Research Background

Grants, Contracts, Awards and Honors

Teaching and Mentoring

Professional Service

Symposia, Talks, and Abstracts

[last updated 27 May 2004]

Ecological and evolutionary physiology of reptiles, with particular interest in osmoregulation and nutrition

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2001-present

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, University of California, Los Angeles, 1999-2001

Ph.D. (Physiology), Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, 1999

B.A. (Ecology/Evolution), Division of Biological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1991

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Research. UC Santa Cruz Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2001-present.
Evolution of physiological traits in side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana).
Advisor: Dr. Barry Sinervo.
Postdoctoral Research. UCLA Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution. 1999-2001.
Nutritional physiology of juvenile desert tortoises.
Advisor: Dr. Kenneth A. Nagy.
Postdoctoral Research. UCLA Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution. 1999-2001.
Foraging and dispersal behavior of juvenile desert tortoises.
Major collaborator: Dr. David J. Morafka (California State University, Dominguez Hills).
Dissertation Research. UC Riverside Department of Biology. 1991-1999.
Ion secretion by the nasal salt gland of an herbivorous desert lizard, Dipsosaurus dorsalis.
Thesis committee: Dr. Vaughan Shoemaker (advisor), Dr. Mark Chappell, Dr. Christian Lytle.
Researcher (freelance). Alsius Corporation, Irvine, CA. 1999-2000.
Literature searches related to clinical studies of thermoregulation (fever and hypothermia).
Researcher (contracted). Bureau of Land Management, Needles, CA. 1992.
Reptile, amphibian and plant surveys of two desert riparian habitats. With Dr. John Rotenberry.
Research Assistant. UC Riverside Department of Biology. 1991.
Energetics of the frog Lepidobatrachus laevis. With Dr. Vaughan H. Shoemaker.
Undergraduate Honors Research. Cornell University Division of Biological Sciences. 1989-1991.
Ecological costs of foraging by skinks (Chalcides ocellatus).
Advisor: Dr. F. Harvey Pough.
Research Assistant. Cornell University Division of Biological Sciences. 1989-1991.
Salamander population surveys in an experimental forest. With Dr. F. Harvey Pough.
Laboratory Assistant. Cornell University Vertebrate Collections. 1988-1989.
Inventory and maintenance of ichthyological and herpetological collections.
Laboratory Assistant. Cornell University Department of Nutrition. 1987-1988.
Maintenance of rat colony for study of lactation by malnourished rats.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Supplemental research grant: Research Experience for Undergraduates. National Science Foundation. Barry Sinervo, Daniel Costa, Lisa Hazard, and Donald Miles, co-P.I.'s. 2004. $6000.

Supplemental research grant: Research Experience for Undergraduates. National Science Foundation. Barry Sinervo, Daniel Costa, Lisa Hazard, and Donald Miles, co-P.I.'s. 2003. $6000.
Research grant. Correlational selection on physiology and alternative male strategies. National Science Foundation. Barry Sinervo, Daniel Costa, Lisa Hazard, and Donald Miles, co-P.I.'s. 2002-2004. $220,001.
Research contracts. The neonatology of desert tortoises. U.S. Army National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA. David J. Morafka and Lisa Hazard, co-P.I.'s. 1999, 2000, 2001. Total ~$260,000; subcontracts to UCLA $30,000.
Research contract. Calcium and phosphorus bioavailability of desert tortoise food plants. U.S. Army National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA. Ken Nagy, P.I. 2000. $40,000.
Research grants. Juvenile desert tortoise nutrition. UCLA Academic Senate Council on Research. Ken Nagy, P.I. 1999, 2000. Total $6500.
Research contracts. Genealogy, biogeography and conservation biology of the Mojave Fringe-toed lizard, Uma scoparia. U.S Army National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA. David J. Morafka and Lisa Hazard, co-P.I.'s. 1999, 2000. Total ~$135,000; subcontracts to UCLA $15,000.
Newell Fund Grants. Department of Biology, UC Riverside. 1994, 1995, 1996. Total $450.
Graduate Student Association Mini-Grants. UC Riverside. 1995, 1996. Total $270.
Graduate Dean's Dissertation Research Grant. UC Riverside. 1995. $1000.
Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research. 1995. $600.
Research Contract. Herpetofauna and vegetation survey of Cornfield Spring and Piute Spring. U.S. Bureau of Land Management. 1992. $2000.
Undergraduate Honors Research Grant. Division of Biological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 1990. $200.

FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS
Frederick H. Stoye Award for Best Student Paper in Physiology/Physiological Ecology, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. 1999.
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (3 years support; $48,000). 1992.
Graduate Dean's Fellowship, UC Riverside (2 years support; $21,800). 1991.
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention. 1991.
Graduation Honors: Summa cum laude, Division of Biological Sciences, Cornell University. 1991.
Dean's List, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University. 5 semesters, 1987-1991.

UNDERGRADUATE MENTORING
UCLA
Danielle Shemanski (Nutritional quality of desert tortoise food plants)
· Won Best Student Paper Award at Desert Tortoise Council 25th annual meeting
· M.S., UCLA 2003

UC Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees (UC LEADS) at UC Santa Cruz
Julie Miller (Ontogeny of physiological performance of side-blotched lizards)
Teresa Gonzalez (Predator avoidance behaviors of hatchling side-blotched lizards)

NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, UC Santa Cruz
Myra Brown (Side-blotched lizard DNA microsatellite analysis)
Ilea Smith (Kin recognition by hatchling side-blotched lizards)
Ethan Morris (Field studies of side-blotched lizards)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Session Chair. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meetings. 2001, 2003.
Session Chair. Desert Tortoise Council 27th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Palm Springs, CA. 2002.
Judge. Seibert Awards Committee. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 2001.
Member. Graduate Student Association Mini-Grant Committee, UC Riverside. 1996-1997.
President. Biology Graduate Student Association, UC Riverside. 1994-1995.
Journal Referee.

Herpetological Review. 2004.
Journal of Herpetology. 2003.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 2003.
Ecology. 2002.
Journal of Experimental Biology. 2002.
Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 2001.
Biological Reviews. 1998.

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Guest Speaker. Bay Area Amphibian and Reptile Society. April 2003.
Guest Speaker. Bay Area Amphibian and Reptile Society. May 2002.
Substitute teacher (Biology). Castilleja School, Palo Alto, CA. October 2001.
Informal interviewer. Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network. 1997-2001.
Guest Speaker. California Turtle and Tortoise Club, Chino Chapter. November 2000.
Guest Speaker. California Turtle and Tortoise Club, Valley Chapter. May 2000.
Guest Speaker. Southwestern Herpetologists Society. May 2000.
Science Fair Judge. Alvord Unified School District, Riverside. 1997.
Reptile and Amphibian Exhibit. UC Riverside Annual Open House. 1992-1995.
Docent Lecture: Reptiles and Amphibians of Riverside. Riverside Municipal Museum. 1995.
Reptile and Amphibian Talk. Garden School Science Program (grades 5-6). 1995-1998.
Volunteer. Small Mammal House, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C. 1986-1987.

INVITED TALKS
Montclair State University, New Jersey. January 2004.
University of California, Santa Cruz. January 2004.

California State University, Stanislaus. March 2002.
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. February 2002.
State University of New York at Fredonia. February 2001.
California State University, Hayward. February 2001.
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX. November 2000.
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. February 2000.
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX. November 1999.

ABSTRACTS AND MEETING PRESENTATIONS

Hazard, L.C., K.A. Nagy, D. Costa, D. Miles and B. Sinervo. 2004. Field metabolic rate, performance, and survival of male lizards using alternative mating strategies. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Hazard, L.C., J. Miller, J. Martinez and B. Sinervo. 2004. Ontogeny of physiological performance of side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana). Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Gonzalez, T., L.C. Hazard and B. Sinervo. 2004. Maternal effects on predator avoidance behaviors of hatchling side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana). Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Hazard, L.C. 2003. Physiological performance and alternative mating strategies of the side-blotched lizard. Physiological Ecology meeting, Bishop, CA.

Hazard, L.C., J. Miller, J. Martinez, and B. Sinervo. 2003. Physiological performance and predator avoidance behaviors of hatchling side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana). Sixth International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Mt. Buller, Victoria, Australia.

Hazard, L.C., J. Miller, J. Martinez, and B. Sinervo. 2003. Physiological performance and predator avoidance behaviors of hatchling side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana). Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

Sinervo, B. (presenter), R. Calsbeek, and L. Hazard. 2003. Ontogenetic conflict between the sexes and selection on life history and performance traits. Symposium: Selection and Evolution of Performance in Nature. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

Hazard, L.C. and K.A. Nagy. 2002. Nutritional quality of native and exotic food plants eaten by juvenile desert tortoises. Physiological Ecology meeting, Bishop, CA.

