Kenneth R. Porter

Kenneth Raymond Porter (born October 20, 1931 in Laramie , Wyoming ) is an American herpetologist and ecologist .

Life

In 1953 Porter received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wyoming and in 1959 a Master of Science degree from Oregon State College . In 1962 he was with the thesis Evolutionary relationships of the Bufo valliceps group in Mexico at the University of Texas at Austin for Ph.D. PhD in zoology . From 1962 to 1964 and from 1965 to 1966 he conducted research at the University of Denver with a grant from the National Science Foundation . From 1962 to 1974 he was assistant professor and then associate professor of ecology at the University of Denver. From 1973 until his retirement in 1994 he was a visiting lecturer and associate professor of zoology at the University of Denver. From 1974 to 1980 he was a senior ecologist and project manager at environmental consultancy Dames & Moore. From 1980 to 1992 he was a partner and consultant and from 1992 to 1994 Vice President at Dames & Moore.

Porter's interests include the evolution and speciation of vertebrates , ecology and biogeography , interdisciplinary environmental impact assessments , the ecology and systematics of the old-world chipmunks ( eutamias ), the physiological ecology of amphibians and damage assessment to natural resources . Porter's most important writings include the first description of the Wyoming toad ( Anaxyrus baxteri ) in 1968, which was classified by the IUCN in 1991 in the category " extinct in the wild" . In 1972 his book Herpetology was published .

Porter has been married since 1982 and has two daughters and one son.

literature

• Kenneth Raymond Porter. American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences, Gale, 2008. Biography In Context, accessed February 21, 2019.

Web links

• Literature by and about Kenneth R. Porter in the WorldCat bibliographic database