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Abel Bult-Ito, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Behavioral and Evolutionary Neuroscience Laboratory Alaskan Basic Neuroscience Program Institute of Arctic Biology & Department of Biology and Wildlife University of Alaska Fairbanks P.O. Box 757000 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000 Tel: 907-474-7158 Fax: 907-474-6967 E-mail: ffab@uaf.edu

Master's and Ph.D. Studies in my Laboratory:
Graduate students are a very important component of a successful research program.  They provide continuity and are the lifeblood of the program.  They are given the opportunity to develop their career in the health-related sciences for successful future careers in academia, medical school, or industry!
 
Graduate Advisor for:
2006 Ph.D. student April Brennan: Alaskan red-backed vole physiology.
2006-present M.S. student Micki Kobylk: Research project to be determined (UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry). active
2005-present M.Ed. student Stephanie Firmin: Science education (Co-Advisor). active
2004-present Master's Student Haiting Wan: Hormonal regulation and entrainment to scheduled feeding. active
2004 (Jan.)-2005 Ph.D. Student Keiko Akasofu: Molecular analysis of circadian rhythms.
2004 (Jan.)-2006 Master's Student Adlai Burman: Inter-Individual Variation in Gene Expression in Torpid and Interbout Euthermic Arctic Ground Squirrels (UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry). Graduated December 2006
2004-present Kalb Stevenson (Joint UAA/UAF Ph.D.): Co-Advisor (UAA Department of Biological Sciences and UAF Department of Biology & Wildlife) active
2002-present Ph.D. Student Kelly J. Hochstetler: Entrainment of the mouse master circadian clock to scheduled feeding. active
2002-2006 Master’s student Jim Kimbal: Biomechanical adaptations to skating in elite hockey players.
2001-present Ph.D. student Dana M. Greene: Compulsive-like behaviors in house mice selected for big and small nests. active
2000 (Jan.)-present Ph.D. student Ronald J. Tavernier: Arctic circadian rhythm organization of the Northern Red-backed Vole (Clethrionomys rutilus); http://www.uaf.edu/csem/learn.htm. active

Graduate Student Committee Member:
2006-2007 (Jan.) Keiko Akasofu (Ph.D.): Committee Member (UAF Department of Biology & Wildlife)
2005-2006 Micki Kobylk (M.S.): Committee Member (UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
2005 Amy Childers (Ph.D.): Outside Examiner (UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences). Graduated December 2005
2004-2006 April Brennan (Joint UAA/UAF Ph.D.): Committee Member (UAA Department of Biological Sciences and UAF Department of Biology & Wildlife)
2002-2004 Katrina Knott (M.S.): Committee Member (UAF Department of Biology & Wildlife) Graduated August 2004
2001-2005 Huiwen Zhao (Ph.D.): Committee Member (UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) Graduated August 2005
2001-2005 Austin Ross (M.S.): Committee Member (UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) Graduated August 2005
2002-2003 Jennifer Jenkins (Ph.D.): Committee Member (UAF Department of Biology & Wildlife)
2001-2003 Timothy J. Martin (M.S.): Committee member (UAF Department of Biology & Wildlife)
1999-2004 Lucas B. Middle (M.S.): Committee member (UAF Department of Biology & Wildlife)
2000 Mike Sullivan (Ph.D.) Member comprehensive exam committee (UAA student)
2000 Kimberly L. Clapp (Ph.D.): Outside examiner (UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) Graduated May 2000
1999-2002 Jamie L. Barger (Ph.D.): Committee member (UAF Department of Biology & Wildlife) Graduated August 2002

Circadian Rhythms: Adaptation to the Earth's Natural Light-Dark Cycle