Edward M. Dzialowski

Assistant Professor

940-565-3631

edzial@unt.edu

www.biol.unt.edu/~edzial/

B.S., Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI 1993

M.S., Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 1995

PhD, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 1999

Research Interests

I am interested in the influence of the environment and genetics in the ecology, physiology, and development of animals. In my research, I take a comparative approach to answer questions about the underlying physiological mechanisms used by organisms to cope with their environment.  I study a wide range of taxa from Daphnia to Emu, examining the development of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems of these organisms.  I am also becoming more interested in the area of aquatic toxicology and the influence of man made pollutants on the physiology of animals.

Professional Experience

Consulting for Sinauer Associates Publisher

Reviewer for National Research Foundation of South Africa

Awards and Honors

Journal of Experimental Biology Traveling Fellowship

Representative Publications

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.

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

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.

Katou, 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.

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.