DAVID
C. HARTNETT
Professor
of biology
Director of Konza Prairie Biological Station

David C. Hartnett,
professor of biology at Kansas State University, has served as the
director of the Konza Prairie Biological Station since 1995. In addition,
Hartnett has also carried out research at Konza Prairie, with an emphasis
on grassland plant population biology and plant-herbivore interactions.
Hartnett
is a member of the Ecological Society of America, the Society for
Range Management, the Botanical Society of America and the Society
for Conservation Biology. He also serves in elected positions in the
International Society of Plant Population Biologists and the British
Ecological Society.
After
obtaining his bachelor of science and master of science degrees in
biology from Bucknell University in 1977 and 1978, Hartnett earned
his postdoctoral degree in plant biology from the University of Illinois
in 1983.
Prior
to joining the biology faculty at K-State in 1986, Hartnett served
as an assistant professor of biology at the University of South Florida,
where he was ranked as outstanding in undergraduate teaching in 1984
and 1985.
Hartnett
can be reached at 785-532-5925, or through e-mail at dchart@k-state.edu.