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NEIL VICKERS

Professor

School of Biological Sciences

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  • Professor
    School of Biological Sciences
  • University of Utah, School of Biological Sciences, 257 S. 1400 E. Rm. 201, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, United States

BIO

Dr. Vickers is originally from the U.K. where he earned an undergraduate degree (B.Sc. Hons. Biology) from Imperial College, London, in 1987.  Dr. Vickers then entered the graduate program in Entomology at the University of California, Riverside where he studied pheromone-mediated flight behavior in moths. After earning his Ph.D. in 1992, Dr. Vickers had two postdoctoral positions first at Iowa State University and then at the University of Arizona. In 1998 he was hired as an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah.

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor
    School of Biological Sciences1 Jul 2008 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    University of Utah, School of Biological Sciences15 Sep 1998 - 30 Jun 2004
  • Associate Professor
    University of Utah, School of Biological Sciences1 Jul 2004 - 30 Jun 2008
  • Visiting Fellow
    University of Utah, Department of Mechnical and Aerospace Engineering1 Feb 2016 - 30 Jun 2016
  • HHMI UPSTEM Fellow
    University of Utah1 Sep 2018 - 1 Dec 2019

DEGREES

  • BS, Honors, Biology
    Imperial College of Science and Technology1987
  • PhD, Entomology
    University of California, Riverside1992

LANGUAGES

  • French

FIELDS OF RESEARCH