Born: January 19, 1954; Conneaut, Ohio
Family: Married: Mary-B Ferl
Son: Evan James Ferl, July 23, 1985
Home Address: 5017 NW 53rd Street
Gainesville, Florida 32653
Academic History: Hiram College B.A. 1972 to 1976
major: Biology
minors: Chemistry, Computer Science
Indiana University M.A.,
Ph.D. 1976 to 1980
major: Genetics
minors: Biochemistry
Appointments:
1980 - 1986, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, University of Florida
1986 - 1987, Associate Professor, Department of Botany, University of Florida
1987 - 1990, Associate Professor, Department of Vegetable Crops
1990 - Present Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department
1986 - 1987, Acting Chairman, Department of Botany, University of Florida
1985 - 1987, Director, Biological Sciences Teaching Program, University of Florida
1990 - 1991, Administrative Council, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research at UF
1988 - 1995, Chairman, Institutional Biosafety Committee
1988 - Present, Director of UF ICBR DNA Sequencing Laboratory
1992 - 1995, Director of UF ICBR BEECS Genetics Laboratory
1994 - Present, Assistant Director, UF Biotechnology Program
Honors:
NIH Genetics Training Grant Trainee, 1976 - 1980
Visiting Research Scientist: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research
Organization, Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia 3/81 to
8/81
Teacher of the Year, 1984 Presented by Lambda Gamma Phi Honorary
Society,
University of Florida
Distinguished Teaching Award, 1984 College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences,
University of Florida
Member, NIH Biomedical Review Panel BI(3) 1985 - 1992
Faculty Research Achievement Award 1987, 1989, 1992
Member, USDA/CRGO/NRI Plant Molecular Biology Panel 1986, 1988, 1991
Editorial Board, Plant Physiology 1988 - 1991, The Plant Journal 1995-
Editorial Board, Author, Harper Collins Biology Texts
Board of Examiners for GRE Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1989 - 1996
Award of Excellence for Graduate Research, IFAS, University of
Florida, 1994
Panel Manager, USDA/NRI Plant Genetic Mechanisms Panel 1995, 2000