Dr. Michael Murphy
Dr. Murphy - Curriculum vitae

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., 1985 (Honors)
    University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

  • M.S., 1981 (Honors)
    University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

  • B.A., 1977 Biology (Summa Cum Laude)
    State University College fo New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY

EMPLOYMENT

  • September 2000 to present: Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207

  • August 1994 to May 1997. Director of the Robert R. Smith Environmental Field Station, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 13820

  • September 1988 to May 2000. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 13820.

  • August 1986 to May 1988. Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.

  • June 1984 to August 1986. Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Life Sciences, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.

RESEARCH

PUBLICATIONS

TEACHING ACHIEVEMENTS

SERVICE

Service to Profession

  • Service to Scientific Organizations
    • Member of the Editorial Board (Associate Editor), The Auk (2000-2003)

    • Member of the Student Research Awards Committee, American Ornithologists' Union (1999-2001)

    Other Service

    • Reviewer for over a dozen professional society's journals

HONORS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

  • Awards
    • Elected Member, The American Ornithologists' Union
  • Grants

    • National Science Foundation, BSR-9106854: A Multifactor Study of Clutch Size Evolution in the Eastern Kingbird.

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • American Ornithologists' Union
  • British Ecological Society
  • Cooper Ornithological Society
  • Ecological Society of America
  • The International Society of Behavioral Ecology
  • The Wilson Ornithological Society