Dr. Randy Zelick
Dr. Zelick - Curriculum vitae

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. 1984 Biology, University of California, Los Angeles
    • Acoustic Communication in the Neotropical Treefrog, Eleutherodactylus coqui, 1983
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  • M.A. 1977 Biology, Boston University

  • B.A. 1974 Biology, University of California, San Diego

EMPLOYMENT

  • Associate Professor, 1989-present; Assistant Professor, 1986-1989; Portland State University,Portland, OR

  • NIH Postdoctoral Traineeship, 1984-1986, Neurobiology Unit, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San ;Diego

  • Research Assistant, 1977-1978, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif (France)

RESEARCH

PUBLICATIONS

TEACHING ACHIEVEMENTS

SERVICE

  • Service to Community

    • Presenter/Participant in K-12 Teacher Training in Science, Oregon Brainstorms Partnership (cooperative OMSI/OHSU/Reed College/UO project), Summer 1997

    • Presented research demonstration at Oregon Brainstorm Conference (cooperative OMSI/OHSU/Reed College/UO project), 1993.

    • Provided lengthy interview, which led to a cover story in the Science section of The Oregonian promoting biology research at PSU, 1990.

    • Public seminar to the Greater Portland Aquarium Society on the topic of electric fishes and their ecology, 1990.

    • Presented research data for public relations purpose at the Western Regional Nerve Net Symposium, OHSU. (Zelick, R., C. C. Bell, and C. Hodgers. Behavioral test of latency shift detection in mormyrid electric fish; expanded from Neuroscience Annual Meeting Poster.), 1990.

    • Participated as a mentor in the Saturday Academy (Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering) program which places exceptional high school students in research labs for the summer, 1990, 1993, 1994

    Service to University, College, Department

    • American Association of University Professors
      • Executive council member 1996-present
      • Member of bargaining team 1994-present
    • Presented seminar on NSF AREA program to faculty
    • Board Member, Helen Gordon Child Development Center, 1994-1996
    • Vertebrate Animal Care Committee, 1993 - present, currently Chair of committee
    • University Curriculum Committee, 1989-1991.
    • Biology Department seminar speaker coordinator, Fall 1987, Fall 1988, Winter 1992.
    • University Research and Publications Committee, 1987-1989.
    • Biology Department Academic Affairs Committee and Graduate Affairs Committee.
    • Coordinated the semester conversion plan for the Biology Department physiology and zoology curriculum (Fall 1988 - Winter 1989).
    • Biomedical Research Support Grant Program Committee, Spring 1987.
    • Participated in the coordination of a joint seminar speaker program with the Neurological Sciences Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Winter and Spring 1987.
    • Composed curriculum for computer science minor in Biology, Fall 1987.

    Service to Profession

    • Peer reviewer of proposals and publications

      • National Science Foundation
      • Animal Behaviour
      • Auditory Physiology
      • Brain Research
      • Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology
      • Ethology
      • Hearing Research
      • Herpetelogica
      • Journal of Comparative Physiology
      • Journal of Herpetology
      • Smithsonian Institution


    • Consultation

      • Computer Animation Diagrams for Physiology Texts, WW Norton Inc, 1994
      • Software Beta-Tester, Wavemetrics, Inc, 1993
      • Textbook review, Saunders College Publishing, 1991

    • Presentations

      • 1997 Zoology Institute, University of Bonn
      • 1991 Reed College
      • 1990 Institute for Neuroscience, University of Oregon
      • 1989 Hearing Research Center, OHSU
      • 1988 Biology Department, University of Bielefeld (West Germany)
      • 1987 Neurological Sciences Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital
      • 1987 Zoology Department, Oregon State University

HONORS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

  • 1995 PSU Research and Publications Grant, $4,500
  • 1994 National Organization for Hearing Research (submitted)
  • 1992 PSU Research and Publications Grant, $890
  • 1991-1992 Bonneville Power Administration (assisted in obtaining PSU subcontract portion)
  • 1990-1991 Tektronix, equivalent value $22,000 (equipment donation)
  • 1989-1992 National Science Foundation, $174,854
  • 1989 Medical Research Foundation of Oregon, $11,261
  • 1989 PSU Research and Publications Grant, $995
  • 1988 PSU Research and Publications Grant, $1,500
  • 1987 PSU Faculty Development Award $5,566
  • 1986 American Philosophical Society Research Grant, $3,000
  • 1985, 1986 Smithsonian Institution Short-Term Visitor Award, $800, Co-P.I .
  • 1984 NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2 yrs., $28,000
  • 1982 University of California University Fellowship, $1,000
  • 1982 Chancellor's Patent Fund Award (UCLA), $100
  • 1981 Organismic Biology Award, UCLA
  • 1980 A. M. Schechtman Award for Teaching, UCLA
  • 1980 Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid, $200
  • 1979, 1980 Graduate Travel and Research Grants (UCLA), $500

  • Recent Grant Proposals Submitted

    • Osmotic and Ionic Stress Effects on the Auditory Periphery, $74,934.00, N.I.H. (Spring 1997)

    • Homeostasis in Dehydration-Tolerant and Non-Tolerant Inner Ears, $7,845.00, National Organization for Hearing Research (Fall 1997)

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • AAAS
  • Association for Research in Otolaryngology
  • Sigma Xi
  • Society for Neuroscience
  • JB Johnston Society for Comparative Neuroanatomy