Jonathan Wright – Curriculum vitae

Education

D.Phil. Oxford University 1987
- Dissertation: Cryptobiosis in Tardigrades
M.A. Oxford University 1987
- Invertebrate Zoology
B.A.(hons) Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University 1984
- Zoology

Employment

2010	Appointed to a named chair: The William Atwood Hilton Professorship in Zoology
2009-	Professor of Biology, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711
1998-	Assistant Professor of Biology, Pomona College, Claremont, CA (Associate from 2001).
1993-1998	Assistant Professor of Biology (tenure-track), Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD (Associate from 1997).
1993	H.B. Steinbach Research Fellowship, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.
1992-1993	Post-Doctoral Fellowship, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. Canada, with Dr Michael J. O’Donnell.
1990-1992	Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Canada, funded by Leverhulme Trust (U.K.) scholarship, with Dr John Machin.
1989-1990	Danish Government Scholarship, The Zoology Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
1989	Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Canada, funded by Royal Society Study Abroad Fellowship.
1988	Departmental Demonstratorship in Invertebrate Zoology, Department of Zoology, Oxford.

Recent Fellowships and Grants

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) grants for undergraduate research, Pomona College. 2001, 2006, 2007

Beckman Fellowship for undergraduate research. Funding collaborative projects between 10 Biology and Chemistry faculty, Pomona College. 2007-2010

Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program: “Merck at Pomona: Understanding Ligand-Biomacromolecule Interactions at the Biophysical and Molecular Levels”. $60,000. Awarded to the Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Pomona College, based on 5 project proposals from 12 faculty. 2007-2009

Mellon Foundation, Faculty Partnership Research Grant. Value of award, $1800. Research collaborators: Peter Westh, Hans Ramlov (Roskilde University, Denmark), Michael O’Donnell (McMaster University, Canada). 2005-2006

National Science Foundation, Integrative Biology and Neuroscience Division: Research Grant (Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology cluster): The Colonization of Land by Crustaceans. Grant number IBN-01-11011. $133,253. Co-PIs Michael J. O’Donnell (McMaster University), Thomas Carefoot (University of British Columbia). 2001-2004 (NCE, 2004-2005)

National Science Foundation, Integrative Biology and Neuroscience Division: Research Grant (Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology cluster): The Colonization of Land by Crustaceans. Grant number IBN-98-08144. $65,000. Co-PIs: Leland Johnson (Augustana College), Thomas Carefoot (University of British Columbia). 1998-2001

Selected Publications

A complete list is on the Publications page.

