G. Robert Lynch G. Robert Lynch, Ph.D. Department of Integrative Physiology University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0354 phone: 303-492-7056 fax: 303-492-4009 e-mail: robert.lynch@colorado.edu

Research Interests

• Neural and endocrine integration of photoperiod in hamsters and mice.
• Role of photoperiod in controlling seasonal change in reproduction and thermoregulation in mammals.

Education

• 1960-1964, B.S. Department of Biology, Grove City College
• 1964-1966, M.A. Department of Zoology, University of Michigan
• 1967-1973, Ph.D. Department of Zoology, University of Iowa

Professional Experience

• 1973-1974, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Maine at Orono
• 1974-1980, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
• 1980-1987, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
• 1987-1993, Professor, Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
• 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

• 1966, Predoctoral Fellowship, Duke University
• 1969-1971, NSF Traineeship, University of Iowa
• 1972-1973, NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute of Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado
• 1983-1984, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Philipps University, Marburg/Lahn, Germany
• 1988, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Philipps University, Marburg/Lahn, Germany

Recent Publications

• Anchordoquy HC, Lynch GR: Evidence of an annual rhythm in a small proportion of Siberian hamsters exposed to chronic short days. Journal of Biological Rhythms 15: 122-125, 2000.
• Anchordoquy HC, Lynch GR: Timing of testicular recrudescence is unaffected by pinealectomy or photoperiod in short-day Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) after 9 weeks in short days. Journal of Biological Rhythms 15: 406-416, 2000.
• Pak TR, Lynch GR, Tsai P-S: Testosterone and estrogen act via different pathways to inhibit puberty in the male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). Endocrinology 142: 3309-3316, 2001.
• Pak TR, Lynch GR, Tsai P-S: Estrogen accelerates gonadal recrudescence in photo-regressed male Siberian hamsters. Endocrinology 143: 4131-4134, 2002.
• Pak TR, Lynch GR, Ziegler DM, Lunden JB, Tsai P-S: Disruption of pubertal onset by exogenous testosterone and estrogen in two species of rodents. American Journal of Physiology 284: E206-E212, 2003.