Jennifer L. Dearolf
Biology Department
Hendrix College
1600 Washington Avenue
Conway, AR 72032
(510) 450-4530
dearolf@mercury.hendrix.edu
EDUCATION
1992-1996 B.A. Biology
St. Mary's College of Maryland
St. Mary's City, MD 20686
1996-1998 M.S. Marine Biology
Thesis - Precocial Development of Axial Locomotor Muscles in
Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Thesis Advisor- Dr. D. Ann Pabst
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC 28403
1998-2002 Ph.D. Zoology
Thesis - Morphology and Development of the Diaphragm of
Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Thesis Advisor- Dr. John Hermanson
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14850
POSITIONS
2002 - present
Biology Department
Hendrix College
Teaching - Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (BIOL 440),
Senior Seminar (BIOL 497) and Organismal Biology (BIOL 160)
Research - morphology and development of ventilatory muscles
in manatees and bottlenose dolphins
1998 - 2002
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Cornell University
Teaching assistant - Biological Sciences (BIOG 101-104)
General Biology (BIOG 107-108), and The Vertebrates:
Form, Function and Evolution (BIOES 274)
Research - morphology and development of the diaphragm muscle
in bottlenose dolphins
1997 - 1998
Center for Marine Science Research
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Research assistant
Volunteer - UNCW Marine Mammal Stranding Program
Research - development of axial locomotor muscles in
bottlenose dolphins
1996 - 1997
Department of Biological Sciences
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Teaching Assistant - Principles of Biology and Microbiology
of Human Diseases
Volunteer - UNCW Marine Mammal Stranding Program
Research - development of axial locomotor muscles in
bottlenose dolphins
1995 - 1997
Marine Theater
Mystic Marinelife Aquarium
Intern and volunteer
Research - choice behavior of beluga whales
HONORS
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology's Dwight Davis Award -
Honorable Mention for the Best Student Paper in Vertebrate Morphology 2002
Cornell Environmental Inquiry Research Program (CEIRP) Fellowship
for 2001-2002 - funded by NSF
Graduate School Fellowship for 1999-2000 - Cornell University
The Sylvia and B.D. Schwartz Graduate Fellowship for 1997-1998 -
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention -
1997 & 1998
Valedictorian of St. Mary's College of Maryland's Class of 1996; graduated
summa cum laude
PUBLICATIONS
Etnier, S.A., J.L. Dearolf, W.A. McLellan, and D. A. Pabst. (2004)
Postural role of lateral axial muscles in developing bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus).
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271: 909-918.
Thayer, V.G., A.J. Read, A.S. Friedlaender, D.R. Colby, A.A. Hohn, W.A.
McLellan, D.A. Pabst, J.L. Dearolf, N.I. Bowles, J.R. Russel, and K.A.
Rittmaster. (2003) Reproductive seasonality of western Atlantic bottlenose
dolphins off North Carolina, U.S.A.
Marine Mammal Science 19: 617-629.
Dearolf, J.L. (2003) Diaphragm muscle development in bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus).
Journal of Morphology 256: 79-88.
Noren, S.R., T.W. Williams, D.A. Pabst, W.A. McLellan, and J.L. Dearolf.
(2001) The development of diving in marine endotherms: preparing the skeletal
muscles of dolphins, penguins, and seals for submergence.
Journal of Comparative Physiology B 171: 127-134.
Dearolf, J.L., W.A. McLellan, R.M. Dillaman, D. Frierson, and D.A. Pabst.
(2000) Precocial development of axial locomotor muscle in bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus).
Journal of Morphology 244: 203-215.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS - *Hendrix student
Traister, E.A., W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, and J.L. Dearolf. (2004)
Morphological analyses of cetacean diaphragms: correlations with ventilatory
functions.
Integrative and Comparative Biology 44: 755.
Brickell, E.C., W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, and J.L. Dearolf. (2003) Metabolic
characteristics of the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) scalenus muscle.
Integrative and Comparative Biology 43: 959.
