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Dr. Ellen Dawley

Research Interests


EDUCATION  

University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
Ph.D., 1984, Zoology

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
M.S., 1979, Biology

Mercy College of Detroit
B.S. (Summa Cum Laude), 1978, Biology


PROFESSIONAL  EXPERIENCE

1998-2001 Coordinator of Premedical Advising, Brownback-Wagner Chair in Health Sciences
1997-1998 Coordinator of Premedical Advising and Acting Associate Dean
Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
1994-1997 Program Director, HHMI, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
2000-present Professor of Biology, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
1994-1999 Associate Professor of Biology, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
1993-present Co-Chair of Biology, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
1989-1994 Assistant Professor of Biology, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
1988-1989 Assistant Professor of Biology (visiting), Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
1984-1988 Instructor, Sect. of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

COURSES TAUGHT

          BIO111W Organisms and Evolution
        BIO111L Organisms and Evolution Lab
      LS100 CIE I
     BIO320 Neotropics
      LS200 CIE II
     BIO442 Mammalogy
     BIO220 Biology of Maya, Mexico


PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Society for Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
American Society of Mammalogists
Association for Chemoreception Sciences
Herpetologists' League
Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Society for the Study of Evolution
Society for Neuroscience
National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions
Northeast Association of Advisors for the Health Professions


AWARDS & FUNDING

2001 Brownback-Wagner Fund
1998-2000 Brownback-Wagner Chair
1997-2001 Van Sant Award
1997-1998, 2000-2001 Biological Research Fund
1999 Sabbatical leave
1997 Expense Grant, Faculty Devel Committee
1997 Summer Grant 2000 (Chemoreceptor Structure,  Organization, and Function)
1997 Faculty Development Travel Grant
1992-1995 Whitehall Foundation, Sexual Dimorphism and Seasonal Variation of  Salamander Chemosensory Systems
1991 National Science Foundation, Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant, "SEM at Ursinus College" (Co-PI)
1990 National Science Foundation, Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant, "Microscopy at Ursinus College"
1985-1988 Federal McIntyre-Stennis Grant, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, "Species Isolating Mechanisms in   Plethodontid Salamanders"

 

SELECTED PUBLICATION & PRESENTATIONS

Dawley EM, *Meaghan Nelsen, *Adrianna Lopata, *Jessica Schwartz, and *Alison Bierly, 2005.
Cell Birth and Survival Following Seasonal Periods of Cell Proliferation in the Chemosensory Epithelia of Red-backed Salamanders, Plethodon cinereus.
Brain, Behavior and Evolution 68: 26-36.

Dawley, E.M.  2001. 
Book review: The Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, edited by R.C. Bruce, R.G. Jaeger,
and L.D. Houck, Plenum Press. 
Copeia 2001:1162-1163.


Dawley, E.M., *Fingerlin, A., *Hwang, D., *John, S.S., *Stankiewicz, C.A., 2000. 
Seasonal cell proliferation in the chemosensory epithelium and brain of red-backed salamanders, Plethodon cinereus.
Brain, Behavior and Evolution.  56: 1-13.
  

                    Dawley, E.M., *Forlano, P.M., and *Klein, J., resubmitted. 
Sexual and seasonal dimorphism of mGnRH-containing neurons in red-backed salamanders.  General and Comparative Endocrinology.

                 Dawley, E.M., *Miller, M., and *Schnader, J.  1999.   
Scaling chemosensory epithelia:  How allometry is used to compare adaptations. 
In:  Advances in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, R.E. Johnston (ed.), pp. 77-84.

  Dawley, E.M.  1998. 
Species, sex, and seasonal differences in VNO size.
Microscopy Research and Technique 41:506-518.

  Dawley, E.M.  1998.  
Preface In:  Amphibian Biology, Volume 3: Sensory Perception, H. Heatwole, E. Dawley (eds.),
Surrey-Beatty, Australia.

Dawley, E.M.  1998. 
Chemoreception:  Olfaction. 
In:  Amphibian Biology, Volume 3: Sensory Perception, H. Heatwole, E. Dawley (eds.),
Surrey-Beatty, Australia, pp. 711-742.

                    Dawley, E.M. and *Crowder, J.,  1995. 
Sexual and seasonal differences in the vomeronasal epithelium of the red-backed salamander, (Plethodon cinereus).
Journal of Comparative Neurology 359:382-390.

 1All are peer reviewed

*Indicates student authors

  Matthias, K.A., Interrante, A.*, and Dawley EM. 
A Comparative Analysis of Spinal Cord Regeneration in Two Urodele Species, Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),
Washington, DC, Feb. 17-21, 2005

Dawley, E.
A Flexible Chemosensory System in a Model Organism, Duquesne University,
Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 15, 2004

Matthias, K.A.* and Dawley, E. 
Spinal Cord Regeneration in Two Species of Urodeles,
Undergraduate Science Research Symposium, Haverford College, Nov. 6, 2004. 

Dawley, E.
Awards Convocation Address,
Ursinus College, April 2004

Nelsen, M.C.* and Dawley, E.
Seasonal Chemoreceptor Cell Birth and Death,
National Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biologists (SICB), New Orleans, Louisiana,
Jan. 4-8, 2004. 

Bierly, A.* and Dawley, E.
Distribution of Neural Adhesion Protein (NCAM) and Neural Protein Gap-43 in Salamander Chemosensory Systems.  17th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salt Lake City, Utah, Mar. 13-17.

Moser, T.* and Dawley, E.
Distribution of Neural Proteins Gap43 and Hu in Zebrafish Olfactory Receptor Neurons. 
17th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salt Lake City, Utah, Mar. 13-17.

Dawley, E.M., Lopata, A.*, Schwartz, J.*, Bierly, A.*, Moser, T.*, and Glass, M.* 2002. 
Tracing the fate of newly generated chemosensory neurons in a vertebrate that experiences seasonal
bursts of  neurogenesis. 
Gordon Research Conference, Neuroethology, Oxford, England, August 18-23.