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Dr. Ed M. Dzialowski

Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Biological Sciences

(940) 565-3631

Email: Ed.Dzialowski@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Drexel University, 1999
    Major: Biological Science
    Dissertation: Control of heat exchange in reptiles by distributing blood flow to the limbs and torso
  • MS, Drexel University, 1995
    Major: Biological Science
    Dissertation: Physiological control of heat exchange in lizards
  • BA, Kalamazoo College, 1993
    Major: Biology

Professional Positions

  • Associate Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2002 - 2008).
  • Reserach Assistant Professor, Universtiy of North Texas. Universtiy of North Texas. (2001 - 2002).
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (1999 - 2001).

    • Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2017 - Present).
  • Associate Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2008 - 2017).

Professional Memberships

  • Society of Experimental Biology. (January 2012 - Present).
  • American Physiological Society. (January 2009 - Present).
  • Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. (January 1997 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • BIOL 1720 - Biology for Science Majors II, 29 courses.
  • BIOL 1722 - Honors Biology for Science Majors II, 17 courses.
  • BIOL 3800 - Animal Physiology, 1 course.
  • BIOL 3900 - Advanced Research in Life Sciences, 3 courses.
  • BIOL 3996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 3 courses.
  • BIOL 4005 - Contemporary Topics in Biology, 2 courses.
  • BIOL 4505 - Comparative Animal Physiology, 16 courses.
  • BIOL 4506 - Comparative Animal Physiology Laboratory, 6 courses.
  • BIOL 4900 - Special Problems, 26 courses.
  • BIOL 4910 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • BIOL 4940 - Honors Research in Biology, 1 course.
  • BIOL 4950 - Honors Thesis in Biology, 3 courses.
  • BIOL 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis, 2 courses.
  • BIOL 5005 - TOPICS IN BIOLOGY, 7 courses.
  • BIOL 5505 - Comparative Animal Physiology, 15 courses.
  • BIOL 5870 - Developmental Integrative Biology Seminar, 14 courses.
  • BIOL 5900 - Special Problems, 16 courses.
  • BIOL 5905 - Special Problems, 6 courses.
  • BIOL 5910 - Special Problems, 8 courses.
  • BIOL 5950 - Master's Thesis, 25 courses.
  • BIOL 6900 - Special Problems, 7 courses.
  • BIOL 6910 - Special Problems, 4 courses.
  • BIOL 6940 - Individual Research, 43 courses.
  • BIOL 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 29 courses.
  • COS 5390Z - The Responsible Conduct of Research, 4 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2024).
  • Major Professor (PhD), Biological Sciences. (2023).
  • Major Professor (PhD), Biological Sciences. (2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences. (2023).
  • Supervised Research, "Development of air breathing in the Cory," Biological Sciences. (2023).
  • Supervised Research, "Actin polymerization in the avian ductus arterioles," Rehabilitation and Health Services. (2022).
  • Supervised Research, "Metabolic acclimation in crayfish," Biological Sciences. (2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2019).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2017).
  • Major Professor (PhD), Biological Sciences. (2016).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2011).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, "Influence of thyroid hormone on the avian ductus arterioles," Biological Sciences. (2021 - 2022).
  • Major Professor, Biological Sciences. (2016 - 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2019 - 2021).
  • Supervised Research, "Role of actin polymerization in closure of the ductus arteriosus," Biological Sciences. (2018 - 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2015 - 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2019 - 2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2018 - 2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2017 - 2020).
  • Supervised Research, "Mitochondrial development in birds," Biological Sciences. (2019 - 2019).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2018 - 2019).
  • Supervised Research, "Development of endothermy," Biological Sciences. (2018 - 2019).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2016 - 2019).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2015 - 2019).
  • Major Professor, Biological Sciences. (2015 - 2019).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2013 - 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2017 - 2018).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, "The Effect of Thyroid Hormone Levels on Citrate Synthase Activity in Developing Pekin Duck (Anas platyrhynchos domestica) Heart, Skeletal Muscle, and Liver," Biological Sciences. (2017 - 2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2016 - 2018).
  • Supervised Research, "Thyroid hormone and development in button quail," Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. (2016 - 2018).
  • Supervised Research, "Influence on thyroid hormones on gene expression in developing avian skeletal muscle," Biological Sciences. (2016 - 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2015 - 2017).
  • Major Professor, "Reproduction and metabolic responses to acute and chronic hypoxia in ovoviviparous blaberid cockroaches, with a focus on Blaptica dubia," Biological Sciences. (2012 - 2017).
  • Major Professor, "The role of thyroid hormone across avian development spectrum: investigations on systemic development, metabolism and Ontogeny of endothermy," Biological Sciences. (2012 - 2017).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2015 - 2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2015 - 2016).
  • Major Professor, "Maturation of Endothermic Capacity Within the Avian Developmental Spectrum: A Characterization of Thermoregulatory Metamorphosis," Biological Sciences. (2012 - 2016).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (2013 - 2015).
  • Other, (2001 - 2009).

