Randall Scott Reiserer

Department of Biomedical Engineering
Mailing Address: Dept. of Physics
6301 Stevenson Center
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee 37235

Email: r.s.reiserer@vanderbilt.edu

 Randall Reiserer

Degrees awarded:

  • University of California, Berkeley. Ph.D. in Integrative Biology. May 2001.
  • University of Kansas, Lawrence. B.S. with Honors in Biology and Highest Distinction. May 1994.

Current Position:

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Living State Physics Group, Vanderbilt University. February 2002-present

Research Interests:

  • Interdisciplinary Studies: Instrumentation and Control of Cellular Physiology, Scaling of Metabolic and Homeostatic Functions from Cell to the Whole-Organism.
  • Evolutionary Biology: Herpetology, Life History Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Methods, Morphological and Behavioral Evolution, Integrative Ecology.

Research Experience:

  • Aug 1993-July 1994. Undergraduate Research with Dr. William E. Duellman, The University of Kansas. Caudal luring in Crotalus cerastes.
  • June-July 1994. Independent Research with Dr. Henry S. Fitch, The University of Kansas (Fitch) Natural History Reservation. Caudal luring in Agkistrodon contortrix.
  • Aug 1992-Aug 1994. Research Fellowship, PEW Fellowship in Systematic Biology with Dr. E. O. Wiley, The University of Kansas. Molecular systematics of Caribbean reef fishes.
  • Feb 1991-Aug 1992. Undergraduate Research with Dr. E. O. Wiley, The University of Kansas. Molecular systematics of Etheostoma beanii and E. bifascium .
  • Aug 1994-May 2001. Doctoral Research with Dr. H. W. Greene and J. L. Patton, University of California, Berkeley. Behavior and life history studies of snakes.
  • Feb 2002-present . Postdoctoral Research in the Living State Physics Group, with J. P. Wikswo and F. Baudenbacher. Instrumentation and control of single cells.

Publications:

  • Reiserer, R. S. 2001. Evolution of Life Histories in Rattlesnakes, dissertation, UMI (currently available from author).
  • Reiserer, R. S. 2001 (in press). Stimulus control and other feeding responses: Visual perception in vipers, In Schuett, G.W., M. Höggren, and H. W. Greene (eds.), Biology of the Vipers. Biological Sciences Press, Carmel, Indiana.
  • Reiserer, R. S. 2001 (in review). Caudal luring and the foraging strategy of the sidewinder rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes (Serpentes: Viperidae)
  • Reiserer, R. S. and D. F. DeNardo, 2000. Natural history observations on Bitis peringueyi (Boulenger) (Reptilia: Viperidae), Cimbebasia 16: 195-198.
  • Reiserer, R. S. 1999. Infrared imaging in biological research: A hot tool in a thermal world (abstract). American Zoologist, 38 (5)
  • Reiserer, R. S. 1992. Darwinian selection in the evolution of cultural concepts of natural harmony. Western Civilization Program Collected Readings, Vol. II 1992-1993 Ed. Ginn Press.
  • Reiserer, R. S. and D. L. Reber. 1992. Comments on the Wallace County rattlesnake roundup, Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter, No. 90: 12-15.
  • K. R. Toal and R. S. Reiserer. 1992. Eumeces septentrionalis, first state record, Herpetological Review, 23(3).

Talks:

  • 1992, "Caudal luring in juvenile sidewinders." Submitted contribution to the 24th Annual Meeting of the Kansas Herpetological Society, Newton, Kansas.
  • 1994, "Caudal luring and prey recognition in the sidewinder rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes (Serpentes : Viperidae), with comments on predator recognition." Submitted contribution to the International Joint Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and The Herpetologist's League, Athens, Georgia.
  • 1996, "Stimulus control of caudal luring: Discrimination and appropriate response." Submitted contribution to the 76th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichtyologists and Herpetologists, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • 1997, "Reproductive cycles and maturation in the sidewinder rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes (Serpentes: Viperidae)." Submitted contribution to the 77th annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Seattle, Washington.
  • 1998, "A rapid evolutionary change in stimulus control of caudal luring in the massasauga rattlesnake." Invited contribution to the Kansas Herpetological Society Silver Anniversary Meeting, Lawrence, Kansas.
  • 1999, "Infrared imaging in biological research: A hot tool in a thermal world." Submitted contribution to the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Denver, Colorado.
  • 2000, "Stimulus control of caudal luring and other feeding responses: A research program for the study of visual perception in vipers." Invited contribution to the Biology of the Vipers Conference, presented by the Swedish Biodiversity Center and Arizona State University West, held in Marielund, Sweden.

Grants, Scholarships and Awards:

  • 1995-1999, National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, tuition and $14,400/yr stipend.
  • 1999, Wilhelm Martins Fund grant-in-aid of research on California wildlife, $700.
  • 1999, University of California Integrative Biology Summer Research Grant, $1,100.
  • 1998, Wilhelm Martins Fund grant-in-aid of research on California wildlife, $2,000.
  • 1998, University of California Integrative Biology Summer Research Grant, $3,000.
  • 1996, Sigma Xi, University of California Chapter, Grants-in-Aid of Research, $500.
  • 1995, Louise Kellogg Research Grant-in-Aid, $550.
  • 1994-1995 academic year, Nonresident Tuition Scholarship and Regents Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, $10,011.75.
  • 1994, Outstanding Senior in Biology Award, The University of Kansas, $500.
  • 1993-1994 academic year, Merit Scholarships, The University of Kansas, totaling $990.
  • 1993-1994 academic year, Regents Grant, The University of Kansas, $900.
  • 1993-1994 academic year, PEW Undergraduate Fellowship in Systematic Biology, The University of Kansas, $5000.
  • 1993, PEW Undergraduate Fellowship Summer Research Funds, The University of Kansas, $1,350.
  • 1993, Undergraduate Summer Research Award, The University of Kansas, $1000.
  • 1993, Panorama Society Grant, Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas, $500.
  • 1992-1993 academic year, PEW Undergraduate Fellowship in Systematic Biology, The University of Kansas, $5,000.
  • 1992, Daniel J. Rhule Scholarship, The University of Kansas, $700.
  • 1991-1992 academic year, Edwin Emery Slosson Scholarship, The University of Kansas, $500.
  • 1990-1991 academic year, Edwin Emery Slosson Scholarship, The University of Kansas, $1,500.


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