Background
West-Eberhard, Mary Jane was born on August 20, 1941 in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Earl Clifford and Chloe Charlotte (Losey) W.
West-Eberhard, Mary Jane was born on August 20, 1941 in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Earl Clifford and Chloe Charlotte (Losey) W.
AB, University of Michigan, 1963; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1967.
Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1969; research associate, Universidad de Valle, Cali, Colombia, 1972-1978; associate entomologist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama, 1973-1975; entomologist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama, 1975-1991; senior research entomologist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama, since 1991.
Member National Academy of Sciences, International Union for Study of Social Insects (board directors western hemishphere section 1981-1984, international committee since 1979), American Society Naturalists, Cambridge Entomological Society, Bombay Natural History Society (life), Hymenopterists Society, Organization for Tropical Studies (La Selva advisory committee, San Jose, Costa Rica, since 1985, board directors 1985-1987), Society for Study Evolution (vice president 1987-1988, president 1992), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married William Granville Eberhard, 1967. Children: Jessica Reese, Anna Charlotte, Andrew William.