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Instructional Summary

CURRICULUM VITAE

ROBERT T. MASON

 

 

PERSONAL:

Department of Zoology

3029 Cordley Hall

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR 97331-2914

Phone: 541-737-4107; Fax: 541-737-0501    

E-mail:  masonr@science.oregonstate.edu

 

EDUCATION:
1987-1991
 Senior Staff Fellow, Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.  Postdoctoral advisor:  Henry M. Fales
1990
 Recombinant DNA Methodology, NIH, Bethesda, MD
1982-1987
 University of Texas at Austin (Ph.D., Zoology) Dissertation Title: Sex pheromones and the mediation of reproduction in the red-sided garter snake.  Doctoral advisor:  David Crews
1985-1987
 National Institute of Mental Health Predoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
1978-1982
 College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA (B.A., Biology)
   
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2004 - present Chair, Biology Program, Oregon State University
2003 - present Professor, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University
2002 - 2004 Interim Chair, Biology Program, Oregon State University
2002 - present Graduate Faculty, Science and Math Education, Oregon State University
2001 - present  Adjunct Professor, Environmental Sciences Program, Washington State University, Vancouver
2000 - present Honors College Faculty, Oregon State University
1998 - 1999 Visiting Scientist: Centre for Conservation Biology, and Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia
1996 - present Faculty member, Environmental Sciences Program, Oregon State University
1996 - present Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University
1996 - present J.C. Braly Curator of Vertebrates, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University
1995 - present Adjunct Professor, Centre for Conservation Biology, University of Queensland, Australia
1992 - 1996 Research Faculty, Research Experiences for Undergraduates, H.J. Andrews Program
1991 - 1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University 
1991 - present Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, University of Memphis
1990 - 1991 Senior Staff Fellow, Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
1987 - 1990 Staff Fellow, Laboratory of Chemistry, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD
1984-1987 Assistant Instructor, University of Texas at Austin
 
PROFESSIONAL EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY BOARDS:

Editorial Board, Journal of Chemical Ecology, June 2001-2006

Executive Board, Chemical Signals in Vertebrates Conference

Advisory Board, Center for Advanced Studies in Amazonian Biodiversity, Sao Paolo, Brazil

Advisory Board, Manitoba Department of Conservation, Manitoba, Canada
 
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS:

Scientific Fellow, The Zoological Society of London, 2001

National Science Foundation - Presidential Young Investigator, 1993-1998

National Institute of Mental Health - Predoctoral Fellowship, 1985-1987

Who's Who in American Science

Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Honor Society

AAAS/SWARM Best Student Paper Award, 1987

International Society of Chemical Ecology Travel Award, 1986

AAAS/SWARM Best Student Paper Award, 1984

American Society of Zoologists Travel Award, 1983
   
UNIVERSITY AWARDS:

Loyd Carter Award finalist for excellence in undergraduate teaching, 2002

Thomas T. Sugihara Young Faculty Research Award, 1996

Loyd Carter Award finalist for excellence in undergraduate teaching, 1993
   
INVITED SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANT:

Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network. Keynote Speaker. September 27-30, 2002. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  

Brown Tree Snake Research and Management.  August 6-10, 2001. Agana, Guam. (declined).

Snake Ecology 2000.  September 22-24, 2000.  Ozark Natural Science Center, Arkansas.

Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network. Keynote Speaker.  September 21-24, 2000.  Pinticton, British Columbia, Canada. (declined).

Ecological and Evolutionary Aspects of Chemical Communication.  Chemical Signals in Vertebrates IX. July 26-30, 2000.  Cracow, Poland.

Natural History and Ecology of Snakes of the Pacific Northwest.  Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology.  March 23-26, 1999.  Ashland, Oregon.

Celebrating Research in Biomedical Mass Spectrometry: A Symposium in Honor of Dr. Hank Fales.  National Institutes of Health.  September 16, 1998.  Bethesda, Maryland.

Brown Tree Snake Research Symposium.  July 27-29, 1998.  Honolulu, Hawaii.

Phenology of Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles: Integrating Organism-level and Population-level Perspectives.  American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.  July 14-18, 1998.  Guelph, Ontario, Canada (declined).

Snake Ecology for the 21st Century.  October 25-27, 1997.  Tyler, Texas.

Identification of Vertebrate Pheromones.  Chemical Signals in Vertebrates VIII.  July 20-25, 1997.  Ithaca, New York.

IUCN Climate and Atmospheric Working Group Workshop.  February 24, 1996.  Corvallis, Oregon.

Closing the Knowledge Gap.  Center for Field Research (Earthwatch).  October 6-8, 1994.  Boston, Massachusetts.

Chemical Communication in Vertebrates and Invertebrates: Nature, Neuroregulation and           Molecular Receptors of Pheromones.  Jacques Monod Conference.  October 10-14, 1994.  Aussois, France (declined).

Field and Behavioral Endocrinology. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. July 28-1 August, 1994. Athens, Georgia.

Acoustic and Chemical Communication.  Second World Congress of Herpetology. December 28, 1993-January 6, 1994.  Adelaide, South Australia (declined).

Hormonal Control of Behavior.  XII International Congress on Comparative Endocrinology. May 16-21, 1993. Toronto, Canada.

