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Edward M. Dzialowski

Department of Biological Sciences
University of North Texas
P.O. Box 305220
Denton, TX, 76203-5220
phone   (940) 565-3631
fax       (940) 565-3821
email     edzial at unt.edu


EDUCATION 

1995-1999 Ph.D. Drexel University, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Philadelphia, PA
Advisor: Michael P. O’Connor
Dissertation Title: Physiological control of heat exchange in lizards
1993-1995 M.S. Drexel University, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Philadelphia, PA
Advisor: Michael P. O’Connor
Thesis Title: Control of heat exchange in reptiles by distributing blood flow to the limbs and torso.
1989-1993  B.A.  Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
Advisor: Paul R. Sotherland
Senior Thesis: Portable infra-red gas analyzer: a novel method of measuring metabolic rate of avian eggs.

RESEARCH AND EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 

 
2008 - present Associate Professor.  University of North Texas, Department of Biological Sciences
2002 - 2008 Assistant Professor.  University of North Texas, Department of Biological Sciences
2001 - 2002 Research Assistant Professor.  University of North Texas, Department of Biological Sciences
2001 May-July Visiting Scientist.  Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Veterinar-Physiologie.
Collaborator: Dr. Heike Tönhardt 
1999-2001 Post Doctoral Fellow.  University of North Texas, Department of Biological Sciences
Advisor:  Dr. Warren Burggren
  
1993-1999 Teaching Assistant.  Drexel University, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology.  
Teaching assistant for courses offered by the Department.
  
1994-1999 HTML Programmer and Tester.  Turner Consulting Group.  2830 Calvert St. NW, Suite 2000, Washington, D.C.
  
1996 Research Assistant.  Drexel University, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Advisor:  Dr. James R. Spotila
  
1993 Research Assistant.  LSU Medical Center, Dept. of Pharmacology, New Orleans, LA.
Advisor:  Dr. Daniel Kapusta
  
1991-1993 Research Assistant.  Kalamazoo College, Department of Biology
Advisor:  Dr. Paul Sotherland


TEACHING

University of North Texas , Department of Biological Sciences (2000 to present)
BIOL 4505/5505 Comparative Animal Physiology
BIOL 5005 Cardiovascular Physiology
BIOL 3800 Animal Physiology
BIOL 1130 Environmental Science
BIOL 1720 Principles of Biology II (Animal Physiology)
  
Drexel University, Department of Bioscience, Teaching Assistant (1993 to 1999)
Animal Behavior
Biostatistics I and II
EBE  I, II, and III (Experimental Freshman Biology Curriculum)
General Biology
Human Physiology I and II
Ecology
 Modeling Methods in Biology I and II

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Biological Sciences Executive Committee. AY 2004. University of North Texas, Dept. of Biological Sciences
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Chair.  2003 - present., University of North Texas.
Wetlands Ecologist Search Committee. 2002.  University of North Texas, Dept. of Biological Sciences
Community Ecologist Search Committee. 1997.  Drexel University, Dept. of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Graduate Student Representative. 1994-1999. Drexel University, Dept. of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Philadelphia, PA

 


REVIEWING AND CONSULTING

Reviewing for Journals and Publishers Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
Journal of Experimental Biology
Copiea
Herpetological Review
Journal of Thermal Biology
Aquatic Toxicology
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A
Reviewing for Funding Agencies National Science Foundation
National Geographic Society
National Research Foundation of South Africa
Consulting for Publishers Sinauer Associates

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Society Memberships
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
American Physiological Society

INVITED SEMINARS

United States

  • Bradley University: Department of Biology
  • Brookhaven Community College
  • Brooklyn College: Department of Biology
  • Indiana Purdue University Fort Wayne: Department of Biology
  • Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville: Department of Biology
  • University of North Texas: Department of Biological Sciences
  • University of Pennsylvania: Department of Biology
  • University of Texas at Arlington: Department of Biology
  • University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point: Department of Biology
  • Western Michigan University: Department of Biological Sciences

