Curriculum Vitae
DONA F. BOGGS
Office: Department of Biology Home: 3122 W 21st St
Eastern WashingtonUniversity Spokane, WA99224
Cheney, Washington99004-2431U.S.A.U.S.A.
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Phone: 001-509-359-2361 001-509-747-3295
FAX:001-509-359-6867
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EDUCATION
Ph.D.1980 University of Montana (Zoology)
Dissertation Title: Respiratory Adaptations of a Burrow- dwelling Bird to Hypoxia and Hypercarbia
Graduate Study 1972 - 1974 Harvard University (Natural Sciences)
B.A. 1972 Radcliffe/Harvard College (Cum Laude - General Studies)
PROFESSIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1997 – presentEastern Washington University, Department of Biology (Full time tenured appointment)
Associate Professor, 2001 – present. Assistant Professor, 1997-2001.
1984 – presentUniversity of Montana, Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences.
Adjunct Associate Professor, 1997 – present. Visiting and Research Associate Professor, 1992 – 1997. Visiting and Research Assistant Professor, 1984 – 1992. (Part-time appointments varying from 0.2 - 0.5 FTE teaching and/or conducting research)
1985 – 1993 Manager, Sheep Farm, Potomac, Montana. (Family business, part-time, 110-acres)
1985 – 1992Biomedical Consultant to Attorneys. (Part-time, small business providing literature searches and interpretations, or specific anatomy and physiology tutorials, on medical issues for attorneys in Western Montana.)
1983 – 1984University of ColoradoHealthSciencesCenter, Denver. National Institutes of Health Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Pulmonary Laboratory.
1980 – 1983Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth University, New Hampshire. Parker B. Francis Post-Doctoral Fellow in Pulmonary Research.
1975 – 1980University of Montana, Department of Zoology. Research Assistant, 1979 – 1980. Teaching Assistant, 1975 – 1979.
1973 – 1974St. Peter’s Hospital, Helena, Montana. Ward Clerk.
HONORS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
National Science Foundation
2004International Programs Planning Grant $5,500 (New ZealandAustralia)
2003Supplement: $7,599
2001Research Experience for Undergraduates supplement: $6,213
2001 – 2003Research Grant – Comparative hypoxic chemosensitivity of two rat strains: $77,753
1996International Cooperative Science Program – Planning Grant – Air sac pressures in diving birds: $2,770
1994 – 1995Research Experience for Undergraduates Award: $5,000
1992 – 1995Research Grant (with K. Dial, F. Jenkins, Jr. and D. Kilgore, Jr.) - Impact of flight kinematics on respiration in birds: $168,074
1987 – 1989Research Grant – A comparative study of breathing pattern regulation: $85,000
VictoriaUniversity of Wellington
2004 Visiting Scholar and Lecturer (July – September)
Eastern WashingtonUniversity
2005Foundation mini-grant “Enhancing hands-on learning in physiology at EWU” $2,300
2003College of Science Math and Technology Award for Excellence in Research
2003 – 2004Faculty Research Award EWU: $7,000
2001 – 2002Faculty Research Award – Eastern WashingtonUniversity: $2,500
2000 – 2001Faculty Research Award – Eastern WashingtonUniversity: $7,500
2000Mini-Grant (Research): $400
1999Mini-Grant (Travel): $400
1999 – 2000Faculty Research Award: $7,500
1998 –1999Faculty Research Award: $7,500
Australian Research Council
1998 Small Research Grant (with Russ Baudinette, U. of Adelaide): $8,500
University of Adelaide
1997Distinguished Visiting Scholar Award – to support visit in 1998
American Physiological Society
1996Research Career Enhancement Award: $3,464
University of Montana
1995Faculty Development Award: $1,500
1992 – 1993Research Grant – Coordination of flying and breathing in bats: $3,000
1989Small Research Grant: $2,000
1988University of Montana Faculty Development Award, $500
1979Bertha Morton Scholarship $1000
Montana Heart Association
1991 – 1992Research Grant – Seasonal variation in cardio-pulmonary function of marmots: $11,735
Sigma Xi
1978Student Research Grant: $50
INVITED ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
VictoriaUniversity of Wellington (New Zealand), School of Biological Sciences – March 2004
University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences – November 2003
University of Idaho, Department of Biology – October 2000
University of Adelaide (Australia), Department of Zoology – July 1998
Eastern WashingtonUniversity, Department of Biology – March 1997
DartmouthMedicalSchool, Department of Physiology – January 1997
University of Utah, Department of Biology – December 1996
University of Birmingham (UK), Department of Biology – March 1996
San FranciscoStateUniversity, Department of Biology – February 1996
University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology – February 1995
PennStateUniversity, Biology Department – September 1993
BrownUniversity, Division of Biology and Medicine – March 1993
DartmouthMedicalSchool, Department of Physiology – October 1988
New MexicoStateUniversity, Department of Biology – September 1988
Lovelace Medical Foundation, Albuquerque – September 1988
University of Calgary(Canada), Department of Medicine and Medical Physiology – August 1987
University of California, Davis, Department of Animal Physiology – February 1984
National Jewish Hospital, Denver – January 1984
RutgersMedicalSchool, CooperHospital – October 1983
INVITED PARTICIPATION IN SYMPOSIA
2004American Physiological Society: Cardiovascular and Respiratory Constraints on Exercise.Washington, D.C.