*Barr, S., and Wright, J.C. 2010. Post-prandial energy expenditure in whole-food and processed-food meals: implications for daily energy expenditure. Food and Nutrition Research 2010 (9 pp).
*Wu, G., Wright, J.C., Whitaker, D.L., and Ahn, A. 2010. Kinematic evidence for superfast locomotory muscle in a teneriffiid mite. Journal of Experimental Biology 213, 2551-2556.
Wright, J.C. and O'Donnell, M.J. 2010. In vivo ion fluxes across the eggs of Armadillidium vulgare (Oniscidea: Isopoda): the role of the dorsal organ. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83(4), 587-596.
Wright, J.C. & *Ting, K. 2006. Respiratory physiology in the Oniscidea: aerobic capacity and the significance of pleopodal lungs. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 145, 235-244.
Wright, J.C. & Westh, P. 2006. Water vapour absorption in the penicillate millipede Polyxenus lagurus (Diplopoda: Penicillata: Polyxenida): microcalorimetric analysis of uptake kinetics. Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 2486-2494.
Hansen, L.L., Westh, P. Wright, J.C. & Ramløv, H. 2006. Metabolic changes associated with water vapour absorption in the mealworm Tenebrio molitor L. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): a microcalorimetric study. Journal of Insect Physiology 52, 291-299.
*Ouyang, D.M-W. & Wright, J.C. 2005. Calcium accumulation in eggs and mancas of Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Journal of Crustacean Biology 25, 420-426.
Wright, J.C. & *Peña-Peralta, M. 2005. Diel variation in ammonia excretion, glutamine levels, and hydration status in 2 species of terrestrial isopod. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 175, 67-75.
Wright, J.C. 2001. Cryptobiosis 300 years on from Van Leeuwenhoek: what have we learned about tardigrades? Zoologischer Anzeiger 240, 563-582.
Wright, J.C., O’Donnell, M.J. & *Sazgar, S. 1997. Haemolymph osmoregulation and the fate of sodium and chloride during dehydration in terrestrial isopods. Journal of Insect Physiology 43, 795-807.
O'Donnell, M.J. & Wright, J.C. 1995. Nitrogen excretion in terrestrial crustaceans. Chapter 7 in Walsh, P.J. & Wright, P. (Eds) Nitrogen Metabolism and Excretion, pp. 105-118. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Wright, J.C., O’Donnell, M.J. & *Reichert, J. 1994. Effects of ammonia-loading on Porcellio scaber: glutamine and glutamate excretion, ammonia excretion and toxicity. Journal of Experimental Biology 188, 143-157.
Wright, J.C. & O’Donnell, M.J. 1994. Total ammonia concentration and pH of haemolymph, pleon fluid and maxillary urine in Porcellio scaber Latreille (Isopoda, Oniscidea): relationships to ambient humidity and water vapour uptake. Journal of Experimental Biology 176, 233-246.
Wright, J.C. & Machin, J. 1993. Energy dependent water vapour absorption (WVA) in the pleoventral cavity of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea): evidence for pressure cycling as a supplement to the colligative uptake mechanism. Physiological Zoology 66, 193-215.
Wright, J.C. & Machin, J. 1993. Atmospheric water vapour absorption and the water budget of terrestrial isopods. Biological Bulletin 184, 243-253.
Wright, J.C. & O’Donnell, M.J. 1992. Osmolality and electrolyte composition of pleon fluid in Porcellio scaber (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea); implications for water vapour absorption. Journal of Experimental Biology 164, 189-203.
Wright, J.C. 1991. The significance of four xeric parameters in the ecology of terrestrial Tardigrada. Journal of Zoology (London) 224, 59 77.
Wright, J.C. & Machin, J. 1990. Water vapour absorption in terrestrial isopods. Journal of Experimental Biology 154, 13 30.
Wright, J.C. 1989. Desiccation tolerance and water retentive mechanisms in tardigrades. Journal of Experimental Biology 142, 267 292.
Wright, J.C. 1989. The tardigrade cuticle. II. Evidence for a dehydration dependent permeability barrier in the intracuticle. Tissue & Cell 21, 263 279.
Wright, J.C. 1988. The Tardigrade cuticle. I. Fine structure and the distribution of lipids. Tissue & Cell 20, 745-758.

Selected recent presentations

(* = undergraduate co-author; bold underline = seminar speaker)

Wright, J.C., and Westh, P. International Symposium on the Environmental Physiology of Ectotherms and Plants (ISEPEP), University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Seminar: Use of microcalorimetry to study water vapor absorption in the penicillate millipede Polyxenus lagurus (Diplopoda: Penicillata: Polyxenida). Chair of General Session on the first day. July 1-6, 2007.

Wright, J.C. International Symposium on the Environmental Physiology of Ectotherms and Plants (ISEPEP), Roskilde, Denmark. Invited Seminar: Water Balance Physiology and Terrestrial Success in the Oniscidea. July 11-15, 2005

*Godlove, A. and Wright, J.C. International Symposium on the Environmental Physiology of Ectotherms and Plants (ISEPEP), Roskilde, Denmark. Poster: Bicarbonate buffering of pleon fluid: a probable mechanism of ammonia volatilization in the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare. July 11-15, 2005

*Godlove, A. and Wright, J.C. Experimental Biology 2005, San Diego. Poster: Buffering of pleon fluid and the role of carbonic anhydrase during ammonia volatilization in Armadillidium vulgare (Crustacea: Isopoda). April 5, 2005

*Ting, K. and Wright, J.C. Experimental Biology 2005, San Diego. Poster: Metabolic responses to varying oxygen partial pressures in terrestrial isopods and their relation to the evolution of pleopodal lungs. April 5, 2005

Wright, J.C. and *Godlove, A. Buffering of pleon fluid during ammonia excretion in Armadillidium vulgare. 6^th International Symposium on the Biology of Terrestrial Isopods, Aveiro, Portugal. July 12-16, 2004

Wright, J.C., *Ouyang, D., *Berger, L.E., and *Albers, M.A. Functions of the maxillary glands in Oniscidea. 6^th International Symposium on the Biology of Terrestrial Isopods, Aveiro, Portugal. July 12-16, 2004

*Ouyang, D. and Wright, J.C. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research. University of California, Irvine. Poster: Testing a model of hyper-regulation in the supra-littoral isopod Ligia occidentalis (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea). November 22, 2003

Wright, J.C., *Ahn, S.W., and *Gebis, E. Fifth International Symposium on the Biology of Terrestrial Isopods, Natural History Museum of Crete, Greece. Seminar: Osmotic and ionic regulation in eggs of Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda: Oniscidea): a proposed role of the dorsal organ.