Awards and Honors

  • Nominated for COS Faculty Award for Teaching, UNT. (2019).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Demers, D., Dzialowski, E.M., and Lebsack, S.. (2009). Study Guide to accompany Discover Biology, Fourth Edition.

    • Book Chapter

  • Dzialowski, E.M., Crossley, D.A. (2022). The Cardiovascular System. Sturkie's Avian Physiology. 193-284.
  • Dzialowski, E.M., Crossley, D.A. (2015). The Cardiovascular System. Sturkie's Avian Physiology. 193-284.

    • Journal Article

  • Lauren, C., Dzialowski, E.M. (2024). Development of facultative air breathing in bristlenose plecos (Ancistrus cirrhosus). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 107 867-876.
  • Crossley, D.A., Bagatto, B.P., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., Hicks, J.W. (2024). Baroreflex function in embryonic emus (Dromiceius novaehollandiae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 111439.
  • Rippamonti, J., Dzialowski, E.M. (2023). Thyroid hormone manipulation influences development of endothermy and hatching in white leghorn chickens (Gallus gallus). Journal of Thermal Biology. 114 103582.
  • Wilmsen, S.M., Dzialowski, E.M. (2023). Substrate use and temperature effects in flight muscle mitochondria from an endothermic insect, Manduca sexta. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 281 111439.
  • Wilmsen, S., Dzialowski, E.M. (2023). Changes in growth and developmental timing in Manduca sexta when exposed to altered oxygen levels. Arthropod Structure and Development. 72 101231.
  • Srisat, T.S., Sirsat, S.G., Pineda, M., Price, E.R., Dzialowski, E.M. (2022). Manipulating Plasma Thyroid Hormone Levels Alters the Development of Endothermy and Ventilation in Nestling Red-Winged Blackbirds. Frontiers in Physiology. (13) 1027257. www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.1027257/
  • Starr, V., Dzialowski, E.M. (2022). Developing chicken cardiac muscle mitochondria are resistant to variations in incubation oxygen levels. Current Research in Physiology. 5 151-157.
  • Bautista, N., Amaral, L., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W. (2021). Dietary Exposure to Low Levels of Crude Oil Affects Physiological and Morphological Phenotype in Adults and Their Eggs and Hatchlings of The King Quail (Coturnix chinensis).. Frontiers in Physiology. 39 (11) 2208-2220.
  • Sirsat, T.S., Dzialowski, E.M. (2020). Manipulating plasma thyroid hormone levels at hatching alters development of endothermy and ventilation in Pekin duck (Anas platyrhynchos domestica). Journal of Experimental Biology. 223 jeb237701.
  • Price, E., Sotherland, P.R., Wallace, B.P., Spotila, J.P., Dzialowski, E.M. (2019). Physiological determinants of the interesting interval in sea turtles; a novel ‘water-limitation’ hypothesis. Biology Letters. 15 20190248.
  • Snelling, E.P., Seymour, R.S., Giussani, D.A., Fuller, A., Maloney, S.K., Farrell, A.P., Mitchell, D., George, K., Dzialowski, E.M., Jonker, S.S., Wube, T. (2019). Scaling of cardiac morphology is interrupted by birth in the developing sheep Ovis aries. Journal of Anatomy. 235 96-105.
  • Price, E., Sirsat, T.S., Sirsat, S.K., Dzialowski, E.M. (2019). Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) activity during the transition to endothermy in an altricial bird. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222 jeb201111.
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (2018). Comparative physiology of the ductus arteriosus among vertebrates. Seminars in Perinatology. 42 203-211.
  • Price, E., Dzialowski, E.M. (2018). Development of endothermy in birds: patterns and mechanisms. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 188 373-391.
