Michael Romero
Professor
Stress Physiology and Field Endocrinology

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Stanford University, 1993, PhD in Biology, Stanford, CA
• Stanford University, 1992, MS in Biology
• Swarthmore College, 1988, BA in Biology with distinction, Swarthmore, PA 1908

• 2006 - Professor, Dept. of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA
• 2002 - 2006, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA
• 1996 - 2002 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA
• 1999 - present, Adjunct Assistant/Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Population Health
  Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA
• 1993 - 1996, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology University of Washington, Seattle, WA

• Mellon Foundation Research Semester Fellowship
• Tufts University Faculty Research Award
• Tufts University Award for Curricular Innovation
• National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
• American Psychological Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
• National Institutes of Health Minority Graduate Fellowship Grant
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
• B.A. Awarded With Distinction
• Sigma Xi Honor Society
• Swarthmore National Scholar
• National Hispanic Scholar

• "Physiology of Stress in Wild Animals." National Science Foundation 5/1/03 - 4/31/06
• "Physiology of Stress in Wild Animals." National Science Foundation 8/1/99 - 7/31/02
• "Common Loons: Endocrine Sentinels for Northern Lakes." Tufts Institute for the Environ., Co-PI: Mark Pokras, Tufts Vet. Sch. 7/1/99 - 6/30/00
• "Biology in the Galapagos." Voyagers International 5/17/99 - 6/15/99
• "Stress in Marine-Diving Iguanas." Tufts University 10/20/97 - 6/31/98
• "Stress in Wild Animals." National Science Foundation and Tufts Univ. 12/1/96 - 11/30/97
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. National Science Foundation 11/1/94 - 10/31/96

• Endocrinology - Tufts Univ. 1999, 2001-present
• Biology and the American Social Contract (course for nonmajors) - Tufts Univ. 1997-present
• Experiments in Biology (lab. course in physiology & behavior) - Tufts Univ. 1996-1997, 2000-present
• Bioscience Challenge Seminar - Tufts Univ. 1996-1999
• Tropical Biology & Ecology - biologist/guide, International Journeys (Peru), April/Sept 1993
• Lectures on experimental animal use in science - Various High Schools, Ongoing

• American Physiological Society
• Cooper Ornithological Society
• Sigma Xi
• Society for Neuroscience
• Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
• Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

Professional Service

• Grant Reviewer - National Science Foundation Neuroendocrinology Panel (IBN) - 2000-present
• Mannaging Editor for General And Comparative Endocrinology - 2004-present

• University of New Hampshire, April, 2004
• Bowdoin College, February, 2004
• University of South Carolina, November, 2002
• Rutgers University, March, 2002
• Boston University, November, 2001
• Stanford University, May, 2001
• Max Plank Institute, Seewiessen Germany, July 2000
• National Science Foundation, March 2000
• Princeton University, March 2000
• Swarthmore College, March 2000
• Oberlin College, February 2000
• Symposia Speaker, VII Inter. Symp. Avian Endocrinol. Jan. 2000
• Symposia Speaker, International Ornithological Congress. August 1998
• Symposia Speaker, Workshop on Steroid Hormones and Brain Function, April 1998
• Symposia Speaker, Tufts Univ Society Veterinary Medicine, February 1998
• Symposia Speaker, SACNAS. October 1997
• Vassar College. September 1997
• University of Vermont. March 1997
• Tufts University Veterinary School. March 1997
• Ilisagvik College, Barrow, AK. July 1995

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