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Jeremiah N. Jarrett, Ph.D. (Tufts
University, 1997), Associate Professor Department Chair
Office: 332 Copernicus; 860-832-2648;
jarrettj@ccsu.edu
For more information, go to Dr.
Jarrett's Web Page.
- Jarrett, J. N. 2008.
Inter-population variation in shell morphology of the barnacle
Chthamalus fissus. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 28: 16-20.
- Jarrett, J.N. 2003. Seasonal variation in
larval condition and post-settlement performance of the barnacle
Semibalanus balanoides. Ecology 84: 384-390.
- Pechenik, J., J.N. Jarrett, and J. Rooney.
2002. Relationships between larval nutritional experience, larval
growth rates, juvenile growth rates, and juvenile feeding rates in
the prosobranch gastropod Crepidula fornicata. J. Exp. Mar. Biol.
Ecol. 280: 63-78.
- Jarrett, J.N. 2000. Temporal variation in early
mortality of an intertidal barnacle. Marine Ecology Progress
Series 204:305-308.
- Pechenik, J.N., D.E. Wendt, and J.N. Jarrett.
1998. Metamorphosis is not a new beginning: larval experience
influences juvenile performance. Bioscience 48:901-910.
- Jarrett, J.N. and J.A. Pechenik. 1997. Temporal
variation in cyprid quality and juvenile growth capacity for an
intertidal barnacle. Ecology 78:1262-1265.
- Jarrett, J.N. 1997. Temporal variation in
substratum specificity of Semibalanus balanoides (Linnaeus)
cyprids. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 211:103-114.
- Jarrett, J.N., M.B. Cutler, J.P. Ebersole, and
W.G. Hagar. 1993. Seasonal variation in pH and alkalinity and
recruitment of sunfish populations. Fresh. Biol. 30: 409-417.
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Douglas R. Carter, Ph.D.,
Professor
Office: 343 Copernicus; 860-832-2647;
carterd@ccsu.edu
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Research Interests: My primary research
interest is in plant physiology. I’m particularly interested in
photosynthesis at all levels; whole plant, organellar, and molecular
levels. My current focus is on chloroplast genes that code for proteins
that constitute the core complexes of Photosystems I and II. To date
(Sept. 2003), there are about 30 chloroplast genomes that have been
completely sequenced and are available through the National Center for
Biotechnology Information. For the past year, my research students and I
have been “data mining” these gene banks in an effort to identify
distributional patterns for these genes. Thus far, we have identified two
basic patterns that essentially reflect the two main evolutionary branches
of all green plants; streptophytes and chlorophytes. The one notable
exception is the monocot genome, and that is the crux of our research
efforts. We would like to use these distribution patterns as evolutionary
“signatures” that might better resolve the origins of monocots; thus, our
research problem has become one that lies within the field of molecular
evolution. Our present challenge is to develop an assay that will allow us
to determine the distributional patterns in plant species whose
chloroplast genomes have not yet been published so that we can begin to
the fill the gaps on the phylogenetic tree.
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Courses Taught
Bio 120 – Plants of Connecticut
Bio 121 – General Biology I
Bio 444 – Plant Taxonomy
Bio 449 – Plant Physiology
Bio 450 – Investigations in Plant Physiology
Tiffany M.
Doan, Ph.D. (University of Texas
at Arlington, 2002), Assistant Professor, Coordinator Ecology,
Biodiversity, & Evolution Specialization
Office: 342 Copernicus; 860-832-2676;
DoanTiM@ccsu.edu
For more information,
see Dr. Doan's Web Page.
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Research interests: My
research interests are the evolution and ecology of tropical organisms,
especially reptiles and amphibians.
I study the systematics, taxonomy, speciation, biogeography, ecology, and
conservation of various groups of lizards, snakes, and frogs.
My principal research program involves the evolution of a family of
small lizards that inhabit the Andes Mountains and the Amazon Basin of
South America.