  • Sirsat, S.K., Dzialowski, E.M. (2018). Ontogeny of skeletal and cardiac muscle mitochondria oxygen fluxes in two breeds of chicken. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 215 20-27.
  • Price, E., Sirsat, T.S., Sirsat, S.K., Curran, T., Venables, B.J., Dzialowski, E.M. (2018). The membrane pacemaker hypothesis: novel tests during the ontogeny of endothermy. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221 jeb174466.
  • Sirsat, T.S., Crossley, D.A., Crossley, J.L., Dzialowski, E.M. (2018). Thyroid hormone manipulation influences development of cardiovascular regulation in embryonic Pekin duck, Anas platyrhynchos domestica.. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 188 843-853.
  • Price, E., Sirsat, T.S., Sirsat, S.K., Venables, B.J., Dzialowski, E.M. (2018). Rapid embryonic accretion of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in the brain of an altricial bird with an aquatic-based maternal diet. Journal of Experimental Biology. (221) jeb183533.
  • Price, E., Sirsat, T.S., Sirsat, S.K., Kang, G., Keereetaweep, J., Aziz, M., Chapman, K.D., Dzialowski, E.M. (2017). Thermal acclimation in American alligators: Effects of temperature regime on growth rate, mitochondrial function, and membrane composition. Journal of Thermal Biology. 68 45-54. Pergamon.
  • Dzialowski, E.M., Sirsat, T.S., Sirsat, S.K., Price, E. (2016). Breathing while altricial: the ontogeny of ventilatory chemosensitivity in red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) nestlings. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 311 (6) R1105–R1112. American Physiological Society.
  • Shell, L., Burggren, W.W., Muirhead, D., Nelson, T.C., Dzialowski, E.M. (2016). Circulatory changes associated with the closure of the ductus arteriosus in hatching emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 191 202–208. Pergamon.
  • Sirsat, S.K., Sirsat, T.S., Faber, A., Duquaine, A., Winnick, S., Sotherland, P.R., Dzialowski, E.M. (2016). Development of endothermy and concomitant increases in cardiac and skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration in the precocial Pekin duck (Anas platyrhynchos domestica). Journal of Experimental Biology. 219 (8) 1214–1223. The Company of Biologists Ltd.
  • Galli, G.L., Crossley, J., Elsey, R.M., Dzialowski, E.M., Shiels, H.A., Crossley, D.A. (2016). Developmental plasticity of mitochondrial function in American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 311 (6) R1164-R1172. American Physiological Society.
  • Sirsat, S.K., Sirsat, T.S., Price, E., Dzialowski, E.M. (2016). Post-hatching development of mitochondrial function, organ mass and metabolic rate in two ectotherms, the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). Biology Open. bio–017160. The Company of Biologists Ltd.
  • Sirsat, S.K., Sirsat, T.S., Crossley, J.L., Sotherland, P.R., Dzialowski, E.M. (2016). The 12-day thermoregulatory metamorphosis of red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 186 (5) 651–663. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
  • Sirsat, T.S., Dzialowski, E.M. (2016). Ventilation changes associated with hatching and maturation of an endothermic phenotype in the Pekin duck, Anas platyrhynchos domestica. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 310 (8) R766–R775. American Physiological Society.
  • Greyner, H., Dzialowski, E.M. (2015). In vitro oxygen exposure promotes maturation of the oxygen sensitive contraction in pre-term chicken ductus arteriosus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 188 175–180. Pergamon.
  • Dzialowski, E.M., Tattersall, G.J., Nicol, S.C., Frappell, P.B. (2014). Fluctuations in oxygen influence facultative endothermy in bumblebees. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217 (21) 3834–3842. The Company of Biologists Ltd.