20047th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology: Respiration and Locomotion: Coupled Systems in Vertebrate Evolution. Boca Raton, Florida (unable to attend)
2002American Physiological Society Inter-Society Conference on Comparative Physiology: Acclimatization to Hypoxia: Supply vs Demand Strategies. San Diego, California.
2001Society for Experimental Biology: Physiology and Biochemistry of Exercise. Interactions between Locomotory Activity and Ventilation in Tetrapods. Canterbury, UK.
20004th International Penguin Conference. Air sac pressure oscillations in diving little penguins La Serena, Chile.
19995th International Congress on Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry: Energetics and Biomechanics of Locomotion. Chaired and organized symposium. Calgary, Canada.
1996American Physiological Society: Neural Control of Breathing: Molecular to Organismal Perpectives. Madison, Wisconsin.
1995American Society of Zoology: Comparative Aspects of the Control of Arterial Blood Gases: Ventilatory and Cardiovascular Perspectives. Washington, D.C.
1995International Union of Biological Sciences: Oscillatory Motion. Birmingham, UK.
1995Society for Experimental Biology: Impact of Locomotion on Ventilation in Tetrapods. Chaired and organized symposium, and presented this paper. Atlanta, Georgia.
19959th International Hypoxia Symposium: Comparative Physiology of Respiratory Pigments. Hypoxic ventilatory control and hemoglobin affinity. Lake Louise, Canada.
1994American Ornithological Union/Wilson Ornithological Society/Cooper Ornithological Society: Avian Flight: Design, Performance and Evolution. Missoula, Montana.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Physiological Society
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP
Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology: 1998 - 2004
REVIEWER FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS and GRANTAGENCIES
Journal of Applied Physiology
American Journal of Physiology
Journal of Experimental Biology
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
The Auk
Journal of Experimental Zoology
Pflugers Archiv-European Journal of Physiology
Science
Nature
National Science Foundation - Integrative Animal Biology; Evolutionary and Ecological Physiology
PUBLICATIONS
Chapters in Books:
Boggs, D.F. (1995) Hypoxic ventilatory control and hemoglobn oxygen affinity. In: Hypoxia and The Brain, edited by J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston and G. Coates. Queen City Printers, BurlingtonVt.,pp. 69-86.
Boggs,D.F. (1992) Comparative Control of Respiration in Mammals. In: Comparative Biology of the Normal Lung . Volume 1 of Treatise on Pulmonary Toxicology. edited by R.A. Parent. CRC Press, Boca Raton. pp. 309-350.
Tenney,S.M. and D.F. Boggs (1986) Comparative Mammalian Respiratory Control. In: The Handbook of Physiology:Section 3: The Respiratory System, Vol II Control of Breathing. (ed.s) N.S. Cherniack and J.G. Widdicombe. Am. Physiol. Soc., Bethesda, Maryland. pp.833-855
Guest Editor
Boggs, D.F. and P.B. Frappell (2000) Water, Land and Air: Unifying Principles in Locomotion.Physiological and Biochemical Zoology Volume 74
Refereed Journal Articles:
Boggs, D.F., D.L. Kilgore Jr. and S. Lacefield. (In review) Hypoxic ventilatory and metabolic responses and Hb affinities in different rat strains. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology
Boggs, D.F. and J.H. Miller (in review) Absence of an hypoxic hypometabolic response in preproenkephalin knockout mice. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology
Codd, J.R., D.F. Boggs, S.F. Perry and D.R. Carrier. (2005) Activity of three muscles associated with the uncinate processes of the giant Canada goose (Branta canadensis maximus). Journal of Experimental Biology 208:849-57.
