[Warren W. Burggren]{.underline}

Department of Biology, The University of North Texas (UNT)

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  Warren W. Burggren is currently a Professor in ![](media/image1.jpeg){width="1.9979166666666666in"
  the Department of Biology and Dean, Arts and   height="2.720833333333333in"}
  Sciences. His research focuses upon            
  developmental and evolutionary physiology at   
  the tissue, organ system and organismal level. 
  Additionally, he is interested in              
  interdisciplinary activities surrounding       
  physiological complexity and quantitative      
  methods for describing how complexity changes  
  during the developmental processes of animals. 
  In this regard he has partnered extensively    
  with applied mathematicians and bio-engineers  
  to develop micro-techniques for making         
  physiological measurements in the earliest     
  embryonic stages of development, and then      
  analyzing and modeling these data to           
  understand how complexity unfolds during organ 
  and organ system formation. Burggren has       
  published approximately 165 articles,          
  chapters, monographs and textbooks in          
  comparative animal physiology.                 

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**[Degrees]{.underline}:** PhD (Physiology), University of East Anglia,
UK, 1976, Advisor: Graham Shelton; BS (Biology), University of Calgary,
1973.

**[Positions Held]{.underline}:** 1998-Present, Professor, Dept.
Biology. and Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Univ. of North Texas;
1992-1998, Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; 1978-1992,
Assistant, Associate and Full Professor, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst; 1976-1978, National Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellow,
University of British Columbia, Canada, 1976, Lecturer, University of
Aarhus, Denmark.

**[Awards/Honors]{.underline}**: Barrick Distinguished Scholar, Univ. of
Nevada, Las Vegas (1997); University and Community College System of
Nevada Board of Regents' Medal and Citation as *Regents' Researcher*
(1997); Nevada Regents' Research Medal (1997); Medal of the University
of Helsinki, Finland (19996); Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science (1992); Killam Postdoctoral Scholarship - Univ. of British
Columbia (1976-1978); NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship - Univ. of British
Columbia (1976-1978)

**[Research Support]{.underline}:** NSF -- Continuous funding since
1980, \~ \$3.2 mil., various operating, equipment and educational
programs. Other auxiliary funding from Department of Energy, National
Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, Max Baer Heart fund,
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japanese Ministry of
Education, Science & Culture, State Government of Sao Paulo, Brazil,
Parker B. Francis Foundation, Puritan-Bennett Foundation.

**[Selected Activities]{.underline}**: Series Editor-In-Chief, 
Ecological and Environmental Physiology, Oxford University Press
monograph series, (2003-present); Chair, Animal Biology Experimentation
Flight Panel, NASA (2000-2001); NSF panels (various, 1986, 1992, 1997,
1996-2001, 2004); Editor-In-Chief, Physiological Zoology, Univ. of
Chicago Press, 1988-1985; Chair, Science Advisory Board - National
Institute for Discovery Science (2000); Science Advisory Board, Bigelow
Aerospace (2000-present); Director, NIH/DOE "Bridges to the Future"
Minority College Student Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas;
(1995-1996); Program Officer, Division of Comparative Physiology and
Biochemistry, American Society of Zoologists (1984);

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## [Selected Publications]{.underline}:

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1\. Bagatto, B and Burggren, W.  2006. A three-dimensional functional
assessment of heart and vessel development in the larva of the zebrafish
(*Danio rerio)*.  Physiological Biochemistry and Zoology.
79(1):194-201. 

2\. Burggren, W.W. and Monticino, M.G. 2005. Assessing Physiological
Complexity. Journal of Experimental Biology. 208:3221-3232.

3\. Burggren, W.W.  and Warburton, S.J. 2005. Comparative Developmental
Physiology: An interdisciplinary convergence. Annual Reviews of
Physiology. 67:203-223.

4\. Burggren, W.W. 2005. Developing animals flout prominent assumptions
of ecological physiology. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. A.
141(4):430-439.

5\. Chan, T. and **Burggren, W.W.** 2005. Hypoxic incubation creates
differential morphological effects during specific developmental
critical windows in the embryo of the chicken (*Gallus gallus*).
Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology. 145:251-263.

6\. Burggren, W.W.  2004. What is the purpose of the embryonic heart
beat? Or how facts can ultimately prevail over physiological dogma.
Physiological Biochemistry and Zoology.  77:333-345.

7\. Spicer, J. I. and Burggren, W. W.  2003. Development of
physiological regulatory systems: altering the timing of crucial
events.  Zoology (formerly Zoology -- Analysis of Complex Systems):
106:91-99.

8\. Burggren, W. and Crossley, D. A. II. 2002. Comparative
cardiovascular development: improving the conceptual framework.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. A 132:661-674.

**[Graduate Student / Post-Doc Trainees]{.underline}: 11 M.Sc.; 11
Ph.D.; 11 post-docs.** Currently supervising 5 Ph.D., 2 M.S. students