Joseph B. Williams Ohio State University, USA Title The Evolutionary Physiology of Cutaneous Water Loss in Birds. CV 1970 B.A. degree in Biology David Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee 1974 M.A. degree in Zoology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois M.A. Dissertation: The ecology of several species of Tardigrades using fluorescent antibodies as markers. Advisor: Dr. Daryl Sweeny 1977 Ph.D. degree in Ecology and Evolution, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois Ph.D. dissertation: Competition among bark-foraging birds in central Illinois Advisor: Dr. George Batzli Minors: Physiological Ecology, Biochemistry 1980-1982 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania with Robert Ricklefs Professional experience 1971 Research Assistant Illinois Natural History Survey 1972-1974 Teaching Assistant in Biology at University of Illinois 1974-1975 Teaching Assistant in Ecology at University of Illinois 1976 Visiting Instructor in Biology at University of Illinois 1977-1979 Assistant Professor, Division of Natural Science, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California 1980-1982 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Dr. R.E. Ricklefs 1982-1986 Associate Professor, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California (tenure granted 1984) 1986 Visiting Research Fellow University of Western Australia, Perth,Western Australia with S.D. Bradshaw 1986 Visiting Scholar Indiana State University, Terra Haute, Indiana with Dr. G. Bakken 1986-1989 Research Fellow University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. 1988-1991 C.S.I.R. Fellow University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa 1990-1991 Research Fellow Desert Ecological Research Unit, Namibia 1991-1994 Research Fellow University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa 1994-1998 Assistant Professor Ohio State University Mansfield Campus 1998-2002 Assistant Professor Ohio State University Columbus Campus present Associate Professor, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Research interests Evolutionary and Ecological Physiology of Vertebrates Selected recent publications Ostrowski, S. and J. B. Williams. 2006. Physiological acclimation of a desert antelope, Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx), to long-term food and water restriction. J. Comparative Physiology B 176: 191-201 Tieleman, B. I., T. H. Dijkstra, J. R. Lasky, R. A. Mauck, G. H. Visser, J. B. Williams. 2006. Physiological and behavioral correlates of life-history variation: a comparison between tropical and temperate zone house wrens. Functional Ecology 20: 491-499. Williamson, M., J. B. Williams, and E. Nol. 2006. Laboratory metabolism of incubating semipalmated plovers. Condor 108: 966-970. Ostrowski, S., P. Mesochina, and J. B. Williams. 2006. Physiological adjustments of sand gazelles to a boom-or-bust economy: standard fasting metabolic rate, total evaporative water loss, and changes in the sizes of organs during food and water restriction. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79: 810-819. Ostrowski, S. and J. B. Williams. 2006. Heterothermy of free-living Arabian sand gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa marica) in a desert environment. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 1421-1429. Munoz-Garcia, A., J. Ro, J. C. Brown, and J. B. Williams. 2006. Identification of complex mixtures of sphingolipids in the stratum corneum by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography and atmospheric pressure photospray ionization mass spectrometry. J. Chromatography A: 1133: 58-68. Williams, J. B., B. I. Tieleman, H. Visser, and R. E. Ricklefs. 2007. Does growth rate determine the rate of metabolism in shorebird chicks? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (In press). Muņoz-Garcia, A. and J. B. Williams. 2007. Cutaneous water loss and lipids of the stratum corneum in Dusky Antbirds, a lowland tropical bird. Condor. (In press). Abedon, S., C. Breitenberger, E. Roden, and J. B. Williams. 2007. Ecological Processes: Respiration. Elsevier, Amsterdam. (In Press) --> Institution address Joseph B. Williams Ohio State University, USA Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology 318 W 12th Avenue Columbus, OH 43210 Williams.1020@osu.edu http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~patches/