Sea Lamprey Olfaction Workshop.  October 29-31, 1993.  Minneapolis, Minnesota.

U.S.-Japan Joint Congress on Snake Control for Human Health and Wildlife Conservation.  September 27-30, 1992. Okinawa, Japan.

Second U.S.-Japan Workshop on New Models in the Life Sciences.  March 16-17, 1992.  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

Semiochemicals in Vertebrates.  International Society of Chemical Ecology.  July 2-7, 1991. Dijon, France (declined).

Behavioral Endocrinology: Studies in the Field.  Animal Behavior Society.  June 1-6, 1991.  Wilmington, North Carolina.

Reptilian Chemical Senses.  June 15-16, 1991.  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Physiology, Genetics, and Neurobiology.  Turtle Cove Snake Ecology Symposium.  August 2-5, 1990.  Turtle Cove Biological Research Station, Louisiana.

Chemical Ecology of Reptiles. International Society of Chemical Ecology. June 24-27, 1988. Athens, Georgia.

Chemical Signals: Physiology and Behavior.  AAAS-SWARM Division. March 28-31, 1984.  Lubbock, Texas.

   
CONTRIBUTED PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

Oregon Academy of Science. February 28, 2004. Portland, OR.

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, January 5-9, 2004.  New Orleans, LA.

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates X.  July 29-1 August, 2003.  Corvallis, OR.

Animal Behavior Society. July 19-23, 2003. Boise, ID.

Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.  June 25-29, 2003. Cincinnati, OH.

International Society of Chemical Ecology. August 6-10, 2002.  Hamburg, Germany.

Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.  June 26-30, 2002. Amherst, MA.

Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology.  April 3-6, 2002. Hood River, OR.

Animal Behavior Society. July 14-18, 2001. Corvallis, OR.

International Society of Chemical Ecology. July 7-12, 2001.  Lake Tahoe, NV.

Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.  June 27-30, 2001. Scottsdale, AZ.

Northwest Reproductive Sciences Symposium. April 20-21, 2001. Corvallis, OR.

Western Regional Conference of Comparative Endocrinology. March 23-25, 2000. Corvallis,OR.

Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology.  March 14-18, 2000. Ocean Shores, WA.

Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.  June 23-26, 1999. Charlottesville, VA.

Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology.  March 22-26, 1999. Ashland, OR.

Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.  June 21-24, 1998. Atlanta, GA.

Western Regional Conference of Comparative Endocrinology. March 13-15, 1998. Flagstaff, AZ.

Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology.  March 25-28, 1998.  Olympia, WA.

International Society of Chemical Ecology.  July 12-16, 1997. Vancouver, BC, Canada.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Herpetologists League - Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. June 26 - July 2, 1997.  Seattle, WA.

Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Pacific Division.  June 22-26, 1997.  Corvallis, OR.

Western Regional Conference of Comparative Endocrinology. March 24-5, 1996. Berkeley, CA.   Society for Northwest Vertebrate Biology.  March 21-22, 1996.  Corvallis, OR.

XXIV International Ethological Conference.  August 10-17, 1995.  Honolulu, HI.

Western Regional Conference of Comparative Endocrinology. March 23-5, 1995. Seattle, WA.

Australian and New Zealand Comparative Physiologists. December 8-10, 1994. Brisbane, Queensland.

23rd Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, December 11-13, 1994. Brisbane, Queensland.

International Society of Chemical Ecology.  June 4-8, 1994.  Syracuse, NY.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.  May 27-June 2, 1993. Austin, TX.

Western Regional Conference of Comparative Endocrinology. March 26-7, 1993. Boulder, CO.

American Society of Zoologists.  December 27-30, 1992. Vancouver, British Columbia. (session chair).

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates VI.  June 16-22, 1991.  Philadelphia, PA.

The Care and Use of Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish in Research.  April 8-9, 1991.  New Orleans, LA.

American Association of Animal Laboratory Science.  October 14-18, 1990. Milwaukee, WI.

International Society of Chemical Ecology.  August 11-15, 1990.  Quebec City, Canada.

Herpetologists League-Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Annual Meeting. August 5-9, 1990.  New Orleans, LA. (session chair).

Gordon Research Conference: Taste and Smell.  July 15-20, 1990.  Plymouth, NH.

American Society for Mass Spectrometry.  June 3-8, 1990. Tucson, AZ.

American Society for Mass Spectrometry Ion Trapping in Mass Spectrometry.  March 3-5, 1990. Sanibel Island, FL.

American Society of Zoologists.  December 27-30, 1989. Boston, MA. (session chair).

American Society for Mass Spectrometry.  May 21-26, 1989. Miami, FL.

American Society for Mass Spectrometry. June 7-12, 1988. San Francisco, CA.

XX International Ethological Conference. August 7-16, 1987. Madison, WI.

AAAS-SWARM Division. March 31-April 4, 1987. Austin, TX.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.  June 21-26, 1987. Albany, NY.

International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste IX. July 20-24, 1986. Snowmass, CO.

International Society of Chemical Ecology. June 21-24, 1986. Berkeley, CA.

American Society of Zoologists. December 27-30, 1985. Baltimore, MD.

International Symposium on Chemical Signals in Vertebrates IV. July 27-29, 1985. Laramie,WY.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Herpetologists League - Society for the

Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. July 28-August 3, 1984. Norman, OK.

