Cynthia Carey Cynthia Carey, Ph.D. Department of Integrative Physiology University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0354 phone: 303-492-6014 fax: 303-492-4009 e-mail: cynthia.carey@colorado.edu

Research Interests

• Physiological and behavioral adaptations of animals to harsh environments, such as deserts, high altitudes, and cold climates.
• World-wide declines in amphibian populations. These studies include the interaction of pathogens and amphibian immune systems and the possible interaction of co-factors, such as UVB, climate change, heavy metals, and pH, on the success of pathogens in killing amphibians.


• Ecophysiology.

Education

• 1969, A.B., Honors in Biology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA


• 1970, M.A. Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA


• 1976, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Professional Experience

• 1976-1982, Assistant Professor, Department of EPO Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO


• 1978-1979, Visiting Investigator, Department of Physiology, State University of New York, Buffalo


• 1979-1988, Board of Trustees, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory


• 1981-1987, Member, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO


• 1982-1985, Board of Directors, Cooper Ornithological Society


• 1982-1993, Associate Professor, Department of EPO Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO


• 1982-1988, Visiting Investigator, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru


• 1989-1990, Associate Chair, Department of EPO Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO


• 1993-2003, Professor, Department of EPO Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO


• 2003-Present, Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Honors and Awards

• 1973, Dissertation Award, Faculty Research Club, University of Michigan


• 1973, Marcia Brady Tucker Award, American Ornithologists' Union


• 1975, A. Brazier Howell Award, Cooper Ornithological Society


• 1976, Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Michigan


• 1981, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science


• 1981, Elected Member, American Ornithologists' Union


• 1982-1985, Advisory Panel for Regulatory Biology, National Science Foundation


• 1983, Teaching Recognition Award, University of Colorado


• 1984, Advisory Board for Developmental Biology, NASA


• 1991, Advisory Panel for Doctoral Dissertation Grants, National Science Foundation


• 1993 Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union


• 1993-1997, Appointed Trustee, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory


• 1996, Advisory Panel for Presidential Faculty Fellows, National Science Foundation


• 1998-Present, Task Force on Declining Amphibian Populations


• 2000, Brewster Memorial Award, American Ornithologists' Union


• 2000, National Research Council of Norway, Panel to review biological and biochemistry research in Norway

Recent Publications

• Rollins-Smith LA, Ramsey JP, Reinert LK, Woodhams DC, Livo LJ, Carey C. Immune defenses of Xenopus laevis against Batrachochytrium dendrobatiditis. Frontiers in Bioscience S1: 68-91, 2009.