Curriculum Vitae (as of 7/01/02)

EDUCATION: 
M.S. in Biology, University of Cincinnati, OH 2000-present 
B.S. in Zoology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1996-2000 

RESEARCH INTERESTS: 
1. Functional morphology of vertebrates 
2. How habitat structure influences the locomotion of vertebrates 
3. How in vivo muscle activity in the limbs of vertebrates varies during different locomotor tasks 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (LABORATORY): 
-Vertebrate Zoology, Spring 2002 
-Anatomy and Physiology, 2000-2002 
-Freshman Biology, Fall 2000 

ABSTRACTS: 
Higham, T.E., M.S. Davenport, W.B. Mattingly, and B.C. Jayne. 2000. Effects of turn angle on the sprinting performance of three sympatric ecomorphs of arboreal lizards. American Zoologist 40(6), 1056 

Higham, T.E., M.S. Davenport, and B.C. Jayne. 2001. How turning angle effects the locomotion of three sympatric ecomorphs of arboreal lizards. Journal of Morphology 248(3), 240. 

Higham, T.E. and B.C. Jayne. 2002. The effects of incline on the three-dimensional hindlimb kinematics of the arboreal lizard, Chamaeleo calyptratus. The Physiologist 

PUBLICATIONS: 
Higham, T.E., M.S. Davenport, and B.C. Jayne. 2001. Maneuvering in an arboreal habitat: the effects of turning angle on the locomotion of three sympatric ecomorphs of Anolis lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology 204(23), 4141-4155. 

PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES: 
August 24-28, 2002. Poster presentation at the American Physiological Society meeting entitled "The Power of Comparative Physiology: Evolution, Integration, and Applied" in San Diego, California, USA. 

July 22, 2001: Oral presentation at the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Jena, Germany. 

January 4, 2001: Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative biology, Chicago, USA. 

AWARDS:
Harry L. Wieman Summer Fellowship, 2002. University of Cincinnati. 
Teaching Assistantship, 2000-2003. University of Cincinnati. 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: 
American Physiological Society 
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 
International Society of Vertebrate Morphology 
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles 

FIELD EXPERIENCE: 
Jamaica, Mohave Desert (California), Belize, Vancouver (Canada)