He collaborated with theorists such as John Bardeen, Gordon Baym, and Christopher Pethick.
In 1965/66 he was a guest scientist at the Center for Advanced Study of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
He was also a guest scientist for 18 months in 1962/63 at Bariloche Atomic Centre in Argentina, where he helped to establish a low temperature laboratory.
[4] In 1970 Wheatley founded the SHE (for Superconducting Helium Electronics) Corporation in San Diego with Olli Lounasmaa and other colleagues.
[8] The Neuromag part of the company was sold to Elekta AB of Sweden in 2003; 4-D Neuroimaging filed for bankruptcy in 2009.