American Society of Zoologists. December 27-30, 1983. Philadelphia, PA.

   
INVITED LECTURES AND SERVICE
TO OTHER UNIVERSITIES:
 
2003

College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University

Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
2001 Washington State University at Vancouver, Vancouver, Washington
2000

University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee

Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana

Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon
1999

Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand

University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

University of Oregon, Center for Neuroscience, Eugene, Oregon

Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Science Center, Pacific Grove, California
1998

National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado

University of Queensland, Center for Conservation Biology, Ste. Lucia, Australia

University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California

Oregon State University, (Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife)

University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1997

University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Saint Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois
1996 Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
1995

University of California, Davis - Bodega Marine Laboratory

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Willamette University, Salem, Oregon

Oregon Graduate Institute, Beaverton, Oregon

Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon
1994

University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, Oregon
1993

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon

Robert S. Dow Neurological Sciences Center, Portland, Oregon
1992

University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Blue River, Oregon

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
1991 Walla Walla College, Walla Walla, Washington
1990

State University of New York-Syracuse, New York

Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee

Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee

Washington Area Mass Spectrometry Group, Washington, DC
1989

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NIH-Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism, NHLBI, Bethesda, Maryland
1988

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, New York

National Zoological Park, Washington, DC

Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland

NIH-Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, NIDDK, Bethesda, Maryland
1987

NIH - Laboratory of Chemistry, NHLBI, Bethesda, Maryland

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts

NIH - Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, NHLBI, Bethesda, Maryland

NIMH-Laboratory of Brain, Evolution, and Behavior, Poolesville, Maryland
1986 Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
   
PUBLICATIONS

1.                  Carley, W.W., Caracciolo, E.A. and R.T. Mason. (1983). Cell and coelomic fluid volume regulation in the earthworm, (Lumbricus terrestris). Comparative  Biochemistry and Physiology, 74A: 569‑75. [pdf]

 

2.                  Crews, D., Camazine, B., Diamond, M., Mason, R., Tokarz, R. and W.R. Garstka. (1984). Hormonal independence of courtship behavior in the male garter snake.  Hormones and Behavior, 18: 29‑41. [pdf]

 

3.                  Whittier, J.M., Mason, R.T. and D. Crews. (1985). Mating in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis: Differential effects on male and female sexual behavior. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 16: 257‑61. [pdf]

 

4.                  Mason, R.T. and D. Crews. (l985). Female mimicry in garter snakes. Nature,  316: 59‑60. [pdf]

 

5.                  Crews, D., Diamond, M., Whittier, J. and R. Mason. (1985). Small male body size in garter snakes depends on testes.  American Journal of Physiology, 249: R62‑66.  [pdf]

 

6.                  Mason, R.T. and D. Crews. (l986). Pheromone mimicry in garter snakes. In: "Chemical Signals in Vertebrates IV."  D. Duvall, D. Müller‑Schwarze, and R. Silverstein (Eds.).  Plenum Press, New York. pp. 279‑283.  [pdf]

 

7.                  Nelson, R., Mason, R.T., Krohmer, R.W. and D. Crews. (1987). Pinealectomy blocks vernal courtship behavior in red‑sided garter snakes.  Physiology and Behavior,  39: 231‑233.  [pdf]

 

8.                  Mason, R.T., Chinn, J.W. and D. Crews. (1987). Sex and seasonal differences in the skin lipids of garter snakes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 87B: 999‑1003.  [pdf]

 

9.                  Whittier, J.M., Mason, R.T. and D. Crews. (1987). Plasma steroid hormone levels of female red‑sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis: Relationship to mating and gestation.  General and Comparative Endocrinology, 67: 33‑43.  [pdf]

 

10.              Whittier, J.M., Mason, R.T., Crews, D. and P. Licht. (1987). Role of light and temperature in the regulation of reproduction in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis.  Canadian Journal of Zoology, 65: 2090‑2096.  [pdf]

 

11.              Mason, R.T., Chinn, J.W. and D. Crews. (1987). Skin lipids of garter snakes serve as semiochemicals. In: "From Reception to Perception: An International Symposium on Chemical Senses." S.D. Roper, Jelle Atema, and M. Mozzell (Eds.).  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, New York. pp. 472‑474.  [pdf]

 

12.              Mason, R.T., Fales, H.M., Jones, T.H., Pannell, L.K., Chinn, J.W. and D. Crews. (1989). Sex pheromones in snakes. Science, 245: 290‑293.  [pdf]

 

13.              Mason, R.T., Fales, H.M., Jones, T.H., O'Brien, L. B., Blum, M.S., Taylor, T.W. and C.L. Hogue. (1989). Characterization of Fulgorid waxes (Homoptera:Fulgoridae:Insecta). Insect Biochemistry, 19: 737‑740.  [pdf]

 

14.              Pannell, L.K., Pu, Q.‑L., Fales, H.M., Mason, R.T. and J.L. Stephenson. (1989). Intermolecular processes in the ion-trap mass spectrometer. Analytical Chemistry, 61: 2500‑2503.  [pdf]

 

15.              Pannell, L.K., Pu, Q.‑L., Mason, R.T. and H.M. Fales. (1990). Fragment pathway analysis using automated tandem mass spectrometry on an ion-trap mass spectrometer.  Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 4: 103‑107.  [pdf]

