Profiles in "Physiology" Expertise Area

  • Sweazea is a physiologist who specializes in diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
  • Okie is a biologist, complexity scientist, and astrobiologist interested in the fundamental laws and theories governing life’s distribution, organization, macroevolution, and metabolism on Earth and beyond.
  • DeNardo has been a faculty member with the School of Life Sciences since 1998 and has published more than 100 scientific papers in the field of environmental physiology.
  • Harrison is an environmental physiologist who studies how insects function, interact with their environment and evolve.
  • Professor Chandler’s research focuses on the amphibian protein allurin. Peptides that mimic allurin attract both amphibian and mammalian sperm and are being studied for possible uses in assisted reproduction.
  • Gerkin investigates how smell perception, learning and behavior are represented in the brain. He also pursues neuroinformatics, development of tools and standards to facilitate analysis of neuroscience models and data.
  • Deviche is an animal physiologist who studies how the environment controls the reproductive system and stress responses of vertebrates.
  • Jason Drees is a Multimedia Developer Lead at Decision Theater. In this role, he designs and develops visual, multimedia, animation, and graphic elements that enhance scientific communications.