Dr. Edward Osborne (“E.O.”) Wilson is highly respected as a biologist, theorist, conservationist, and author. He is a professor emeritus and honorary curator of entomology at Harvard University, where he worked for four decades. He is known for his pioneering research on how ants communicate using chemical signals, and for originating sociobiology, a scientific field that attempts to explain the social behavior of animal species. Dr. Wilson has written over 20 books, including The Diversity of Life, and his most recent book, Kingdom of Ants. He has received over 100 awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes for non-fiction.