  • Jacobs, K., Goy, S.K., Dzialowski, E.M. (2012). Morphology of the embryonic and hatchling american alligator ductus arteriosi and implications for embryonic cardiovascular shunting. Journal of Morphology. 273 (2) 186–194. Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company.
  • Dzialowski, E.M., Sirsat, T., van der Sterren, S., Villamor, E. (2011). Prenatal cardiovascular shunts in amniotic vertebrates. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology. 178 (1) 66–74. Elsevier.
  • Petersen, L., Dzialowski, E.M., Huggett, D. (2011). The interactive effects of a gradual temperature decrease and long-term food deprivation on cardiac and hepatic blood flows in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 160 (3) 311–319. Pergamon.
  • Shah, R., Greyner, H., and Dzialowski, E.M.. (2010). Autonomic control of heart rate and its variability during normoxia and hypoxia in emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) hatchlings.
  • Palenske, N.M., Nallania, G.C., and Dzialowski, E.M.. (2010). Physiological effects and bioconcentration of triclosan on amphibian larvae.
  • Dzialowski, E.M., Reed, W.L., and Sotherland, P.R.. (2009). Effects of egg size on Double-creseted Cormorant (Phalacroxorax auritus) egg composition and hatchling phenotype..
  • Copeland, J. and Dzialowski, E.M.. (2009). Effects of hypoxic and hyperoxic incubation on the reactivity of the chicken embryo (Gallus gallus) ductus arteriosi in response to catecholamines and oxygen..
  • Dzialowski, E.M. and Greyner, H.. (2008). Maturation of the contractile response of the Emu ductus arteriosus.
  • Greyner, H. and Dzialowski, E.M.. (2008). Mechanisms mediating hte oxygen-induced vasoreactivity of the ductus arteriosus in the chicken embryo.
  • Greyner, H and Dzialowski, E.M.. (2008). Mechanisms mediating the oxygen-induced vasoreactivity of the ductus arteriosus in the chicken embryo..
  • Belanger, C., Copeland, J., Muirhead, D., Heinz, D., and Dzialowski, E.M.. (2008). Morphological changes of the chicken ductus arteriosi during closure at hatching.
  • Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., Komoro, T., Tazawa, H. (2007). Development of endothermic metabolic response in embryos and hatchlings of the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae). Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology. 155 (3) 286–292. Elsevier.
  • Yoneta, H., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., Tazawa, H. (2007). Endothermic heart rate response in broiler and White Leghorn chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus) during the first two days of post-hatch life. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 147 (2) 529–535. Pergamon.
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (2007). Introduction to the symposium on developmental transitions in respiratory physiology. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 148 (4) 709–711. Pergamon.
  • Sbong, S., Dzialowski, E.M. (2007). Respiratory and cardiovascular responses to acute hypoxia and hyperoxia in internally pipped chicken embryos. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 148 (4) 761–768. Pergamon.
  • Fukuoka, S., Khandoker, A., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., Tazawa, H. (2006). Development of endothermic heart rate response in emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) embryos. Other.
  • Dzialowski, E.M., Turner, P.K., Brooks, B.W. (2006). Physiological and reproductive effects of beta adrenergic receptor antagonists in Daphnia magna. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 50 (4) 503–510. Springer-Verlag.
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (2005). Use of operative temperature and standard operative temperature models in thermal biology. Journal of Thermal Biology. 30 (4) 317–334. Elsevier.
