Katherine Wynne-edwards PhD

Dr. Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards, Ph.D. is a Professor of Comparative Endocrinology at the University of Calgary. Katherine Wynne-Edwards received her BSc Honours Biology from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and her Ph.D. in Biology from Princeton University in 1987. From there she went to the University of Kansas Medical Center as a Lalor Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant Professor in Physiology. In 1990, she joined the faculty of Queen's University as Assistant Professor and Queen's National Scholar, completing a circle back to her undergraduate Biology department. A full professor since 2000, Katherine remains an Adjunct Professor at Queen's, and joined the University of Calgary, as a Professor of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, in July 2008. Her research has ranged from field studies of hamster behavior and social communication in the steppes of Siberia (back when there was a USSR), through hormonal changes in men becoming fathers and male hamsters acting as midwives, to the impact of lifestyle on individual hormone dynamics.