Curriculum Vitae

Timothy Edward Higham

Updated April 9, 2012

Assistant Professor Phone: 951-***-****

Department of Biology Fax: 951-***-****

University of California, Riverside abo1jr@r.postjobfree.com

Riverside, CA 92521

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

:

2011 to present: Assistant professor, University of California

. Advisor: Andrew Biewener

EDUCATION:

2006: Ph.D. University of California, Davis. Advisor: Peter C. Wainwright

2003: M.S. University of Cincinnati. Advisor: Bruce C. Jayne

2000: B.S. University of Calgary. Zoology

PUBLICATIONS:

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:

2012 2015: NSF Fellowship ($420,000). Locomotion and adhesion in geckos: The link

between ecology,

form, and function. Awarded by the Physiological and Structural Systems Cluster in the

Division of

Integrative and Organismal Systems (IOS). Award Number: 1147043.

2010: University Research Grant Committee (URGC) award ($7,346).

2008: NSERC postdoctoral fellowship ($80,000 declined)

2006: Journal of Experimental Biology Traveling Fellowship ($3,300).

2006: William S. Hoar Award for best student oral presentation at the 2006 annual meeting

of the Canadian

Society of Zoologists ($500).

2006: Fellowship for travel to the 2006 annual meeting of the Canadian Society of

Zoologists ($300).

2004: UC Davis Graduate fellowship ($14,000).

2003: UC Davis Graduate fellowship ($21

INVITED SEMINARS:

2011: University of California, Irvine. School of Biological Sciences.

2011: California State University, Long Beach. Biological Sc iences.

2011: University of California, Riverside. Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience.

2011: Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. Evening seminar series.

2011: University of Calgary. Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine.

2011: University of Regina. Department of Biology.

2011: University of California, Riverside. Department of Biology.

2009: Simon Fraser University. Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology.

2009: University of British Columbia. Department of Zoology.

2008: College of Charleston. Department of Biology.

2008: Georgia Southern University. Department of Biology.

2008: Clemson University. Environmental Toxicology.

2008: Clemson University. Department of Biological Sciences.

2008: University of Wyoming. Department of Zoology and Physiology.

2007: University of Missouri-Columbia. Integrative Anatomy.

2007: University of Guelph. Department of Biomedical Sciences.

2005: University of California, Davis. Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology.

MEDIA ATTENTION:

2012: NeuroDojo, NewScientist, i09 (Pub #34)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Instructor, Evolutionary Physiology (EEOB 220), UC Riverside, 2012.

Instructor, Functional Anatomy of the Vertebra tes (BIOL 161B), UC Riverside, 2012.

Instructor and lab coordinator, Comparative Physiology (BIOSC 475), Clemson University,

2009, 2010

.

Instructor and lab coordinator, Herpetology (BIOSC 468), Clemson University, 2011

.

Invited instructor, Comparative Biomechanics, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, Vancouver

Island, Canada,

Summer, 2010, 2012

.

Instructor and lab coordinator, Ichthyology (BIOSC 477), Clemson University, 2009

.

Invited instructor, Biology of Fishes, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, Vancouv er

Island, Canada, Summer,

2009 & 2011.

Guest lecturer, Comparative Biomechanics (OEB 173), Harvard University, 2008.

Teaching fellow, Independent Research (OEB 121A), Harvard University, 2007. This course

involves

mentoring undergraduate research pro jects. Students work with me to carry out

independent projects in the

area of muscle physiology.

Teaching assistant, Systemic Physiology, University of California, Davis, 2004 -2006. Ran

weekly labs and

gave weekly lectures. Labs involved dissections and physiological experiments involving

major physiological

systems. Grading involved weekly quizzes and lab reports.

Teaching assistant, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, University of Cincinnati, 2002-2003.

Ran weekly labs

involving dissection and vertebrate classification. Generated and graded comprehensive

laboratory

examinations.

Teaching assistant, Anatomy and Physiology, University of Cincinnati, 2000-2003. Ran

weekly labs

involving extensive cat dissections.

Teaching assistant, Freshman Biology, University of Cincinnati, 2000. Ran weekly labs

involving introductory

biological experiments. Grading involved quizzes and lab reports.

FIELD WORK:

2012: Western and Eastern Cape, South Africa.

2010: Swakopmund, Namibia, Africa.

2009-2011: Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, Vancouver.

2000: Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, Jamaica: Collected data regarding habitat use in

Anolis lizards.

2000: Mojave Desert, USA: Studied and collected desert lizards.

1999: Bamfield Marine Station, Vancouver: Studied habitat selection in intertidal fishes.

1999: Monkey River, Belize: Studied the locomotor behavior of howler monkeys.

LAB MEMBERS:

Postdoctoral fellows:

Andrew Clark (August 2009 July, 2010; now an assistant professor at the Co llege of

Charleston)

Graduate students:

Kevin Jagnandan (starting August, 2012) - PhD

Vicky Zhuang (starting August, 2012) - PhD

Clint Collins (starting August, 2012) - PhD

Kathleen Foster (August, 2010 present) - PhD

Jeff Olberding (July,2010 present) - MS

Emily Kane (August 2009 present) - PhD

Undergraduates:

Sofia Iribarren (2012- )

Daryl Cheung (2012- )

Stacy Tran (2012- )

Clare O Brien (2012- )

Kevin Dinh (2012- )

Zachary Zboch (2011)

Christine Dumler (2010-2011)

Alice Goodman (2010-2011)

Erin Patten (2010)

Patrick Fuller, Undergraduate (2009-2010; Now Ph.D. student at UC Davis with Peter

Wainwright )

Heidi Lindler, Undergraduate (2009)

Katelyn Doerr, Undergraduate (2009)

Danielle Hulsey, Undergraduate (2009)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

2012: Invited to join Functional Ecology as an editor.

2012: Organizing a symposium (with Anthony Russell) for the World Congress of Herpetology

(Vancouver,

Canada) titled Caudal Autotomy and Regeneration in Lizards: Patterns, Costs, and

Benefits .

2011: Elected as Secretary of the Division of Comparative Biomechanics of the Society for

Integrative and

Comparative Biology.

2011: Invited to join editorial board of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

2010: Guest Editor (with Andrew Biewener) for a Philosophical Transactions of the Royal

Society B theme

issue titled Integration of muscle function for producing and controlling movement .

Volume 366, issue 1570,

April 2011.

2010: Organized a symposium (with Andrew Biewener) for the annual meeting of the American

Physiological

Society (Westminster, Colorado) titled Off the beaten path: Integrative aspects of

muscle function during

locomotion .

2007: Organized a symposium (with Peter Wainwright) for the annual meeting of the Society

for Integrative

and Comparative Biology (Phoenix, Arizona) titled The evolution of feeding mechanisms in

vertebrates .

Zoology

Member of:

American Physiological Society

American Society of Biomechanics

Canadian Society of Zoologists

Society for Experimental Biology

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

Service:

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:

2011: Judge for the Best Poster Award of the CBP section of the Canadian Society of

Zoologists, Ottawa,

Canada.

2010: Judge for the Division of Vertebrate Morphology and the Division of Comparative

Biomechanics at the

annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Seattle, WA.

2010: Session chair at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative

Biology in Seattle,

WA

2007: Presenter and judge for Boston Latin School Science Fair

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