Clay Lab

KEITH CLAY

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University

Research Areas: Species interactions, community ecology, biodiversity, disease, symbiosis

Web of Science Researcher ID: C-8730-2012

ORCID Id: 0000-0002-3956-0887
Google Scholar Index: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ki0AoO0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
(08/23/2022: 22,888 citations; h-index=80; i-10 index = 204)

1977 B.S., Botany, Rutgers College

1982 Ph.D., Botany, Duke University

1977-78 Teaching Assistant, Duke University

1981 Teaching Assistant, Duke University

1982-83 Postdoctoral Associate, University of Texas

1983-86 Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University

1986-91 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Indiana University (IU)

1991-96 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, IU

1993-2018 Adjunct Faculty, School for Public and Environmental Affairs, IU

1996-2013 Professor, Department of Biology, IU

2002-14 Director, IU Research and Teaching Preserve

2007-13 Director, IU Center for Research in Environmental Science

2013-18 Distinguished Professor of Biology, IU

2018 – Distinguished Professor of Biology Emeritus, IU

2018- Professor and Chair, Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University

2018- Research Associate, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

1977 Highest Honors in Botany, Rutgers College

1977 Phi Beta Kappa, Rutgers College

1978-81 NSF Graduate Fellowship

1981-82 NIH Genetics Program Training Fellowship, Duke University

1983 Sigma Xi

1989 Inaugural Article for Journal Mycological Research

1989 Outstanding Young Faculty Award, IU

1994-97 Associate Editor, International Journal of Plant Science

1998-01 Associate Editor, Ecology and Ecological Monographs

1999 Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Award (TERA)

1999 Invited Nominator, MacArthur Fellows Program (nominee was 2003 recipient)

2001-04 Associate Editor, Plant Biology

2003 A. R. Wallace – R. E. Franklin Medal, Dept. of Biology, IU

2004- Editorial Advisory Board, New Phytologist

2005- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

2005-12 Associate Editor, Fungal Biology Reviews

2012-13 Visiting Professor, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

2013-18 Distinguished Professor of Biology, IU

2016 Guest Professor, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland

2016 Invited Nominator, Kyoto Prize

2018 Distinguished Professor of Biology Emeritus, IU

2020 Bicentennial Medal, Indiana University