Walter R. Tschinkel

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Walter Tschinkel standing near a cast of a harvester ant nest

Walter R. Tschinkel is a Distinguished Research Professor of Biological Science at Florida State University. He is one of the leading entomologists and myrmecologists studying the behavior of ants and the structure of their colonies. In addition to his novel research Tschinkel has been an outstanding professor, gaining a reputation as a stern lecturer yet pushing his students to their intellectual potentials as well as illuminating the processes of basic science.

His book, The Fire Ants (Harvard University/Belknap Press 2006) was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2008.

Book

Walter R. Tschinkel (2006). The Fire Ants. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-02207-6.

External links

Dr. Walter R. Tschinkel, FSU Biological Science Faculty Member

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