Steve Lane, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology, Natural & Health Sciences
Zoo and Wildlife Biology Program Co-Coordinator
About Steve Lane
Steve Lane was born and raised in Ohio. In 2019, he married his wife, Amber. His research interests heavily focus on the ecology and physiology of marine and aquatic invertebrates. He also runs the Malone Apiary, where he manages the honeybees on campus. In addition to teaching at Malone, Lane is the faculty representative at the Au Sable Institute for Environmental Studies and teaches a summer course on aquatic biology through Au Sable. When not working, he enjoys hiking, gardening with native plants, and building with Lego. Lane is also an avid SCUBA diver and a certified divemaster.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Montana
- M.S., Central Michigan University
- B.A., Spring Arbor University
AWARDS
- 2024 Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
Classes I Teach
- General Ecology
- Microbiology
- Invertebrate Zoology
- Research Methods in the Natural Sciences
- General Biology I
- General Biology II
Signature Experiences
- 2020-present, Assistant Professor of Biology, Malone University
- 2018-2020, Lecturer, Loyola University, Maryland
- 2013-2018, Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Montana
Recent Scholarly Work & Publications
*Dworning, J. (2024, April 20). The immunological consequences of social isolation in pogonomyrmex barbatus [Poster presentation]. 2024 Malone Research Symposium.
*Kitchen, O., *VanLew, A., *Zilinski, O., *Zimmerman, J., & Lane, S. L. (2022, April 7). Predilections of sitta carolinensis, poecile atricapillus, and baeolophus bicolor for bird feeder color [Poster presentation]. Ohio Academy of Science.
Shishido, C. M., Woods, H. A., Lane, S. J., Toh, M. W. A., Tobalske, B. W., & Moran, A. L. (2019). Polar gigantism and the oxygen-temperature hypothesis: A test of upper thermal limits to body size in Antarctic pycnogonids. Royal Society, 286(1900).
Lane, S. J., Tobalske, B. W., Moran, A. L., & Woods, H. A. (2018). Costs of epibionts on Antarctic sea spiders. Marine Biology, 165(137).
Lane, S. J., Moran, A.L., Shishido, C. M., Tobalske, B. W., & Woods, H. A. (2018). Cuticular gas exchange by Antarctic sea spiders. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(8), 1-9.
*denotes undergraduate students