Background
Olsvig-Whittaker, Linda Susan was born on July 8, 1953 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Edward Everett and Mildred Jeanne Olsvig.
Olsvig-Whittaker, Linda Susan was born on July 8, 1953 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Edward Everett and Mildred Jeanne Olsvig.
Bachelor in Biology, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, 1980.
Research associate Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1980-1981, 82-83. Postdoctoral fellow Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1981-1982. Postdoctoral fellow Brookfield ecosystem project Flinders University, Brookfield, Australia, 1983-1984.
Research scientist Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University, Midreshat Sede Boger, Israel, since 1984.
Member American Ecological Society, International Association for Vegetation Science, British Ecological Society, Society for Protection Nature in Israel, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Robert Harding Whittaker, October 12, 1979 (deceased October 1980).