State Agency Directors
EPA |
Dr. Bill Deutsch has been a Research Fellow in the Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures at Auburn University since 1990, with degrees in Zoology (B.S., Houghton College, 1972), Biology (M.A., SUNY Binghamton, 1975), Anthropology (B.A., Bloomsburg University, 1983) and Aquatic Ecology (Ph.D. and postdoctoral studies, Auburn University, 1988). He previously worked 11 years (1974-85) as a Research Biologist and Director of Aquatic Research with environmental consulting companies in Pennsylvania. Bill has been the Director of the EPA/ADEM-funded, citizen volunteer water monitoring program called Alabama Water Watch since it began in 1992. He also directs the EPA/ADEM-funded implementation phase of the Saugahatchee Watershed Management Plan (SWaMP), and the Tallapoosa Watershed Project (funded by the USDA/CSREES, 2003-07 and the AU Water Resources Center, 2008-2011). Bill has worked on watershed projects of the AU International Center for Aquaculture and Aquatic Environments and has made about 50 international trips to 20 countries. He directs the Global Water Watch program, a network of water monitoring groups which have been active in the Philippines, Ecuador, Thailand, Brazil and Mexico. |
DOE |
Dr. Steadman is Dean of Engineering at the University of South Alabama and the immediate past president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – United States of America (IEEE-USA). John has also served as president of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, the organization that represents the engineering licensing boards of the various states and jurisdictions of the United States. He has held leadership positions in the National Society of Professional Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education. John is a member of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committed for the Department of Energy, the IEEE-USA Board of Directors and the Board of Governors of the Order of the Engineer. Dr. Steadman received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wyoming and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University. He worked for General Dynamics Corporation before joining the faculty at the University of Wyoming. John is a registered professional engineer and a Fellow of the National Society of Professional Engineers. John and his wife live in Mobile, Alabama. |
USDA |
Dr. Frank F. Bartol is Professor of Reproductive Biology and Director of the Cellular and Molecular Biosciences Program at Auburn University (AU). A member of the AU faculty since 1983, Dr. Bartol holds academic appointments in the Department of Animal Sciences in the College of Agriculture and the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. He obtained the B.S. degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees through the Interdisciplinary Reproductive Biology Program from the University of Florida. Additionally, he obtained advanced training in molecular biology as a ‘Visiting Scientist & Scholar’ in the Center for Animal Biotechnology at Texas A&M University. In 2005 Dr. Bartol was honored by his doctoral alma mater when he was named a ‘Donald Henry Barron Lecturer’ at the University of Florida in recognition of “outstanding research and scholarly activities in the field of reproductive biology”. His research, which focuses on identification of mechanisms regulating development and function of female reproductive tract tissues in domestic ungulates, has been supported by the USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (USDA-NRICGP), the National Science Foundation, and private organizations in the U.S. and abroad, as well as by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. He is an active member of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) and the Society for Theriogenology (SFT), and was elected as an ‘Honorary Member’ of the Society of Phi Zeta, the honor society of veterinary medicine, for “distinguished service in the advancement of science relating to the animal industry”. An advocate of the responsible use of animals in research and education, Dr. Bartol has served as chair of the Auburn University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, and both Animal Care and Experimentation and Animal Ethics sub-committees for the SSR. In addition to teaching the graduate course in reproductive biology at AU, Dr. Bartol lectures in animal use and bioethics in the AU veterinary curriculum and has spoken nationally and internationally on these topics. |
NASA EPSCOR |
Dr. John C.
Gregory |
ALABAMA NSF and DEPSCOR |
Dr. Daryush ILA, adjunct professor at The University of Alabama and a long-time faculty member and administrator at Alabama A&M University, has been named executive director of the Alabama Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research program, known as EPSCoR. IlA has worked with the Alabama EPSCoR program for nearly 20 years in various capacities, including assisting with the steering committee, coordinating the Alabama National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research program and serving more than six years as the state's Department of Defense EPSCoR director. IlA is a graduate of MIT and the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, with management training from MIT, Harvard, and Georgia Tech Research Institute and Science Application International Corporation. "Dr. ILA's background and the network of professional contact that he has amassed will contribute greatly to his leadership and the continued success of EPSCoR," said Gregory G. Fitch, executive director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. The mission of Alabama EPSCoR, headquartered at the University of Alabama, is to foster the growth of research capacity and capability in the state of Alabama in order to make the institutions of higher education more competitive for federal funding. The state's research institutions participating in EPSCoR include UA, Alabama A&M University, Auburn University, UAB, UAH, the University of South Alabama and Tuskegee University. |
Dr. Bill Deutsch
Dr. John W. Steadman
Dr. Frank F. Bartol
Dr. Daryush ILAFederal Program Managers
NSF |
Dr. Denise Barnes |
NASA |
Ms. Diane D. DeTroye |
DOE |
Tim Fitzsimmons |
EPA |
Darrell Winner |
USDA |
Mark Poth |
Alabama is currently not eligible to participate in DEPSCoR or NIH EPSCoR