Research Interests
Biology is a BIG field. Within this, professional biologists all have some specific interests. In these areas, we may have enough expertise/experience to conduct research. The following table lists those topics for me (with a brief explanation). For most of my research, I have used mammals as study organism. Specifically, the mammals that I have studied, in one way or another, include shrews, elephants, bears, giraffes, echidna ("spiny anteaters" from Australia), ground squirrels, cotton rats, and several other rodent species.
| Physiological Ecology | physiological adaptations of animals to their abiotic and biotic (inter-specific and intraspecific) environment |
| Metabolism & Energetics | factors that affect metabolic rates of animals (mostly mammals), the magnatute of these affects, and the consequences that go with them |
| Thermoregulation & Hibernation | the physiological control of body temperature, and the changes in this physiology when an animal is hibernating |
| Thyroid Physiology | how the function of the thyroid gland and its hormones is involved in changing the metabolic status of an animal |
| Endocrine Disrupting Pesticides | the effects of pesticides on thyroid function and metabolic rates, and on reproduction, in accidentally-exposed wildlife |
| Reproductive Physiology | reproductive hormones and their changes in female cycles and pregnancy in exotic animals |