Background
Riddiford, Lynn Moorhead was born on October 18, 1936 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of James Eli and Virginia Amalia (Berry) Moorhead.
Riddiford, Lynn Moorhead was born on October 18, 1936 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of James Eli and Virginia Amalia (Berry) Moorhead.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Radcliffe College, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1961. Research fellow in biology Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961-1963, 65-66, assistant professor biology, 1966-1971, associate professor, 1971-1973.
Instructor biology Wellesley (Massachusetts) College, 1963-1965.
Associate professor zoology, U.
Research fellow in biology Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961-1963, 65-66, assistant professor biology, 1966—1971, associate professor, 1971—1973. Instructor biology Wellesley College, 1963—1965. From associate professor to professor zoology University Washington, Seattle, 1973—2003, professor biology, 2003—2007, professor biology emeritus, since 2007, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel professor, 2000—2005, associate chairman, 2003—2004.
Senior fellow Janelia Farm Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, Virginia, since 2007. Member study section tropical medicine and parasitology National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1974—1978, 1997. Member Competitive Grants panel United States Department of Agriculture, 1979, 89, 95.
Member regulatory biology panel National Science Foundation, 1984—1988, 2001, 05, 07, member biological advisory committee, 1992—1995. Member governing council International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology, 1985—1991, chairman program committee, 1989—1991. Chairman advisory committee SeriBiotech, Bangalore, India, 1989.
Member council International Congress Entomology, 1988—2008, president, 2000—2004. Member council International Federation Comparative Endocrine Societies, 1996—2009, president, 2001—2005.
Member study section tropical medicine and parasitology National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1974-1978, 97. Member Competitive Grants panel United States Department of Agriculture, Arlington, Virginia, 1979, 89, 95. Member regulatory biology panel National Science Foundation, Washington, 1984-1988.
Member governing county International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology, 1985-1991, chairman program committee, 1989-1991.
Member biological advising committee National Science Foundation, 1992-1995. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Entomological Society, Entomological Society American (recognition award in insect physiology, biochemistry and toxicology).
Member Society Integrative and Comparative Biology (president 1991), American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Entomological Society American, American Society Cell Biology, Society Development Biology.
Married Alan W. Riddiford, June 20, 1959 (divorced January 1966). Married James William Truman, July 28, 1970.