Page, Robert E.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Robert E. Page, Jr., Foundation Professor and Founding Director of the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis in 1980. He was on the faculty at the Department of Entomology at Ohio State University from 1986 until 1989, at which time he joined the faculty in the Department of Entomology at the University of California, Davis. At UC, he became a Full Professor in 1991 and Chair of the Department in 1999 and Chair and Professor Emeritus in July 2004. In May of 2004, Dr. Page became the Founding Director of the newly formed School of Life Sciences at ASU. His background is in behavior and population genetics and the focus of his current research is on the evolution of complex social behavior. An internationally recognized scholar, Dr. Page is an Elected Foreign Member of the Brazilian Academy of Science, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1992). His awards include the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award (the Humboldt Prize), the highest honor given by the German Government to foreign scientists. His publications include 156 research papers, 9 popular articles, 23 book chapters and review articles, co-editor of 3 books, and co-author of one text book.

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Page R Stuart R 1991.pdf|Stuart, R. J.; Page, R. E. 1991. Genetic component to division of labor among workers of a leptothoracine ant. Naturwissenschaften 78: 375-377.]]