Professors coordinate first international iguana symposium
For the first time, iguana researchers were able to attend an international symposium on the study and conservation of iguanas, and two LLU professors coordinated the event.
The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) held its 77th annual joint meetings at the University of Washington in Seattle from June 26 to July 2. The event attracted approximately 2,000 scientists from around the world.
Ron Carter, PhD, professor of natural sciences, Graduate School, was assisted by Bill Hayes, PhD, associate professor of natural sciences, in organizing this first symposium, titled "Biosystematics, Behavioral Ecology, and Conservation of Iguanas."
Drs. Carter and Hayes invited 25 experts to make presentations during the iguana symposium, sponsored by the Herpetologists' League, one of a number of groups represented at the ASIH joint meetings. "It was exciting because we had the world's leading iguana researchers there giving presentations," Dr. Carter relates. "We had papers covering iguana research in the Galapagos Islands, Central America, and the Caribbean--that's the whole 'belt' where iguanas exist."
Dr. Carter concludes, "As a result of the meetings, we continue to strengthen our network with world-class scientists and familiarize them with the name Loma Linda University."
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