Professional Societies in the Life Sciences

The professional societies and associations listed below are U.S.-based, national organizations that draw a substantial portion of their membership from the academic community in the life sciences. While this list is not comprehensive, it provides a starting point for individuals who wish to contact professional societies dedicated to research and education in the biological sciences.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1200 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 326-6400
ehr@aaas.org
http://www.aaas.org/

American Association for
Agricultural Education (AAAE)
http://www.ais.msstate.edu/AAAE/

American Association of Anatomists (AAA)
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3998
(301) 571-8314
exec@anatomy.org
http://www.faseb.org/anatomy/

American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3994
(301) 530-7178
infoaai@aai.faseb.org
http://www.scienceXchange.com/aai/

American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA)
c/o Mark L. Weiss, Treasurer
Department of Anthropology
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
mweiss@sun.science.wayne.edu
http://www.utexas.edu/cons/aapa/

American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS)
c/o Brent D. Mishler, President
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-2465
(510) 642-6810
bmishler@socrates.berkeley.edu
http://ucjeps.herb.berkeley.edu/bryolab/ABLS.html

American Dairy Science Association (ADSA)
1111 N. Dunlap Avenue
Savoy, IL 61874
(217) 356-3182
adsa@assochq.org
http://www.adsa.uiuc.edu/

American Fern Society (AFS)
http://206.151.68.40:80/fern/

American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
5661 Airport Boulevard
Boulder, CO 80301-2339
(303) 939-0023
http://bioc02.uthscsa.edu/aisesnet.html

American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)
c/o Jodi Kolber
AIBS Communications
1444 Eye Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 628-1500 x 253
jkolber@aibs.org
http://www.aibs.org/

American Meat Science Association (AMSA)
9140 Ward Parkway, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64114
(816) 444-3500
tpowell@flinthills.com
http://www.meatscience.org/

American Microscopical Society (AMS)
c/o Stephen L. Gardiner
Department of Biology
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
(610) 526-5094
sgardine@brynmawr.edu
http://www.umesci.maine.edu/ams/ams.htm

American Ornithologists' Union (AOU)
c/o Division of Birds, MRC-116
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560
(202) 357-2051
aou@sivm.si.edu
http://pica.wru.umt.edu/AOU/AOU.html

American Peptide Society
http://www.chem.umn.edu/orgs/ampepsoc/
American Physiological Society (APS)
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3991
(301) 530-7118
educatio@aps.faseb.org
http://www.faseb.org/aps/

American Phytopathological Society (APS)
3340 Pilot Knob Road
St. Paul, MN 55121-2097
(612) 454-7250
aps@scisoc.org
http://www.scisoc.org/

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3996
(301) 530-7145
asbmb@asbmb.faseb.org
http://www.faseb.org/asbmb/asbmb.html

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)
1200 19th Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036-2422
(202) 857-1161
asbmr@dc.sba.com
http://www.asbmr.org/

American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3992
(301) 530-7153
ascbinfo@ascb.org
http://www.faseb.org/ascb/

American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology (ASGSB)
c/o Patricia Russell
Universities Space Research Association
300 D Street, SW, Suite 801
Washington, DC 20024
(202) 488-5142
ASGSB@usra.edu
http://www.indstate.edu/asgsb/

American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS)
600 Cameron St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 836-4606
ashs@ashs.org
http://www.ashs.org/

American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP)
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 530-7130
asip@pathol.faseb.org
http://asip.uthscsa.edu/

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
1325 Massachusetts Avenue
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 737-3600
EducationResources@asmusa.org
http://www.asmusa.org/

American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS)
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 530-7050
meyersp@ain.faseb.org
http://www.faseb.org/asns/

American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3995
(301) 530-7060
aspetinfo@aspet.faseb.org
http://www.faseb.org/aspet/

American Society for Photobiology (ASP)
BioTech Park
1021 15th Street, Suite 9
Augusta, GA 30901-3158
(706) 722-7511
maps@csranet.com
http://www.kumc.edu/POL

