Scholars@Duke
H. Frederik Nijhout

H. Frederik Nijhout

John Franklin Crowell Distinguished Professor of Biology
Biology
hfn@duke.edu
Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0325
322 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC

Awards & Honors

Fellow

National American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 2018 Area: Biological Sciences; Specialty: Evolution and Ecology More about this award

Kovalevsky Medal

International St Petersburg · 2015

Founders' Memorial Award

National Entomological Society of America · 2006

Fellow

National American Association for the Advancement of Science · 1989

In the News

Published April 15, 2024
Today’s Faculty Reflect on a Century of Scholars
Published November 9, 2023
A Student’s Ode to Refrigerated Insects
Published October 14, 2021
A Fall Walk on Campus (Or How to Hold a Bee Without Getting Stung)
Published March 10, 2020
To Make Ultra-Black Materials That Won’t Weigh Things Down, Consider the Butterfly
Published April 18, 2018
Four Faculty Members Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Published July 6, 2017
Incredible Insects! Amazing Tales of Camouflage, Metamorphosis and Survival
Published January 12, 2017
Seeing Nano: Pictures Taken With Electron Microscopes
Published August 5, 2016
Of Butterfly Wings and Caterpillar Brains
Published January 27, 2016
Fred Nijhout comments: Shape-shifting worm creates five different versions of itself
Published June 22, 2015
Model Could Help Counteract Poisoning from Popular Painkiller
Published June 18, 2015
N.C. scientists shed light on mysteries of fireflies
Published March 19, 2015
Planthopper wing shape controlled by two insulin receptors
Published March 18, 2015
How an Insect Pest Switches from Sluggish Super Breeder to Flying Invader