INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL CITES AU PROF FOR RESEARCH ON MITES, TICKS

AUBURN, Ala. — Thirty-plus years of significant contributions to the study of mites and ticks have earned Auburn University entomologist Gary Mullen recognition from the International Journal of Acarology.

The journal presented Mullen its Acarology Research Award during the publication’s 30th anniversary celebration this summer in Columbus, Ohio. The plaque Mullen received reads, “Our science has flourished because of you.”

Presenters particularly acknowledged Mullen’s research contributions relating to mites and ticks of medical and veterinary importance, including his work with ticks and Lyme disease in Alabama.

In addition to his research program through the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Mullen has taught acarology, or the study of mites and ticks, as part of the AU Department of Entomology’s graduate-level curriculum for the past 22 years. He is a charter member and a past president of the Acarological Society of America and currently serves as a member of its executive committee.

Along with Mullen, acarologists from Canada, Brazil, Egypt, India, Pakistan and Japan also merited research awards from the journal.

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8/3/05

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