Denise Dearing
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MSc, 1988, University of Vermont
PhD, 1995, University of Utah
Denise Dearing | |
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| Born | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BSc, 1985, Eastern Connecticut State University MSc, 1988, University of Vermont PhD, 1995, University of Utah |
| Thesis | Factors Governing Diet Selection in a Herbivorous Mammal, the North American Pika, Ochotona princeps |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Utah |
Maria Denise Dearing is an American ecological physiologist and mammalogist. As a distinguished professor at the University of Utah, Dearing's research has focused on animals and toxic diets and diseases.
Dearing was raised in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree at Eastern Connecticut State University and her Master of Science degree at the University of Vermont before moving to the University of Utah to complete her PhD with Phyllis Coley. While studying at the University of Utah, Dearing was the recipient of the 1993 Association for Women in Science award[1] and a Fulbright scholarship to study in Australia.[2] Following her PhD, Dearing accepted an National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin–Madison where she began studying woodrats.[3]
