RETIRING FACULTY The following faculty members are retiring in the 2023-2024 Academic Year. Thank you for your incredible dedication and commitment over the years! Dr. James F. Curran Dr. David J. Anderson Dr. William K. Smith FACULTY TENURE AND PROMOTIONS Congratulations to the following faculty members who have received promotions, effective July 1, 2024:…
The WFU Department of Biology is proud to celebrate the career and extraordinary service to Wake Forest of Professor William K. Smith on the occasion of his retirement. Congratulations, Bill! Dr. Smith has published 243 peer-reviewed papers! This large body of work has shed light on the adaptive strategies employed by plants in response to…
Dr. William K. Smith, Professor of Biology & Reynolds Babcock Chair, commented on the local wildfire that occurred on Sauratown Mountain in Stokes County this month for the Winston-Salem Journal. Some of the smoke’s particulate matter could settle in the mountains valley and pose a risk to people with pre-existing respiratory problems.” – Dr. William…
Dr. Heather Joesting ’11, WFU Biology Alumni from Dr. William Smith’s lab, recently spoke about “Feeding the Future with Aquaponics” at TEDxSavannah 2019. With the world population increasing exponentially and food insecurity becoming a reality in big cities as well as smaller communities, Heather Joesting proposes aquaponics as a sustainable and practical solution so that…
Congratulations to William K. Smith, professor of biology and Charles H. Babcock chair of botany, whose proposal entitled “CBIN: A Research Network for Sustaining Barrier Island Ecosystems in a Changing Gobal Environment” has been funded by the National Science Foundation.
Congratulations to Bill Smith, whose proposal entitled “Collaborative RUI Proposal: Effects of Contrasting Cloud Regimes on Plant Carbon/Water Relations at Treeline” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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