May 18, 1929 - October 25, 2006

Academic Service:

1962-1972 Assistant Professor to Professor of Biochemistry, University of Kentucky Medical Center

1973-1984 Professor Biological Sciences & Associate Director Program in Medical Sciences, Florida State University

1998-2000 Visiting Distinguished Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

1986-2006 University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distinguished Scientist & Professor of Microbiology/Ecology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

1991-2006 Executive Director, Center for Environmental Biotechnology Medical Center

Expertise:

Biochemistry, Biofilms, Biomarkers

Vision:

"Science is like a monastery where we work as replaceable unknowns on the manuscript that is the ever-deepening view of the majesty of interactions in this incredible universe."

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News

May 2009

Reception to honor Ed DeLong and celebrate David White's 80th birthday.

February 2009

Ed DeLong honored by American Society for Microbiology..

December 2008

Ed DeLong to receive 2009 David C White Research and Training Award.

August 2008

The David C. White Most Innovative Student Poster Award was granted by ISME at the August 2008 symposium in Cairns, Australia. It is a new award to stimulate and thank students for innovative thinking.

July 2008

The Journal of Microbiological Methods published an In Memoriam in the February 2007 issue. The July 2008 issue is a special issue to honor David C White.