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| Association of Southeastern Biologists | |
|---|---|
| Name | Association of Southeastern Biologists |
| Abbreviation | ASB |
| Formation | 1937 |
| Type | Professional society |
| Headquarters | southeastern United States |
| Region served | Alabama; Arkansas; Florida; Georgia; Kentucky; Louisiana; Mississippi; North Carolina; South Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia |
| Membership | researchers; educators; students; conservationists |
Association of Southeastern Biologists
The Association of Southeastern Biologists is a regional professional society that brings together scientists, educators, and students from the southeastern United States to advance biological research, teaching, and conservation. Founded in the 1930s, the organization has historical ties to colleges and universities across the region and engages with agencies, museums, botanical gardens, and professional societies through annual meetings, publications, and educational programs.
The association traces roots to interwar meetings among faculty at University of Florida, University of Georgia, Auburn University, Louisiana State University, and University of Alabama where botanists, zoologists, and ecologists exchanged specimens and syllabi. Early leaders included faculty linked with Smithsonian Institution, New York Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, Florida Museum of Natural History, and North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. During World War II the society corresponded with scientists at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Naval Research Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Postwar expansion saw collaborations with researchers at Duke University, Vanderbilt University, University of Tennessee, Clemson University, Wake Forest University, and Emory University. The Cold War era stimulated exchanges with international institutions such as Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Max Planck Society, and National Autonomous University of Mexico. Notable visiting lecturers from this network included scientists associated with Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University, Columbia University, and University of California, Berkeley.
The society’s mission emphasizes research, instruction, and conservation, aligning goals with academic entities such as National Science Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ecological Society of America, and Botanical Society of America. Objectives include promoting student training at institutions like Florida State University, University of South Carolina, University of Mississippi, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; supporting faculty development among members from Georgia Institute of Technology, North Carolina State University, University of Kentucky, and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center; and fostering stewardship with partners such as The Nature Conservancy, National Audubon Society, World Wildlife Fund, and Sierra Club.
Membership draws faculty, postdocs, and students from universities including University of Richmond, College of Charleston, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University, Brown University, and Rutgers University who work alongside professionals from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Environmental Protection Agency, and NOAA. Governance typically involves an elected executive committee, regional representatives from states such as Kentucky, Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Alabama, and standing committees reminiscent of structures at American Society of Plant Biologists, Society for Conservation Biology, Society for Neuroscience, and American Society for Microbiology.
Annual meetings rotate among campuses and venues including Georgia Southern University, University of West Florida, Louisiana Tech University, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Appalachian State University, Samford University, Mercer University, and Florida A&M University. Sessions often mirror thematic symposia held by International Union for Conservation of Nature, Royal Society, European Molecular Biology Organization, and American Philosophical Society, and attract keynote speakers affiliated with Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Biological Laboratory, and Kew. Field trips have visited sites such as Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Everglades National Park, Congaree National Park, Okefenokee Swamp, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, and Cape Fear River areas.
The association publishes proceedings and newsletters and recognizes excellence through awards comparable to honors from National Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of London, MacArthur Foundation, Fulbright Program, Guggenheim Fellowship, and Sloan Foundation. Journals and monographs produced in association with partner presses mirror outlets like University of Florida Press, University of Georgia Press, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, and Springer Nature. Student presentation awards and travel grants follow models used by Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, National Science Teachers Association, and Council on Undergraduate Research.
Educational efforts include K–12 and undergraduate outreach modeled on programs from Smithsonian Institution Outreach, American Museum of Natural History, Montgomery Botanical Center, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Huntington Botanical Gardens, and New Orleans Museum of Art. Internships and summer research opportunities align with initiatives at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Institutes of Health, Fulbright Program, National Endowment for the Humanities, and PECASE (Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers). Workshops for teachers and community engagement events have been hosted in partnership with State Botanical Garden of Georgia, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Mississippi Botanical Garden, and Huntsville Botanical Garden.
The association collaborates with regional universities, state agencies, and national organizations including Southeastern Universities Research Association, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Forest Service Research and Development, American Bird Conservancy, Pew Charitable Trusts, Conservation International, Smithsonian Institution, NatureServe, The Nature Conservancy, US Geological Survey, and NOAA Fisheries. International links involve institutions such as Universidad de Puerto Rico, University of the West Indies, Caribbean Community, Pan American Health Organization, and United Nations Environment Programme.
Category:Scientific societies based in the United States Category:Organizations established in 1937