American Society for Virology (ASV)
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509
(414) 456-8104
jkarl@mcw.edu
http://www.mcw.edu/asv/

American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
677 South Segoe Road
Madison, WI 53711
(608) 273-8080
headquarters@agronomy.org
http://www.agronomy.org/asa.html

American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3998
(301) 571-1825
society@genetics.faseb.org
http://www.faseb.org/genetics/ashg/ashgmenu.htm

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
c/o Susan Weiler
ASLO Executive Director's Office
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA 99362
(509) 527-5948
weiler@whitman.edu
http://aslo.org/

American Society of Mammalogists (ASM)
c/o H. Duane Smith, Secretary-Treasurer
Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602-0200
(801) 378-2492
duane@museum.byu.edu
http://wkuweb1.wku.edu/%7Easm/

American Society of Parasitologists (ASP)
c/o George Cain, Secretary/Treasurer
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
(319) 335-1061
george-cain@uiowa.edu
http://www-museum.unl.edu/asp_image/aspjava.html

American Society
of Plant Physiologists (ASPP)
15501 Monona Drive
Rockville, MD 20855-2768
(301) 251-0560
aspp@aspp.org
http://www.aspp.org/

American Society
of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT)
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/aspt/aspthome.htm

American Society of Primatologists (ASP)
http://www.asp.org/

American Water
Resources Association (AWRA)
950 Herndon Parkway, Suite 300
Herndon, VA 20170-5531
(703) 904-1225
awrahq@aol.com
http://www.uwin.siu.edu/~awra/index.html

Animal Behavior Society (ABS)
c/o Steve Ramey
2611 East 10th Street, #170
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47408-2603
(812) 856-5541
aboffice@indiana.edu
http://www.cisab.indiana.edu/ABS/

Association for Biology
Laboratory Education (ABLE)
c/o Anna M. Wilson
Purdue University
1153 Biochemistry Bldg.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1153
(765) 494-1633
wilson@purdue.edu
http://www.zoo.utoronto.ca/~able/index.htm

Association for Tropical Biology (ATB)
c/o Gina Black
Business Office
PO Box 1897
Lawrence, KS 66044-8897
(800) 627-0629
gblack@allenpress.com
http://atb.botany.ufl.edu/atb/

Association of College and University Biology Educators (ACUBE)
Biology Department
Beloit College
700 College Street
Beloit, WI 53511
(608) 363-2429
roym@beloit.edu
http://www.acube.org

Association of Neuroscience
Departments and Programs (ANDP)
11 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 328-9713
libby@sfn.org
http://www.andp.org/

Biophysical Society
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 530-7114
society@biophysics.faseb.org
http://www.biophysics.org/biophys/society/biohome.htm

Botanical Society of America (BSA)
1735 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1293
(614) 292-3519
hiser.3@osu.edu
http://www.botany.org/

Coalition for Education about
Environment, Food, Agriculture
and Renewable Resources (CEEFAR)
c/o Vernon B. Cardwell
Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics
University of Minnesota
1991 Upper Buford Circle
411 Borlaug Hall
St. Paul, MN 55108-6026
(612) 625-6754
cardw001@maroon.tc.umn.edu

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)
4420 West Lincoln Way
Ames, IA 50014-3447
(515) 292-2125
cast@cast-science.org
http://www.cast-science.org

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)
734 15th Street, NW, Suite 550
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 783-4810
cur@cur.org
http://www.cur.org/

Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)
677 South Segoe Road
Madison, WI 53711
(608) 273-8086
headquarters@agronomy.org
http://www.crops.org/cssa.html

Ecological Society of America (ESA)
2010 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 833-8773
esahq@esa.org
http://www.sdsc.edu/ESA/esa.htm

Entomological Society of America (ESA)
9301 Annapolis Rd.
Lanham, MD 20706-3115
(301) 731-4535
esa@entsoc.org
http://www.entsoc.org/

Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN)
http://www.ipfw.edu/nf1/wilsonj/web/fun.htm

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3998
(800) 43-FASEB
fasebinfo@faseb.org
http://www.faseb.org/

