A Message from Dr. Bruce C. Coull

On June 30, 2006, I retired from my University of South Carolina positions as a full-time faculty member and Dean of the School of the Environment.

I will, however, remain at the University of South Carolina as Carolina Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus.  In this role I will be working with the Center for Humans and Nature of New York and Chicago, USA (http://www.humansandnature.org) to explore, articulate, and promote long-term social and moral responsibilities for the earth's living communities.  The work will integrate historical dynamics and ongoing interactions of humans and nature.

I will no longer conduct research, nor will I direct student projects, theses or dissertations on meiofauna.  If you are interested in pursuing studies related to the ecology of meiofauna,  contact former students/postdoctoral researchers listed under the School of Coull on this web site  (http://www.biol.sc.edu/%7Ecoull_lab/schoolofcoull_framed.htm) or examine the International Association of Meiobenthologists membership list (http://www.meiofauna.org/membersh.html) for potential advisors. 

I maintain an interest in all things meiofaunal and it has been a great life studying them.  I hope that the next generation of researchers will learn much more about these creature friends and that the researchers have as much fun as I have had trying to understand our ubiquitous and omnipresent aquatic denizens. 

Bruce C.  Coull
1 July 2006