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James R. Carey |
DAVIS---James R. Carey, professor and former vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, and professor Peter Wainwright, of the Department of Evolution and Ecology, have been named fellows of the California Academy of Sciences. They were among 12 new fellows inducted on Tuesday, Oct. 12, and the only two from UC Davis.
Fellows are a governing group of approximately 300 distinguished scientists who have been honored for their notable contributions to one or more of the natural sciences.
Carey specializes in invasion biology and insect biodemography. His research interests in aging and longevity include the use of tephritid fruit flies (medfly) and other insect species (butterflies; Drosophila) to address questions concerning life span limits, effects of dietary and caloric restriction on longevity, male-female mortality differentials and the gender gap, aging in the wild, behavioral gerontology, dynamics of morbidity and mortality, and the biology and demography of disability.
He is the author of Applied Demography for Biologists and Longevity, and the author or co-author of more than 165 scientific publications, 10 of which have appeared in the journal Science.
Carey directs a federally funded program on lifespan and aging that last year received a $3.4 million grant renewal from the National Institute on Aging.
The UC Davis entomology professor received his bachelor of science degree in animal ecology and his master's degree in entomology from Iowa State University. He earned his doctorate in entomology from UC Berkeley.
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Peter Wainwright |
Peter Wainwright, educated at Duke University (B.S. 1980) and the University of Chicago (Ph.D. 1988), researches the evolution of organismal design and studies the biomechanics and evolution of fish feeding systems, particularly coral reef fishes.
He has been involved in developing new technologies for studying the mechanics of fish suction feeding and methods for studying evolutionary diversification of functional morphology. He is especially proud of the developing careers of the 16 past and present graduate students and 12 postdoctorals who have worked with him.
Wainwright has published more than 130 scientific papers. Among his awards: the 2008 Distinguished Teaching Award from the UC Davis Academic Senate, and the 1994 George Bartholomew Memorial Award for comparative physiology. George Bartholomew (1919-2006) was a distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, UC Los Angeles.
The California Academy of Sciences, headquartered at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, is an international center for scientific education and research and is at the forefront of efforts to understand and protect the diversity of earth’s living things. It conducts research in 11 scientific fields: anthropology, aquatic biology, botany, comparative genomics, entomology, geology, herpetology, ichthyology, invertebrate zoology, mammalogy and ornithology.
With the addition of Carey, the Academy's roster of Fellows now includes four UC Davis Department of Entomology professors. The others are integrated pest management specialist Frank Zalom; ant specialist Phil Ward; and native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, an emeritus professor who continues his research on native pollinators at his office in the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. Retired Cornell University scientists Maurice and Catherine Tauber, now closely affiliated with the UC Davis Department of Entomology, are honorary members of the Academy. They specialize in insect ecology, behavior and physiology.
Related links, James R. Carey:
Science Magazine feature
Medfly infestation
Aging research: (Watch One-Hour Webcast)
--Kathy Keatley Garvey
Communications specialist
UC Davis Department of Entomology
(530) 754-6894
