Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Yale University 1958
  • B.A., University of California - Los Angeles 1952
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Research Professor of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2001 - 2003
  • Research Professor of Zoology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1997 - 2001
  • Professor with Tenure, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1967 - 1997
  • Associate Professor with Tenure, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1965 - 1967
  • Associate Professor, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1963 - 1965
  • Assistant Professor, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1958 - 1963
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • JUN 24, 2015

    Our State

    Duke Lemur Center educates and entertains

  • OCT 1, 2014

    WNCN

    Duke's lemurs may hold key to deep space travel

  • SEP 5, 2013

    National Geographic

    Could people hibernate? Lemurs give clues

  • SEP 5, 2013

    NBC News

    Fat-tailed lemurs may point the way to sci-fi-like suspended animation

  • SEP 5, 2013

    WUNC Radio

    Studying lemur hibernation could explain the benefits of sleep
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Klopfer, P. H., A. Krystal, C. Williams, and A. Yoder. “Neuroethology: Do hibernating primates sleep? (Accepted)” Nova Acta Leopoldina 111, no. 380 (2013): 15–27.
    • Krystal, Andrew D., Bobby Schopler, Susanne Kobbe, Cathy Williams, Hajanirina Rakatondrainibe, Anne D. Yoder, and Peter Klopfer. “The relationship of sleep with temperature and metabolic rate in a hibernating primate.” Plos One 8, no. 9 (2013): e69914. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069914.
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    • Klopfer, P. H. “Lessons From an Unusual Critter: What Can Unusual Animals Teach Us?” Ethology 118, no. 11 (November 1, 2012): 1029–35. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12010.
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    • Klopfer, Peter H. “Life in science: seeds of doubt.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 324, no. 5924 (April 2009): 177. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.324.5924.177b.
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    • Klopfer, Peter H. “Kids, TV viewing, and aggressive behavior.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 297, no. 5578 (July 2002): 49–50. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.297.5578.49b.
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    • Klopfer, P. H. “Elimination of scholarships.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 262, no. 5142 (December 1993): 1954. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.262.5142.1954-a.
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    • Klopfer, P. H., C. A. Brandt, J. Parrish, and E. Honoré. “Seasonal influences upon imprinting.” Behavioural Processes 12, no. 2 (February 1986): 203. https://doi.org/10.1016/0376-6357(86)90057-4.
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    • Klopfer, P. H. “Research sites.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 224, no. 4652 (June 1984): 934. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.224.4652.934-b.
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    • Klopfer, P. H. “Early experiences and early behavior: Implications for social development E.C. Samuel (Editor). Academic Press, New York, NY, 1980, U.S. $18.00.” Behavioural Processes 6, no. 1 (March 1981): 98. https://doi.org/10.1016/0376-6357(81)90024-3.
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    • Klopfer, Peter H. “Fourth meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, June 2-5, 1981, San Antonio, Texas. Keynote Address.” American Journal of Primatology 1, no. 3 (January 1981): 301–5. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.1350010308.
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    • Klopfer, P. H. “The dynamics of behaviour development. An epigenetic view Zing-Yang Kuo (ed. by G. Gottlieb). Plenum Press, New York, N.Y., London, 1976, 237 pp., US$ 14.34, £ 7.53.” Behavioural Processes 4, no. 2 (July 1979): 188–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/0376-6357(79)90035-4.
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    • Gubernick, D. J., K. C. Jones, and P. H. Klopfer. “Maternal 'imprinting' in goats?” Animal Behaviour 27, no. PART 1 (January 1, 1979): 314–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-3472(79)90157-X.
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    • Klopfer, P. H. “Imprinting in ducklings: variability among individuals and responses.” Behavioural Processes 3, no. 4 (December 1978): 293–303. https://doi.org/10.1016/0376-6357(78)90002-5.
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    • Klopfer, P. H. “Social Darwinism lives! (Should it?).” The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 50, no. 1 (January 1977): 77–84.

  • Conference Papers

    • Blanco, Marina B., Peter H. Klopfer, and Andrew D. Krystal. “To arouse or not to arouse: physiological responses from active thermogenesis versus thermoconforming in hibernating dwarf lemurs.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165:30–30. WILEY, 2018.
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    • Blanco, Marina B., and Peter H. Klopfer. “Timing of hibernation bouts in eastern dwarf lemurs.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150:82–82. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2013.
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• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • Die Lehre Ungewoehnliche Tiere. June 7, 2012  2012
  • the inconstant gardener. March 7, 2012  2012

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