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Wheeler, Raymond Mathias was born on November 12, 1953 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Marcus and Mary Rachel Wheeler.
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Raymond Mathias Wheeler
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Raymond Mathias Wheeler, American Horticulturist, plant physiologist. Achievements include studies of ethylene participation in plant gravitational response; studies on environmental physiology of the potato plant; first to characterize crop (community) growth and development in tightly sealed system for human life support in space with National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Biomass Production Chamber.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1975; Master of Science in Plant Science Ecology, Utah State University, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Science Ecology, Utah State University, 1981.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow department plant science, Utah State University, Logan, 1981-1982; research associate department horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1982-1987; research plant physiologist, Bionetics Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 1988-1990; plant physiologist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration biomedical Operations & Research, Kennedy Space Center, since 1990. Adjunct faculty member Florida Institute Technology, Melbourne, since 1990, U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1991.
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Married Jean Fike, 1987. 1 child, Felicia Jean.
