| Paul
Sotherland
Professor of Biology
MS & PhD Colorado State University; BS Carroll
College
Tel: 269-337-7012; FAX: 269-337-7251
Office: Dow 327; Email: paulsoth@kzoo.edu |
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| 2006-present |
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Professor, Department of Biology, Kalamazoo
College |
| 1991-present |
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Associate Professor, Department of Biology,
Kalamazoo College |
| 1985-1991 |
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Assistant Professor, Department of Biology,
Kalamazoo College |
| 1984 |
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Instructor, Department of Physiology, State
University of New York at Buffalo |
| 1982-1985 |
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Post-doctoral Fellow (with Hermann Rahn and
Charles Paganelli), Department of Physiology, State
University of New York at Buffalo |
Research Interests
My research interests are primarily in ecological
and developmental physiology of oviparous vertebrates, with
an emphasis on energy balance and mass balance of organisms.
The majority of my time has been spent on the ecological
physiology of avian eggs; most recently I've been interested
in the size and composition of eggs and how these factors
influence size and composition of hatchlings. I am fascinated
by how these relationships vary along the altricial/precocial
continuum. My current projects include studies of eggs and
hatchlings of leatherback turtles, abiotic conditions in
leatherback turtle nests, and a new collaboration on the
ontogeny of the cardiovascular system in birds.
During the past few years I, along with student and faculty
colleagues, have devoted a lot of time and energy toward
developing Lillian
Anderson Arboretum into, among other things, a useful
field station. Toward that end, we have recently established
a wetland study site at the arboretum; we are beginning
to study the effects of a highway on abiotic conditions
in the wetland and their effects on the resident biota.
Courses
First Year Seminar: Human Natures
BIOL 101: Biology: Stuff You Need to Know
BIOL 124 Physiology and Ecology with Lab
BIOL 222 Vertebrate Biology with Lab
BIOL 376 Human Physiology with Lab
Honors and Awards
Frances Diebold Award for outstanding contributions to the
Kalamazoo College Community, presented by Student Commission,
2006
Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award (First Annual),
Kalamazoo College, 2004
Florence J. Lucasse Lectureship for Excellence in Teaching,
Kalamazoo College 1997-1998
Kurt Kaufman Associate Professor of Biology, Kalamazoo College
1995-1998
NIH National Research Service Fellowship, Department of
Physiology, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo, 1984-1985
Recent Grants
Teagle Foundation, 2005, $300,000. Collaborative grant involving
Kalamazoo College, Colorado College and Earlham College
to assess how and what their students learn
NSF-MRI, 2001, $77,108 – Micro-Oxymax Respirometry
System and environmental chambers
Anonymous donor, 2000, $100,000 – 31 acre addition
to Lillian Anderson Arboretum
Selected Publications
(* denotes undergraduate coauthor)
Wallace, B.P., P.R. Sotherland, J.R.
Spotila, R.D. Reina, B.P. Franks, and F.V. Paladino. 2004.
Biotic and abiotic factors affect the nest environment
of embryonic leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77:423-432.
Dzialowski, E.M. and P.R. Sotherland.
2004. Maternal effects of egg size on emu Dromaius
novaehollandiae egg composition and hatchling phenotype.
Journal of Experimental Biology 207:597-606.
Reed, W.L., A.M. Turner, and P.R.
Sotherland. 1999. Consequences of egg size in
the Red-winged Blackbird. Auk 116:549-552.
Finkler, M.S.*, J.B. Van Orman, and P.R. Sotherland.
1998. Experimental manipulation of egg quality in chickens:
influence of albumen and yolk on the size and body composition
of near-term embryos in a precocial bird. J. Comp. Physiol.
168:17-24.
Booth, D.T., and P. R. Sotherland.
1991. Oxygen consumption, air-cell gas tensions and incubation
parameters of Mute Swan eggs. Physiol. Zool. 64:473-484.
Sotherland, P.R., J.R. Spotila, and
C.V. Paganelli. 1987. Avian Eggs: barriers to the exchange
of heat and mass. J. Exp. Zool. Suppl. 1:81-86.
Sotherland, P.R., and H. Rahn. 1987.
On the composition of bird eggs. Condor 89:48-65.
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