FACULTY AND RESEARCH FACILITIES

Graham Mitchell, Professor of Zoology and Physiology and Department Head; Ph.D. University of the Witwatersrand 1977; D.V.Sc. University of Pretoria 1983; FRSSAf;

Regulation of  cerebral blood flow,  thermoregulation, giraffe biology and physiology

Jane Beiswenger,  Academic Professional and Senior Lecturer; Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 1987

Biology education/ general biology/ paleoecology

Merav Ben-David, Associate Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., Alaska, 1996.

Animal behavioral ecology; wildlife population biology; animal-related ecosystem processes; environmental toxicology and physiology.

Craig W. Benkman, Professor of Zoology and Physiology, Robert B. Berry Chair in Ecology; Ph.D. State University of New York at Albany, 1985. Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Biology.

Harold L. Bergman, Professor of Zoology and Physiology and J.E. Warren Professor of Energy and Environment; Ph.D., Michigan State, 1973.

Fish physiology and toxicology; environmental and natural resource policy and management.

Marjorie L. Brooks,  Temporary Assistant Research Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 2003.

Effects of multiple human stressors on aquatic ecology; biogeochemical structuring of biologic communities; environmental toxicology.

Steven W. Buskirk,  Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., Alaska, 1983.

Carnivore ecology; mammal biology.

Patricia J. S. Colberg,  Associate Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., Stanford, 1983.

Microbial transformations of environmental contaminants; microbial ecology; iron cycling in alpine lakes.

Daniel F. Doak,  Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., Univ. Washington, 1990.

Conservation Biology; Population and Community Ecology; Quantitative and modeling approaches to ecological problem-solving.  

Margaret Flanigan, Academic Professional Lecturer.

PhD., University of the Witwatersrand, 1993.  

Sleep and sleep disorders, physiology education. 

Francis W. Flynn, Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., Kansas State, 1981.

Neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of brain systems controlling cardiovascular function and electrolyte balance.

Zoltan M. Fuzessery, Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., Illinois, 1982.

Neuroethology; auditory physiology; neural mechanisms of sound localization and recognition of behaviorally relevant acoustic signals.

Robert Hall,  Associate Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., Georgia, 1996.

Stream ecology; food webs; invertebrate ecology; nutrient cycling and transport; microbial processes.

William Gern, Professor of Zoology and Physiology.

Henry J. Harlow, Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., Wyoming, 1979.

Physiological animal ecology; thermobiology; bioenergetics of vertebrates; hibernation; pineal function.

Gregory D. Hayward, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Regional Wildlife Ecologist, USDA Forest Service; Ph.D., Idaho, 1989.

Analysis of wildlife habitat and population dynamics; bird and small mammal response to forest management; ecology of forest owls.

Wayne A. Hubert, Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Leader, Wyoming Cooperative Research Unit; Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1979.
Physical and biological factors governing fish movement and distribution within water bodies.

Amy Krist, Academic Professional, Research Scientist; Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Indiana University, 1998

Evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions and invasive species. 

James R. Lovvorn, Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison, 1987.

Energetics, behavior, and habitat relations of water birds; physiology and biomechanics of diving birds; wetland ecology.

Carlos Martinez del Rio, Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., Florida, 1990.

Digestive and nutritional physiology; physiological   ecology of animal-plant interactions.
 

David B. McDonald, Associate Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., Arizona, 1987.

Demography and genetic structure of populations; behavioral ecology; sexual selection; evolution of cooperation.
 

Carolyn B. Meyer, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Zoology and Physiology, Ph. D., Wyoming, 1999

Fish, Wildlife, and Plant Ecology

National Park Service Research Center (UW-NPS)

Frank J. Rahel,  Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison, 1982.

Fish community ecology; fisheries biology; landscape ecology; conservation biology.

R. Scott Seville, Associate Professor of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming/Casper College Center; Ph.D., Wyoming, 1992.
Taxonomy, systematics, and evolution of intestinal protozoan parasites (coccidia) in sciurid rodents; science education.

Donal Skinner,  Associate Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., Cambridge, 1994.

Reproductive neuroendocrinology; wildlife endocrinology; steroidal regulation of the brain; seasonal breeding; function of cerebrospinal fluid.
 

Qian-Quan Sun, Assistant Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., St. Andrews, Fife, UK, 1998. Cellular and molecular aspects of cell to cell communication in the developing cerebral cortex, and cellular mechanisms underlying malformations of cortical development and epilepsy.

C. Jeffery Woodbury, Assistant Professor of Zoology and Physiology; Ph.D., SUNY, Stony Brook, 1989;

Sensory neurobiology; development, plasticity, and evolution of the skin sensory system; nociceptors and spinal pain circuitry; functional anatomy of sensory endings.   

Zhaojie Zhang, Academic Professional, Research Scientist;

Director, Microscopy Core Facility, Ph.D., Oklahoma, 1999. Cellular and molecular biology; microscopy; yeast meiotic chromosome structure.

Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

2006 Faculty Publications

2007 Faculty Publications

2008 Faculty Publications