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'''Richard Lenski''' is a professor of microbial [[ecology]] at Michigan State University.  He holds a doctorate from the [[University of North Carolina]] and a B.A. from Oberlin College but, oddly, does not disclose his fields for those degrees on his own biographical sketch. <ref>https://www.msu.edu/~lenski/</ref>
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'''Richard Lenski''' is a professor of microbial [[ecology]] at Michigan State University.  He holds a doctorate from the [[University of North Carolina]] and a B.A. from Oberlin College. He has received numerous prestigious awards during his career including: National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator Award(1988), a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (1996), and twice received the American Society of Naturalists President's Award for Best Paper in The American Naturalist (1986 & 1992). He was elected into the US National Academy of Science in 2006.<ref>https://www.msu.edu/~lenski/</ref>  
    
Lenski is best known for his claim to have observed [[evolution]] of [[E. coli]] in a long-term laboratory study, insisting that it was not due to contamination.  His 2008 paper asserting his claims was [[peer review]]ed in a mere 14 days, sparking questions from the [[user:Aschlafly|owner]] of this site<ref>See [[Conservapedia talk:Lenski dialog]].</ref> about the thoroughness of the review.
 
Lenski is best known for his claim to have observed [[evolution]] of [[E. coli]] in a long-term laboratory study, insisting that it was not due to contamination.  His 2008 paper asserting his claims was [[peer review]]ed in a mere 14 days, sparking questions from the [[user:Aschlafly|owner]] of this site<ref>See [[Conservapedia talk:Lenski dialog]].</ref> about the thoroughness of the review.
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