  • Moriya, K., Akiyama, R., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., Tazawa, H. (2004). Development of heart rate circadian rhythm in chickens. Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews. 15 (3-4) 211–218. Science Reviews 2000 Ltd.
  • Tazawa, H., Chiba, Y., Khandoker, A., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W. (2004). Early development of thermoregulatory competence in chickens: responses of heart rate and oxygen uptake to altered ambient temperatures. Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews. 15 (3-4) 166–176. Science Reviews 2000 Ltd.
  • Dzialowski, E.M., O’Connor, M.P. (2004). Importance of the limbs in the physiological control of heat exchange in Iguana iguana and Sceloporus undulatus. Journal of Thermal Biology. 29 (6) 299–305. Pergamon.
  • Dzialowski, E.M., Sotherland, P.R. (2004). Maternal effects of egg size on emu Dromaius novaehollandiae egg composition and hatchling phenotype. Journal of Experimental Biology. 207 (4) 597–606. The Company of Biologists Ltd.
  • Khandoker, A.H., Fukazawa, K., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W., Tazawa, H. (2004). Maturation of the homeothermic response of heart rate to altered ambient temperature in developing chick hatchlings (Gallus gallus domesticus). American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 286 (1) R129–R137. Am Physiological Soc.
  • Khandoker, A., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W., Tazawa, H. (2003). Cardiac rhythms of late pre-pipped and pipped chick embryos exposed to altered oxygen environments. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 136 (2) 289–299. Pergamon.
  • Tamura, A., Akiyama, R., Chiba, Y., Moriya, K., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W., Tazawa, H. (2003). Heart rate responses to cooling in emu hatchlings. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 134 (4) 829–838. Pergamon.
  • Crossley, D.A., Bagatto, B.P., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W.W. (2003). Maturation of cardiovascular control mechanisms in the embryonic emu (Dromiceius novaehollandiae). Journal of Experimental Biology. 206 (15) 2703–2710. The Company of Biologists Ltd.
  • Moriya, K., Kato, K., Matsumura, M., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W., Tazawa, H. (2002). Cardiac rhythms in developing emu hatchlings. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 131 (4) 787–795. Pergamon.
  • Kato, K., Moriya, K., Dzialowski, E.M., Burggren, W., Tazawa, H. (2002). Cardiac rhythms in prenatal and perinatal emu embryos. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 131 (4) 775–785. Pergamon.
  • Dzialowski, E.M., von Plettenberg, D., Elmonoufy, N.A., Burggren, W.W. (2002). Chronic hypoxia alters the physiological and morphological trajectories of developing chicken embryos. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 131 (4) 713–724. Pergamon.
  • Dzialowski, E.M., O’Connor, M.P. (2001). Physiological control of warming and cooling during simulated shuttling and basking in lizards. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 74 (5) 679–693. The University of Chicago Press.
  • Dzialowski, E.M., O’Connor, M.P. (2001). Thermal time constant estimation in warming and cooling ectotherms. Journal of Thermal Biology. 26 (3) 231–245. Pergamon.
  • O’Connor, M.P., Zimmerman, L.C., Dzialowski, E.M., Spotila, J.R. (2000). Thick-walled physical models improve estimates of operative temperatures for moderate to large-sized reptiles. Journal of Thermal Biology. 25 (4) 293–304. Pergamon.
  • Dzialowski, E.M., O’Connor, M. (1999). Utility of blood flow to the appendages in physiological control of heat exchange in reptiles. Journal of Thermal Biology. 24 (1) 21–32. Pergamon.

