Joan Roughgarden

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American ecologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Hawaii and Stanford University. She is well known for her theoretical and field work in community ecology and her critical studies on Charles Darwin's theory of sexual selection.

She is the author of 8 non-fiction books, over 180 scientific articles & the upcoming SciFi novel Ram-2050 a futuristic retelling of the Hindu epic Ramayana.

She received a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from University of Rochester in 1968 and later a Ph.D. in biology from Harvard University in 1971.

Awards and honors:
-Stonewall Book Award, 2005
-Dinkelspiel Award for Undergraduate Teaching, Stanford University, in 1995
-Visiting Research Fellow at the Merton College, University of Oxford, in 1994
-Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993
-Fellow of Guggenheim Foundation in 1985
-University Fellow, Stanford University in 1978

Joan Roughgarden

Science Science Fiction

3.9/5 (951 ratings)
American ecologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Hawaii and Stanford University. She is well known for her theoretical and field work in community ecology and her critical studies on Charles Darwin's theory of sexual selection.

She is the author of 8 non-fiction books, over 180 scientific articles & the upcoming SciFi novel Ram-2050 a futuristic retelling of the Hindu epic Ramayana.

She received a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from University of Rochester in 1968 and later a Ph.D. in biology from Harvard University in 1971.

Awards and honors:
-Stonewall Book Award, 2005
-Dinkelspiel Award for Undergraduate Teaching, Stanford University, in 1995
-Visiting Research Fellow at the Merton College, University of Oxford, in 1994
-Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993
-Fellow of Guggenheim Foundation in 1985
-University Fellow, Stanford University in 1978

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