2644 - CSUN ScholarWorks - California State University, Northridge
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iv Journal of Student Research Abstracts<br />
2000 JSRA HONORED TEACHERS<br />
This year's awards for dedication to long term, high quality student research published in JSRA go to:<br />
Steve DeGusta, John F. Kennedy High School, Sacramento, <strong>California</strong><br />
and<br />
Bill Van Duzee, Saugus High School, Saugus, <strong>California</strong><br />
These honored teachers receive citation, here, in this journal and a personally signed copy of Nobel<br />
laureate Francis Crick's book. Dr. Crick has been Honorary Chair of the teacher enhancement programs<br />
that have led to development of this journal.<br />
RECOGNITION OF SCIENTIST MENTORS, LOS ANGELES AREA<br />
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SPONSORED<br />
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES PROGRAM<br />
Larry Allen, Ph.D., Larry Baresi, Ph.D., Edward Carroll, Ph.D., Randy Cohen, Ph.D., John Colicelli,<br />
Ph.D., Cathy Coyle-Thompson, Ph.D., Steve Dudgeon, Ph.D., Janet Kubler, Ph.D., Jennifer Matos,<br />
Ph.D., Aida Metzenberg, Ph.D., Stan Metzenberg, Ph.D., Steve Oppenheimer, Ph.D., Polly<br />
Schiffman, Ph.D., Mike Summers, Ph.D., Paul Tomasek, Ph.D., Maria Elena Zavala, Ph.D. , David<br />
Epel, Ph.D. (Evaluation), Susie Hakansson, Ph.D. (Evaluation), Norman Herr, Ph.D.<br />
(Implementation).<br />
William W. Tarr, Jr.<br />
ABOUT THE EDITOR<br />
RECOGNITION OF LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT<br />
SCIENCE ADVISOR<br />
Steven B. Oppenheimer received the Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins <strong>University</strong> and is currently<br />
Professor ofBiology and Director of the Center for Cancer and Developmental Biology at <strong>California</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, <strong>Northridge</strong>. He is author or co-author, mostly with his Cal <strong>State</strong> students, of over<br />
100 publications including 12 books, was awarded over $4 million in research and science education<br />
grants serving as Principal Investigator, and served on National Institutes of Health and National<br />
Science Foundation grant review panels. He is recipient of 21 distinguished teaching awards, distinguished<br />
research awards, outstanding professor awards and other honors from local, statewide and<br />
national organizations. In 1984, he was named statewide Trustees Outstanding Professor of the<br />
<strong>California</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> system (the system's highest honor), and in 1992 he was elected Fellow<br />
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), The AAAS defines a Fellow<br />
as "a member whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically<br />
or socially distinguished."
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