Winston C. Lancaster: Curriculum Vitae

Updated: 28 August 2007

CURRICULUM VITAE

WINSTON C. LANCASTER, PH.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
California State University, Sacramento
Sacramento, California 95819 6077

office phone: (916) 278 6360
fax: (916) 278 6993
email: wlancaster@csus.edu
website: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/L/lancasterw/index.html

Education
Ph. D., May, 1994 Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Dissertation: Morphological and Physiological Correlates of Biosonar Vocalization in Bats
Advisor: O.W. Henson, Jr.
M.S., December, 1982 Louisiana State University, Department of Geology
Thesis: A Morphological and Paleoecological Analysis of the Archaeoceti of Montgomery Landing, Louisiana, Advisor: Judith A. Schiebout
B.S., June, 1979 Auburn University, Department of Zoology and Entomology

Employment History
Jan. 1999 - June, 2002 School of Osteopathic Medicine, Pikeville College, Pikeville, Kentucky
Assistant Professor - Course Coordinator, principle instructor for Medical Gross Anatomy

Oct. 1997 - Sept. 1998 Department of Zoology, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
Visiting Scholar
Sponsor: Jens Rydell

Oct. 1994 - July 1997 Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Sponsor: John R. Speakman

Aug. 1987 - Oct. 1994 Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
Supervisor: O.W. Henson, Jr.

Sept. 1986 - Aug. 1987 Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville
Biological Scientist

June 1984 - Aug. 1986 Idaho Museum of Natural History, Idaho State University, Pocatello
Preparator of Vertebrate Fossils

Nov. 1982 - May 1984 Red Mountain Museum, Birmingham, Alabama
Vertebrate Preparator

Aug. 1979 - Oct. 1982 Department of Geology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
Supervisor: Judith A. Schiebout

Teaching Experience

California State University, Sacramento
Introduction to Human Anatomy – systemically based human anatomy; lower-division
Advanced Human Anatomy – regionally based cadaveric anatomy; upper-division
Review of Human Gross Anatomy – detailed musculoskeletal anatomy for students in Physical Therapy; graduate
Mammalogy – structure, physiology, ecology, behavior and classification of mammals; upper division
Comparative Vertebrate Morphology – systemic morphology of vertebrates from an evolutionary and functional perspective; upper division

Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine
Medical Gross Anatomy, Course Coordinator and primary instructor
Lectures, laboratories, small group sessions, examinations and course administration

Göteborg University
Zoomorphology and Tropical Field Biology
Assist with field activities and graduate and undergraduate research projects

University of Aberdeen
Recent Advances in Mammalogy (upper level undergraduate), Guest lecturer (one lecture per year)

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Medical Gross Anatomy Laboratory, instructor, tutor

Louisiana State University
Paleozoology Laboratory, instructor

Invited Presentations

May, 2006, Speleo-Ed Seminar 2006, Western Region of the National Speleological Society, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Arnold, California

Singing for Your Supper: Echolocation for Navigation and Prey Detection by Bats

November, 2004, Depts. of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies, California State University, Sacramento

I’m Little but I’m Loud: Power, Body Size and Echolocation in Bats

November, 2002, Dept. of Biology, San Diego State University
Singing for Your Supper: The Economics of Echolocation in Bats

September, 2002, Dept. of Biological Sciences, California State University, Sacramento
Singing for Your Supper: The Economics of Echolocation in Bats

December, 2001, Dept. of Biological Sciences, California State University Sacramento
Respiratory Muscles and Biosonar in Bats: Adaptations for Efficiency

June, 2001, Dept. of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Respiratory Muscles and Biosonar in Bats: Adaptations for Efficiency

May, 2001, Dept. of Anatomy, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa.
Respiratory Muscles and Biosonar in Bats: Adaptations for Efficiency

April, 2001, Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Singing for Your Supper: The Economics of Echolocation in Bats

November, 1999, Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine, Pikeville, Kentucky
The Thoraco-abdominal wall - Classical Interpretations and Changing Concepts

April, 1997, Dept. of Zoology, Göteborg University, Sweden
Functional Morphology and Energetics of Biosonar Vocalization in Bats

April, 1996, Dept. of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K.
Integration of Echolocation and Flight in Bats in Bats.

July, 1995, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens
Morphology and Physiology of Biosonar Vocalization in Bats

February, 1995, Division of Biological Sciences, Bristol University, England, U.K.
Morphology and Physiology of Biosonar Vocalization in Bats

May, 1994, Dept. of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Morphology and Physiology of Biosonar Vocalization in Bats

February, 1987, Dept. of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville
Evolution of the Middle Ear of the Archaeoceti

May, 1985, Dept. of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz
Evolution of the Middle Ear in Primitive Cetaceans

January, 1984, Dept. of Dental Anatomy, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Comparative Dental Anatomy in Mammals

Service
California State University, Sacramento

Goethe Bequest Committee 2005 -

Motor Pool Committee 2005 -

Executive Committee – 2004-2005 academic year

Safety Committee – 2003-2005

Honors Committee – 2003 -

Academic Council, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics – 2003-2005

Search Committee for Anatomist/Physiologist – Fall, 2003

Pre-health Care Advising Group – Fall, 2003

Ad Hoc Working Group on Faculty Evaluations – 2002

The Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Ohio

Doctoral Committee of Daniel Schnopp-Wyatt – 2001-2005

North American Symposium on Bat Research

Board of Directors, 2004-2006

Local host for 35^th annual meeting, 2005.

Research Techniques
Anatomical dissection, description and illustration
Electromyography
Radiotelemetry
Recording and analysis of ultrasonic signals
Histological sectioning and staining
Enzyme Histochemistry
Infrared thermography
Respirometry
Field Biology

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