CURRICULUM
VITAE
CONTACT
INFORMATION:
Department of Biological Sciences
100 Flagg Road
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881-0816
Phone: 401- 874-9020
FAX: 401- 874-4256
Email: cwilga@uri.edu
Web page: http://www.uri.edu/artsci/bio/wilga.html
EDUCATION:
1997
Ph.D. University of South Florida, Biological Sciences
1992
B.Sc. Magna Cum Laude with Honors, University of South Florida. Biology
1990
A.A. Summa Cum Laude with Honors, University of Alaska Kodiak. Biology
COURSES TAUGHT:
Human Anatomy, BIO121
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, BIO304
Ecomorphology, BIO492
Functional Morphology of Animals, BIO413/513
Ichthyology, BIO563
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
·
Functional morphology and evolutionary biology of organisms.
·
Comparative anatomy and physiology.
·
Feeding mechanics and locomotion.
·
Integration of morphology, behavior and phylogeny in organismal
biology.
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Predatory prey interactions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2000-present Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston
1999-2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge. Hydrodynamics of heterocercal tail locomotion in sharks.
1997-1999 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Irvine. Hydrodynamics of the pectoral fins in basal fishes.
1992-1997 Dissertation Research, University of South Florida. Evolution of Feeding Mechanisms in Elasmobranchs.
1995-1996 TA, Human Physiology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Animal Physiology, Human Physiology, Biometry. USF
1991-1993 NSF Research Assistant, Independent Research, University of South Florida. Anatomy and histology of sharks.
1989 Undergraduate Independent Research, University of Alaska, Kodiak. Comparative osteology of gadid fishes.
1989 Laboratory Assistant, UA: Teaching assistant: Human Anatomy and Physiology.
EXTERNAL GRANTS:
2001
Rutgers University and the National Marine Fisheries Service. $89,886.
1999-2000 Harvard
Postdoctoral Fellow. $30,000.
1997-1999
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. $80,000.
1993-1997 NRC
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. $56,000.
1992-1996
Miscellaneous Grants In Aid of Research (exceeding $6,700).
1992-1993
University of South Florida Graduate Fellowship. $6,000.
IN HOUSE GRANTS:
2000 URI Alumni
Association Faculty Development Fund, $500
2000 URI-CAS. $500
2000 Hope & Heritage
Fund. $200
2000 URI Foundation. $4000
2000 Competitive Lab Fees
Fund, $12,000, to revise Human Anatomy BIO121
2001 Competitive Lab Fees
Fund, $10,000, to update Chordate Anatomy BIO204
PUBLICATIONS:
2002 Wilga, C.D., R.E. Hueter, P.C. Wainwright and P.J. Motta. Evolution of upper jaw protrusion mechanisms in elasmobranchs. From the Symposium Evolution of feeding motor patterns in vertebrates presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, January 2001, at Chicago, Illinois. Am. Zool., In Press.
2001. Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Fluid dynamics and pectoral fin function in the bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum. J. Morphol., 249:195-209.
2001. Motta, P.J. and C.D. Wilga. Advances in the study of feeding mechanisms, mechanics, and behaviors of sharks. In The Behavior and Sensory Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. An Anthology in memory of Donald Richard Nelson (S. Gruber and T. Tri cas, eds). Dev. Env. Biol. Fish., 20:131-156.
2000. Wilga, C.D., P.C. Wainwright, and P.J. Motta. Evolution of jaw depression mechanics in aquatic vertebrates: Insights from Chondrichthyes. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 71:165-185.
2000. Wilga, C.D. and P.J. Motta. Durophagy in sharks: feeding mechanics of hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna tiburo. J. Exp. Biol., 203: 2781-2796.
2000. Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Three-dimensional kinematics and wake structure of the pectoral fins during locomotion in the leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata. J. Exp. Biol., 203: 2261-2278.
1999. Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Locomotion in sturgeon: Function of the pectoral fins. J. Exp. Biol., 202: 2413-2432.
1999. Motta, P.J. and C.D. Wilga. Anatomy of the feeding apparatus of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. J. Morphol., 241:33-60.
1998b. Wilga, C.D. and P.J. Motta. The feeding mechanism of the Atlantic guitarfish Rhinobatos lentiginosus: Modulation of kinematic and motor activity. J. Exp. Biol., 201: 3167-3183.
1998a. Wilga, C.D. and P.J. Motta. Conservation and variation in the feeding mechanism of the spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias. J. Exp. Biol., 201:1345-1358.
1995. Motta, P.J. and C.D. Wilga. Anatomy of the feeding apparatus of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. J. Morphol., 226:309-329.
MANUSCRIPTS
IN REVIEW AND PREPARATION:
Lauder, G.V., E.G. Drucker, J.C. Nauen, and C.D. Wilga. Experimental hydrodynamics and evolution: caudal fin locomotion in fishes. In Biomechanics and Evolution (V. Bels, editor). Bios Scientific Publishers: Oxford. In Review.
Wilga, C.D. A functional analysis of jaw suspension in elasmobranchs. In Review.
Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Function of the heterocercal tail in sharks: quantitative wake dynamics during steady horizontal swimming and vertical maneuvering. In Prep.
Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Motor activity of the pectoral fins during maneuvering in the leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata. In Prep.