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Biology Departmental Seminar, Vignettes in Developmental Physiology, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY, United States of America. (2024).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), David A. Walsh '67 Arts & Sciences Seminar Series, Vignettes in Developmental Physiology, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, United States of America. (2024).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Seminar, Development of Endothermy: The Avian System, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil, Brazil. (2020).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Seminar, Development of Avian Thermoregulation, Texas Women's University, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2019).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Wilmsen, S. (Author), SEB Conference Prague 2024, Are there constraints on the developmental plasticity of metabolic physiology in an endothermic insect?, Society of Experimental Biology, Prague, Czech Republic. (2024).
  • Rippamonti, J. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Physiology Summit 2023, Closing an avian embryonic cardiovascular shunt: the role of actin polymerization in smooth muscle ductus arteriosus constriction, American Physiological Society, Long Beach, CA, United States of America. (2023).
  • Rippamonti, J. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Comparative Physiology: From organisms to omics in an uncertain world 2022, The role of actin polymerization in closure of the avian ductus arteriosus, Gallus gallus, American Physiological Society, San Diego, United States of America. (2022).
  • Wilmsen, S. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Arachnid Society of America Summer Symposium 2021, Differential scaling of spider groups (Order:Araneae), Arachnid Society of America, Virtual, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Wilmsen, S. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Arachnid Society of America Summer Symposium 2021, The effect of acclimation to a fluctuating temperature on CO2 production during and after exercise in the desert tarantula Grammastola rosea, Arachnid Society of America, Virtual, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Wilmsen, S. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Entomology 2021, Phenotypic plasticity of respiratory physiology and morphology of the Hawk moth (Manduca sexta) in response to altered developmental oxygen, Entomological Society of America, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Crossley, J. (Author), Rippamonti, J. (Author), Dzialowski, E. (Author), Intersociety Meeting, Comparative Physiology: Complexity and Integration, Hypoxic Incubation Has No Effect on Permeabilized Cardiac Muscle Mitochondrial Oxygen Flux or ROS Production in the American Alligator, American Physiological Society, New Orleans, United States of America. (2018).
  • Rippamonti, J. (Author & Presenter), Kennedy, C. (Author), Dawson, B. (Author), Walker, J. (Author), Kuriakose, S. (Author), Herderer, R. (Author), Starr, V. (Author), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Intersociety Meeting, Comparative Physiology: Complexity and Integration, The Influence of Thyroid Hormone Manipulation on Cardiac Muscle Mitochondrial Function in Developing Chickens, American Physiological Society, New Orleans, United States of America. (2018).
  • Wilsem, S.M. (Author & Presenter), Romano-Oliva, D.C. (Author), Rector, S.E. (Author), Rector, A.S. (Author), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), SICB Annual Meeting, The effect of acclimation to a fluctuating temperature on CO2 production during and after exercise in the desert tarantula Grammastola rosea., Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Rippamonti, J.D. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), SICB Annual Meeting, The role of thyroid hormone on development of endothermy in White Leghorn chickens (Gallus gallus), Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Sirsat, S.S. (Author), Sirsat, T.S. (Author), Society of Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, Influence of thyroid hormones on development of endothermy and ventilation in altricial and precocial birds, Society of Experimental Biology, Gothenburg, Sweden. (2017 - 2017).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Sirsat, T.S. (Author), SICB Annual Meeting, Influence of thyroid hormones on development of endothermy in the precocial pekin duck, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, New Orleans, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Departmental Seminar, Development of avian temperature regulation: thyroid hormones and mitochondria, University of North Texas, Department of Biological Sciences, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Sirsat, T.S. (Author), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting, Ventilation changes associated with hatching and maturation of an endothermic phenotype in the Pekin duck, Anas platyrhynchos, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Portland, United States of America. (2016).
  • Sirsat, T.S. (Author & Presenter), Sirsat, S.K. (Author), Crossley, J. (Author), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), 9th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry: from molecules to macrophysiology, Effects of thyroid hormone manipulation on growth and metabolism of American alligator hatchlings, Krakow, Poland. (2015).
  • Sirsat, S.K. (Author & Presenter), Sirsat, T.S. (Author), Pineda, M.R. (Author), Crossley, J. (Author), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), 9th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry: from molecules to macrophysiology, How to build a furnace: the role of T3 in development of endothermy in altricial birds, including the red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), Krakow, Poland. (2015).
  • Price, E. (Author & Presenter), Sirsat, T.S. (Author), Sirsat, S.K. (Author), Kang, G. (Author), Keereetaweep, J. (Author), Chapman, K.D. (Author), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), 9th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry: from molecules to macrophysiology, Mitochondrial function and membrane composition during temperature acclimation in alligators, Krakow, Poland. (2015).