 

16.              Mason, R.T. and W.H.N. Gutzke. (1990). Sex recognition in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius (Sauria:Gekkonidae): Possible mediation by skin‑derived semiochemicals. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 16: 27‑36.  [pdf]

 

17.              Mason, R.T., Jones, T.H., H.M. Fales, Pannell, L.K. and D. Crews. (1990). Characterization, synthesis, and behavioral responses to the sex attractiveness pheromones of  red‑sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 16: 2353‑2369. [pdf]

 

18.              Peden, D.B., Hohman, R., Brown, M.E., Mason, R.T., Berkebile, C., Fales, H.M. and M.A. Kaliner. (l990). Uric acid is a major antioxidant in human nasal airway secretions.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 87: 7638‑7642.  [pdf]

 

19.              Weldon, P.J., Mason, R.T. and M.J. Tanner. (1990).  Lipids in the Rathke's gland secretions of hatchling Kemp's Ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempi). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 96B: 705-708.  [pdf]

 

20.              Mason, R.T., Fales, H.M., Eisner, M. and T. Eisner. (l99l). Wax of a whitefly and its utilization by a Chrysopid larva. Naturwissenschaften, 78: 28-30.  [pdf]

 

21.              Mason, R.T., Hoyt, R.F. Jr., Pannell, L.K. and E. Wellner. (l99l).  Cage design and configuration for arboreal reptiles.  Laboratory Animal Science, 41: 84-86.  [pdf]

 

22.              Mason, R.T., Macmillan, S., Whittier, J.M., Krohmer, R.W. and W. Koonz. (l99l).  Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis (red‑sided garter snake) population morph variation. Herpetological Review, 22: 61.  [pdf]

 

23.              Murata, Y., Yeh, H.J.C., Pannell, L.K., Jones, T.H., Fales, H.M. and R.T. Mason. (l99l). New ketodienes from the integumental lipids of the Guam brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis. Journal of Natural Products, 54: 233-240.  [pdf]

 

24.              Fales, H.M., Pu, Q.‑L., Mason, R.T. and L.K. Pannell. (l99l). The ion trap mass spectrum of sulphur.  International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes, 106: 273-281.  [pdf]

 

25.              Mason, R.T.  (1992).  Reptilian Pheromones.  In: "Biology of the Reptilia: Behavioral Physiology."  C. Gans and D. Crews (Eds.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago. pp. 114-228.

 

26.              Couper, P.J., Whittier, J., Mason, R.T. and Ingram, G.J. (l992). A nesting record for Coeranoscincus reticulatus (Gunther). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 32(1): 60.  [pdf]

 

27.              Mason, R.T., Hoyt, R.F. Jr., Pannell, L.K., E. Wellner and B. Demeter. (l992).  Cage design and configuration for arboreal reptiles.  In: “The Care and Use of Amphibians, Reptiles and Fish in Research.” D.O. Schaeffer, K.M. Kleinow and L. Krulisch (Eds.). Scientists Center for Animal Welfare, Bethesda, Maryland. pp. 72-74.

 

28.              Mason, R.T. (1993).  Chemical ecology of the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis.  Brain, Behavior, and Evolution, 41: 261-268.  [pdf]

 

29.              W.H.N. Gutzke, Tucker, C. and R.T. Mason. (1993).  Chemical recognition of kingsnakes by crotalines: Effects of size on the ophiophage defensive response.  Brain, Behavior, and Evolution, 41: 234-238.  [pdf]

 

30.              Mason, R.T. (1994).  Hormonal and pheromonal correlates of reproductive behavior in garter snakes.  In: "Perspectives in Comparative Endocrinology" K. Davies, (Ed.) Research Journals Division of the National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. pp. 427-432.  [pdf]

 

31.              Mason, R.T.  (1994).  The potential of pheromonal control of reptilian populations.  In: "Luring Lampreys: Assessing the Feasibility of Using Odorants to Control Sea Lamprey in the Great Lakes."  P. Sorensen (Ed.). Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbor, Michigan. pp. 24-34.  [pdf]

 

32.              Jaffe, K., Blum, M.S., Fales, H.M., Mason, R.T. and A. Cabrera. (1995).  On insect attractants from pitcher plants of the genus Heliamphora (Sarraceniaceae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 21: 379-384.  [pdf]

 

33.              Whittier, J.M. and R.T. Mason.  (1996).  Plasma triglyceride and ß-hydroxybutyric acid levels in red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) at emergence from hibernation. Experientia, 52:145-148.  [pdf]

 

34.              Smith, M.T. and R.T. Mason. (1997). Gonadotropin antagonist modulates courtship behavior in male red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. Physiology and Behavior, 61: 137-143.  [pdf]

 

35.              Smith, M.T., Moore, F.L. and Mason, R.T. (1997).  Neuroanatomical distribution of Chicken-I gonadotropin-releasing hormone (cGnRH-I) in the brain of the male red-sided garter snake. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution, 49: 137-148.  [pdf]

 

 

36.              Greene, M.J., Nichols, D.K., Hoyt, R.J. and R.T. Mason. (1997).  The brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) as a laboratory animal. Lab Animal 26: 28-31. (*Cover Photo).  [pdf]

 

37.              Bull, K.H., Mason, R.T. and J.M. Whittier.  (1997).  Seasonal testicular development and sperm storage in tropical and subtropical populations of the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis).  Australian Journal of Zoology, 45: 479-488.  [pdf]

 

38.              Mason, R.T., Chivers, D., Mathis, A. and A.R. Blaustein.  (1998).  Bioassays with Amphibians and Reptiles.  In: " Methods in Chemical Ecology" J. Millar and K. Haynes (Eds.). Chapman & Hall, New York. pp. 271-325. 

