Background
Kier, William McKee was born on April 25, 1956 in Orleans, France. Son of Porter Martin and Mary (Lavely) Kier.
Kier, William McKee was born on April 25, 1956 in Orleans, France. Son of Porter Martin and Mary (Lavely) Kier.
Bachelor, Colgate University, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1983.
Postdoctoral scholar Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1983-1984. Postdoctoral fellow North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Marine Biological Association United Kingdom, Plymouth, England, 1984-1985. Visiting research fellow University Sheffield, England, 1985.
Assistant professor University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1985-1991, associate professor biology, 1991-1999, professor, since 1999, Bowman and Gordon Gray professor, associate chairman department biology, chairman department biology, since 2008. Panelist Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research, 1987-1995. Course leader Program for Minority Advancement in Biomolecular Sciences, Chapel Hill, 1991-1994.
Associate editor, Journal Morphology, since 1997, Biological Bulletin, since 2010. Advisory council, Acta Zoologica, since 2004.
Mentor North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, 1990, 92. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Malacological Union, Society Integrative and Comparative Biology, Marine Biological Association of United Kingdom, American Microscopical Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Kathleen K. Smith, June 9, 1984.