International

  • Freie Universität Berlin, Germany: Institut für Veterinar-Physiologie
  • Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany: Institut für Biologie
  • Leopold Franzens Universität, Innsbruck, Austria:  Institut für Zoologie und Limnologie
  • Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Japan, Department of Engineering

GRANTS and SCHOLARSHIPS

2008-2010 American Heart Association, PI: Edward M. Dzialowski.  Maturation of the calcium dependent and independent contractile pathways of the ductus arteriosus in response to hypoxia.
2004-2008 National Science Foundation, IOS - 0417205. PI: Edward M. Dzialowski.  Developmental physiology of the avian ductus arteriosi.
2007-2008 International Life Sciences Institute-Human and Environmental Sciences Institute (ILSI-HESI). PI:  Duane Huggett; CoPI: Edward M. Dzialowski.  Cardiovascular parameters in fish influencing bioconcentration and bioaccumulation. 
2003, 2004. 2006 University of North Texas Summer Research Fellowships.  (3)
2002-05 University of North Texas Faculty Research Grants (3). 
2001 Journal of Experimental Biology Traveling Fellowship, to support collaborative research in Dr. Heike Tönhardt's lab in Berlin, Germany 
1995-96 Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Sigma-Xi Grant in Aid of Research 
1989-93 F. W. and Elsie L. Heyl scholarship, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
1992 Diebold Fellowship, Kalamazoo College

BOOKS

5.  Dzialowski, E.M., Glase, J., Goodloe, L., Guild, N., and McGuire, B.  2007.  Study Guide to accompany Life, the Science of Biology, Eighth Edition, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.

4.  Demers, D., Dzialowski, E.M., and Lebsack, S.  2006. Study Guide to Accompany Discover Biology, Third Editions, W.W. Norton, New York.

3.  Dzialowski, E.M., Goodloe, L.,  Guild, N., Mabee, P., and McGuire, B.  2004.  Study Guide to accompany Life, the Science of Biology, Seventh Edition, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.

2. Demers, D., Dzialowski, E.M., and McGuire, B. 2002. Study Guide to accompany Discover Biology, Second Edition, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.

1. Minor, V.C., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W.,  Goodloe, L.,  and Guild, N. 2001. Study Guide to accompany Life, the Science of Biology, Sixth Edition, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

2.  Fukuoka, S., Khandoker, A.H., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., and Tazawa, H.  2006.    Development of endothermic heart rate response in emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) embryos.  In: New Insights into Fundamental Physiology and Peri-natal Adaptation of Domestic Fowl. Eds. S.Yahav and B. Tzschentke, Nottingham Univ. Press, UK. P. 29-42.

1. Yoneta, H., Fukazawa, K., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., and Tazawa, H.  2006.  Does sequence of exposure to altered ambient temperatures affect the endothermic heart rate response of newly hatched chicks?   In: New Insights into Fundamental Physiology and Peri-natal Adaptation of Domestic Fowl. Eds. S.Yahav and B. Tzschentke, Nottingham Univ. Press, UK. P. 15-28.

 

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

24.  Belanger, C., Copeland, J., Muirhead, D., Heinz, D., and Dzialowski, E.M.  2008. Morphological changes of the chicken ductus arteriosi during closure at hatching.  Anatomical Record.  291: 1007-1015.  doi: 10.1002/ar.20720.

23.  Dzialowski, E.M. and Greyner, H.  2008.  Maturation of the contractile response of the Emu ductus arteriosus.  Journal of Comparative Physiology B.  178: 401-412.

22.  Sbong, S. and Dzialowski, E.M. 2007. Respiratory and cardiovascular responses to acute hypoxia and hyperoxia in internally pipped chicken embryos.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.03.013

21.  Dzialowski, E.M. 2007. Introduction to the symposium on developmental transitions in respiratory physiology.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 148A: 709-711. doi:  10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.10.003.

20.  Yoneta, H., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W. and Tazawa, H. 2007. Endothermic heart rate response in broiler and White Leghorn chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus) during the first two days of post hatch life.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 147: 529-535.