 

39.              Mason, R.T. (1998).  Integrated pest management:  The case for pheromonal control of habu and brown tree snakes. In: "Snakes and Man: Controlling Pest Species for Conservation and Human Health" G. Rodda, D. Chiszar, Y. Sawai, and H. Tanaka, (Eds.). Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. pp. 196-205.

 

40.              Greene, M.J. and R.T. Mason.  (1998).  Chemically mediated sexual behavior of the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis.  EcoScience, 5: 405-409. (*Cover Photo).  [pdf]

 

41.              Shine, R., Olsson, M.M., I.T. Moore, M.P. LeMaster and R.T. Mason.  (1999).  Why do male snakes have longer tails than females?  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 266: 2147-2151.  [pdf]

 

42.              Nichols, D.K., Weyant, R.S., Lamirande, E.W.,  Sigler, L. and R.T. Mason.  (1999).  Fatal mycotic dermatitis in captive brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis).  Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 30: 111-118.  [pdf]

 

43.              Shine, R., O'Connor, D. and R.T. Mason.  (2000).  Female mimicry in gartersnakes: Behavioural tactics of  “she-males” and the males that court them.  Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78: 1391-1398.  [pdf]

 

44.              Shine, R., Harlow, P., LeMaster, M.P., Moore, I.T. and R.T. Mason. (2000).  The transvestite serpent: Why do male garter snakes court (some) other males?  Animal Behaviour, 59: 349-359.  [pdf]

 

45.              Moore, I.T., LeMaster, M.P. and R.T. Mason. (2000).  Behavioural and hormonal responses to capture stress in the male red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis.  Animal Behaviour, 59: 529-534.  [pdf]

 

46.              Shine, R., Olsson, M.M., Moore, I.T., LeMaster, M.P., Greene, M.J. and R.T. Mason. (2000). Body size enhances mating success in male garter snakes.  Animal Behavior, 59: F4-F11.  [pdf]

 

47.              Shine, R., Olsson, M.M., LeMaster, M.P., Moore, I.T. and R.T. Mason.  (2000).  Effects of sex, body size, temperature and location on the antipredator tactics of free-ranging gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis, Colubridae). Behavioral Ecology, 11: 239-245.  [pdf]

 

48.              Moore, I.T., Lerner, J.P., Lerner, D.T and R.T. Mason.  (2000).  Relationships between annual cycles of testosterone, corticosterone, and body condition in male red-spotted garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 73: 307-312.  [pdf]

 

49.              Shine, R., Olsson, M.M. and R.T. Mason.  (2000).  Chastity belts in gartersnakes: The functional significance of mating plugs.  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 70: 377-382.  [pdf]

 

50.              Shine, R., Olsson, M.M., Moore, I.T., LeMaster, M.P. and R.T. Mason.  (2000).  Are snakes right-handed? Asymmetry in hemipenis size and usage in gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis).  Behavioral Ecology, 11: 411-414.  [pdf]

 

51.              Greene, M.J. and R.T. Mason.  (2000).  Courtship, mating, and male combat of the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis.  Herpetologica, 56: 166-175.  [pdf]

 

52.              Shine, R., O'Connor, D. and R. T. Mason.  (2000).  The problem with courting a cylindrical object: How does an amorous male snake determine which end is which? Behaviour, 137: 727-739.  [pdf]

 

53.              Moore, I.T., Greene, M.J. and R.T. Mason.  (2000).  Environmental and seasonal adaptations of the adrenocortical and gonadal responses to capture stress in two populations of the male garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 289: 99-108.  [pdf]

 

54.              Shine, R., Harlow, P.S., Elphick, M.J., Olsson, M.M. and R.T. Mason. (2000). Conflicts between courtship and thermoregulation: The thermal ecology of amorous male garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, Colubridae).  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 73: 508-516.  [pdf]

 

55.              Shine, R., O'Connor, D. and R.T. Mason.  (2000). Sexual conflict in the snake den.  Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 48: 392-401.  [pdf]

 

56.              Whittier, J.M., Macrokanis, C. and R.T. Mason. (2000). Morphology of the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis, with a comparison of native and extralimital populations.  Australian Journal of Zoology, 48: 357-367.  [pdf]

 

57.              Shine, R. and R.T. Mason.  (2001). Serpentine cross-dressers.  Natural History, 110: 56-61.  [pdf]

 

58.              Shine, R., LeMaster, M.P., Moore, I.T., Olsson, M.M. and R.T. Mason. (2001). Bumpus in the snake den: Effects of sex, size and body condition on mortality of red-sided gartersnakes.  Evolution, 55: 598-604.  [pdf]

 

