Background
Wassersug, Richard Joel was born on April 13, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph David and Leona (Alberts) Wassersug.
Wassersug, Richard Joel was born on April 13, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph David and Leona (Alberts) Wassersug.
Bachelor, Tufts U., 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1973.
Assistant curator herpetology, assistant professor, Museum National History, U. Kansas, 1973-1974; assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1974-1981; associate professor Department Anatomy, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1981-1986; professor, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, since 1986. Research associate Department Zoology, Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, since 1981, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, since 1979.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (Board of Governors), American Society Zoologists, International Herpetol. Committee, International Society for Study and Conservation of Amphibians (governor county).
Married Jana Wieder; children: Leah McKeen, Yolana Wassersug.