BIO 100 - Evolutionary Oddities
BIO 111 - Introductory Biology
BIO 121
- General Biology I (lab)
BIO 122 - General Biology
II (lab)
BIO 200 - General
Biology III (lab)
BIO 302 - Evolutionary and Ecological
Genetics
BIO 170/470/571 Field Studies in Biology:
Panama
BIO 170/470/571 Field Studies in Biology:
Tropical Ecology in Peru
BIO 490/540 - Herpetology
BIO 490/540 - Systematic
Biology
BIO 490/540 -
Evolutionary Medicine
Sylvia L. Halkin, Ph.D.
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990), Professor
Office: 336 Copernicus; 860-832-2651;
halkins@ccsu.edu
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Research interests: Animal behavior and
ornithology
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Courses taught:
BIO 111 - Introductory Biology
BIO 133 - Laboratory in Introductory Ecology
BIO 202 - Principles of Ecology and Evolution
BIO 211 - Concepts in Biology (lab)
BIO 420 - Ornithology
BIO 480 - Animal Behavior
BIO 490 - Field Studies in Biology in England, Ireland, and Australia
BIO 490 - Evolution in Australia
BIO 500 - Seminar in Biology
BIO 540 - Evolution in Australia
Mark E. Jackson, Ph.D. (University of Texas at Dallas, 1997),
Assistant Professor Office: 347 Copernicus; 860-832-2650;
jacksonmae@ccsu.edu
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Research
interests: I am a neurophysiologist and my primary research interest is
studying how stress (physical or psychological) alters neural activity in
the mammalian brain. I am particularly interested in stress-evoked
responses in the prefrontal cortex, the hippocampus, amygdala, striatum,
and the interactions between these brain structures. This research has
important implications for many diseases that are triggered by or
exacerbated by stress, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),
depression, schizophrenia, cardiovascular disease, as well as drug
addition and just understanding how the brain works. My experimental
techniques include single-unit electrophysiological recording in awake
rats, animal behavior, cognitive measures, and pharmacological
manipulation of the neuroendocrine system. My work also requires
computational modeling of individual neurons and systems of neurons, as
well as computational analysis of spike train responses.
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Representative Publications:
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Jackson, ME
and Moghaddam B (2006) Distinct patterns of plasticity in prefrontal
cortex neurons that encode slow and fast responses to stress. European
Journal of Neuroscience, in press
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Jackson
ME, Homayoun
H, and Moghaddam B (2004) NMDA receptor hypofunction produces concomitant
firing rate potentiation and burst activity reduction in the prefrontal
cortex. Proceedings of the
National
Academy of
Science, 101:
8467-8472.
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Moghaddam B
and Jackson ME (2004) Effect of stress on prefrontal cortex
function, Neurotoxicity Research, 6(1):1-6
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Jackson, ME
and Moghaddam B (2004) Stimulus-specific plasticity of prefrontal cortex
dopamine neurotransmission. Journal of Neurochemistry,
88:1327-1334.
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Jackson ME, Frost
AS, and Moghaddam B (2001) Stimulation of prefrontal cortex at
physiologically relevant frequencies inhibits dopamine release in the
nucleus accumbens. Journal of Neurochemistry, 78:1-5.
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Jackson
ME and
Moghaddam B (2001) Amygdala regulation of nucleus accumbens dopamine
output is governed by the prefrontal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience,
21:676-681.
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Jackson
ME, Litvak O,
and Gnadt JW (2001) Analysis of the frequency response of the saccadic
circuit: Numerical simulations. Neural Networks, 14:1357-1376.
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Jackson
ME and Gnadt
JW (1999) Numerical simulation of nonlinear feedback model of saccade
generation circuit implemented in the LabView graphical programming
language. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 87:137-145.
