News:

Aug. 2020, Chris joins the Biology Department at the University of Central Oklahoma as an Assistant Professor!

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July 2020, New new manuscript accepted at Environmental Pollution: Weathered Mississippi Canyon 252 crude oil ingestion alters cytokine signaling, lowers heterophil:lymphocyte ratio, and induces sickness behavior in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Thanks Sarah, Ashley, and Jeff!

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June 2020, New manuscript published in Animal Behaviour: Evidence for the ‘behavioural character’ hypothesis: does boldness programme disparate antipredator strategies? Check it out here. Special thanks to Lauren Schmidt!

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Feb. 2020, Jeff Krall accepted as Ph.D. student in biochemisty at the University of Colorado! Congrats Jeff!!! Seen here helping me measure zebra finch take-off performance.

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Feb. 2020, New manuscript published in Physiological and Biochemical Zoology: Fluorescent Heme Degradation Products Are Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Linked to Impaired Membrane Integrity in Avian Red Blood Cells. Check it out here.

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Jan. 2020, Chris and undergraduate collaborator, Taryn Smith, present at the annual conference for the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology.

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Nov. 2019, Chris presents at the annual conference for the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

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Sept. 2019, Chris joins the Sewall Lab at Virginia Tech as a post-doctoral research associate.

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July 2019, Chris defends his dissertation entitled Cellular, metabolic, and behavioral effects of crude oil ingestion in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)!!!