Hazard, L.C. and D.J. Morafka. 2002. Characteristics of winter hibernacula used by recently released neonate and juvenile desert tortoises at Fort Irwin. Desert Tortoise Council 27th Meeting and Symposium, Palm Springs, CA.

Oftedal, O. (presenter), S. Hillard, L. Hazard, T. Christopher and D.J. Morafka. 2002. Can juvenile tortoises obtain high PEP forage throughout the spring? Desert Tortoise Council 27th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Palm Springs, CA.

Shemanski, D.R. (presenter), L.C. Hazard and K.A. Nagy. 2002. Dry matter, energy, and nitrogen digestibility in natural foods eaten by desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii. Desert Tortoise Council 27th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Palm Springs, CA.

Hazard, L.C. and K.A. Nagy. 2001. Nutritional quality of native and exotic food plants eaten by juvenile desert tortoises. UCLA Biodiversity Conference 2001: Experimental Approaches to Conservation Biology. Cosponsors: UCLA Institute of the Environment, Interunion Commission on Comparative Physiology of the International Union of Physiological Sciences, National Science Foundation, and UCLA. September 12-14, 2001.

Hazard, L.C., D.R. Shemanski, and K.A. Nagy. 2001. Calcium and phosphorus availability in native and exotic food plants eaten by desert tortoises. Herpetologists' League and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Joint Annual Meetings, Indianapolis, IN.

Hazard, L.C. and D.J. Morafka. 2001. Dispersal by juvenile and neonate desert tortoises: a preliminary assessment of age effects. Herpetologists' League and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Joint Annual Meetings, Indianapolis, IN.

Hazard, L.C., D.R. Shemanski, and K.A. Nagy. 2001. Calcium and phosphorus digestibility of native and exotic food plants eaten by juvenile desert tortoises. Physiological Ecology meeting, Bishop, CA.

Hazard, L.C. and D.J. Morafka. 2001. Comparative dispersion of juvenile and neonate desert tortoises: A preliminary assessment of age effects. Desert Tortoise Council 26th Meeting and Symposium, Tucson, AZ.

Hazard, L.C., D.R. Shemanski, and K.A. Nagy. 2001. Calcium and phosphorus digestibility of native and exotic food plants eaten by juvenile desert tortoises. Desert Tortoise Council 26th Meeting and Symposium, Tucson, AZ.

Hazard, L.C., D.R. Shemanski and K.A. Nagy. 2001. Digestibility of native and exotic food plants eaten by juvenile desert tortoises. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Hazard, L.C., D.R. Shemanski and K.A. Nagy. 2000. Digestibility of natural foods of juvenile desert tortoises. ASIH/SSAR/HL Joint Meetings, La Paz, Mexico.

Hazard, L.C., D.R. Shemanski and K.A. Nagy. 2000. Digestibility of natural foods of desert tortoises. Physiological Ecology meeting, Bishop, CA.

Shemanski, D.R. (presenter), L.C. Hazard and K.A. Nagy. 2000. Digestible energy in foods of juvenile desert tortoises. Desert Tortoise Council 25th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Las Vegas, NV.

Hazard, L.C. 1999. Repeatability of ion secretion by salt glands of desert iguanas (Dipsosaurus dorsalis). Abstract. American Zoologist 39(5): 136A.

Hazard, L.C. 1999. Control of ion secretion by the nasal salt gland of the desert iguana. ASIH/HL/SSAR Joint Meetings, State College, PA.

Hazard, L.C. 1998. Neural and hormonal control of ion secretion by the nasal salt gland of the desert iguana. Abstract. American Zoologist 38(5): 157A.

Hazard, L.C. 1997. Repeatability of sodium secretion by salt glands of desert iguanas (Dipsosaurus dorsalis). Physiological Ecology meeting, Bishop, CA.

Hazard, L.C. and L.L. Grismer. 1996. Salt gland secretion and estimated electrolyte budget for an intertidal lizard. Abstract. American Zoologist 36(5): 42A.

Hazard, L. 1995. Salt gland function in intertidal and desert lizards: Variation in ion secretion. Physiological Ecology meeting, Bishop, CA.

Hazard, L. 1995. Nasal salt gland secretion by Dipsosaurus dorsalis is increased by K+ and Cl- but not Na+. Abstract. American Zoologist 35(5): 94A.

Hazard, L. and J.T. Rotenberry. 1992. Herpetofaunal and vegetative survey of Cornfield Spring and Piute Spring, East Mojave Desert, California. East Mojave Desert Symposium, Riverside, CA.

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