John J. Wiens
John Joseph Wiens (* 1967 ) is an American herpetologist .
Life
From 1987 to 1991 Vienna's student assistant at the Herpetology Department at the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History . In 1991 he acquired under the direction of William E. duel man to Bachelor of Science in systematics and ecologist at the University of Kansas . From 1993 to 1994 he was a teaching assistant at the University of Texas at Austin . From 1991 to 1995 he conducted research at the University of Texas at Austin on a National Science Foundation grant . In 1995 he received the thesis Phylogeny of the lizard genus Sceloporus: Systematics, evolutionary morphology, and evaluation of phylogenetic Approaches under the guidance of David C. Cannatella and David M. Hillis for Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.
From 1995 to 2001 he was assistant curator and from 2001 to 2002 assistant curator in the Department of Amphibians and Reptiles at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History . From 1996 to 2001 he was a visiting lecturer in the Department of Biology at the University of Pittsburgh. From 2000 to 2002 he was a supervisor in the Molecular Systematics Laboratory at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. From 2003 to 2006 he was a visiting lecturer and from 2006 to 2012 he was an adjunct professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University . Since 2013 he has been a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona .
In addition to intensive excursions in the United States, Vienna went on research trips to Mexico , Ecuador , Peru , Argentina , Brazil , Panama , Malaysia , India and Taiwan . In 2008 he published the book Herpetology in the Age of Genomics .
Wiens conducts research at the interface between evolutionary biology, ecology and phylogenetics . His key research projects include explaining patterns of biodiversity between clades , communities, habitats, and regions, using phylogenies to understand patterns of speciation , diversification, and niche evolution, and the impact of climate change on species, biodiversity, and humans.
In 1992 Wiens described the frog species Pristimantis simonbolivari . In 1993 he described the species Telmatobius atahualpai , Telmatobius colanensis , Telmatobius degener , Telmatobius necopinus , Telmatobius thompsoni and Telmatobius truebae . In 2011 he raised the subfamily Batrachylinae, described in 1965 by José María Alfonso Félix Gallardo , to the Batrachylidae family .
Wiens is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists , American Society of Naturalists , Herpetologists League , Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles , Society for the Study of Evolution and the Society of Systematic Biologists .
Dedication names
In 1993 William E. Duellmann and Erik R. Wild named the frog species Pristimantis wiensi after John J. Wiens.
literature
- Curriculum Vitae (PDF, as of 2017)
Web links
- Bibliography at Google Scholar
- Short profile at Loop
- Profile at the University of Arizona
- Literature by and about John J. Wiens in the bibliographic database WorldCat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vienna, John J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vienna, John Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American herpetologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |