Background
Lenski, Richard Eimer was born on August 13, 1956 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
educator evolutionary biologist
Lenski, Richard Eimer was born on August 13, 1956 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Oberlin College, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, U. North Carolina, 1982.
Postdoctoral research associate department zoology University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1982-1985. Visiting assistant, professor Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1984. Assistant professor department ecology and evolutionary biology University California, Irvine, 1985—1988, associate professor, 1988-1991.
Hannah professor of Microbial Ecology Michigan State University, East Lansing, since 1991. Visiting assistant professor department biological science Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1984. Member National Research Council Commission on Life Sciences, 1990-1996, National Research Council Board Biology, 1990-1996.
Fellow American Academy Arts Science. Member American Society Microbiology, American Society Naturalists, Ecological Society of America(committee on environmental applications genetically engineered organisms 1988), Genetics Society of America, Society Study Evolution, Sigma Xi, National Academy of Sciences.