Heather Heying | |
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![]() Heying in 2019 | |
Education | UC Santa Cruz (BA) University of Michigan (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Author, podcaster |
Spouse | Bret Weinstein |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Evolutionary biology |
Thesis | The evolutionary ecology and sexual selection of a Madagascan poison frog (Mantella laevigata) (2001) |
Doctoral advisor | Arnold Kluge[1] |
Website | www |
Heather E. Heying (born 1969) is an American evolutionary biologist, former professor, and author, who came to national attention following the Evergreen State College protests in 2017. She has been associated with the informal group known as the intellectual dark web[2] and testified at the US Department of Justice forum on Free Speech on College Campuses in 2018.[3] Heying opposed COVID-19 vaccines and promoted the unproven belief that the drug ivermectin is effective in treating the disease. [4]