CURRICULUM VITAE

 

John A. Ruben

 

BIRTHDATE:        January 5, 1947

 

BIRTHPLACE:      Los Angeles, California

 

EDUCATION:

 

B.S.     1968            Humboldt State College (Wildlife Management)

M.A.    1970            University of California, Berkeley (Paleontology)

Ph.D.   1975            University of California, Berkeley (Zoology)

 

POSITIONS HELD:

 

1966-1967      Field Biologist, Fisheries Division, Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

1968-1969      Research Assistant, Department of Zoology, University of California, Davis

1969-1970      Research Assistant, Paleontology Department, University of California, Berkeley

1970-1971      Participating Scientist, paleontological expedition, Antarctica.  Institute of Polar Studies, Ohio State University and National Science Foundation

1973-1974      Research Assistant, Department of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley

1974-1975      Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley

1975-1983      Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University

1983-1990      Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University

1991-Present   Professor, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

 

1983      Finalist, OSU Carter Award for excellence in undergraduate instruction. 

1985      OSU Foundation Grant for collection of Mesozoic mammal specimens for use in undergraduate courses. 

1995      OSU President's Award for collection of Paleozoic fossil specimens for use in undergraduate coursework. 

1997      Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 

1999      Milton Harris Award for basic research in Zoology, College of Science, Oregon State University

 

 

GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED:

 

2001-present    Amy Harwell, Ph.D. program, OSU Zoology Dept.

2001-present    Devon Van Leer, Ph.D. program, OSU Zoology Dept.

1995-00           Terry Jones, Zoology Ph.D. “Interpreting the biology some dinosaurs and their relatives.” 

                               Present position: Assistant Professor of Biology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacodoches, TX

1993-99           Nicholas Geist, Zoology Ph.D. “Biology of extinct Archosaurs.” 

                               Present position: Assistant Professor, Biology Dept., Sonoma State University, California.

1987-93           Wilhelm Hillenius, Zoology Ph.D., "Metabolic status of therapsid reptiles" 

                                Present position:  Assistant Professor of Biology, Charlston College, South Carolina

1986-90           Sara Wagner, M.A. Zoology "Response to hypoxia in the staghorn sculpin" 

                                Present position:  Biology Instructor, Pacific University, Hillsboro, OR

1986-90           Dave Swanson, Ph.D. Zoology "Seasonal cold tolerance variation in the Junco"  

                                Present position: Associate Professor of Biology, Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion

 

1987-89           Scott Robinson, Ph.D. Zoology (I assumed supervision of Dr.Robinson's program following the departure Dr. William Smotherman from OSU)  "A  comparative study of prenatal behavioral ontogeny in altricial and precocial murid rodents"  

                                Present position: Assistant Professor, Miami University of Ohio.

1980-82           Brett Adams, M.A. Zoology "Volcanic ash induced respiratory stress in salmonid fish"  

                                Present position:  Associate Professor of Physiology, Iowa State University, Ames.

1979-81           Melinda Brown, M.A. Zoology "Fossil Vertebrates of the John Day Region, Oregon"

 

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES:

 

1982-84           Hugh Wagner

                

 

SERVICE TO OSU AND THE COMMUNITY:

 

1978-84      Founder and Director of a federally funded cooperative program between OSU and US Park Service to make fossil vertebrate specimens from the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument available for study by OSU graduates and undergraduates. 

1981-82      Program for Corvallis Public Library:  Fossil History of the Willamette Valley. 

1977-86      Organizer, annual exhibition of exotic reptiles for OSU children's day care center. 

1993-95      Ongoing program for Corvallis Public Schools (Kindergarten- 3rd grade):  Fossils in the Willamette Valley  

1993-96      OSU Undergraduate Admissions Committee

1998-99      OSU College of Science Curriculum Committee  

 

EXTRAMURAL GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:

 

1999-02      National Science Foundation- Grant No. IBN-9930529.  Deciphering the evolution of warm-bloodedness in birds and mammals.  $142,000.

 

1994-98      National Science Foundation -Grant No. IBN-9420290.  Respiratory turbinates and the metabolic status of the dinosaurs (co-PI with W. Hillenius).      $118,518

 

1991-92      National Science Foundation Grant No. ESR-9135987.  High power locomotory muscle in living and extinct reptiles.  $10,312

 

1985-88      National Science Foundation Grant No. BSR 84-09244.  Adaptive radiation of the anterior axial musculature of snakes.  $56,291

 

1984-85      Sea Grant  Grant No. R/AQ-49-PD.  Biology of exercise induced hypercalcemia in salmonid fish.  $12,218

 

1980-81      National Science Foundation Grant No. PCM 80-22980.  Effects of Mt. St. Helens ash on salmon smolt.  $9,066

 

1980-84      U.S. Park Service Grant No. CX9000-2-E008.  Location, distribution and areal extent of fossils... at the John Day Fossil Beds:  Taphonomic implications.  $28,298

 

1978-81      National Science Foundation Grant No. DEB-7726367.Evolution and functional morphology of the anterior trunk musculature in ophidians. $43,329

 

1977-79      National Science Foundation Grant No. SER-78-01140.  Fossil vertebrates of the John Day Region, Oregon. $24,240 (67% NSF;33% OSU)