Christopher R. Cooley
Regis University
Department of Biology
Pomponio Science 203A
Denver, CO 80221
303-458-4205
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EDUCATION
M.S. Zoology (August, 1997)
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
B.S. Biology and Chemistry (May, 1992)
Regis College, Denver, Colorado
Magna Cum Laude, Honors Program
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lab Manager/Instructor, Regis University, August 2006 – present
Responsible for lab preparation, instruction, examinations, and grading.
Courses taught:
ENVS 250 Introduction to Environmental Studies
ENVS 251 Introduction to Environmental Studies Laboratory
BL 261 Cellular and Molecular Biology Laboratory
BL 263 Organismic Biology Laboratory
BL 288 Laboratory Preparation Techniques
BL 491 E-W Undergraduate Research in Biology
Instructor, Metropolitan State College of Denver 1998 – present
Responsible for course syllabi, lectures, examinations, assignments and field trips.
Courses taught:
BIO 1000 (Human Biology for Non-Majors)
BIO 1080 (General Introduction to Biology I)
BIO 1090 (General Introduction to Biology Laboratory I)
BIO 1091 (General Introduction to Biology Laboratory II)
BIO 398J (Internship in Wildlife Biology)
BIO 4550 (Animal Ecology)
Teaching Assistant, Colorado State University, 1995-1996.
Taught introductory laboratory courses at Colorado State University. Responsible for lectures, course syllabi, examinations, and lab preparations.
Courses included:
BZCC 120 Principles of Plant Biology
BZCC 110 General Zoology
PUBLICATIONS
Taylor, H. L., C. J. Cole, and C. R. Cooley. 2014. Origins and Evolution in the Aspidoscelis cozumela Complex of Parthenogenetic Teiid Lizards: Morphological and Karyotypic Evidence and Paradoxes. Journal of Herpetology (48)3: 343-354.
Cooley, C. R., S. A. Smith,C. J. Geier, andT. G. Puentes. 2013.The Use of Photo-Identification as a Means of Identifying Western Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta bellii) in Long-Term Demographic Studies. Herpetological Review (44) 3:430-432
Cooley, C. R. and J. Miller. 2011. Morphology: Supernumerary scutes in the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii). Herpetological Review (42)3: 417
Cooley, C. R. 2007. Coloration in the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii). Herpetological Review (38)3: 329.
Cooley, C. R., A. O. Floyd, A. Dollinger, and P.B. Tucker. 2003. Demography and diet of the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) at high-elevation sites in southwestern Colorado. Southwestern Naturalist (48)1: 47-53.
Taylor, H. L. and C. R. Cooley. 1995. Patterns of meristic variation among parthenogenetic teiid lizards (genus Cnemidophorus) of the Yucatan peninsula and their progenitor species, C. angusticeps and C. deppei. Journal of Herpetology. 29: 583-592.
Taylor, H. L. and C. R. Cooley. 1995. A multivariate analysis of morphological variation among parthenogenetic teiid lizards of the Cnemidophoruscozumela complex. Herpetologica 51:67-76.
Taylor, H. L., C. R. Cooley, R. A. Aguilar, and C. J. Obana. 1992. Factors affecting clutch size in the teiid lizards Cnemidophorus tigris gracilis and C. t. septentrionalis. Journal of Herpetology. 26:443-447.
PRESENTATIONS
Predation among adult painted turtles (Chrysemys picta): Are females more at risk than males? (Presented at the 2003 annual meeting of the Colorado Academy of Science at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley)
Variation in growth rates between two populations of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) from Colorado. (Presented at the 2003 annual meeting of the Colorado Academy of Science at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley)
Population ecology of the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) from southwestern Colorado. (Presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the Colorado Academy of Science at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs)
Diet of the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) from southwestern Colorado. (Presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the Colorado Academy of Science at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs)
Morphological variation among parthenogenetic teiid lizards of the Cnemidophorus cozumela complex. (Presented at the 1992 annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles in El Paso, Texas)
FACULTY MENTOR; MSUDenver Undergraduate Research Symposium
5th annual April 22, 2016
Mule Deer and White Tail Deer Habitat Density and Population Density in
Chatfield State Park
Thomas Duff
4th annual May 1, 2015
Benthic Invertebrate Taxa in the Blue River and South Platte River as a Bioassessment of Stream Health
Eric M. Klein
3rd annual April 25, 2014
Testing the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis in a Lotic Ecosystem Following Catastrophic Flooding in Boulder, Colorado
Stephanie Gomolka
THESIS
Ecology of the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) in southwestern Colorado (May, 1997)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Ecological Society of America
Southwestern Association of Naturalists
Colorado Wyoming Academy of Science
Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians
TriBeta Society
HONORS
Recipient – Class of 1992 Biology Award, Regis College
Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
National Dean’s List
Colorado Scholars Award
Alpha Sigma Nu (Jesuit Honor Society)
REFERENCES
Joan Foster, Ph.D., Dean (303) 556-3213
School of Arts and Letters, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO
Ford Lux III, Ph.D., Chair(303) 556-3213
Department of Biology, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO
Marie-dominique Franco, Ph.D., Chair(303) 458-4198
Department of Biology, Regis University, Denver, CO