Genetics Society of America (GSA)
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3998
(301) 571-1825
society@genetics.faseb.org
http://www.faseb.org/genetics/gsa/gsamenu.htm

Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS)
222 South Meramec, Suite 303
St. Louis, MO 63105
(800) 448-HAPS
http://www.bio.psu.edu/haps/

International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB)
c/o Peg Stewart, Secretary
3900 Glengarry Drive
Austin, TX 78731
(512) 458-1072
pegstew@ibm.net
http://www.phil.vt.edu/ishpssb/

Mycological Society of America (MSA)
c/o Maren Klich, Secretary
USDA, ARS, SRRC, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70124
(504) 286-4361
mklich@nola.srrc.usda.gov
http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/~w3msa/

National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)
11250 Roger Bacon Drive #19
Reston, VA 20190-5202
(703) 471-1134
NABTer@aol.com
http://www.nabt.org/

National Marine Educators (NME)
PO Box 1470
Ocean Springs, MS 39566-1470
(228) 374-7557
cseymour@seahorse.ims.usm.edu
http://www.marine-ed.org/home.html

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
1840 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201-3000
(703) 243-7100
publicinfo@nsta.org
http://www.nsta.org/

North American Association of Environmental Education (NAAEE)
P.O. Box 400
Troy, OH 45373
(937) 676-2514
jthoreen@igc.apc.org
http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/naaee.html

Paleontological Society (PS)
PO Box 1897
Lawrence, KS 66044-8897
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/paleo/homepage.html

Phycological Society
of America (PSA)
PO Box 1897
Lawrence, KS 66044-8897
(785) 843-1235
bwoodard@allenpress.com
http://jupiter.phy.ohiou.edu/psa/

Poultry Science Association (PSA)
1111 North Dunlap Ave.
Savoy, IL 61874-9604
(217) 356-3182
psa@assochq.org
http://www.psa.uiuc.edu/

Protein Society (PS)
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 571-0662
newburgh@protein.faseb.org
http://www.faseb.org/protein/

Society for College Science Teachers (SCST)
http://168.28.242.123/scst/

Society for Developmental Biology (SDB)
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 571-0647
ichow@faseb.org
http://sdb.bio.purdue.edu/

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)
401 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-4267
(312) 527-6697
sicb@sba.com
http://www.sicb.org/

Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB)
9315 Largo Drive West, Suite 255
Landover, MD 20774
(301) 324-5054
sivb@sivb.org
http://www.sivb.org/index.html

Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB)
http://www.smb.org/

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
11 Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 462-6688
info@sfn.org
http://www.sfn.org/

Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)
c/o Kent Holsinger, Executive Officer
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269
(860) 486-4059
kent@darwin.eeb.uconn.edu

Society of Nematologists (SON)
PO Box 1897
Lawrence, KS 66044-1274
(800) 627-0629
c/o Sara Noonan Schmanke
snoonan@allenpress.com
http://ianrwww.unl.edu/ianr/plntpath/nematode/son/sonhome.htm

Society of Protozoologists (SOP)
http://www.uga.edu/~protozoa/

Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB)
c/o Vicki Funk, President
Department of Botany
National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC 20560
(202) 357-2560
funk.vicki@nmnh.si.edu
http://www.utexas.edu/ftp/depts/systbiol/index.html

Society of Toxicology (SOT)
1767 Business Center Drive
Suite 302
Reston, VA 22090
(703) 438-3115
sothq@toxicology.org
http://www.toxicology.org/index.html

Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
677 South Segoe Road
Madison, WI 53711
(608) 273-8095
headquarters@agronomy.org
http://www.soils.org/sssa.html

Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR)
4543 Faner Hall
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901-4526
(618) 536-7571
ucowr@uwin.siu.edu
http://sunrise.c-wr.siu.edu:80/ucowr/

Weed Science Society of America (WSSA)
PO Box 1897
810 East 10th St.
Lawrence, KS 66044-8897
(800) 627-0629
wssa@allenpress.com
http://piked2.agn.uiuc.edu/wssa/