William E. Conner is a professor of biology and the David and Lelia Farr Professor of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship@Wake Forest University in North Carolina, where he teaches comparative physiology, animal behavior, and bioinspiration and biomimetics. He received his Ph.D. in neurobiology and behavior from Cornell University. He edited Tiger Moths and Woolly Bears: Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of the Arctiidae (Oxford University Press, 2008). He has been a member of Sigma Xi since 1979. Address: Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, P.O. Box 7325, Winston-Salem, NC 27106. E-mail: conner@wfu.edu