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In 1997 he was appointed to an adjunct Professorial position in the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy at [[Duke University]] in Durham [[North Carolina]] and the following year as an Honorary Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the [[Image:Lee Berger1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Lee Berger giving a tour at the Gladysvale Cave site in 2006.]][[University of Arkansas]]. Twice collaborative research papers have been recognized as being among the top 100 Science stories of the year by [[Discover (magazine)|''Discover Magazine'']], an international periodical focusing on popular scientific issues. The first recognition came in 1995 for his co-authored work with [[Ronald J. Clarke|Prof. Ron Clarke]] of Wits on the taphonomy of the Taung site and in 1998 for his co-authored work with Prof. [[Henry McHenry]] of the [[University of California, Davis]] on limb lengths in Australopithecus africanus.
He is a [[National Press Photographers Association]] Humaniterian Award winner in 1987 for throwing his camera down while working as a news photographer for television station [[WTOC-TV|WTOC]] and jumping into the Savannah River to save a drowning woman<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.profleeberger.com/atlantajournalconstitutionarticle.html |title=Atlanta Constitution article on the rescue by Rod Berger |accessdate=2007-07-27|author=Charles Walston |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=1986 |format= |work= |publisher=Atlanta Journal Constitution |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>. His work in exploration and in human evolutionary studies has been covered in numerous international magazine feature articles and no less than twenty major international television documentaries. He has most recently been featured in National Geographic’s ''Naked Science'' series, National Geographic Channel’s ''Ultimate Survivor'' which premiered in March 2005 and Ancient Enemies with acclaimed Director/Producer Derrick Joubert. He is presently filming and hosting a thirteen-part international television series on [[fossils]], exploration and fossil hunting. In 1997, the [[National Geographic Society]] in Washington, D.C. awarded him the 1st National Geographic Society Prize for Research and Exploration given for his research into human evolution. The citation on the awards reads ''In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the increase of geographic knowledge through his accomplishments in the field of palaeoanthropology. In the study of the origins of humanity Prof. Berger has epitomized the Society’s mission to seek new knowledge of our world. It is the Society’s desire to recognize both his past accomplishments and future potential in one of the most demanding of all the anthropological disciplines.''[[Image:Lee Berger Nat Geo Prize.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Lee Berger recieiving the 1st National Geographic Prize for Research and Exploration in Washington, D.C. in 1997. Pictured Left to Right: Vernita Berger (mother in law),Arthur B. Berger (grandfather), Lee Berger, Arthur L. Berger (father), Jacqueline Berger (wife)]]As a youth he was active in student politics and president of [[Georgia 4-H]], involved in [[National FFA Organization|Future Farmers of America]] and Georgia Youth Conservationist of the Year for his work in conserving the endangered [[gopherus|Gopher Tortiose]].
==Research and other activities==
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