Wright, J.C., Carefoot, T.H., and *Albers, M.A. Fifth International Symposium on the Biology of Terrestrial Isopods, Natural History Museum of Crete, Crete, Greece. Seminar: The evolutionary physiology of hemolymph osmoregulation in terrestrial isopods. May 19-23, 2001

Wright, J.C. Eighth International Symposium on Tardigrada, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Keynote Lecture: Cryptobiosis, 300 years on from van Leeuwenhoek: what have we learned about tardigrades? (by invitation of symposium organisers, Reinhardt M. Kristensen and Hans Ramløv). 1-5 August, 2000

Wright, J.C. Physiological Ecology Annual Meeting, White Mountain Research Station, Bishop, CA. Seminar: The evolutionary physiology of hemolymph osmoregulation in terrestrial isopods. June 3-4, 2000

Wright, J.C. American Physiological Society Annual Experimental Biology Meeting, San Diego. Poster: Hemolymph osmoregulation during dehydration in terrestrial isopods: from salt-loading to salt-limiting diets. April 15-18, 2000

Professional Service

Reviewer for the National Science Foundation ILI award competitions (Arlington, VA): 1998 (Jan. 28-31; panel chair) 1996 (Jan. 24-27)
Reviewer for a National Science Foundation research grant proposals, 2002, 2007.
External reviewer of the Biology program for the University of La Verne. March-April, 2005.
Reviewer for 10 undergraduate textbooks since 1995.
External Examiner for PhD candidate, Stuart Linton, Department of Biology, University of New South Wales, Australia (Thesis Supervisor, Dr Peter Greenaway); 1998. Thesis title: Urate Metabolism in the Gecarcinid Land Crab Gecarcoidea natalis.
Ad-hoc reviewing for the following peer-reviewed academic journals (1990-2007):
Astrobiology, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA- Biomembranes), Biological Bulletin, Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, Biological Reviews, Bulletin of the Biological Soc., Washington, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Crustaceana, Ecography, Environment (OUP), European Journal of Soil Biology, Integrative and Comparative Biology, Israel Journal of Zoology, Journal of Crustacean Biology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Tissue and Cell, Zoologischer Anzeiger

Administrative Service, Pomona College

Biology Department Chair – 2007-2009
Major committees:
- Paculty Position Planning Committee - 20010-13
- Academic Procedures Committee – 2004-2007 (Chair, 2006-2007)
- Academic Standards Committee – 2000-2001, 2004-2007 (Chair, 2006-2007)
- Academic Discipline Board – 2000-2001, 2004-2007 (Chair, 2006-2007)
- Faculty Personnel Committee – 2001-2004
- Radiation Safety Committee – 2002-2004
- Campus Radiation Safety Officer – 2002-2004
- Library Committee – 2000-2001
Ad-hoc committees:
- Campaign Committee - 2010-12
- Robert J. Bernard Field Station Steering Committee – 1999-2001; 2008-present
- Biology Departmental Building sub-Committee – 2000-2002
- Arts Strategic Planning Task Force – 2005-2006
Faculty leader for Pomona College Alumni Cruises:
- “Exploring Alaska’s Coastal Wilderness” – July 4-12, 2004
- Galapagos and Amazon – August 1-14, 2003
- “Among the Great Whales in Baja California” – March 16-24, 2002
- “Exploring Alaska’s Coastal Wilderness” – July 23-30, 2000
- Galapagos – June 20-30, 2008

Professional Associations

American Physiological Society (1993-)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); (1996-)
British Isopod Study Group (1993-)
Council on Undergraduate Research (1999-2002)
Chaetognath Group (coord. Dr Helga Kapp, Zoological Institute, Hamburg); (1990-)
Royal Entomological Society (1989-)
South Dakota Academy of Sciences (1994-)
Society for Experimental Biology (1999-)