University of South Florida: Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Biology (1990-95)
Indiana University: Chair, Department of Biology (1982-87), Professor of Biology (1981-90), Associate Professor (1975-81), Assistant Professor (1970-74)
North Carolina State University: Associate Professor of Genetics (1976) while on leave from Indiana University.
Professional Associations and Service
Genetics Society of America
Society for the Study of Evolution
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Cosmos Club
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges: Executive Committee, Council on Academic Affairs (1998-2001, 1995-96)
CSU Administrative Assignments
CSU Executive Audit Committee
Presidents Commission on the California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB)
CSU Educational Leadership (K-12) Task Force
Editorial Service
National Forum: The Phi Kappa Journal, editorial advisory board (1994-97)
Genetica, editorial board (1981-92)
The Journal of Heredity, editorial board (1981-86)
Evolution, Associate Editor (1975-77)
National Advisory Service
National Science Foundation: member, NSF Panel on Innovations in Graduate Education at the Masters Level (2001), Population Biology Panel (1990-93, 1988), Site Visit Panel (1991)
National Research Council Panel (1998-2000)
Phi Kappa Phi National Scholar Selection Committee (1992-95)
National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Site Visit Panel (1992, 1991)
Select Honors
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
McMaster Fellow, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia
President's Award for Outstanding Performance and Enhancement of Affirmative Action in Higher Education, University of South Florida
Honorary Doctorate, Georgia Agrarian State University (2000)
Recent Community Service
Board of Directors, United Way of Story County, Iowa (2000-02)
Board of Directors, Long Island United Way (1996-99)
Chair, United Way Campaign for SUNY-Stony Brook (1996-97)
Board of Directors, Long Island High Technology Incubator (1995-99)
Board of Directors, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida (1994-95)
Chair, United Way Campaign, University of South Florida (1994)
Policy Council, the Florida Institute of Government (1993-95)
Recent Publications
With M. Windelspecht and B.J. Cochrane. Survey of Malathion resistance and Avermectin susceptibility in field populations of Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophildae) and D. Simulans. J. Econo Entomol. 91 (6): 1245-52 (1998)
With N.A. Tamarina and M.Z. Ludwig. Divergent and conserved features in the spatial expression of the Drosophila pseudoobscura Est-5B gene and the Est-6 gene of Drosophia melanogaster. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:7735-41 (1997)
With M. Windelspecht and B.J. Cochrane. Malathion resistance levels in sympatric populations of the Drosophila simulans (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and Drosophila melanogaster differ by two orders of magnitude. J. Econo. Entomol. 88:1138-43 (1995)
Women, Slaves and the Crisis in Education, Wingspan 9:4-5 (1993)
With M.Z. Ludwig and N.A. Tamarina. The localization of sequences controlling the spatial, temporal and sex-specific expression of the Est-6 locus in Drosophila melanogaster adult. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:6233-6237 (1993)
With J.P. Brady. An evolutionary model for the duplication and divergence of esterase genes in Drosophila. J. Molec. Evol. 34:506-21 (1992)
With D.B. Meikle. Temperature and sex-specific productivity differences in reproduction related to genotypic variation of the esterase-6 locus in Drosophila melanogaster. The American Naturalist. 138:762-67 (1991)
Dr. Richmond's work has been in the areas of the genetic mechanisms of evolution and the genetic bases for the effects of psychoactive drugs in Drosophila. An international research presenter, he has won numerous National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation research grants, and has published over 80 articles in his field.