59.              Pfrender, M., Mason, R.T., Wilmslow, J.T., and R. Shine. (2001). Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis (Red-sided Gartersnake): Male-male copulation.  Herpetological Review, 32: 52.  [pdf]

 

60.              Shine, R., Elphick, M.J., Harlow, P.S., Moore, I.T., LeMaster, M.P. and R.T. Mason. (2001).  Movements, mating, and dispersal of red-sided gartersnakes from a communal den in Manitoba. Copeia, 2001: 82-91.  [pdf]

 

61.              Shine, R. and R.T. Mason. (2001). Courting male garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) use multiple cues to identify potential mates.  Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 49: 465-473.  [pdf]

 

62.              LeMaster, M.P., Moore, I.T. and R.T. Mason. (2001). Conspecific trailing behaviour of red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, in the natural environment.  Animal Behaviour, 61: 827-833.  [pdf]

 

63.              LeMaster, M.P. and R.T. Mason. (2001). Evidence for a female sex pheromone mediating male trailing behavior in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. Chemoecology, 11: 149-152.  [pdf]

 

64.              Shine, R., Phillips, B., Waye, H., LeMaster, M.P. and R. T. Mason. (2001). Advantage of female mimicry in snakes. Nature, 414: 267.  [pdf]

 

65.              Lerner, D.T. and R.T. Mason.  (2001). The influence of sex steroids on the sexual size dimorphism in the red-spotted garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus.  General and Comparative Endocrinology, 124: 218-225.  [pdf]

 

66.              Moore, I.T. and R.T. Mason. (2001). Behavioral and hormonal responses to corticosterone in the male red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis.  Physiology and Behavior,
72: 669-74.  [pdf]

 

67.              Mason, R.T. and M.J. Greene. (2001). Invading pest species and the threat to biodiversity: Pheromonal control of brown tree snakes, Boiga irregularis. In: “Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, IX.” A. Marchlewska-Koj, J. Lepri and D. Müller-Schwarze, (Eds.). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. pp. 361-368.

 

68.              LeMaster, M.P. and R.T. Mason. (2001). Annual and seasonal variation in the female sexual attractiveness pheromone of the red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). In: “Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, IX.” A. Marchlewska-Koj, J. Lepri and D. Müller-Schwarze, (Eds.). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. pp. 369-374.

 

69.              Greene, M.J., Stark, S.L. and R.T. Mason.  (2001). Pheromone trailing behavior of the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 27: 2193-2201.  [pdf]

 

70.              Shine, R., O'Connor, D., LeMaster, M.P. and R.T. Mason. (2001).  Pick on someone your own size: Ontogenetic shifts in mate choice by male garter snakes result in size-assortative mating.  Animal Behaviour, 61: 1133-1141.  [pdf]

 

71.              LeMaster, M.P. and R.T. Mason.  (2002). Variation in a female sexual attractiveness pheromone controls male mate choice in garter snakes. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 28: 1269-1285.  [pdf]

 

72.              Greene, M. J., Stark, S.L. and R.T. Mason.  (2002). Predatory response of brown tree snakes to chemical stimuli from human skin.  Journal of Chemical Ecology, 28: 2465-2473.  [pdf]

 

73.              Shine, R., Reed, R.N., Shetty, S., LeMaster, M.P. and R.T. Mason.  (2002). Reproductive isolating mechanisms between two sympatric sibling species of sea snakes.  Evolution, 56: 1655-1662.  [pdf]

 

74.              LeMaster, M.P. and R.T. Mason. (2003). Pheromonally mediated sexual isolation among denning populations of red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 29: 1027-1043.  [pdf]

 

75.              Shine, R., Phillips, B., Waye, H. and R.T. Mason.  (2003). Behavioral shifts associated with reproduction in garter snakes.  Behavioral Ecology, 14: 251-256.  [pdf]

 

76.              Greene, M.J. and R.T. Mason. (2003). Pheromonal inhibition of male courtship behaviour in the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis: A mechanism for the rejection of potential mates. Animal Behaviour, 65: 905-910.  [pdf]

 

77.              Belden, L.K., Moore, I.T., Mason, R.T., Wingfield, J.C. and A.R. Blaustein. (2003).  Survival, the hormonal stress response and UV-B avoidance in Cascades Frog tadpoles (Rana cascadae) exposed to UV-B radiation. Journal of Functional Ecology, 17: 409-416.  [pdf]

 

78.              Shine, R., Phillips, B., Waye, H., LeMaster, M.P. and R. T. Mason. (2003). The lexicon of love: what cues cause size-assortative courtship by male garter snakes?  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 53: 234-237.  [pdf]

 

79.              Shine, R., Phillips, B., Waye, H. and R.T. Mason. (2003).  Small-scale geographic variation in antipredator tactics of garter snakes. Herpetologica, 59: 333-339.  [pdf]

 

80.              Shine, R., Phillips, B., Waye, H., LeMaster, M.P. and R. T. Mason. (2003). Chemosensory cues allow courting male garter snakes to assess body length and body condition of potential mates.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 54: 162-166.  [pdf]

 

81.              Shine, R., Langkilde, T. and R.T. Mason.  (2003).  Confusion within "mating balls" of garter snakes: does misdirected courtship impose selection on male tactics?  Animal Behaviour, 66: 1011-1017.  [pdf]