    • Poster

  • Rippamonti, J. (Author), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Physiology Summit 2024, Does actin polymerization contribute to closure of the avian ductus arteriosus (Gallus callus)?, American Physiological Society, Long Beach, CA, United States of America. (2024).
  • Werra, H. (Author & Presenter), Rippamonti, J. (Author), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeing, Actin polymerization increases in the ductus arteriosus during the developmental transition to lung ventilation, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2024).
  • Rippamonti, J. (Author), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeing, Do RhoA pathways paly a role in closure of the avian ductus arteriosus, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2024).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Sirsat, T. (Author), Sirsat, S. (Author), Pineda, M. (Author), Price, E. (Author), Crossley, J. (Author), SEB Conference Edinburgh 2023, Thyroid hormones influence development of skeletal muscle mitochondria phenotype and thermoregulation in nestling red-winged blackbirds, Society of Experimental Biology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. (2023).
  • Werra, H. (Author & Presenter), Rippamonti, J. (Author), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Physiology Summit 2023, Actin polymerization increases in the ductus arteriosus during the developmental transition to lung ventilation, American Physiological Society, Long Beach, CA, United States of America. (2023).
  • Rippamonti, J. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Physiology Summit 2023, Does the cofilin pathway play a role in closure of the avian ductus arteriosus (Gallus gallus), American Physiological Society, Long Beach, CA, United States of America. (2023).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Sirsat, T. (Author), Sirat, S. (Author), Pineda, M. (Author), Price, E. (Author), Crossley, J. (Author), Physiology Summit 2023, Manipulating thyroid hormone levels alters development of skeletal muscle mitochondria in nestling red-winged blackbirds, American Physiological Society, Long Beach, CA, United States of America. (2023).
  • Rippamonti, J.R. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Europhysiology 2022, The role of rac GTPases in closure of the avian ductus arteriosus (Gallus gallus), Physiology Society and Scandinavian Physiological Society, Copenhagen, Denmark, Denmark. (2022).
  • Wilmsen, S. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Comparative Physiology: From organisms to omics in an uncertain world 2022, Chronic oxygen exposure and respiratory physiology in the hawk moth, Manduca sexta, American Physiological Society, San Diego, United States of America. (2022).
  • Crowder, L. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Comparative Physiology: From organisms to omics in an uncertain world 2022, Development of air-breathing in bristlenose plecos, Ancistrus cirrhosis, American Physiological Society, San Diego, United States of America. (2022).
  • Rippamonti, J. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Experimental Biology 2022, Contractile response of avian ductus arteriosus to chronic elevated oxygen levels, American Physiological Society, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2022).
  • Ripamonti, J. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), 10th International Congress on Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Investigation of long anoxia exposure on permeabilized cardiac muscle mitochondrial function in multiple species, Ottawa, Canada. (2019).
  • Wilmsen, S. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), 10th International Congress on Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Differential metabolic scaling of spider clades (order: Araneae), Ottawa, Canada. (2019).
  • Wilmsen, S. (Author & Presenter), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Intersociety Meeting, Comparative Physiology: Complexity and Integration, Hypoxia Induces Differential Changes in Thermoregulation and Metabolic Rate Base on Body Size in the Bumblebee Bombus Impatiens, American Physiological Society, New Orleans, United States of America. (2018).
  • Price, E. (Author & Presenter), Sirsat, T.S. (Author), Sirsat, S.K. (Author), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting, A test of the membrane pacemaker hypothesis during the ontogeny of endothermy in an altricial bird, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, New Orleans, United States of America. (2017).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Sirsat, T.S. (Author), Sirsat, S.K. (Author), Price, E. (Author), Experimental Biology, Ontogeny of breathing pattern and ventilatory chemosensitivity in altricial red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoenixes) nestlings, American Physiological Society, San Diego, United States of America. (2016).
  • Sirsat, T.S. (Author & Presenter), Sirsat, S.K. (Author), Crossley, J. (Author), Dzialowski, E.M. (Author), Experimental Biology, Effects of Thyroid Hormone Manipulations on Growth and Metabolism of American Alligator Hatchlings, American Physiological Society, Boston, United States of America. (2015).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Dzialowski, E.M., "A novel role for actin polymerization in the closure of the ductus arteriosus," sponsored by National Institute of Health, Federal, $423408 Funded. (2020 - 2024).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Principal), Verbeck, G.F. (Co-Principal), "Metabolic profiling during the development of endothermy," sponsored by College of Science, University of North Texas, $9000 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Principal), "Ontogeny of Endothermy's Cellular Furnace," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $785596 Funded. (2012 - 2017).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Principal), "A novel role for actin polymerization in the closure of the ductus arteriosus," sponsored by National Institutes of Health, FED, Funded. (2020 - 2023).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Principal), "Ontogeny of Endothermy's Cellular Furnace," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2012 - 2017).
  • Dzialowski, E.M. (Co-Principal), Chapman, K.D. (Co-Principal), Hughes, L.E. (Principal), Burleson, M. (Co-Principal), Allen, M.S. (Co-Principal), Thompson, R. (Co-Principal), "Undergraduate Science Education 2010 - Core Proposal," sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute, NFP, Funded. (2010 - 2015).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Department of Biological Sciences PAC. (September 2024 - Present).
