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Dr. Quentin D. Wheeler is the 14th President of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He assumed office as President at State University of New york College of Environmental Science begining 2nd January,2014. Dr. Wheeler has an exceptional curriculum vitae.

Wheeler joined Arizona State University in 2006 and since that time has served as the founding director of the International Institute for Species Exploration and Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment. He served as interim dean of the Division of Natural Sciences in 2006, and in 2007 was appointed to the position of vice president and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, a position he held until 2011.

Wheeler served in distinguished academic roles for 24 years at Cornell University, where he earned the rank of tenured full professor. He was chair of entomology and director of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium while at Cornell. Wheeler also previously served as the Keeper and Head of Entomology at the Natural History Museum in London from 2004-2006, and was director of the Division of Environmental Biology at the National Science Foundation from 2001-2004.

His research career has focused on the role of species exploration and natural history collections in the exploration and conservation of biodiversity; theory and practice of phylogenetic systematics and cybertaxonomy; the evolution and classification of insects, especially beetles; and public science education. He has received a number of academic honors, including several fellowships, and has had three species named in his honor.

He is the author of approximately 150 scientific articles and six books, including What on Earth? - 100 of Our Planet's Most Amazing New Species. He has named more than 100 new species and writes a weekly feature on new species for The Observer newspaper in London. Wheeler holds bachelor, master's and Ph.D. degrees in entomology from The Ohio State University.