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Biologist To Explore Animals’ Effects On Environment

Oct. 17, 2014
SHSU Media Contact: Jennifer Gauntt

 

A world authority on the behavioral and reproductive biology of birds will share his thoughts on the effects of environmental stress on animals, as well as its larger implications, with the Sam Houston State University population on Thursday (Oct. 23).

John C. Wingfield, from the University of California-Davis and former director of biological sciences at the National Science Foundation, will present “Putting the brakes on reproduction: Implication for biomedicine, conservation and global climate change” as part of the Seventh Biennial Edward O. Wiley Lecture discussion, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Smith-Hutson Building’s Ron and Linda Mafrige Auditorium.

Wingfield will examine the implications of environmental stress for medicine, conservation biology, and even the aspect of climate change serving as an environmental stressor, according to William Lutterschmidt, professor of biological sciences and curator for the Sam Houston State Vertebrate Museum, which sponsors the lecture series.

“Everyone deals with stress as part of our daily lives. There are physiological changes that happen within the body during stress that directly affect our health,” Lutterschmidt said. “By understanding how animals (birds) respond to stress we might be able to apply this knowledge to medicine.

“This popular talk will entertain bird enthusiasts, the general public interested in medicine and stress, and others concerned about climate change,” he said.

Wingfield is a distinguished professor and scientist with an international reputation that has led the investigative fields of ornithology and endocrinology. His research in truly integrative as it investigates questions at the molecular, organismal, and ecosystem levels.

Wingfield’s world-renownd research efforts in endocrinology have provided scientists with an understanding for how animals cope with environmental stress and what environmental signals affect seasonality. Such research is integral to the world-wide conservation efforts of birds and how environmental stressors directly effect their breeding success.

Wingfield has held positions as associate editor and/or editor-in-chief for major scientific journals and has served as president of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.

He also has an extensive record of service to the National Science Foundation and scientific advisory boards.

The Wiley lecture was created in honor of one of SHSU’s most distinguished alumni in the department of biological sciences, Edward O. Wiley, professor and curator of fishes at the University of Kansas.

The E.O. Wiley Lecture series is designed to showcase the research and professional careers of other eminent scientists who have dedicated their lives to the study of vertebrate biology.

For more information, contact Lutterschmidt at 936.294.1556.

 

 

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