Professor Emeritus Kenton Stewart’s legacy continues. Climate change has contributed to a loss of ice on northern lakes and ponds, and that has consequences for local ecosystems. In the 1980s, he needed volunteers to help collect data. For many years, Dr. Stewart used public-involved science to monitor a changing climate. His approach foreshadowed our current ‘big data’ world, collecting lake freezing and melting dates from the public. Listen to the news story on NPR: Citizen scientists help to document changes to lake ice in the northern U.S.
11:00 a.m. to 12 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
Education
BA, Chemistry and Biochemistry, East Stroudsburg University
PhD, Biochemistry, Lehigh University
Postdoctoral Research, University of Rochester
Courses Taught
BIO 129 Perspectives in Human Biology
BIO 130 Human Heredity
BIO 344 Neuroethology
BIO 417 Neurobiology
BIO 448 Endocrinology
Publications
Snekser, J. L., Diestler, E., and Wynne, R. (2019). Sex differences in zebrafish shoaling behavior: Are stress and cortisol the underlying proximate mechanism? Integrative and Comparative Biology. 59. E412.
Snekser, J., Wynne, R., & Itzkowitz, M. (2017). Endangered species interactions suggest a role for personality and behavioral syndromes in conservation efforts. Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 29: 85-93.
Pinaud, R., Terleph, T., Wynne, R., Tremere, L. (2008). Neural Correlates of Auditory Processing, Learning and Memory Formation in Songbirds. Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement. 173: 270–282.
Pinaud, R., Mello, C., Velho, T., Wynne, R., Tremere, L. (2008). Detection of two mRNA species at single-cell resolution by double-fluorescence in situ hybridization. Nat Protoc. 3: 1370–1379.
Wynne, R.D., Maas, S. and Saldanha, C.J. (2008). Molecular characterization of the injury-induced aromatase transcript in the adult zebra finch brain. Journal of Neurochemistry. 105: 1613-1624.
Wynne, R.D., Walters, B.J., Bailey, D.J., and Saldanha, C.J. (2008). Inhibition of injury-induced glial aromatase reveals a wave of secondary degeneration in the songbird brain. Glia. 56: 97-105.
Pinaud, R., Saldanha, C.J., Wynne, R.D., Lovell, P.V. and Mello, C.V. (2007). The excitatory thalamo-“cortical” projection within the song control system of zebra finches is formed by calbindin-expressing neurons. J. Comp. Neurol. 504: 601-618.
Saldanha, C.J., Rohmann, K.N., Coomaralingam, L. and Wynne, R.D. (2005). Estrogen provision by reactive glia decreases apoptosis in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). J. Neurobiol. 64: 192-201.
Wynne, R.D. and Saldanha, C.J. (2004). Glial Aromatization Decreases Neural Injury in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata): Influence on Apoptosis. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 16: 676-683.