Michael Dohm, Ph.D.

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Biology

Dr. Michael Dohm has been an Assistant Biology Professor at Chaminade since 2005. He also is an INBRE Junior investigator. Previously he had been a research associate, researcher, then Lecturer at University of Hawaii, Hilo. Dr. Dohm has a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dr. Dohm's research interests are in three areas: (1) comparative immunology and ecotoxicology, (2) evolutionary physiology, and (3) conservation genetics of endemic and invasive species. Tools used range from molecular and cellular to whole animal, spanning molecular and quantitative genetics, genomics, and phylogenetic techniques. Our research team includes three Chaminade University undergraduates; we have opportunities for the academic year and for summer research.

Education

B.S., University of Washington
M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Teaching

Genetic Biology
Genetic Biology Lab
Biostatistics
Evolution

Research Topics

• Comparative immunology and ecotoxicology: The effects of air pollution on immune function in reptiles & amphibians
• Evolutionalry physiology
• Conservation genetics of endemic and invasive species

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Publications

Dohm, M. R., W. J. Mautz, R. E. Doratt, and J. R. Stevens. 2008 Effects of ozone exposure on feeding and exploratory behavior of an amphibian, Bufo marinus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27(5):151-158.

Dohm, M. R., W. J. Mautz, J. A. Andrade, K. S. Gellert, L. J. Salas-Ferguson, N. Nicolaisen, and N. Fujie. 2005. Effects of ozone exposure on non-specific phagocytic capacity of pulmonary macrophages from an amphibian, Bufo marinus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24(1):205-210.

Mautz, W. J., and M. R. Dohm. 2004. Respiratory and behavioral effects of ozone on a lizard and a frog. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 139:371-377.

Dohm, M. R. 2002. Repeatability estimates do not always set an upper limit to heritability. Functional Ecology 16:273-280.

Dohm, M. R., J. P. Hayes, and T. Garland, Jr. 2001. The quantitative genetics of maximal and basal rates of oxygen consumption in outbred house mice. Genetics 159:267-277.

Dohm, M. R., W. J. Mautz, P. G. Looby, K. S. Gellert, and J. A. Andrade. 2001. Effects of ozone on< evaporative water loss and thermoregulatory behavior of marine toads (Bufo marinus). Environmental Research Section A 86:274-286.

Hammond, K. A., J. Roth, D. N. Janes, and M. R. Dohm. 1999. Morphological and physiological responses to altitude in deer mice Peromyscus maniculatus. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72:613-622.

Carter, P. A., T. Garland, Jr., M. R. Dohm, and J. P. Hayes. 1999. Genetic variation and correlations between genotype and locomotor physiology in outbred laboratory house mice (Mus domesticus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A: Physiology 123:155-162.

Dohm, M. R., T. Garland, Jr., C. J. Cole, and C. Townsend. 1998. Physiological variation and allometry in western whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus tigris) from a transect across a persistent hybrid zone. Copeia 1998:1-13.

Dohm, M. R., J. P. Hayes, and T. Garland, Jr. 1996. Quantitative genetics of sprint running speed and swimming endurance in laboratory house mice (Mus domesticus). Evolution 50:1688-1701.

Beck, D. D., M. R. Dohm, A. Ramirez-Bautista, T. Garland, Jr., and C. H. Lowe. 1995. Endurance and bioenergetics of activity in helodermatid lizards. Copeia 1995:577-585.

Garland, T., Jr., T. T. Gleeson, B. A. Aronovitz, C. S. Richardson, and M. R. Dohm. 1995. Maximal sprint speeds and muscle fiber composition of wild and laboratory house mice. Physiology & Behavior 58:869-876.

Dohm, M. R., C. S. Richardson, and T. Garland, Jr. 1994. Exercise physiology of wild and random-bred laboratory house mice and their reciprocal hybrids. American Journal of Physiology 267 (Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology 36):R1098-R1108.

Richardson, C. S., M. R. Dohm, and T. Garland, Jr. 1994. Metabolism and thermoregulation in crosses between wild and random-bred laboratory house mice. Physiological Zoology 67:944-975.

Dohm, M. R., and T. Garland, Jr. 1993. Quantitative genetics of scale counts in the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis. Copeia 1993:987-1002.

Friedman, W. A., T. Garland, Jr., and M. R. Dohm. 1992. Individual variation in locomotor behavior and maximal oxygen consumption in mice. Physiology & Behavior 52:97-104.

Hayes, J. P., T. Garland, Jr., and M. R. Dohm. 1992. Individual variation in metabolism and reproduction of Mus: Are energetics and life history linked? Functional Ecology 6:5-14.