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Jackson
ME and Cauller
LJ (1999) Towards the function of reciprocal corticocortical connections:
computational modeling and electrophysiological studies. In:
Oscillations in Neural Systems (Levine DS, Brown VR, Shirey eds.),
New York:
Lawrence
Erlbaum Publishers.
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Jackson
ME and Cauller
LJ (1998) Neural activity in SII modifies sensory evoked potentials in SI
in awake rats. Neuroreport, 9(15):3379-3382.
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Jackson
ME and Cauller
LJ (1997) Evaluation of simplified compartmental models of reconstructed
neocortical neurons for use in large-scale simulations of biological
neural networks. Brain Research Bulletin, 44(1):7-17.
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Courses taught:
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BIO 111 -
Introductory Biology
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BIO 113 - Lab
Experience in Biology
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BIO 122 - General
Biology II (lab)
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BIO 331 -
Neurobiology
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BIO 333 - Endocrinology
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BIO 414 - Human Disease
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BIO 517 - Human Anatomy, Physiology, and
Pathophysiology
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BIO 540 - Advanced Neuroscience
Thomas Mione,
Ph.D. (University of Connecticut, 1992), Professor
Office: 338 Copernicus; 860-832-2656;
mionet@ccsu.edu
For more information, go to Dr. Mione's web page.
Barbara J. Nicholson, Ph.D.
(University of Alberta, 1993), Associate Professor
Office: 340 Copernicus; 860-832-2706;
nicholsonb@ccsu.edu
For more information, go to Dr. Nicholson's web
page.
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Research interests: My research
interests are in the area of peatland ecology, particularly the
paleoecology or the developmental history of a peatland. I enjoy analyzing
the biogeochemistry, peat sediment history, hydrology, landform
development, and macrofossil history of the peat sediments in order to
reconstruct what has developed in terms of water movement, landform
development, and community structure within the peatland. Much of my
research has direct applications in the management and restoration of
peatlands and I am always looking for research projects which have an
application beyond the academic. Currently, I am working in conjunction
with the Connecticut Chapter of the Nature Conservancy undertaking a
paleoecological investigation of one of their properties, Beeslick Pond.
This wetland is one of the rarest wetland types in the State and contains
many of Connecticut's rare and endangered species. The Conservancy would
like to understand what the disturbance history of the site has been, and
what impact past disturbance has had on the abundance of the rarer
species. I am also interested in obtaining a good middle to late Holocene
climate signal from these sediments. A Holocene climate record that
independently collaborates water level fluctuations previously interpreted
from diatom and fossil pigment profiles found in lake basins, would have
great scientific merit. Another field of research that I wish to pursue is
in basic Sphagnum ecology. Sphagnum a bryophyte which grows predominately
in peatlands has many unanswered questions concerning its basic ecology,
such as: the amount of competition amongst individuals in a hummock for
nitrogen and phosphorus; the role of hummocks in the growth of the plant;
shade tolerance and the need for structural support. I would like to
conduct an experiment which would demonstrate through radioactive tracers,
that active competition between individual Sphagnum stems occurs in a
hummock for aerially deposited nitrogen and phosphorus.
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Courses taught:
BIO 121 - General Biology I
BIO 132 - Introductory Ecology
BIO 133 - Introductory Ecology Laboratory
BIO 202 - Principles of Ecology and Evolution
BIO 326 - Non-vascular Plants and Fungi
BIO 405 - Ecology
SCI 485 - Studies in Science: Aquatic Ecology
Peter Osei, Ph.D., Associate
Professor
Office: 339 Copernicus; 860-832-2657;
oseip@ccsu.edu
For more information, go to Dr. Osei's web page.
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Research Interest: Lipid nutrition
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Chief Health Professions Advisor
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Courses Taught:
BIO 111 - Introductory Biology
BIO 113 - Laboratory Experience in Biology
BIO 122 - General Biology II
BIO 401 - Human Nutrition and Metabolism
BIO 500 - Seminar in Biology
Clayton A. Penniman, Ph.D.
