Searching for Slime Molds on Christmas Island
Stephenson spent two weeks in May researching slime molds on Christmas Island, a territory of Australia.
Steve Stephenson, a research professor in the Department of Biological Sciences of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, recently returned from a two-week biodiversity survey on Christmas Island, an Australian territory about 220 miles south of the Indonesian island of Java. Stephenson is an expert on myxomycetes, a group of fungus-like organisms commonly referred to as slime molds.
Check the Field Notes section of Research Frontiers for more on Stephenon's trip and his work.
Contacts
Steven Lee Stephenson, visiting professor
Department of Biological Sciences
479-575-2869,
slsteph@uark.edu
Bob Whitby, feature writer
University Relations
479-575-4737,
whitby@uark.edu