Background
Sam Bowser was born on January 16, 1957 in Middletown, New New York
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Samuel Bowser
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He has been a steadfast advocate of science education, and in 2006 was honored by the Science Teachers Association of New York for exceptional contributions to K-12 science education. He advocates art/science collaborations and is involved in projects with artist Claire Beynon, musician Henry Kaiser, and filmmaker Werner Herzog. He lives in Albany, New New York
Sam Bowser has led numerous research expeditions to Antarctica.
A new genus of Foraminifera, Bowseria spp., was named "in honor of Doctor Sam Bowser (United States of America), a protistologist and polar explorer, who has spent many years studying Antarctic monothalamous foraminifera and contributed immensely to our knowledge of their biology, ecology and diversity." Sinniger et al. (2008) Policy Polar Reserve
29:5-18. In 2005, Bowser Valley, lying East of Crawford Valley in Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land, was named by United States-ACAN in recognition of his research in Antarctica.
He works at the Wadsworth Center in Albany, New New York
