Seven University of Nebraska–Lincoln professors have been awarded professorships from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor, including Eileen Hebets of the School of Biological Sciences.
Hebets was named a Charles Bessey Professor of biological sciences. She is an international leader in the study of complex signals and animal behavior. She has given more than 30 invited talks, including the opening plenary address at the triennial International Congress of Arachnology in 2019. Her foundational paper on how to study the function of multimodal signals has set the stage for research activity in the field, been cited nearly 700 times and produced more than 100 peer-reviewed papers. Her research is supported by two National Science Foundation grants totaling $1.14 million. Her pioneering organization of the SciComm Conference has greatly increased the visibility of the university.
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