Brian Cardall :42 Tribute to a Gifted Scientist

Brian Layton Cardall (December 7, 1976 - June 9, 2009) Professor Steven M. Schuster, NAU, said, "He was one of the most outstanding people I have ever known. He was a consistently friendly, hard working, intelligent, witty and even-tempered guy. Brian had all of the intellectual, creative and scientific tools he needed to become one of the most outstanding scientists of his generation. His work spanned questions and applications from molecules to ecosystems. But Brian, although he is no longer with us, does not seem to be tired of discovery quite yet.

Brians work and love of nature lives on in his publications, those that have already explained so much about the natural world, as well as those on cottonwoods and tamarisk, on tamarisk and beetles, and on marine isopod crustaceans, all of which are very close to completion and eventual publication.

It is a tragic understatement to say that Brian Layton Cardall will be missed. But I believe, Brians discoveries and insights have a long and bright future ahead. Brians publications will do much to keep us all from growing tired of discovery. I have been and continue to be inspired by Brian Cardall; my student, my colleague, and my friend.

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We will miss you! A true friend, brother, father, husband, and major contributor to his field of work. Brian was the kindest soul I knew.