KWRRI Presents Bill Barfield Research Award to Dr. David S. White

KWRRI Director Dr. Lindell Ormsbee (left) Presents the Bill Barfield Award to Murray State Professor Dr. David S. White

On Monday, March 26th, KWRRI presented the 2007 Bill Barfield Award for Outstanding Contributions to Water Resources Research to Murray State University faculty member Dr. David S. White. Dr. White exemplifies the spirit of this award through his multiple roles as director of the Hancock Biological Station, as coordinator for the Center for Reservoir Research, and as MSU professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Dr. White's research interests focus on ecosystem level processes related to the landscape interactions of streams, reservoirs, and lakes; bioturbation; zoobenthic ecology and the interactions between benthic organisms and substrates; and the effects of toxic substances on behavior and distribution of biota. His extensive portfolio includes grants from US EPA, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and he has published more than 120 scholarly articles since the year 2000. With bachelor's and master's degrees in zoology from DePauw University and a PhD in biology from the University of Louisville, Dr. White actively participates in a number of professional societies, including the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, the International Society for Great Lakes Research, the Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education, and the Kentucky Academy of Science.

The Barfield Award was established in 2005 to honor the Commonwealth's foremost researchers in water-related fields. The award ceremony took place at the Annual KWRRI Symposium in Lexington, Kentucky.