CLETUS P. KURTZMAN (kurtzman@mail.ncaur.usda.gov)

Microbial Properties Research, NCAUR, ARS, USDA
1815 N.University Street
Peoria, IL 61604-3999, USA

Research Leader, Microbial Properties Research, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, ARS/USDA, Peoria, Illinois DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 19 July 1938, Mansfield, Ohio ACADEMIC TRAINING Ohio University, 1956-1960, B.S., Botany Purdue University, 1960-1962, M.S., Plant Pathology West Virginia University, 1964-1967, Ph.D., Microbiology/Mycology POSITIONS HELD Microbiologist, Northern Regional Research Center, 1967-1970 Microbiologist and Curator of the Yeast Collection, ARS Culture Collection, Northern Regional Research Center, 1970-1981 Research Leader, ARS Culture Collection and Curator, Yeast Collection, Northern Regional Research Center, 1981-1985 Research Leader, Microbial Properties Research (includes Head, ARS Culture Collection) and Curator, Yeast Collection, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1985-present MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS HELD IN SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS Chi Psi Omega Biology Honor Society, Ohio University: President, 1959-1960 Sigma Xi: Secretary, Peoria Chapter, 1978-1980 Mycological Society of America: Member, Scholarship and Grants Committee, 1971-1975; Chairman, Committee on Culture Collections, 1981-1985 American Association for the Advancement of Science Society for General Microbiology Medical Mycological Society of the Americas American Society for Microbiology: Member, Committee on Culture Collections, 1983- ; Chair, Systematics and Evolutionary Microbiology Division, 1993 U.S. Federation for Culture Collections: Member, Membership Committee, 1975-1980; Member, Governing Board, 1975-1980; Secretary Treasurer,1976-1978; Vice President and Program Chairman, 1977-1978; President, 1978-1980; Chairman, Nominating Committee, 1980-1982; Chairman, J. Roger Porter Award Committee, 1983-1984, 1995, 1996 American Institute of Biological Sciences: Member, Governing Board, 1978-1982 International Commission on Yeasts: U.S. Representative, elected 1980- American Academy of Microbiology: Fellow, elected 1981- International Mycological Association: Member, Executive Committee, elected 1983-1990; Secretary-General, 1990-1994; Vice President,1994- World Federation for Culture Collections: Member, Executive Board, elected 1988- U. S. National Committee for the International Union ofMicrobiological Societies, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Vice Chair, 1991-1996; Chair 1996- OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Adjunct Professor of Mycology, Illinois State University, 1978- Member, Special Committee on Microbial Collections in Plant Sciences,USDA, 1981- EDITORIAL BOARDS Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1982-1986 Current Topics in Medical Mycology, Springer-Verlag, 1982- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology, 1986- Yeast, 1986- Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1989-1998 Mycologia, 1990-1994 Mycological Research (Editor), 1993-1998 EDITORSHIPS B. E. Kirsop and C. P. Kurtzman. Living Resources for Biotechnology--Yeasts. Cambridge University Press. 1988. C. P. Kurtzman and J. W. Fell. The Yeasts--A Taxonomic Study, 4th edn. Elsevier Sci. Pub., Amsterdam. 1998. AWARDS Midwest Area Scientist of the Year, USDA/ARS, 1986. Annual Lecturer, Systematics and Evolutionary Microbiology Division, American Society for Microbiology, 1989. U.S. Federation for Culture Collections/American Society for Microbiology J. Roger Porter Award, 1990. Medal of Merit, Ohio University Alumni Association, 1992. WORKSHOPS, FACULTY MEMBER Preservation of Microorganisms U.S. Federation for Culture Collections, 19-20 September 1970 Peoria, Illinois Society for Industrial Microbiology, 8-9 August 1980, Flagstaff, Arizona American Society for Microbiology, 3-4 March 1984, St. Louis, Missouri Sixth International Congress of Culture Collections, 27 October-5 November 1988, College Park, Maryland Yeast Taxonomy Second International Mycological Congress, 28 August 1977, Tampa, Florida First International Course on Taxonomy and Identification of Yeasts, 20 September-15 October 1982, Oeiras, Portugal Mexican National Course on Yeast Taxonomy and�@Biotechnology, 1-12 October 1984, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico Second International Course on Taxonomy, Genetics and Use of Yeasts in Biotechnology.�@27-31 October 1986, Mexico City, Mexico International Course on Molecular Taxonomy of Yeasts, 8-26 August 1988, Oeiras,�@Portugal Third International Course on Taxonomy, Genetics and Biotechnology of Yeasts. 16-27 October 1989, Cuernavaca, Mexico PUBLICATIONS ca. 185