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William G. Wilson, Associate Professor of Biology
Please note: William has left the "CNCS: Center for nonlinear and complex systems" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date. I earned my physics Ph.D. at the University of Hawaii on a topic in condensed matter theory using computer simulations and mathematics. I transferred those interdisciplinary skills to geophysics, fluid flow, and theoretical evolutionary ecology at the University of Calgary and UC Santa Barbara. In 2001 I earned tenure in the Duke Zoology department, which then merged with Botany into Biology. In 2007, amid funding difficulties, I directed my studies toward urban environmental issues and environmental inequities. I published two books, Constructed Climates (2011) and Stormwater (2016), with University of Chicago Press.
- Contact Info:
- Education:
Ph.D. | University of Hawaii, Manoa | 1988 |
BS Physics/Math | St. Cloud State University | 1981 |
B.A. | St. Cloud State University | 1981 |
- Specialties:
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Ecology and Population Biology
.............(faculty research areas)
- Research Interests: Theoretical ecology and evolution
- Current Ph.D. Students
(Former Students)
- Aaron Ashih
- Curtis Smith
- Jenn Nelson
- Postdocs Mentored
- Shane Richards (December 26, 1998 - 2000)
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- W.G. Wilson, Stormwater: A resource for scientists and policy makers.
(2016), University of Chicago Press.
- Tanner, CJ; Adler, FR; Grimm, NB; Groffman, PM; Levin, SA; Munshi-South, J; Pataki, DE; Pavao-Zuckerman, M; Wilson, WG, Urban ecology: Advancing science and society,
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, vol. 12 no. 10
(December, 2014),
pp. 574-581, WILEY, ISSN 1540-9295 [doi] [abs]
- Gibson, WT; Wilson, WG, Individual-based chaos: extensions of the discrete logistic model.,
Journal of theoretical biology, vol. 339
(December, 2013),
pp. 84-92, ISSN 0022-5193 [doi] [abs]
- Mitchell, RJ; Wilson, WG; Holmquist, KG; Karron, JD, Influence of pollen transport dynamics on sire profiles and multiple paternity in flowering plants.,
PloS one, vol. 8 no. 10
(January, 2013),
pp. e76312, ISSN 1932-6203 [doi] [abs]
- W.G. Wilson, Constructed Climates: A Primer on Urban Environments.
(2011), University of Chicago Press.
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