Facts: - residence: oklahoma , united states - work institutions: southeastern oklahoma state university mccurtain county campus in idabel - field: biology - name: christopher t. mcallister - image size: 225px - nationality: united states - birth place: little rock , arkansas - alma mater: university arkansas at little rock of north texas arkansas state university university of Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of christopher t. mcallister .
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christopher t. mcallister -lrb- born in little rock , arkansas -rrb- , is an american herpetologist and parasitologist and professor of biology at southeastern oklahoma state university mccurtain county campus in idabel .his research spans parasites of amphibians and reptiles and mammalian parasitology , especially helminth and coccidial parasites .he collaborates on millipedes and centipedes in with rowland shelley -lrb- north carolina state museum of natural history -rrb- , bats with robert dowler and loren ammerman -lrb- arizona state university -rrb- , amphibians and reptiles with stanley e. trauth , and parasitology with chuck bursey -lrb- pennsylvania state university -rrb- .he has also studied microscopic parasites known as coccidians .