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Michael Baltzley

Professor, VP Academic Affairs/Provost

503-838-8832 | baltzlem@wou.edu
DFSC 114

At WOU since

09/16/2011

Office Hours

MonTuesWedsThursFri
10 - 11:30 a.m.9 - 10:30 a.m.   
Spring 2023

Course schedule

Fall 2023
CRNCourseTitleTimesLocation
11179 BI437 NEUROBIOLOGY WF 1100-1150 NS 216
11179 BI437 NEUROBIOLOGY - HYBRD* CRS

Vitae

Link to vitae

Teaching focus

Following is my teaching schedule for the next two academic years

BI 211 Principles of Biology I: Fall 2022, Fall 2023

BI 315 Cell Biology: Winter 2023, Winter 2024

BI 434 Comparative Vertebrate Physiology: Spring 2023

BI 437 Neurobiology: Fall 2023

BI 451 Invertebrate Zoology: Spring 2024

 

For descriptions and past course syllabuses, please click here.

Research areas

Broadly, I am interested in how nervous systems evolve to create novel behavioral patterns. I have studied locomotion in nudibranch gastropods (sea slugs) and sensory neurons in leeches. My research involves quantifying animal behavioral patterns in different species, identifying neurons that underlie those behaviors, and comparing the features of those neurons in different species. Below is a link to the current projects I am working on. If you are interested in gaining research experience studying invertebrate behavior and nervous systems, please come talk to me!

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