Biology Department CB#3280
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA

TELEPHONE 1-919-962-1340, FAX 1-919-962-1625

EMAIL haven_wiley[at]unc.edu, URL http://rhwiley.bio.unc.edu

Born 1943, U. S. citizen

Major Research Interests

Animal behavior, especially complex social behavior and communication

Education

The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, Ph. D. 1970, Animal Behavior

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, B. A. Magna cum laude, High Honors in Biology, 1965

Professional Positions

Professor of Biology Emeritus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2011-present

Professor of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1981-2011

Assistant and Associate Professor of Biology, UNC-CH, 1971-1981

Postdoctoral Fellow, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, 1970-1971

Honors

Evolution of Communication, Special Issue of Behaviour in Honor of R. H. Wiley, 2013

Symposium in Honor of R. H. Wiley, Animal Behavior Society, Albuquerque, 2012

Fellows Lecture, Animal Behavior Society, Snowbird, UT, 2008

Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2001

Favorite Faculty Award, Senior Class, 1994, 1999

Conservation Award, Botanical Garden Foundation, 1994

Fellow, Animal Behavior Society, 1993

Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union, 1992

Research Support

National Institute of Mental Health (4 years)

National Science Foundation (9 years)

Currently independent

Other Professional Activities

Research Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 2008-present

Research Associate, Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, 2008-2013

Member, Animal Behavior Advisory Panel, National Science Foundation, 2004, 2005

Visiting Scientist, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 2001, 2008

Academic Visitor, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, England, 1989

Member, Scholarly Studies Committee, Smithsonian Institution, 1987-1988

Visiting Kenan Professor, School of Biology, University of Sussex, England, 1981

Member, Population Biology Advisory Panel, National Science Foundation, 1980-83

Member, Administrative Board, N. C. Botanical Garden, 1977-present; Chair, 1978-1981

Member, Board of Directors, Organization for Tropical Studies, 1978-1982

Member, Curriculum in Environment and Ecology, UNC-CH, 1971-present

Field research in U.S., Canada, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Surinam, Jamaica, Trinidad, Galapagos, Bahamas, Panama, England, Peru