 

82.              Shine, R., Langkilde, T. and R.T. Mason.  (2003).  Cryptic forcible insemination: male snakes exploit female physiology, anatomy, and behavior to obtain coercive matings.  American Naturalist, 162: 653-667.  [pdf]

 

83.              Shine, R., Langkilde, T. and R.T. Mason.  (2003).  The opportunistic serpent:  male garter snakes adjust courtship tactics to mating opportunities.  Behaviour, 140: 1509-1526.  [pdf]

 

84.              Shine, R., Langkilde, T. and R.T. Mason.  (2004).  Courtship tactics in garter snakes: how do a male's morphology and behaviour influence his mating success?  Animal Behaviour, 67: 477-483.  [pdf]

 

85.              Shine, R., Phillips, B., Langkilde, T., Lutterschmidt, D.I., Waye, H. and R.T. Mason.  (2004).  Mechanisms and consequences of sexual conflict in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis, Colubridae).  Behavioral Ecology, 15: 654-660.  [pdf]

 

86.              Shine, R., M. Lemaster, M. Wall, T. Langkilde, and R. T. Mason.  (2004).  Why did the snake cross the road?  Effects of roads on movement and location of mates by garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis).  Ecology and Society, 9(1): 9. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss1/art9 or pdf

 

87.              O'Donnell, R.P., Shine, R. and R.T. Mason.  (2004).  Seasonal anorexia in the male red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 56: 413-419.  [pdf]

 

88.              O'Donnell, R.P., Ford, N.B., Shine, R. and R.T. Mason. (2004).  Male red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) determine female mating status from pheromone trails. Animal Behaviour, 68: 677-683.  [pdf]

 

89.              Lutterschmidt, D.I., LeMaster, M.P. and R.T. Mason.  (2004).  Effects of melatonin on the behavioral and hormonal responses of red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) to exogenous corticosterone.  Hormones and Behavior, 46: 692-702.  [pdf]

 

90.              Krohmer, R.W., Martinez, D. and R.T. Mason.  (2004).  Development of the renal sexual segment in immature snakes: effect of sex steroid hormones.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A: Molecular Integrative Physiology, 139: 55-64.  [pdf]

 

91.              Shine, R. and R. T. Mason.  (2004).  Patterns of mortality in a cold-climate population of garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis).  Biological Conservation, 120: 201-210.  [pdf]

 

92.              Shine, R., Phillips, B., Waye, H., LeMaster, M. and R.T. Mason.  (2004).  Species-isolating mechanisms in a mating system with male mate choice (garter snakes, Thamnophis spp.).  Canadian Journal of Zoology, 82: 1091-1098.  [pdf]

 

93.              Moore, I.T., Greene, M.J., Lerner, D.T., Asher, C.E., Krohmer, R.W., Hess, D.L., Whittier, J.M. and R.T. Mason.  (2005).  Physiological evidence for reproductive suppression in the introduced population of brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) on Guam. Biological Conservation, 121: 91-98.  [pdf]

 

94.              Shine, R., Wall, M., Langkilde, T. and R.T. Mason.  (2005).  Scaling the heights:  thermally-driven arboreality in garter snakes.  Journal of Thermal Biology, 30: 179-185.  [pdf]

 

95.              Langkilde T., Shine R. and Mason R. T.  (2005).  Predatory attacks to the head versus body modify behavioural responses of garter snakes.  Ethology.  In Press

 

96.              Mason, R.T., LeMaster, M.P. and D. Müller-Schwarze.   (2005). "Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10", Mason, R.T., LeMaster, M.P. and D. Müller-Schwarze (Eds.). Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., New York. In Press.

 

97.              Shine, R., Langkilde, T., Wall, M. D. and R. T. Mason.  (2005).  Alternative male mating tactics in garter snakes. Animal Behaviour, In Press.

 

98.              Shine, R., Langkilde, T., Wall, M. and R.T. Mason.  (2005).  The fitness correlates of scalation asymmetry in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis).   Functional Ecology, In Press.

 

99.              Shine, R., Langkilde, T., Wall, M. and R.T. Mason.  (2005).  Battle of the sexes: forcibly-inseminating male garter snakes target courtship to more vulnerable females.  Animal Behaviour, In Press.

 

100.          Shine, R., O'Donnell, R., Langkilde, T., Wall, M. and R.T. Mason.  (2005).  Snakes in search of sex: the relationship between mate-locating ability and mating success in male garter snakes.  Animal Behaviour, In Press.

 

101.          Shine, R., Langkilde, T., Wall, M. and R.T. Mason.  Do female garter snakes evade males to avoid harassment or to enhance mate quality?  American Naturalist, In Press.

 

102.          Hoyer, R.F., O'Donnell, R.P. and R.T. Mason.  Current distribution and status of the sharptail snake (Contia tenuis) in Oregon.  Northwestern Naturalist, In review.

 

103.          Shine, R., Phillips, B., Waye, H., LeMaster, M.P. and R.T. Mason. "Arms races" in sexual signaling between male, female, and transvestite garter snakes. Nature, In review.

 

104.          Lerner, D.T. and R.T. Mason.  Sexual dimorphism in allocations of parental investment in the garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus.   Evolution, In review.