INVITED
SEMINARS:
2001. Wilga, C.D. Evolutionary Novelties in the Feeding Mechanisms of Elasmobranchs. Symposium: Biomechanics of Feeding. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. Jena, Germany.
2001. Wilga, C.D. Fluid dynamics of Locomotion in sharks. Brown University, Rhode Island.
2001. Wilga, C.D., R.E. Hueter, P.C. Wainwright and P.J. Motta. Function and evolution of upper jaw protrusion mechanisms in elasmobranchs. Symposium: Evolution of feeding motor patterns in vertebrates. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Chicago, Illinois.
1999. Wilga, C.D. Functional Morphology and Evolution of Feeding and Locomotion in Fishes. University of Rhode Island, Kingston.
1999. Wilga, C.D. Functional Morphology and Evolution of Feeding and Locomotion in Fishes. University of Alaska, Anchorage.
1999. Wilga, C.D. Functional Morphology and Evolution of Feeding and Locomotion in Fishes. St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York.
1998. Wilga, C.D, P.C. Wainwright, and P.J. Motta. Evolutionary innovations in the feeding mechanism of elasmobranchs. Symposium: Feeding Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes, American Elasmobranch Society, Guelf, Ontario.
1998.
Wilga, C.D. Evolution of feeding mechanisms in elasmobranchs: A functional
morphological approach. Departmental Seminar: Scripps Institute of Oceanography,
CA.
1998. Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Locomotion in sturgeon: effects of speed on body angle and pectoral fin position. Symposium: Mechanisms of metabolism and locomotion in fishes. Southern California Academy of Sciences, California State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona.
1995. Wilga, C.D. Functional morphology of feeding mechanisms in elasmobranchs. University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratory Seminar Series. Friday Harbor.
1994. Wilga, C.D. Functional morphology of the feeding mechanism in sharks. NSF Ford Foundation Fellows Conference, Irvine, CA
SELECTED
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:
2001.
Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Function of the heterocercal tail in
sharks: quantitative wake dynamics during steady horizontal swimming and
vertical maneuvering. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology,
IL.
2000. Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Function
of the pectoral fins during locomotion in bamboo sharks Chiloscyllium
plagiosum. Society
for Integrative and Comparative Biology, GA.
1999. Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Function of the pectoral
fins during swimming in sharks. SICB Vertebrate Morphology Northeast
Regional Meeting. Brown University, RI.
1999.
Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Hydrodynamics of the pectoral fins during
swimming in sturgeon and sharks. Society for Experimental Biology. Edinburgh,
Scotland.
1999.
Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Hydrodynamics of the pectoral fins during swimming
in leopard sharks. Society
for Integrative and Comparative Biology, CO.
1998.
Wilga, C.D. and G.V. Lauder. Flow visualization and kinematics of the body and
pectoral fin during swimming in sturgeon. American Society of Ichthyologists and
Herpetologists, Guelf, Ontario.
1998. Wilga, C.D. A functional analysis of jaw suspension and upper jaw protrusion in elasmobranchs. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Boston, MA.
1997. Wilga, C.D. The feeding mechanism in Atlantic guitarfish: Functional consequences of morphological complexity. American Society of Zoologists. Albuquerque, NM.
1996. Wilga, C.D. and P.J. Motta. Comparative functional morphology of upper jaw protrusion in squaliform and carcharhiniform sharks: A story of evolutionary and functional shifts. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, New Orleans, LO.
1996. Motta, P.J. and C.D. Wilga. Comparative functional morphology of the suspensoria of squaloid and carcharhinoid sharks. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, New Orleans, LO.
1995. Wilga, C.D. Kinematics of the feeding behavior in the Atlantic guitarfish Rhinobatos lentiginosus. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Edmonton, Alberta.
1995. Wilga, C.D. Modulation in the feeding mechanism of the spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias. American Society of Zoologists, Washington D.C.
1994. Wilga, C.D. Ram feeding in the bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo. American Elasmobranch Society, Los Angeles, CA.
1994. Motta, P.J., R.E. Hueter, T.C. Tricas, A.P. Summers, and C.D. Wilga. Feeding mechanics of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris: A morphological, kinematic and electromyographic analysis. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, LA.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
American Elasmobranch Society
International Congress for Vertebrate Morphology
Society for Experimental Biology
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Grant Proposals Reviewed for: National Science Foundation, American Elasmobranch Society.
Manuscripts Reviewed for: Journal of Experimental Biology, Marine Biology,
Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences.
Textbooks and Course Materials Reviewed for: Harcourt Brace College Publishers,
Vertebrate Dissection; Prentice Hall, Human Anatomy by Martini/Timmons/McKinley;
Wadsworth Publishing Company, Fishes: A Field and Laboratory Manual on Their
Structure, Identification, and Natural History.
British Broadcasting Service. 2000. Series: Locomotion in Vertebrates. Television segment on locomotion in sharks with Dr. George Lauder at Harvard University.
Published Interview by Nancy Rowell. Biophotonics News: New theory emerges on how sharks swim. Biophotonics International. 2001, July/August, 22-23.
Committee for Judging Best Student Paper: American Elasmobranch Society 1998
Committee for Graduate Student Participation: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 1996, Graduate Student Workshop. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 1995, Graduate Student Travel Awards.