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Allen F. Mensinger

Biology Department

University of Minnesota Duluth

013 Swenson Science Building

218-726-7259 (office)

218-726-6125 (lab)

218-726-8142 (fax)

(email)

Teleost Sensory Physiology

Research interests

The Mensinger Lab is primarily interested in the neural mechanisms of behavior, specfically how teleosts detect, integrate and respond to external environment cues. Research opportunities also exist in animal behavior, sensory ecology and fish biology.

Publications

Teaching

Biology 1011 General Biology I

Biology 3703 Animal Physiology

Biology 5760 Physiology of Fishes

Biology 5772 Neural Mechanisms of Behavior

Biology 5990 Current Topics in Neurophysiology

Lab personnel

Current Graduate students

Margot Bergstrom "Competitive interactions between native and invasive fish"

Nicole Seigler - On active duty with national guard

Malia Lahr - "How fish localize underwater sound"

Ben Thwaits - UM EEB program (co-advisor with Peter Sorensen)

Past graduate students

Hazel Richmond (2001-2003)

Lucy Palmer (2001-2003)

Mike Callahan (2000-2003)

Current undergraduates

Stacey Denny

Research Assistants

Beth Giuiffrida

Research opportunities for undergraduates

Ode to the toadfish

Laboratory position available

Postdoctoral fellow

Graduate students

Undergraduate research students