Ronald M. Coleman: Curriculum Vitae

Employment:

Fall 2015-now. Professor, California State University, Sacramento, CA
Fall 2019-2023. Director (Interim) Student Research Center, California State University, Sacramento, CA
2020. Lecturer. Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA
2019. Lecturer. Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA
2017. Lecturer. Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA
2016. Lecturer, Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA
Fall 2010-2015. Associate Professor, California State University, Sacramento, CA
2012. Lecturer, Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA
2011. Lecturer, Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA
2008-2010. Assistant Professor, California State University, Sacramento, CA
2009. Lecturer, Evolution, University of California, Davis, CA
2007. Lecturer, Evolution, University of California, Davis, CA
2006-2008. Instructor, California State University, Sacramento, CA
2006. Lecturer, Evolution, University of California, Davis, CA
2001-2006. Assistant Professor, California State University, Sacramento, CA
2001. Lecturer, Tropical Ecology (Costa Rica), Trent University, Peterborough, ON
2000. Lecturer, Ichthyology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2000. Lecturer, Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA
1999. Lecturer, Tropical Ecology (Costa Rica), Trent University, Peterborough, ON
1999, Lecturer, Honors Evolution, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
1998, Lecturer, Ecology, Univeristy of California, Davis, CA
1998, Lecturer, Evolution, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
1998, Lecturer, Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA
1997, Lecturer, Human Anatomy, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
1997, Lecturer, Ichthyology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1997, Lecturer, Introductory Biology for Non-Majors, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1995, PostDoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1994, Lecturer, Ichthyology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1992-1994, NSERC of Canada PostDoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Education:

PostDoctoral Fellow, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1992-1998

Ph.D., Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, 1993
Thesis: The evolution of parental investment in fishes

M.Sc., Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 1986
Thesis: Parental investment theory: tests in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus: Centrarchidae).

B.Sc., Zoology, 1st class, University of British Columbia, 1983

Research Interests:

I am interested in evolutionary ecology, particularly the evolution of parental investment allocation behaviour and the origin and maintenance of parental care states in animals. My research involves theoretical modelling of parental investment using life-history and game theory, and manipulative experiments in both the field and laboratory predominantly using sunfish and cichlids. My most recent research concerns the evolution of egg size, combining a parental investment perspective with biomechanics, ecomorphology and ecophysiology in the wild. In addition, I have been involved in theoretical research on the evolution of strain-structure in parasite populations. Most recently my students and I have been investigating molecular tools and SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) to gain additional insight into parental investment and fish evolution.

Major Awards:

The 2023-2024 recipient of the Sacramento State University Award for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity for Senior Faculty (April 2024)

Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Activity Award for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, December 2019

Outstanding University Service Award for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, December 2016

Outstanding Teacher Award for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, December 2014.

"Scientist Award" from the Canadian Organization of Aquarium Clubs, February 2013.

Outstanding Community Service Award for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, December 2012.

Outstanding Faculty Award from Science Educational Equity students at California State University Sacramento. April 2012. "Your consistent support of SEE and MOSS students has encouraged us to achieve our dreams"

Outstanding Community Service Award for College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, May 2004.

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1992-1994. University of California, Berkeley.

Publications:

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