
Dan Cristol
Chancellor Professor of Biology
Office:
Integrated Science Center 3269
Phone:
757 221 2405
Email:
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Current Positions
- Director, 1693 Scholars Program
- Chancellor Professor of Biology
Areas of Specialization
Animal Behavior, Behavioral Ecology, Ornithology, Ecotoxicology
Background
Arrived 1996; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California-Davis, 1995; NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, Oxford University, 1994.
Education
Ph.D Biology, Indiana University, 1993; B.S. Cornell University, 1985
Courses Taught
Animal Behavior (BIO 410); Ornithology (BIO 416); Introductory Biology (BIO 220)
Research
Ecotoxicology of mercury in birds and food webs
Grants
NSF IOS ($650,000, 2012-2017); DuPont Corporation ($1.5 million, 2005-2010); NSF BioMath ($647,000, 2004-2009); NSF CAREER ($265,000, 1998-2003); National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($27,500, 2007-2008)
Honors, Prizes, and Awards
2007 Outstanding Faculty Award -- State Council of Higher Education in Virginia