CRICHTON, Elizabeth G. 1946-

PERSONAL: Born May 16, 1946, in Melbourne, Australia; daughter of Ailsa M. (Blackburn) Crichton. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Australian National University, B.Sc. (with honors); University of Queensland, D.Phil.

ADDRESSES: Home—5123 Izard St., Omaha, NE 68132. Offıce—Henry Doorly Zoo, 2701 South Tenth St., Omaha, NE 68107.

CAREER: Omaha Zoological Society, Omaha, NE, research scientist at Center for Conservation and Research, Henry Doorly Zoo, 1997—. Teacher at University of Arizona, University of Hawaii, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Adelaide.

MEMBER: International Embryo Transfer Society, Colorado Bat Society.

AWARDS, HONORS: National Science Foundation grant.

WRITINGS:

(Editor, with P. H. Krutzsch, and contributor) Biology of Reproduction in Bats, Academic Press (Orlando, FL), 2000.

Contributor to books, including A Comparative Overview of Mammalian Fertilization, edited by B. S. Dunbar and M. O'Rand, Plenum Press (New York, NY), 1991. Contributor to scientific journals and national magazines, including Australian Science.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on various aspects of assisted reproductive techniques for endangered species.

SIDELIGHTS: Elizabeth G. Crichton told CA: "My interest in bats—and their unique and variable (according to species) reproductive biology—led to twenty-five years of research on many different species in Australia and North America. My primary motivation for writing is to share information. Biology of Reproduction in Bats was conceived as a productive means of utilizing time during a period of elective unemployment; it was inspired by the passing of Dr. W. A. Wimsatt, a scholar in this field, whose dream it was to write such a volume prior to his untimely death. Dr. Wimsatt was a close friend and collaborator of my coeditor and postdoctoral mentor, Dr. P. H. Krutzsch. We conceived this book to fulfill Dr. Wimsatt's vision and produce the first such text—one that would summarize all the available literature to date and be of value to present and future students in the field of reproductive biology."