Dr Michael Zavada spent one year as a Fulbright Scholar in Skopje, Macedonia at the Geologic Institute. He did post-doctoral work with Dr David Dilcher at Indiana University, Bloomington, and Dr Thomas Taylor at Ohio State University, Columbus. He has served on the faculties of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He was the Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biology at Providence College, Providence, RI, and East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. He served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Seton Hall University, New Jersey, and at the University of Texas, Permian Basin. Currently, he is a Professor of Biology and Chair of Geosciences at University of Texas.
Dr Zavada has broad interests including elucidating the time and place of origin of the angiosperms, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, eco-physiology, reproductive biology, plant-animal interactions, archeological pollen analysis, ethnobotany, and aerobiology. His field research has taken him throughout North America, South America, Africa, Madagascar, and Mongolia. He has received over $ 9.5 million in grants and solicits funds, including grants from the CSIR South Africa, National Science Foundation (NRF), National Institute of Health (NIH), NASA, American Philosophical Society, and National Geographic Society.
