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faculty
Robert Gegear, PhD
Associate Professor
Biology
Contact
508-910-6903
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Science & Engineering 335A
Education
| 2010 | University of Massachusetts Medical School | Postdoc |
| 2006 | University of Toronto | Postdoc |
| 2002 | Western University | PhD |
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
Students with senior standing (or others with consent of the instructor) report on and discuss current biological problems as presented in principle journals, abstracts and reviews. The work of each seminar is usually built upon a single unifying content area.
Students with senior standing (or others with consent of the instructor) report on and discuss current biological problems as presented in principle journals, abstracts and reviews. The work of each seminar is usually built upon a single unifying content area.
One to four hours in varied formats Selected topics in Biology. In recent years these have included physiology and biochemistry of marine animals, evolutionary ecology, biology of marine mammals, morphometrics and phylogenetic systematics, and extremophiles.
One to four hours in varied formats Selected topics in Biology. In recent years these have included physiology and biochemistry of marine animals, evolutionary ecology, biology of marine mammals, morphometrics and phylogenetic systematics, and extremophiles.
Terms and hours to be arranged. Graded A-F.
Research
Research awards
- $ 599,926 awarded by National Science Foundation for Connecting Undergraduates to Biodiversity Instruction through Citizen Science (CUBICS)
- $ 8,799 awarded by Landscape Interactions LLC for MA Lawn Conversion Project
- $ 3,399 awarded by Landscape Interactions LLC for NY Pollinate Now!
Research
Research interests
- Conservation of native pollination systems
- Neuroecology of plant-pollinator interactions
- Multi-modal sensory integration
- Floral evolution
- Bumblebee ecology
Select publications
- Gegear, RJ., Heath, K., and EF Ryder (2021).
Modeling scale up of anthropogenic impacts from individual pollinator behavior to pollination systems
Conservation Biology, 35, 1519-1529. - Gegear, RJ (2021).
Exploring the Role of Cognition in the Annual Fall Migration of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Insects, 12, 760. - Burdon RCF, Raguso R, Gegear RJ, Scofield D, Kessler A, Pierce E, and AL Parachnowitsch (2020).
Scented nectar and the challenge of measuring honest signals in pollination
Journal of Ecology, 108, 2132–2144.