CURRICULUM VITAE

RANK:    Instructor of Biology

Time at EOU:    2005

DEGREES:               Ph.D., University of Parma, Italy; 

                                  M. A. University of California, Berkeley

RESEARCH AREA AND INTERESTS:

• Natural Sciences

• Animal behavior

• Zoology

• History of Science

• Wildlife Photography

EDUCATION                                                                                                     

M. A.        June 1984, Master of Arts in Zoology, University of California at Berkeley, CA

Ph.D.      May 1981, Doctoral Degree in Natural Sciences (Dottore in Scienze Naturali), Summa Cum Laude Universita’ di Parma, Italy

ACCADEMICAL

Instructor of Biology  (Winter 2005 - Present) - Eastern Oregon University, La Grande OR  
Teaching:

• General Biology Laboratories  211-212 and 104
• Microbiology Laboratories 234L
• History of Science - SCI 239 (on campus and on-line)
• Enophilia (Introduction to viticulture and enology) X10

Visiting Professor (2004) - Universita’ di Verona, Verona Italy.
     Teaching:  Cultural Tourism, Internet Marketing and Outdoor Tourism to Graduate students of the Master Degree in Cultural Tourism.

Post-Doctoral Studies:  (1982)

Prof. George Barlow -  Zoology Department,  University of California at Berkeley.

Research on fish behavior, ontogeny of behavior, aggression.

Under-Graduate Studies:  (1976 - 1979)

Prof. Emilio Parisi - Dipartimento di Zoologia - Universita’ di Parma, Italy.

Research on rodent behavior, ontogeny of behavior, aggression

Graduate Teaching Assistant: Biology and Ichthyology courses  (1983, 1984)

Zoology Department  University of California, Berkeley.

 Arranged student laboratories for these two classes.

Graduate Teaching Assistant: Underwater Research Diving Course  (1984)

University of California, Berkeley.

Instructed student for this underwater research (pool and ocean sessions) diving class which was mandatory for all that wanted to conduct underwater research at UC Berkeley.

Lab Manager and Technician:  (1983-4)

Prof. George Barlow -  Zoology Department – Ichthyology   University of California, Berkeley. Ichthyology Laboratory in the Life Science Building

Laboratory  & Field Technician:  (1978 - 1981)

Prof. Emilio Parisi, Prof. Luis Nieder, Prof Stefano Parmigiani - Dipartimento di Zoologia - Universita’ di Parma, Italy

Research on rat behavior, in laboratory and field.

 
COMPUTER SOFTWARE

Genebank/EMBL (Internet BLAST), MicrosoftWord,  Word Perfect,  Blackboard, Macromedia, Ms SQL, Microsoft Access, Photoshop, Adobe Pagemaker,

SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS

1983 – UC Berkeley, Zoology Dept. Full tuition Scholarship

1984 - UC Berkeley, Zoology Dept. Full tuition Scholarship

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

History of Science Society

PUBLICATIONS

Valerio, M.; Barlow, G.W. 1986. Ontogeny of young Midas cichlids: a study of feeding, filial cannibalism and agonism in relation to differences in size. Biology and Behaviour 11: 16-35