19.  Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., Komoro, T., and Tazawa, H.  2007. Development of endothermic metabolic response in embryos and hatchlings of the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae).  Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology. 155: 286-292.

18 Dzialowski, E.M., Turner, P.K., and Brooks, B.W.  2006  Physiological and reproductive effects of beta adrenergic receptor agonists on Daphnia magna.  Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 50: 503-510.

17.  Dzialowski, E.M.  2005.  Use of operative and standard operative temperature models in thermal biology.  Journal of Thermal Biology, 30:  317-334.  (Invited Review)

16.  Tazawa, H., Chiba, Y., Khandoker, A.H., Dzialowski, E.M.,  and Burggren, W.W.  2004.  Early development of thermoregulatory competence in chickens: responses of heart rate and oxygen uptake to altered ambient temperatures. Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews, 15: 166-176.

15.  Moriya, K., Akiyama, R., Dzialowski, E.M.,  Burggren, W.W., and Tazawa, H.  2004.  Development of heart rate circadian rhythm in chickens. Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews, 15:  211-218 .

14. Dzialowski, E.M. and O'Connor, M.P.   2004.  An experimental test of the importance of the limbs in heat exchange.  Journal of Thermal Biology, 29: 299-305.

13.  Dzialowski, E.M. and Sotherland, P.R. 2004.  Maternal effects of egg size variation on emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) egg composition and hatchling phenotype.  Journal of Experimental Biology, 207: 597-606.

12.  Khandoker, A.H., Fukazawa, K., Dzialowski, E. M., Burggren, W. W. and Tazawa, H. 2004.  Maturation of the homeothermic response of heart rate to altered ambient temperature in developing chick hatchlings (Gallus gallus domesticus).  American Journal of Physiology, 286: R129-R137.

11.  Khandoker, A.H., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., and Tazawa, H.  2003  Cardiac rhythms of late pre-pipped and pipped chick embryos in altered oxygen environments.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 136: 289-299.

10. Crossley, D., Bagatto, B., Dzialowski, E.M, and Burggren, W.W.   2003.  Maturation of cardiovascular control in the embryonic emu (Dromiceius novaehollandiae).  Journal of Experimental Biology, 206: 2703-2710.

9. Tamura, A., Akiyama, R., Chiba, Y., Moriya, K., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., and Tazawa, H.  2003.   Heart rate responses to cooling in emu hatchlings. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 134: 829-838.

8. Dzialowski, E.M., von Plettenberg, D., Elmonoufy, N., and Burggren, W.W. 2002.  Chronic hypoxia alters the physiological and morphological trajectories of developing chicken embryos.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 131: 713-724.

7. Moriya, K, Katou, K., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., and Tazawa, H. 2002.  Cardiac rhythms in developing emu hatchlings.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 131: 787-795.

6. Kato, K, Moriya, K., Matsumura, M., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W. and Tazawa, H. 2002.  Cardiac rhythms in prenatal and perinatal emu embryos.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 131: 775-785.

5. Dzialowski, E.M. and O'Connor, M.P.   2001. Physiological control of warming and cooling during shuttling and basking in three lizards.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 74: 679-693.

4. Dzialowski, E.M. and O’Connor, M.P.  2001.  Thermal time constant estimation in warming and cooling ectotherms. Journal of Thermal Biology, 26: 231-245.

3. O’Connor, M.P., Zimmerman, L.C., Dzialowski, E.M, and Spotila, J.R. 2000. Thick-walled physical models improve estimates of operative temperatures for moderate to large-sized reptiles. Journal of Thermal Biology, 25: 293-304.

2. Dzialowski, E.M. and O'Connor, M.P. 1999. Utility of blood flow to the appendages in physiological control of heat exchange in reptiles. Journal of Thermal Biology, 24: 21-32.

1. Kapusta, D.R., and Dzialowski, E.M.  1995. Central mu opioids mediate differential control of urine flow rate and urinary sodium excretion in conscious rats. Life Sciences, 56(14): PL 243-248.

 

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