  Major Funding Sources
NeurobiologyNeurobiology Dr. H. Dieter SteklisMon, 04/09/2012 - 08:23 — gerbersl
Position Title(s):
Interim Director, Office of Academic Affairs
Department or Unit:
University of Arizona South
Mailing Address:
McClelland Park 235H Tucson Arizona 85721
Phone:
520-258-8278
Email:
steklis@email.arizona.edu
Website:
http://wild-minds.org/Home_Page.html
Brief Biography:
H. Dieter Steklis, Ph.D., is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the University of Arizona South. He joined forces with the McClelland Institute to further the research of the “Fathers, Parenting, and Families” Initiative. Dr. Steklis’ present research focuses on the comparative study of personality and temperament, cognitive and emotional differences between apes and humans, and paternal behavior in mountain gorillas.
Dr. Steklis earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. He then began his academic career at Rutgers University. Dr. Steklis’ research, scholarship, and teaching interest span several disciplines including comparative anatomy, neurobiology, biological anthropology, and primatology.
For more than 15 years, Dr. Steklis has held several leadership positions with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, a non-profit organization dedicated to gorilla research and conservation in Africa. He often collaborates with his wife, Netzin Steklis, on research projects concerning mountain gorilla personality, behavior, biology and conservation. Their work has been featured in national and international magazines, radio programs, and numerous television broadcasts (including National Geographic).
Publications:
Olfactory and Behavioral Responses of Kissing Bugs to Odors of Vertebrate HostsMon, 02/27/2012 - 07:11 — admin
Triatomine bugs are blood-sucking vectors of Chagas Disease, a parasitic infection that affects more than 11 million people in the Americas. Complete and continuous interruption of disease transmission by these insects requires improvement of entomological surveillance, which could be effectively achieved by methods (e.g. odor-baited traps) that use natural attractants (e.g. host-odors) actively to detect the presence of the insects. We propose to use neurophysiological, analytical chemical, and behavioral methods to identify odor attractants used by Rhodnius prolixus, one of the main vectors of the disease, to find its hosts and that can be used as trap lures.
Project P. I(s):
Dr. John G. Hildebrand
Project Home institution or organization:
The University of Arizona
Project Home College:
College of Science University of Arizona Project Departments, Institutes and/or Centers Involved in Project:
Neurobiology
Project Sponsors and/or Funding Source(s):
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Project Funding Amount:
$151,209
Project Region:
Americas
Project Region:
Americas: Central America and Caribbean
Project Region:
Americas: North America
Project Region:
Americas: South America
Project Country/Countries:
United States
Start Date of Project:
05/08/2009
End Date of Project:
04/30/2012
Project Status:
Active
Type of Project or Activity:
Research  |