  • Faculty Mentor, UNT Faculty Mentoring Committee - Chemistry. (September 2024 - Present).
  • Faculty Mentor, UNT Faculty Mentoring Program. (August 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, AMMPI Advisory Board. (2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Research Space Adjudication Subcommittee. (2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Science & Technology Building Committee. (2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, SRB Phase 2 Renovation Committee. (2020 - Present).
  • Chairperson, IACUC. (2001 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Cancer Biology Search Committee. (September 2024 - 2025).
  • Committee Member, Graduate School Associate Dean for Professional Development Search Committee. (2022 - 2022).
  • Committee Member, COS Faculty Council. (2021 - 2022).
  • Committee Member, COS Dean Search Committee. (March 2022 - June 2022).
  • Committee Member, Vivarium Project Committee. (2021 - 2021).
  • Chairperson, COS Faculty Council. (September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021).
  • Committee Member, Departmental P&T B committee. (June 2019 - December 2020).
  • Committee Member, Departmental Executive Committee. (September 2014 - September 2020).
  • Member, Biostatistics Search Committee. (October 2019 - August 2020).
  • Member, COS Faculty Council. (September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020).
  • Committee Chair, Invertebrate Biologist Search Committee. (October 2019 - July 2020).
  • Committee Chair, Dept. Biological Sciences PAC Committee. (2016 - 2019).
  • Member, Biostatistics Search. (November 2018 - May 2019).
  • Member, Restoration Ecologist Search. (September 2018 - March 2019).
  • Other, Leadership Fellow. (2017 - 2018).
  • Member, Search for Director of Institutional Compliance. (December 2017 - August 2018).
  • Member, Biostatistics Search. (November 2017 - August 2018).
  • Other, Advocate for Aaron Roberts promotion to Full Professor. (2017 - 2017).
  • Committee Member, Hiring committee - Administrative Coordinator I. (2017 - 2017).
  • Committee Member, Hiring Committee - Microscopy position. (2016 - 2016).
  • Committee Member, Hiring committee - Research Analysts I. (2016 - 2016).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee Director of Research Compliance. (2015 - 2015).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Avian Biology. (August 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, American Physiological Society CEPS Prgramming Committee. (2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, American Heart Association. (October 2024 - 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Bioloigical Reviews. (2024 - 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. (2024 - 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2024 - 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (October 2024 - October 2024).
  • Committee Member, American Heart Association. (February 2024 - February 2024).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, American Heart Association. (October 2023 - 2023).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology (formally Physiological and Biochemical Zoology). (2023 - 2023).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2023 - 2023).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2023 - 2023).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2023 - 2023).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. (January 2023 - 2023).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, American Heart Association. (November 2022 - 2022).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Thermal Biology. (2022 - 2022).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. (November 2022 - 2022).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, American Heart Association. (February 2022).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Applied Physiology. (2020 - 2020).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Comparative Physiology b. (2020 - 2020).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2020 - 2020).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2020 - 2020).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Peerj. (2020 - 2020).
  • Other (Met with U.S. Congressional members to discuss NSF funding levels), American Physiological Society. (2019 - 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2019 - 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2019 - 2019).
  • Committee Member, American Physiological Society ACE committee. (2017 - 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B. (August 2019 - August 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B. (August 2019 - August 2019).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Austrian Science Fund. (2018 - 2018).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Avian Biology Research. (2018 - 2018).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B. (2018 - 2018).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2018).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2018 - 2018).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2018 - 2018).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, PeerJ. (2018 - 2018).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, PLOSOne. (2018 - 2018).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Poultry Science. (2018).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism. (2017 - 2017).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, American Journal of Physiology, Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. (2017 - 2017).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Austrian Science Fund. (2017 - 2017).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. (2017 - 2017).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B. (2017 - 2017).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Comparative Physiology B. (2017 - 2017).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2017 - 2017).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2017 - 2017).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Experimental Biology. (2017 - 2017).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. (2017 - 2017).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Texas Journal of Science. (2017 - 2017).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology. (2016 - 2016).