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Meffe named Editor of Conservation Biology

The Board of Governors of the Society for Conservation Biology is pleased to announce that Gary Meffe will become Editor of Conservation Biology in January 1998.

Meffe received his Ph.D. in Zoology from Arizona State University in 1983 and held the Archie Carr Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Florida. He currently is Senior Ecologist at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and Adjunct Professor at the School of Forest Resources and School of Ecology, University of Georgia. Meffe's general research interests include conservation biology, ecosystem management, aquatic ecology, and evolutionary biology. He has authored more than 70 scientific papers and chapters and has written or edited four books, including the widely acclaimed Principles of Conservation Biology. Meffe also has consulted extensively with numerous federal agencies on the application of conservation biology and ecosystem management principles to natural resource management. He has served in an editorial capacity with Copeia and Environmental Ethics, is Deputy Editor of Oryx, for which he writes a regular editorial column, "Savannah Perspective," and has been a member of Conservation Biology's Board of Editors since its first volume.

As of 1 June, all new manuscripts should be submitted to Gary Meffe at Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Drawer E, Aiken, South Carolina 29802. As of 1 October, his editorial office will move to the University of Florida; details will be published in the journal. The Board looks forward to working with Gary to ensure the continued success of the journal and the SCB.

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