 

105.          Krohmer, R.W., Moore, I.T., Greene, M.J., LeMaster, M.P. and R.T. Mason.  Seasonal variation in neural aromatase activity in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis.  Hormones and Behavior, In review.

 

106.          Rawlings, L.H., Whittier, J.M., R.T. Mason and S.C. Donellan.  Origin of Guam's feral  brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) inferred by molecular genetic markers.  Molecular Ecology, In review.

 

107.          Shine, R. and R.T. Mason.  Do a male garter snake's energy stores limit his reproductive effort?  Ecology, in review. 

 

108.          Shine, R., Webb, J.K., Lane, A. and R.T. Mason.  Flexible mate choice: a male snake's preference for larger females is modified by the sizes of females that he encounters.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, in review.

 

109.          Shine, R., Webb, J.K., Lane, A. and R.T. Mason.  Familiarity with a female does not affect a male's courtship intensity in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis).  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, in review.

 

110.          Mason, R.T., Lerner, D.T. and I.T. Moore.  Habitat type modulates reproductive output in garter snakes.  Northwestern Naturalist, to be submitted.

 

111.          Waye, H., Blaustein, A.R. and R.T. Mason.  The brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) and its introduction to the island of Guam.  Conservation Biology, to be submitted.

 

112.          Staniland, K. and R.T. Mason.  Evidence of a toxic Duvernoy's secretion in the Northwestern ringneck snake, Diadophis punctatus occidentalis.  Northwestern Naturalist, to be submitted.

 

113.          Shine, R., Wall, M., Langkilde, T. and R.T. Mason.  Flexible adjustment of mating tactics by free-ranging male garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis).  American Naturalist, in review.

 

114.          O'Donnell, R.P. and R.T. Mason.  Mating is correlated with a reduced risk of predation in female red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis.  American Midland Naturalist, in review.

   
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION:

Mason, R.T., and R.W. Krohmer.  Aromatase enzymes in skin mediate pheromone mimicry in red-sided garter snakes.

Lerner, D. T., C. Macdonald and R. T. Mason. Effects of EDS on leydig cells in the garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus.    

Lerner, D. T., and R. T. Mason. Neonatal hormone profiles in syntopic garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus and Thamnophis ordinoides.

Lerner, D. T., J. P. Lerner and R. T. Mason. The effects of winter dormancy on survival and growth in syntopic garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus and Thamnophis ordinoides.

Mason, R. T., Macdonald, C., Greene, M. J. and Krohmer, R. W. Annual cycles of reproduction in female and male Guam brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis.

Mason, R. T., Macdonald, C. and Greene, M. J.  Plasma levels of triglycerides as indicators of reproductive condition in the male and female Guam brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis.
   
PATENTS:
Cage configuration for arboreal reptiles.  Patent No. 5,134,969  August 4, l992
   
GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL TRAINEES:

Major Professor to:

            Mitchell T. Smith, MS 1994

                        Present Position: University of Colorado Medical School, Boulder

            Michael J. Greene, Ph.D. 1998

                       Present Position: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado/Denver

            Darren T. Lerner, MS 1998

                        Present Position: Research Associate/Ph.D. Student, US F&WS/University of

                        Massachusetts/Silvio Conte Anadromous Fish Laboratory

            Ignacio Moore, Ph.D. 1999

                        Present Position: Post-doc, University of Washington

            Michael LeMaster, Ph.D. 2001

                        Present Position: Assistant Professor, Western Oregon University

            Ryan P. O’Donnell, GAANN Fellow, MS 2004

            Heather Waye, Ph.D. candidate 2005

            Deborah Lutterschmidt, Ph.D. candidate 2006

            Michael (Rocky) Parker, Ph.D. candidate 2009

             
Postdoctoral Fellows Sponsored:

            Michael J. Greene, USDA Cooperative Agreement, 1998-99

            Suzanne Randall Estes, NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2002-2004 (co-sponsor with S.J. Arnold)

Visiting Professors to Mason Laboratory (Sabbaticals):

            Dr. Joan M. Whittier, Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia

            Dr. Surapol Ardsoongnern, Department of Zoology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

            Dr. William H.N. Gutzke, Department of Biology, University of Memphis

Graduate Student Exchange Fellows:

            Michael Riefler, 1992-3, Oregon Exchange Program in Germany

            Present Position:  Ph.D., University of Tubingen, Germany
   
INSTRUCTIONAL SUMMARY:

The following are courses I have taught at least once.  I do not teach all these courses on a regular basis.
Credit Courses  
Course Number Course Title
BI 198 Distinguished Biology Scholars Seminar
Z 332 Human Anatomy and Physiology
Z 333 Human Anatomy and Physiology
Z 371 Vertebrate Biology
Z 372 Vertebrate Biology Laboratory
Z 431/531 Vertebrate Physiology
Z 436/536 Animal Physiology Laboratory
Z 565 Environmental Controversies (with J. Lubchenco and A. Blaustein)
Z 565 Invasive Species (with A. Blaustein)
Z 565 Behavioral Genetics (GAANN course with S.Arnold and B.Taylor)
Z 507 Seminars (topics have included: chemical ecology, invading pest species, reproductive biology, declining amphibians, hot topics, and others)

                               

 

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