Department of Biology, Creighton University
2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178-0103
Phone (402) 280-3080 • Fax (402) 280-5595
acullum@creighton.edu • http://biology.creighton.edu/faculty/cullum/
Education:
| 1986 |
B.A. in Zoology Highest Honors, Distinction in the Major University of California, Santa Barbara |
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| 1997 |
Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California, Irvine |
Awards, Grants and Fellowships:
| 1986 | Elected Phi Beta Kappa | |
| 1990 | Regent's Fellowship, U.C. Irvine | |
| 1991 | National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship | |
| 1993 | Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research - $450 | |
| 1993 | Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund Research Grant - $900 | |
| 1993 | Gaige Fund Award - $525 | |
| 1994 | Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research - $450 | |
| 1994 | Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund Research Grant - $670 | |
| 1998 | National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - $80,000 |
Professional Experience:
| 1985-86 | Staff, Museum of Vertebrate Studies, U.C. Santa Barbara | |
| 1988-90 | Veterinary Technician, Santa Fe Animal Clinic, Encinitas, CA | |
| 1997 | Physiology Lab Technician/Programmer | |
| 1997-2000 | Post-doctoral Researcher, U.C. Irvine | |
| 2000-Present | Assistant Professor, Creighton University |
Teaching Experience:
U.C. Irvine
| 1991-1992 | Diversity of Life Lab Instructor | |
| 1993-96 | Physiology Lab Instructor | |
| 1993 & 96 | Field Ecology Teaching Assistant. | |
| 1995 | Physiology Lab Coordinator | |
| 1995-96 | Physiology Lecture Teaching Assistant | |
| 1997 | Physiology – Lecturer |
Creighton University
| 2000-Present | Physiology and Biometry Courses; Undergraduate Research Supervision |
Publications:
| O’Steen, S., A. J. Cullum and A. F. Bennett. 2002. Rapid evolution of escape ability in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Evolution 56(4):776-784. | ||
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Cullum, A. J., A. F. Bennett and R. E. Lenski. 2001. Evolutionary adaptation to temperature. IX. Preadaptation to novel stressful environments of Escherichia coli adapted to high temperature. Evolution 55(11):2194-2202. |
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Bennett, A. F., J. W. Hicks and A. J. Cullum. 2000. An experimental test of the thermoregulatory hypothesis for the evolution of endothermy. Evolution. 54(5):1768-1773. |
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Cullum, A. J. 2000. Phenotypic variability of physiological traits in populations of sexual and asexual whiptail lizards. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 2(7):841-855. |
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Cullum, A. J. 1998. Sexual dimorphism in physiological performance of whiptail lizards (genus Cnemidophorus). Physiological Zoology v.71, n.5, 1998:541-552. |
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Johnson, T. P., A. J. Cullum and A. F. Bennett. 1998. Partitioning the effects of temperature and viscosity on the C-start performance of adult fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology: 201(13): 2045-2051. |
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Cullum, A. J. 1997. Comparisons of physiological performance in sexual and asexual whiptail lizards (genus Cnemidophorus): implications for the role of heterozygosity. American Naturalist 150(1): 24-47. |
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Cullum, A. J. and A. F. Bennett. Selection on rapid start performance in natural populations of the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). In preparation. |
Recent Abstracts
| Cullum, A.J. and W. Gonsalves. 2005. Effects of developmental temperature on growth in Teleogryllus oceanicus: a test of acclimation hypotheses. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2005 Annual Meeting. | |
| Hughes, B., A. J. Cullum and A. F. Bennett. 2005. Evolution to pH Stressors in Escherichia coli. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2005 Annual Meeting. |
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| Cullum, A. J., A. F. Bennett, and R. E. Lenski. 1999. The contribution of maximal growth rate, growth efficiency and starvation resistance to fitness in thermally-selected bacteria. American Zoologist. 39(5): 33A. |
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| Cullum, A. J., A. F. Bennett and R. E. Lenski. 1998. Experimental evolution in environments of differing pH. American Zoologist, v.38(5): 50A. |
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| Cullum, A. J., A. F. Bennett and R. E. Lenski. 1997. Relative fitness of generalists and specialists in thermally variable environments. American Zoologist, v.37(5): 37A. |
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| Cullum, A. J. 1997. The problem of reticulate trees: comparative phylogenetic analyses of interspecific hybrids of Cnemidophorus lizards. 77th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. |
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| Cullum, A. J. and A. F. Bennett. 1996. Selection on escape performance in natural populations of guppies. American Zoologist, 36(5): 60A. |
Recent Presentations:
Invited Presentations
| 1995 | University of California, Riverside Departmental Seminar | |
| 1997 | American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA (Phylogenetic Approaches Symposium) | |
| 1998 | California State University, Fullerton Departmental Seminar | |
| 1998 | Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. Cal Poly Pomona. (Metabolism and Locomotion of Fishes Symposium) | |
| 2003 | University of South Dakota Departmental Seminar | |
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2003 |
Humboldt State University Departmental Seminar |
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2004 |
University of Nebraska, Omaha Departmental Seminar |
Other Presentations
| 1994 | Second World Congress of Herpetology. Adelaide, SA, Australia | |
| 1995 | Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Montreal, Quebec | |
| 1996 | Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, NM | |
| 1997 | Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Boulder, CO | |
| 1998 | Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Boston, MA | |
| 1998 | Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Vancouver, BC | |
| 1999 | Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. |
Computer Programs:
| Didge – Image Digitizing Software for Windows (http://biology.creighton.edu/faculty/cullum/Didge/) | ||
NSL: Natural Selection in the Lab – Evolution Modeling Software |
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Society Memberships:
| American Association for the Advancement of Science | |
| Sigma Xi | |
| Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology | |
| Society for the Study of Evolution |
Reviewer for:
| American Naturalist | |
| American Zoologist | |
| Animal Behaviour | |
| Biology Letters | |
| Copeia | |
| Ecology | |
| Evolution | |
| Journal of Evolutionary Biology | |
| Journal of Experimental Biology | |
| Physiological and Biochemical Zoology |
Academic and Society Service:
| 1993 | UCI - Graduate Student Representative | |
| 1994 | UCI - Faculty Search Committee | |
| 1995 | UCI - Prescription Committee for Incoming Graduate Students | |
| 1995- 2000 | UCI - Comparative Physiology Group Webmaster | |
| 1995-96 | UCI - Physiology Lab Redesign Committee | |
| 1999- 2001 | SICB - Electronic Communications Committee | |
| 2000-Present | Creighton - Biology Webmaster and Sys Admin | |
| 2001-Present | Creighton - Sheehan Scholarship Committee | |
| 2001-2003 | Creighton - Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee | |
| 2003-Present | Creighton - Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee | |
| 2003-Present | Creighton - Research Compliance Committee |