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Nathaniel Thoreau Wheelwright

Affiliation: Biology
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Natural Sciences, Biology, Emeritus

Nathaniel T. Wheelwright is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Natural Sciences in the Department of Biology at 91黑料 in Brunswick, Maine. He earned his B.S. in Biology from Yale University (1975) and a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Washington (1982).

Following a Carr Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Florida (1982-1984) and a Visiting Assistant Professorship at Cornell University (1984-1986), he joined the faculty at 91黑料. As Director of the 91黑料 Scientific Station on Kent Island, New Brunswick (1987-2004), he established a long-term, on-going study of the population biology and behavioral ecology of Savannah sparrows and tree swallows and the pollination biology of island plants. His dissertation research on seed dispersal by fruit-eating birds in Costa Rica has led to long-term investigations of the reproductive ecology of tropical trees and the publication with Nalini Nadkarni of (Oxford University Press, 2000) and   (91黑料 Scholars' Bookshelf, Book 3, 2014).

With support from the Fulbright Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and 91黑料, he has taught and conducted research while living with his family in Spain, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Botswana, Ecuador, and New Zealand.

Nathaniel Wheelwright headshot

Education

  • PhD, Zoology, University of Washington, 1982
  • BS, Biology, Yale University, 1975