| 1976 | B.S., Entomology; Chemistry, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA |
| 1980 | Ph.D., Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA |
| 1986-1989 | Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, OH |
| 1989-1991 | Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA |
| 1991-2004 | Professor, Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA |
| 1999-2004 | Chair, Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA |
| 2001-2005 | External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2004-2014 | Foundation Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| since 2004 | Chair and Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis, CA |
| 2004-2010 | Founding Director, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| 2011-2013 | Vice Provost and Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| 2014-2015 | University Provost, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| 2014-2018 | Foundation Chair of Life Sciences |
| 2015-2017 | External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2015-2019 | Regents Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| since 2015 | University Provost Emeritus, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| since 2019 | Regents Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| 1991 | M.Sc., Zoology, University of Vienna |
| 1993 | M. Phil., Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| 1997 | Ph.D., Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| 1998 | MA, History, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ |
| 2001-2007 | Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| since 2002 | Scientific Member and External Faculty, KLI, Klosterneuburg |
| 2007-2012 | Full Professor of Theoretical Biology and History of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| 2009-2010 | Appointed Fellow and Convener of a Research Group, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin |
| 2009-2015 | Director, Life Sciences, Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| since 2009 | Adjunct Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA |
| since 2011 | External Professor, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2011-2017 | Associate Director, Origins Project, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| since 2012 | President’s Professor of Theoretical Biology and History of Biology; Director, Evolutionary Theory Core, Complex Adaptive Systems, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| since 2013 | Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin |
| since 2014 | Director, ASU-SFI Center for Complex Biosocial Systems, Santa Fe, NM |
| since 2015 | Advisor to the Provost for International Research Collaborations; Visiting Professor and Director, ASU-Leuphana Center for Global Sustainability and Cultural Transformation, Leuphana University, Lüneburg |
| since 2016 | Scientific Advisory Board; Humboldt University, Berlin; Complexity Science Hub, Vienna |
| since 2017 | Scientific Advisory Board, KLI, Klosterneuburg; Director, Global Biosocial Complexity Initiative, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