Dearolf, J.L., W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, and J.W. Hermanson. (2002) Metabolic
development of the diaphragm of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
Integrative and Comparative Biology 42: 1218.
Dearolf, J.L., S.A. Rommel, and J.W. Hermanson. (2001) Compartmentalization
of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) diaphragm.
American Zoologist 41: 1424-1425.
Etnier, S.A., J.L. Dearolf, W.A. McLellan, and D.A. Pabst. (2001)
Postural control of lateral flexibility in neonatal dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
American Zoologist 41: 1439.
Dearolf, J.L., W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, and J.W. Hermanson. (2000)
Diaphragm muscle development in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
American Zoologist 40: 993.
Dearolf, J.L., W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, J.W. Hermanson. (1999) Ventilation
in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): the role of the diaphragm.
American Zoologist 39: 98A.
Dearolf, J.L., J.W. Hermanson, and D.A. Pabst. (1998) Muscle development
model: a quantitative histochemical approach. American Zoologist 38: 107A.
Dearolf, J.L., W.A. McLellan, and D.A. Pabst. (1997) Development of axial
locomotor muscles in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). American
Zoologist 37: 26A.
GRANTS
March 2005 - Odyssey Project Grant
March 2004 - Galileo Project Grant
December 2002 - SURF-SILO Grant
April 2002 - Field of Zoology (Cornell) Summer Research Grant
January 2002 - Cornell Graduate School Conference Travel Grant (SICB meeting)
December 2001 - National Chapter of Sigma Xi Grants-in Aid Award
October 2001 - Cornell Graduate School Conference Travel Grant (SMM meeting)
April 2001 - Field of Zoology (Cornell) Summer Research Grant
January 2001 - Cornell Graduate School Conference Travel Grant (SICB meeting)
June 2000 - National Chapter of Sigma Xi Grants-in Aid Award
May 2000 - Edna Bailey Sussman Fund for Environmental Internships
POSTERS
2003
Metabolic development of the diaphragm of bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus).
J.L. Dearolf
Presented at the 2003 Society for Integrative and Comparative
Biology Meeting
1996
The ability of a beluga whale ( Delphinapterus leucas) to discriminate
between differentially rewarded stimuli.
J.L. Dearolf
Presented at St. Mary's College of Maryland Student Research Symposium
and the Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Meeting
1994
The effects of unilateral and bilateral lesions to the mesencephalic reticular
formation on the long-term habituation of the acoustic startle response.
J. Dearolf, M. Gaffney, and M. Hipolito
Presented at St. Mary's College of Maryland Student Research Symposium
PRESENTATIONS
2002
Thesis defense- Divergent mechanics of breathing muscles in two
marine mammals.
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
2002
Divergent mechanics of breathing muscles in two marine mammals.
Hendrix College
Conway, AR
2002
Thermoregulation in marine mammals
Hendrix College
Conway, AR
2002
Compartmentalization of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)
diaphragm
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Anaheim, CA
2001
Diaphragm muscle development in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
Vancouver, B.C.
2001
Marine Mammals
The Vertebrates Course (BIOES 274)
Ithaca, NY
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1998-2002
Worked with Dr. John Hermanson at Cornell University on the development
of ventilatory muscles in Florida manatees and bottlenose dolphins
1996-1998
Worked with Dr. D. Ann Pabst at the University of North Carolina at
Wilmington on the development of axial locomotor muscles in bottlenose
dolphins
1996
Worked with Dr. Jeffrey Byrd at St. Mary's College of Maryalnd on the
survival of Vibrio vulnificus in cold seawater
1995-1996
Worked on the choice behavior of a captive beluga whale at Mystic
Marinelife Aquarium
1994
Worked with Dr. Wesley Jordan at St. Mary's College of Maryland on the
acoustic startle response in rats
SOCIETIES
Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society
Sigma Xi
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
American Society of Mammalogists
Society for Marine Mammalogy
Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) Faculty for the 21st Century (F21)
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