Paul W. Sherman is a professor Emeritus at Cornell University in animal behaviour best known for his work on naked mole rats and eusociality, and evolutionary medicine.[1][2][3]

Biography

Sherman received his B.A. from Stanford in 1971, an M.S. in zoology from University of Michigan in 1974 and in 1976, his Ph.D. He did his postdoctorate at Berkeley from 1976-78. He joined Cornell faculty in 1981.[4] In 1984 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984,[5] and in 1985 he received tenure. He revived full professorship from Cornell in 1991.[6] In 1996, he published work demonstrating how kin selection in the eusocial naked mole rats affects food allocation.[7][8] In 2000, he published work hypothesising that morning sickness could be an adaptation that protects the developing fetus from foodborne illnesses, some of which can cause miscarriage or birth defects, such as listeriosis and toxoplasmosis.[3][2]

Bibliography

Books

  • Sherman, Paul W.; Alcock, John (2013). Exploring animal behavior: readings from American scientist (6th ed.). Sunderland (Mass.): Sinauer ass. ISBN 978-1-60535-195-7.
  • Wolff, Jerry O.; Sherman, Paul W. (eds.). Rodent Societies: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
  • Sherman, Paul (2017-03-21). The Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat. ISBN 978-0-691-62886-8.

Papers

Encyclopedia articles

References

  1. ↑ "Paul Sherman". Department of Neurobiology and Behavior. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  2. 1 2 Brody, Jane E. (2000-06-06). "PERSONAL HEALTH; What Could Be Good About Morning Sickness? Plenty". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  3. 1 2 "Protecting Ourselves from Food". American Scientist. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  4. ↑ "Prof. Paul Sherman". HSTalks. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  5. ↑ "Paul W. Sherman". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  6. ↑ "Paul Sherman CV". cornell.app.box.com. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  7. ↑ "Naked mole-rats share food with a chirp and a wave Cornell study of social rodents traces recruits' route to roots". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  8. ↑ Gadagkar, Raghavendra (2021-03-03). "More Fun Than Fun: The Unlikely Stardom of the Naked Mole Rat – The Wire Science". Retrieved 2023-08-25.


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