The endowed Illg Lecture series is presented in honor of Professor Paul L. Illg, who made countless contributions as a scientist, teacher, mentor, and friend. Paul excelled as a faculty member of the UW Zoology Department from 1952 – 1982. An expert in the biology of crustaceans, he participated in many summer sessions at Friday Harbor Laboratories. He invited world-renowned scholars to FHL to join him in teaching invertebrate biology and thus greatly enhanced the quality of the graduate program and research at the Laboratories. The lectureship endowment was established through memorial gifts from Paul’s family and his many friends and colleagues.
Current Illg Lecture Committee Members
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- Dr. Kevin Kocot, Associate Professor, University of Alabama. Illg Comittee Chair
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- Dr. Colleen Burge, Research Scientist, CA Dept of Fish & Wildlife at Bodga Marine Lab
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- Dr. Eric Edsinger, Research Scientist, Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida
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- Dr. Jason Hodin, Research Scientist, UW Friday Harbor Labs
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- Kindall Murie, PhD Student, UW Friday Harbor Labs
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- Dr. Lynn Riddiford, Research Professor, UW Friday Harbor Labs
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- Dr. Megan Schwartz, Lecturer, UW Tacoma
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- Dr. Rebecca Varney, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Past Illg Lectureship Awardees
| YEAR | AWARDEE |
| 1999 | Mimi Koehl |
| 2000 | Dietrich Hofmann |
| 2001 | Ed Ruppert |
| 2002 | Margaret McFall-Ngai |
| 2003 | John Bishop |
| 2004 | Nancy Knowlton |
| 2005 | Gary Vermeij |
| 2006 | Maria Byrne |
| 2007 | Xavier Turon |
| 2008 | Jim Carlton |
| 2009 | Edie Widder |
| 2010 | Sonke Johnsen |
| 2011 | Sheila Patek |
| 2012 | Jason Hall-Spencer |
| 2013 | Gonzalo Giribet |
| 2014 | Lisa Levin |
| 2015 | Stephan Bengtson |
| 2016 | Todd Oakley |
| 2017 | Lauren Mullineaux |
| 2018 | Monica Medina |
| 2019 | Anna Metaxas |
| 2021 | Gretchen Hofmann |
| 2022 | Mansi Srivastava |
| 2023 | Rachel Collin |
| 2024 | Amro Hamdoun |