Background
Knowlton, Nancy was born on May 30, 1949 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Archa Osborn and Aline (Mahnken) Knowlton.
Knowlton, Nancy was born on May 30, 1949 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Archa Osborn and Aline (Mahnken) Knowlton.
AB, Harvard University, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1978.
Assistant professor biology, Yale University, New Haven, 1979-1984; associate professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1984; biologist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Republic of Panama, since 1985; professor Scripps Institution Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, since 1997. Panelist animal learning and behavior National Science Foundation, Washington, 1989-1992. Visiting scholar Wolfson College, Oxford (England) University, 1990-1991, Zoology Institute, U. Basel, Switzerland, 1996-1997.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (council delegate section on biological science, committee on council affairs), Ecological Society of America, Society Study Evolution.
Married Jeremy Bradford Cook Jackson. 1 child, Rebecca Knowlton.