Dr. William Eckberg (co-PI) is emeritus professor of biology at Howard University, Howard’s Alliance liaison, coordinator of Howard’s planned PSM programs, and interim Secretary of the Alliance.
He graduated from the University of Michigan and received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University, having completed additional graduate studies under predoctoral fellowships at the University of Washington and the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole MA. After a year on the faculty at Michigan State, he came to the Department of Zoology at Howard University as an assistant professor in 1975, achieved tenure in 1982, and was promoted to full professor in 1989.
In 1992, the Department of Zoology was merged into a new Department of Biology, which he has served since then, becoming chair in 2001. Under Dr. Eckberg, the department became the largest in the College of Arts and Sciences. He served until 2009 as Associate Dean for Educational and Research Affairs of the Howard Graduate School.
At Howard, he has served on many advisory, review, and search committees. He has published about 50 articles, given many invited talks, and held numerous grants from the NSF, the NIH, the Population Council, the American Cancer Society, and the Council for Tobacco Research. He is a member of several professional societies, including the American Society for Cell Biology, MBL Corporation, Sigma Xi (Howard University chapter president 2004-2005), and Society for Developmental Biology, and American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He has served as chairman of the NIH Bridges to the Future and Ruth Kirchstein Predoctoral Fellowship Study Sections. He is listed in American Men and Women of Science and Who’s Who in America.
