Robert Brooker,
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis Eric P. Widmaier,
Boston University Linda E. Graham,
University of Wisconsin - Madison Peter D. Stiling,
University of Southern Florida
ISBN: 0077290801 Copyright year: 2011
About the Authors
Robert J. Brooker
Rob Brooker (Ph.D., Yale University) received his B.A. in biology at Wittenberg University in 1978. At Harvard, he studied the lactose permease, the product of the lacY gene of the lac operon. He continues working on transporters at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and has an active research laboratory. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brooker teaches undergraduate courses in biology, genetics, and cell biology. In addition to many other publications, he has written three editions of the undergraduate genetics text Genetics: Analysis & Principles, McGraw-Hill, copyright 2009.
Eric P. Widmaier
Eric Widmaier received his Ph.D. in 1984 in endocrinology from the University of California at San Francisco. His re¬search is focused on the control of body mass and metabolism in mammals, the hormonal correlates of obesity, and the effects of high-fat diets on intestinal cell function. Dr. Widmaier is currently Professor of Biology at Boston University, where he recently received the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching. Among other publications, he is a co-author of Vander’s Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function, 11th edition, published by McGraw-Hill, copyright 2008.
Linda E. Graham
Linda Graham received her Ph.D. in botany from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research explores the evolutionary origin of land-adapted plants, focusing on their cell and molecular biology as well as ecological interactions. Dr. Graham is now Professor of Botany at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She teaches undergraduate courses in biology and plant biology. She is the co-author of, among other publications, Algae, copyright 2000, a major’s textbook on algal biology, and Plant Biology, copyright 2006, both published by Prentice Hall/Pearson.
Peter D. Stiling
Peter Stiling obtained his Ph.D. from University College, Cardiff, Wales in 1979. Subsequently, he became a Post-doc at Florida State University and later spent two years as a lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad. During this time, he began photographing and writing about butterflies and other insects, which led to publication of several books on local insects. Dr. Stiling is currently a Professor of Biology at the University of South Florida at Tampa. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in ecology and environmental science as well as introductory biology. He has published many scientific papers and is the author of Ecology: Global Insights and Investigations, soon to be published by McGraw-Hill. Dr. Stiling’s research interests include plant-insect relationships, parasite-host relationships, biological control, restoration ecology, and the effects of elevated carbon dioxide levels on plant herbivore interactions.
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