Boggs, D.F. (2002) Interactions between locomotion and ventilation in tetrapods. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A133:269-288
Boggs, D.F., R.V. Baudinette, R.V.; Frappell, P.B.; Butler, PJ. (2001) The influence of locomotion on air-sac pressures in little penguins. Journal of Experimental Biologoy 204:3581-3586.
Frappell, P.B., D. Hinds and D.F Boggs (2001) Scaling of respiratory parameters in birds. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74:647-650
Boggs, D.F. and P.B. Frappell (2000) Unifying principles of locomotion: Forward. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 73:647-650.
Hanson,W.L., D.F. Boggs, J.M.Kay, S.E. Hofmeister, O. Okada and W. W. Wagner, Jr. (2000) Pulmonary vascular response of the coati to chronic hypoxia. Journal of Applied Physiology 88:981-986.
Boggs, D.F., L.A. Maginniss and D.L. Kilgore (1999) In vivo blood oxygen binding in hypoxic lessser spear-nosed bats:relationship to control of breathing. Respiration Physiology 118:193-202.
Boggs, D.F., P.J. Butler and S.E. Wallace (1998) Differential air sac pressures in diving tufted ducks (Aythya fuligula) Journal of Experimental Biology 201:2665-2668
Boggs, D.F., P.B. Frappell and D.L. Kilgore, Jr. (1998) Ventilatory, cardiovascular and metabolic responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia in the armadillo. Respiration Physiology. 113:101-109
Frappell, P.B., D.F. Boggs and D.L. Kilgore, Jr. (1998) How stiff is the armadillo? A comparison with the allometries of mammalian respiratory mechanics Respiration Physiology 113:11-122
Donnelly, D., J.M. Panisello and D.F. Boggs (1998). Effect of sodium perturbations on chemoreceptor spike generation: implications for a Poisson model. Journal of Physiology (London) 511.1:301-311
Boggs, D.F. (1997) Coordinated control of respiratory pattern during locomotion in birds. American Zoologist 37: 41-57.
Boggs, D.F., F.A. Jenkins, Jr. and K.P. Dial. (1997) The effects of the wingbeat cycle on respiration in Black-billed magpies (Pica pica). Journal of Experimental Biology 200:1403-1412.
Boggs, D.F.,J.J. Seveyka, D.L. Kilgore Jr and K.P.Dial.(1997) Coordination of respiratory and wingbeat cycles in the Black-billed magpies (Pica pica). Journal of Experimental Biology 200:1413-1420
Boggs, D.F.,P.J. Butler and S.E. Wallace (1997) Paddling induced fluctuations in differential air sac pressure in diving tufted ducks (Aythya fuligula). Journal of Physiology (London). 501.P:62P-63P.
Walsh,J.P, D.F. Boggs and D.L. Kilgore.Jr. (1996) Ventilatory and metabolic responses of a bat, Phyllostomus discolor, to hypoxia and CO2: Implications for the allometry of respiratory control. Journal of Comparative Physiology 166B: 351-358
Williams,B.R.,Jr., D.F. Boggs and D.L. Kilgore,Jr. (1995). Scaling of hypercapnic ventilatory responsiveness in birds and mammals. Respiration Physiology 99:313-319.
Hanson,W.L., D.F. Boggs, J.M. Kay, Stephen E. Hofmeister (1993) Collateral
ventilation and pulmonary arterial smooth muscle in the coati. Journal of Applied Physiology 74:2219-2224.
Boggs,D.F. and K.P. Dial (1993) Neuromuscular organization and regional EMG activity of the pectoralis in the pigeon (Columba livia). Journal of Morphology. 218:43-57.
Boggs,D.F., and C.G. Irvin. (1992) Respiratory mechanics of the coatimundi and woodchuck. Respiration Physiology 89:147-155.
Boggs,D.F., C. Colby, B. Williams Jr. and D.L. Kilgore, Jr. (1992) Comparative chemosensitivity and breathing pattern regulation of the coatimundi and woodchuck. Respiration Physiology 89:157-167.
Boggs,D.F. and G.F. Birchard (1989) Cardio-respiratory responses to CO2 and hypoxia in the woodchuck and porcupine. Journal of Comparative Physiology B159:641-648
Boggs,D.F., D.L. Kilgore Jr. and G.F. Birchard (1984). Respiratory physiology of burrowing mammals and birds. Invited mini-review. Comparative Biochemistryand Physiology 77(A):1-7.
