Christopher Carmichael

Associate Professor of Biology

Education:

A.S. Biology, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois

B.S. Zoology (botany minor), Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois

M.S. Biology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan (Thesis: Feeding Ecology of the Tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus, on Stephens Island, New Zealand)/Advisor: Dr. James C. Gillingham

Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Kennedy-Western University, Boise, Idaho (Dissertation: Biocriteria Assessment of the South Fork Indian Run Creek, Franklin County, Ohio: Evaluation of the Effects of Source-Point and Nonsource-Point Discharges from Pharmaceutical Research Plants Using Biological Indicators)/Advisor: Dr. Kamran Panah

Ph.D. Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, (Dissertation: Phylogeography of the Indonesian Water Python, Liasis mackloti, in the Lesser Sundas Islands using Molecular, Morphological, and Behavioral Characters) (exp. 12/2003)/Advisor: Dr. Brian R. Kreiser

Experience

Professional Teaching Experience (1987 - Current):

Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan/Graduate Teaching Assistant: Taught General Zoology

Pensacola Christian College, Pensacola, Florida/Instructor: Taught Anatomy and Physiology, General Biology, and Zoology

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi/Instructor: Taught Anatomy and Physiology

Malone University, Canton, Ohio/Assistant Professor: Teaching will include invertebrate zoology, vertebrate zoology, environmental studies I, environmental studies II, ecology, human biology, and tropical biology

Professional Consulting/Research Experience:

Illinois Natural History Survey, Champagne-Urbana, Illinois/Field Scientist (1985-1987): Conducted deer survey and herpetological surveys along the Mississippi River basin.

Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, Illinois/Zoo Keeper (1987-1990): Responsible for daily care and maintenance of the reptile collection.

New Zealand Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand/Field Biologist (1989-1990): Conducted population inventory and investigated the feeding ecology of the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) on the Alderman Islands, Trios Islands, and Brothers Islands.

TMI Environmental Services, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan/Project Manager (1988-1993): Performed wetland determinations/delineations, endangered species surveys, environmental assessments, environmental impact statements, hydrogeological investigations, regulatory compliance audits, management, and marketing

Superior Environmental Corporation, Kalamazoo, Michigan/Technical Services Manager (1993-1996):  Supervised regional office, conducted hydrogeological investigations, remediation design and implementation, wetland determinations/delineations, air quality permitting

Soils and Materials Engineers, Grand Rapids, Michigan/Project Manager (1996): Responsible for conducting hydrogeological investigations and wetland determinations and delineations

United Environmental Technologies, Inc, Portage, Michigan/Project Manager (1996-1997): Conducted environmental site assessments for acquisition/divestiture, ecological assessments, hydrogeological investigations, storm water management, permitting

Nassef Engineering and Equipment Company, Inc., Pensacola, Florida/Environmental Scientist Subcontractor (1997 - Current): Conducted hydrogeological investigations, implementation of remedial technologies, permitting, soils investigation

Environmental Science and Planning, LLC, Canton, Ohio Regional Office/Director of Environmental Affairs and General Partner (1997 - Current): Implementation of hydrogeological investigations, underground storage tank management, biological criteria assessments, wetland determinations/delineations, ecological risk assessments, environmental site assessments

Recent Scholarly Work

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:
Carmichael, C. K., B. R. Kreiser, D. G. Barker, T. J. Barker, and J. C. Gillingham.  2007.  Pheromone trailing of the Indonesian water python (Liasis mackloti ssp.) based on homotypic and heterotypic pairings.  Ed. Robert Henderson in "Biology of the Boas and Pythons". Eagle Publishing.
 
Carmichael, C. K., B. R. Kreiser, and D. Barker.  2003.  Phylogeography of the freckled python (Liasis mackloti) of Indonesia's Lesser Sundas Archipelago based on multiple character analyses.  The Ohio Journal of Science 103 (1): 25.

Carmichael, C. K. and J. C. Gillingham.  1989.  Dietary analysis of the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) on Stephens Island, New Zealand.  New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1989, Vol. 16: 269.

Gillingham, J. C., C. K. Carmichael, and T. J. Miller.  1995.  Social behavior of the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus.  Herpetological Monographs 9: 5-16.

CURRENT RESEARCH BEING COMPLETED/PUBLISHED:

Carmichael, C. K., J. C. Gillingham, and S. A. Kaell.  The feeding ecology of the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) in two different ecological zones on Stephens Island, New Zealand: a model study for demonstrating ecological impacts following human perturbation.

Carmichael, C. K., T. J. Barker, and J. C. Gillingham.  A comparative study of pheromone trailing specificity between two sympatric species of short-tailed pythons, Python curtus and Python brongersmai, on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.

Carmichael, C. K., S. A. Kaell, and J. C. Gillingham.  The feeding ecology of a newly described tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri) on Brothers Island, New Zealand.

C. K. Carmichael and J. C. Gillingham.  Territoriality and social behavior of the green-spotted skink (Leiolopisma lineoocellatum) on Brothers Island, New Zealand.

Carmichael, C. K.  Reproductive physiology and ethology of the tokay gecko (Gecko gekko).

Carmichael, C. K., J. C. Gillingham, and B. R. Kreiser.  Characterization of a potential relict population of the six-lined racerunner (Cnemidopherus sexlineatus) in Michigan.

Carmichael, C. K.  Basking site fidelity in the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) on Beaver Island, Michigan.

Gillingham, J. C. and C. K. Carmichael.  Thermoregulatory behavior and sun-patch use in the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) on Stephens Island, New Zealand.

Teaching Assignments

Coming Soon!