Marla Spivak

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Marla Spivak
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Spivak in 2010
Born 1955 (age 68–69)
Fields entomology
Institutions University of Minnesota
Alma mater Humboldt State University, University of Kansas
Notable awards MacArthur Fellowship
Website
beelab.umn.edu

Marla Spivak (born 1955) is an American entomologist, and Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota.[1]

Education and Research

Spivak graduated from Humboldt State University and from the University of Kansas.[2] She is particularly well-known for her work breeding lines of honey bees that detect and quickly remove diseased larvae and pupae, which is called hygienic behavior.[3] More recently, she has begun studying the role of resins, which bees collect and mix with wax to make propolis coatings on the inside of their hives, an example of honey bee social immunity.[4] Her lab also studies the effect of the surrounding landscape on the health and nutrition of both honey bees and native bees.[5]

Awards

She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship grant in 2010 for her work with honey bees.[6][7] After receiving the MacArthur grant, she started an organization called the Bee Squad, which works to help people in the community get involved in helping bees.[8] In 2015, she won the Distinguished Service Award from the Minnesota AgriGrowth Council.[9] In 2016, she won the Siehl Prize for Excellence in Agriculture (category: Knowledge) for her many contributions to understanding bee biology and threats to bee health[10] and a Women of Discovery Award from Wings Worldquest, honoring her pioneering work promoting bee health and conservation.[11]

References

  1. http://www.entomology.umn.edu/People/GradFaculty/Spivak/
  2. http://www.macfound.org/fellows/43/
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  8. http://beelab.umn.edu/BeeSquad/
  9. http://agrigrowth.org/membership/distinguished-service-award/
  10. http://discover.umn.edu/news/food-agriculture/siehl-prize-excellence-agriculture-announces-2016-laureates/
  11. http://www.wingsworldquest.org/2016-womenofdiscovery-gala/

External links

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External video
video icon Marla Spivak: Why bees are disappearing, TEDGlobal 2013


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