Present Position
Joint Science Department
The Claremont Colleges
Claremont, CA 91711
Phone: (909) 607 8014
FAX: (909) 621 8588
Email: mpreest@jsd.claremont.edu
Education
1993, Ph.D., Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, USA
1988, M.S., Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, USA
1985, B.Sc. (Hons), Zoology, Otago University, NZ
Fields of Research Interest
- Physiology and Ecology of Animal Energetics
- Thermal Biology of Terrestrial Ectotherms
- Osmoregulatory Physiology
- Herpetology
- Muscle Physiology
Recent Sabbatical Research (Spring, 2004)
- Collaborated with Dr. Alison Cree (University of Otago, NZ) on a study of the interaction between body temperature regulation and the hormonal stress response in female common geckos (Hoplodactylus maculatus)
Courses Currently Taught
- Comparative Physiology
- Vertebrate Physiology Lab
- Physiological Ecology
- Concepts in Biology
- Introductory Biology Lab
Representative Publications
Preest, M.R., C.L. Tyrrell, and A. Cree. 2005. ACTH-induced stress response during pregnancy in a viviparous gecko: No observed effect on offspring quality. Journal of Experimental Zoology 303A: 823-835.
Preest, M.R., R. J. Gonzalez, and R. Wilson. 2005. A pharmacological examination of Na+ and Cl- transport in two species of freshwater fish. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78: 259-272Cree, A, C.L. Tyrrell, M.R. Preest, D. Thorburn, and L.J. Guillette, Jr. 2003. Protecting embryos from stress: corticosterone effects and the corticosterone response to capture and confinement during pregnancy in a live-bearing lizard (Hoplodactylus maculatus). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 134: 316-329.
Preest, M.R., D. Folk, and C.A. Beuchat. 2003. Decomposition of nitrogenous compounds by intestinal bacteria in hummingbirds. The Auk 120: 1091-1101.
Preest, M.R. and F.H. Pough. 2003. Effects of body temperature and hydration state on organismal performance of toads, Bufo americanus. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 76: 229-239.
Meyer, V.M., M.R. Preest, and S.M. Lochetto. 2002. Autotomy and predator defense in lizards: Is a regenerated tail as effective as the original? Herpetologica 58: 75-86.
Beuchat, C.A., M.R. Preest, and E.J. Braun. 1999. Glomerular and medullary architecture in the kidney of Anna’s hummingbird. Journal of Morphology 240: 95-100.
Gonzalez, R.J. and M.R. Preest. 1999. Ionoregulatory specializations for exceptional tolerance of ion-poor acidic waters in the neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72: 156-163.
Pough, F.H., M.R. Preest, and M.H. Fusari. 1997. Prey-handling and the evolutionary ecology of sand-swimming lizards (Lerista: Scincidae). Oecologia 112: 351-361.
Preest, M.R. and C.A. Beuchat. 1997. Ammonia excretion by hummingbirds. Nature 386: 561-562.
Preest, M.R. 1993. Mechanisms of growth rate reduction in acid-exposed larval salamanders, Ambystoma maculatum. Physiological Zoology 66: 686-707.