Robert Schmitz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: TNR 380
Phone: (715) 346-2420
Fax: (715) 346-3624
Email: rschmitz@uwsp.edu
Education
Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina (1993)
M.S., Anatomy - University of IL at Chicago (1982)
B.S., Zoology - University of Washington (1976)
Course
Bio 326 - Techniques in Biological Electron Microscopy
Bio 373 - Comparative Vertebrate Histology
Bio 387 - Human Anatomy
Bio 399 - Independednt Study in Biology
Bio 498 - Advanced Human Dissection
Links
My Faculty Home Page
About
Dr. Schmitz grew up in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin and graduated
from Kimberly High School in 1971. He attended the University of
Washington in Seattle and recieved a B.S. degree in Zoology in 1976.
After completing his Master of Science Degree in the Anatomy Department
at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1982, Bob worked at the
Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago) in the Division of Fishes for
three years. In 1985, Dr. Schmitz began teaching Human Anatomy at the
National College of Chiropractic. With the urging of Dr.Bob Johnson of
the College of Charleston, he decided to pursue his doctoral degree at
the Medical University of South Carolina in 1987 and defended his
dissertation in 1993. Dr. Schmitz joined the Biology Faculty at UWSP in
1992.
Research Areas
Structure and function of the notochord in vertebrates, particularly
fishes; Fine structure of cartilage in bony fishes; Fine structure of
fin rays in bony fishes; The role of the vertebral column in fish
swimming.
Publications
| 1998 |
Comparative Ultrastructure of the Cellular Components of the
Unconstricted Notochord in the Sturgeon and the Lungfish, J. Morphology
236:75-104. |
| 1998 |
Immunohistochemical Identification of the Cytoskeletal Elements in
the Notochord Cells of Bony Fishes, J. Morphology 236:105-116. |
| 1995 |
Ultrastructure and Function of the Cellular Components Intercentral
Joint in the Percoid Vertebral Column, J. Morphology 226:1-24. |
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