Raymond B. Huey

Biosketch

Raymond B. Huey, PhD is Emeritus Professor and former Chair of the Department of Biology at the University of Washington, Seattle. He earned his AB degree with honors in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley, a MA degree in Zoology from the University of Texas, Austin, and his Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard University. He was a Miller Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the Department of Zoology at the University of Washington, Seattle as an Assistant Professor in 1977, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1980 and to Professor in 1984. He was Actin Chair in 1999-2000 and Chair from 2008-2011. Awards include Guggenheim Fellowship, President’s Award (best paper, The American Naturalist), American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Washington State Academy of Sciences. He was president of The American Society of Naturalists.

Research Interests

Dr. Huey studies the evolutionary physiology of ectotherms, evolution of thermal sensitivity and stress resistance, rates and predictability of evolution in introduced species, the adaptive significance of phenotypic plasticity, altitudinal adaptations in insects, and behavioral ecology. His work on 'thermal performance curves' has been foundational for analyzing physiological and ecology consequences of climate change. He has applied evolutionary perspectives to studying patterns of success and death of Himalayan mountain climbers as well as analyzed environmental correlates of baby names. He has done extensive field work in Peru, Chile, the Kalahari Desert, Australia, western North America, Europe, and Texas. He has published over 200 peer reviewed articles.