(University of New Hampshire, 1983), Professor, Coordinator Environmental
Science Specialization
Office: 341 Copernicus; 860-832-2658;
penniman@ccsu.edu
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Clayton A. Penniman received his Ph.D.
in marine botany from the University of New Hampshire. He spent seven
years at the UNH Jackson Estuarine Laboratory as a Research Associate and
Research Assistant Professor. He has also been the Senior Scientist and
Assistant Project Manager of the USEPA's National Estuary Program,
Narragansett Bay Project. His areas of research include estuarine water
quality management and estuarine plant-water quality interactions.
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Dr. Penniman coordinates the
Environmental Program in the Department of Biological Sciences,
coordinates the Copernicus Science Computing Laboratory, and coordinates
the Connecticut State University
Center for Education and
Research at Outer Island (Stewart E. McKinney National Wildlife
Refuge). He has also taught a summer course, Marine Pollution, at Cornell
University's Shoals Marine
Laboratory.
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With the help of two CCSU Biology
students, Ms. Mary Ann Costa and Mr. Edward Carruthers, Dr. Penniman has
developed an On-line Intertidal
Transect that illustrates rocky intertidal zonation at Outer Island in
Long Island Sound.
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Courses
taught:
BIO 132 - Introductory Ecology (Course
information for Spring 1998)
BIO 133 - Laboratory in Introductory Ecology
BIO 150 - Long Island Sound-Introductory Ecology
BIO 425 - Aquatic Plant Biology (Course
information for Fall 2000)
BIO 434 - Ecology of Inland Waters and Estuaries (Course
information for Fall 1999)
BIO 436 - Environmental Resources and Management (Course
information for Spring 2000)
BIO 438 - Aquatic Pollution (Course
information for Spring 2001)
BIO 508 - Coastal Ecology
BIO 509 - Coastal Ecology Laboratory
BIO 540 - Advanced Topics in Biology: Stream Ecology
Ruth E. Rollin, Ph.D. (Colorado
State University, 1984),
Professor
Office: 349 Copernicus; 860-832-2659;
rollin@ccsu.edu
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Research Interests: Physiology,
intestinal function
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Coordinator of M.S. Biological Sciences:
Anesthesia Program
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Courses taught:
BIO 111 - Introductory Biology
BIO 113 - Laboratory Experience in Biology
BIO 318 - Anatomy and Physiology I
BIO 319 - Anatomy and Physiology II
BIO 416 - Immunology
BIO 417 - Immunology Laboratory
BIO 517 - Human Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology
David Spector, Ph.D. (University
of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1989), Associate Professor
Office: 3348 Copernicus; 860-832-2652;
spectord@ccsu.edu
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Research interests: Evolution of animal
behavior, especially singing behavior of birds
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Representative professional
publications:
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Staicer, C. A., D. A. Spector, and A. G. Horn.
1996. The dawn chorus and other diel patterns in acoustic
signaling. pp. 426-453 in Ecology and Evolution of Acoustic
Communication among Birds, D. E. Kroodsma and E. H. Miller, eds.
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.
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Spector, D. A. 1994. Definition in biology: The
case of "bird song." Journal of Theoretical Biology 168:373-381.
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Spector, D. A. 1992. Wood warbler song systems:
A review of paruline singing behavior. Current Ornithology
9:199-238.
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Spector, D. A. 1991. The singing behaviour of
yellow warblers. Behaviour 117:29-52.
Ellen G. Zemetis, M.S. (Central Connecticut State
University, 1977), Lecturer
Office: 353 Copernicus; 860-832-1651;
zemetise@ccsu.edu
University Faculty Supervisor of Student Teachers (Biology)
- Courses Taught:
BIO 111 - Introductory Biology
BIO 113 - Laboratory Experience in
Biology
BIO 132 - Introductory
Ecology
BIO 121 - General Biology I (lab)
BIO 211 - Concepts in Biology
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