Kilgore,D.L.,Jr., G.F. Birchard and D.F.Boggs (1984). Respiratory gas concentrations and temperatures within the burrows of three species of burrow-nesting birds. Wilson Bulletin 96:451-455.
Birchard,G.F., D.F. Boggs and S.M. Tenney (1984). Effects of perinatal CO2 exposure on adult ventilatory responses. Respiration Physiology. 57:341-347.
Boggs,D.F. and S.M. Tenney (1984). Scaling respiratory pattern and respiratory 'drive'. Respiration Physiology 58:245-252.
Boggs,D.F. and D.L. Kilgore,Jr. (1983). Ventilatory responses of the Burrowing Owl and Bobwhite to hypercarbia and hypoxia. Journal of Comparative Physiology 149:527-533.
Boggs,D.F., G.F. Birchard and D.L. Kilgore,Jr. (1983) Blood characteristics, tracheal volume and heart mass of Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia) and Bobwhite (Colinusvirginianus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 74(A):693-696.
Boggs,D.F. and G.F. Birchard (1983). Relationship between hemoglobin oxygen affinity and the ventilatory response to hypoxia in the rhea and pheasant. Journal of Experimental Biology 102:347-352.
Kilgore,D.L.,Jr., G.F. Birchard and D.F. Boggs (1981) Brain temperatures in running quail. Journal of Applied Physiology: Respiratory, Environmental and Exercise Physiology 50:1277-1281.
Boggs,D.F. and D. Bartlett, Jr. (1981) Chemical specificity of a laryngeal apneic reflex in puppies. Journal of Applied Physiology.:Respiratory,Environmental and Exercise Physiology 53:455-462.
Kilgore,D.L.,Jr., D.F. Boggs and G.F. Birchard (1979) Control of brain temperature in pigeons: Role of the rete mirabile ophthalmicum. Journal of Comparative Physiology 129:119-122.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION:
Lacefield.S. and D.F. Boggs Maturation of the ability to acclimate metabolically to hypoxia in rats. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology
Boggs, D.F. Comparative carotid body hypoxic sensitivity in Sprague Dawley and Brown Norway rats. Journal of Applied Physiology
ABSTRACTS:
I have about 40 published research abstracts in various professional journals.
TEACHING
COURSES TAUGHT:
Human Anatomy and Physiology Animal Physiology Principles of Physiology Medical Physiology Introductory Biology Biological Literature Respiratory Physiology High Altitude Physiology Biomechanics
Cardiopulmonary Physiology Biological Investigation Vertebrate Zoology Physiological Ecology
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION:
Primary Supervisor:John Walsh (M.Sc., University of Montana - 1994)
Thesis Title: The Metabolic and Ventilatory Responses of the Lesser Spear-nosed Bat (Phyllostomus discolor) to Hypoxia and Hypercapnia
Supervisory Committee Service:Ph.D. Students – 8
M.Sc. or M.A. - 56
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISION:
I am strongly committed to undergraduate involvement in research. At Eastern Washington U., eight undergraduate research students have participated in research programmes in my laboratory since 1997.
Additionally, I annually supervise approximately 60 students conducting small group projects in Biology 490 (Animal Physiology). In alternate years, I supervise another 25 in Biology 270 (Biological Investigation).
SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
Search Committee – Associate Dean
Curriculum Committee
Graduate Admissions Committee
University Small Grants Committee
Search Committee – Plant Physiology
Local Organizing Committee for the AOU-WOS-COS Meeting
EASTERN WASHINGTONUNIVERSITY
Graduate Admissions Committee
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Undergraduate Scholarship Committee
Graduate Affairs Council
Search Committee -- Occupational Therapy Program
Search Committee – Animal Technician
Search Committee -- Science Technician
Indirect Cost Committee
Science Olympiad volunteer – Washington State 1997; National 2000
EWU Speakers Program (presentations to High Schools),
Course and Program Approval Committee: Chair ‘01-02, member ’00-‘03;
Faculty Advisor Pre-Physical Therapy Club 1999 to present
Student Advising - Human Biology Track
PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIETY SERVICE:
National Science Foundation:
Advisory Panel Member, Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Program (1998-2001)
Advisory Panel Member, Integrative Animal Biology 2005
American Physiological Society:
Secretary, Comparative Physiology Section (1997-2000)
Scholander Award Committee (3 years)
Mentor Program for Annual Meetings (2 years)
Frontiers in Science Program for Secondary School Teachers, 1996 & 2004
American Zoological Society: Graduate Student Paper Awards Committee (2 years)
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