Woods Lab - The University of Montana


Curriculum Vitae

Art Woods
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Montana
32 Campus Drive, HS104
Missoula, MT 59812 USA

art.woods@mso.umt.edu
(406) 240-0834

Education

1998 Ph.D. University of Washington, Department of Zoology (Joel G. Kingsolver)
1991 B.S. in Biology at Stanford University (Carol L. Boggs)

Professional Experience

2006 -
Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula
2001-2006
Research scientist and lecturer in the Section of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin.
2000-2001
Postdoctoral research associate, Biological stoichiometry (NSF Integrated Research Challenges in Environmental Biology), advisors: Drs. Jon F. Harrison and James J. Elser.
1998-2000
Postdoctoral Fellow with the Center for Insect Science, Dept. of Biology, Arizona State University, Postdoctoral advisor: Dr. Jon F. Harrison

Research Interests

Physiological ecology of insects and marine invertebrates, environmental biophysics

Grants

2009-2014

NSF: 'CAREER: Leaf microclimates and plant-insect interactions' $837,000

2005-2008

Co-PI with Dr. Amy Moran (UNC-Chapel Hill) NSF: 'Collaborative Research: Effects of oxygen and temperature on egg mass function of Southern Ocean marine invertebrates.' $532,000

2005 - 2006

Co-PI with Dr. Mary Poteet (UT-Austin). Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (Austin): 'Physiological and behavioral responses of a Eurycea sosorum to variation in levels of dissolved oxygen and conductivity.' $115,000

2004

Three separate grants to undergraduates in my lab from UT's Undergraduate Research Fellowship program. ($1,000, $1,000, and $900)

2003

NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates $14,000

2002 - 2003

NSF 'QEIB: Gas exchange across insect eggshells' IBN-0213087. $53,000

Teaching

Biol 195 Evolution and Society
Biol 435 Comparative Animal Physiology