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Brian holding his daughter Ava |
Northern Arizona University Foundation presents
The Brian Layton Cardall Memorial Scholarship Fund
Supporting PhD Students whose dissertation reseach focuses on Conservation Biology
This Fund is established to honor the memory of Brian Layton Cardall, who died on June 9, 2009 at the age of 32.At the time of his death, Brian was a Science Foundation Arizona Fellow, conducting research for his doctoral dissertation in Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University.
Brian’s work focused on community genetics, the study of how genetic variation within one species may influence the distribution, abundance and reproduction of other species. This discipline links molecular and evolutionary genetics to population, community, and ecosystem processes, and has fundamental implications for conservation biology, for which Brian held a passionate interest.
This Fund shall be used to provide scholarship support to outstanding Ph.D. candidates at Northern Arizona University whose dissertation research focuses on conservation biology.
The Donors intend to transfer $25,000 to the Foundation on or before June 30, 2015 in the form of cash donations.
Contributions can be made in several ways:
1. Online contributions can be via a website NAU has set up: https://alumni.nau.edu/giving.aspx?fnds=01610
2. Direct Mail contributions can be made to:
Brian Layton Cardall Memorial Scholarship Fund
Northern Arizona University Foundation
P.O. Box 4094
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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"Brian had all of the intellectual, creative and scientific tools he needed to become one of the most outstanding scientists of his generation."
"Brian Cardall’s work and love of nature lives on in his publications, those that have already explained so much about the natural world, as well as those on cottonwoods and tamarisk, on tamarisk and beetles, and on marine isopod crustaceans, all of which are very close to completion and eventual publication."
It is a tragic understatement to say that Brian Layton Cardall will be missed. But I believe, Brian’s discoveries and insights have a long and bright future ahead. Brian’s publications will do much to keep us all from growing tired of discovery."
-Professor Stephen M. Shuster, NAU
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Other Releated News:
April 12-13, 2010 The Science Foundation Arizona honored former NSA Fellow Brian Cardall for his signifigant contributions and publications to further science.
December 2009 The Arizona Republic Council publishes Genetic Diversity of Cottonwood Before, During, and After Establishment of Tamarix by Brian L. Cardall and his colleagues from the Department of Biological Studies, Northern Arizona University. Comments from the article: Read the Newsletter
September 16, 2009 Brian's widow Anna Schmidt Cardall welcomed their second daughter Bella Aspen September 16th, 2009 5:36pm. She was born 7lbs 2 oz, 18.4 inches. Her sister Ava Skye is almost 3 years old.
Photo: Anna, Ava, Brian Cardall in the Grand Canyon
