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)
DEGREES
1977 B.S., Botany, Rutgers College
1982 Ph.D., Botany, Duke University
APPOINTMENTS
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
HONORS AND AWARDS
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