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Biography: 

Jon Harrison is an environmental physiologist who studies how insects function, interact with their environment, and evolve. His research includes studies of how environmental and genetic factors affect growth and development, the factors that determine body size, how body and colony size affects metabolic rates and organismal function, the role of pesticides in pollinator decline, and how ecological factors such as temperature and plant nutritional content influence animal populations.

He and his collaborators study how genes and the environment interact to alter animal morphology, metabolism, growth and physiological systems. To do this, they utilize a range of approaches, including evolutionary/comparative studies in field and lab, platisticity studies in the lab, and genetic and pharmacological manipulations.   

His research has been applied to understanding climate change effects on animals, predicting locust outbreaks, and development of miniaturized artificial intelligence systems. 

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Education: 

Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder 1987

Publications: 
  • Harrison, J.F., Cease, A.J., VandenBrooks, J.M., Albert, T. and G. Davidowitz.2013. Caterpillars selected for large body size and short development time are more susceptible to oxygen-related stress. Ecology and Evolution 3:1305-1316.
  • Harrison, J.F., H. Arthur Woods and Stephen P. Roberts.Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Insects. 2012. ISBN:978-0-19-922594-1; 978-0-19-922595-8. Oxford Press.392 pages.
  • Cease, A.J., J.J. Elser, C.F. Ford, S. Hao, L. Kang and J.F. Harrison. 2012. Heavy livestock grazing promotes locust outbreaks by lowering plant nitrogen content. Science 335:467-469.   
  • Vandenbrooks, J.M., E.E. Munoz, M.D. Weed, C.F. Ford, M.A. Harrison and J.F. Harrison. 2012. Impacts of paleo-oxygen levels on the size, development, reproduction, and tracheal systems ofBlatella germanica. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 39:83-93.       
  • Harrison, J.F. and G.G. Haddad. 2011. Effects of oxygen on growth and size: synthesis of molecular, organismal and evolutionary studies with Drosophila melanogaster. Annual Review of Physiology 73:13.1-13.9.

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  • Farzin, M., T. Albert, N. Pierce, J.M. VandenBrooks, T. Dodge and J.F. Harrison. Acute and chronic effects of atmospheric oxygen on the feeding behavior of Drosophila melanogaster larvae. Journal of Insect Physiology (2014).
  • Harrison, J.F., C.J. Klok and J.S. Waters. Critical PO2 is size-independent in insects: implications for the metabolic theory of ecology. Current Opinion in Insect Science (2014).
  • Henry, J. and J.F. Harrison. Body size effects on the oxygen-sensitivity of dragonfly flight. Journal of Experimental Biology (2014).
  • Callier, V., Shingleton, A.W., Brent, C.S., Ghosh, S.M., Kim, J. and J.F. Harrison. The role of reduced oxygen in the developmental physiology of growth and metamorphosis initiation in Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology (2013).
  • Dejian Zhao, Zhenyu Zhang, Arianne Cease, Jon Harrison, and Le Kang. Efficient utilization of aerobic metabolism helps Tibetan locusts conquer hypoxia. BMC Genomics (2013).
  • Harrison, J.F., Cease, A.J., VandenBrooks, J.M., Albert, T. and G. Davidowitz. Caterpillars selected for large body size and short development time are more susceptible to oxygen-related stress. Ecology and Evolution (2013).
  • Harrison, J.F., Waters, J.S., Cease, A.J., VandenBrooks, J.M., Callier, V., Klok, C.J., Shaffer, K. and J.J. Socha. How locusts breathe. Physiology (2013).
  • Harrison, J.F., Waters, J.S., Cease, A.J., VandenBrooks, J.M., Callier, V., Klok, C.J., Shaffer, K. and J.J. Socha. How locusts breathe. Physiology (2013).
  • Klok, C.J. and J.F. Harrison. The temperature-size rule in arthropods: independent of macro-scale environmental variables but size-dependent. Integrative and Comparative Biology (2013).
  • Harrison, J. and Wasserthal, L. Gaseous Exchange. Chapmans's The Insects: Structure and Function (2013).
  • Cease, A.J., J.J. Elser, C.F. Ford, S. Hao, L. Kang and J.F. Harrison. Heavy livestock grazing promotes locust outbreaks by lowering plant nitrogen content. Science (2012).
  • Lease, H., C.J. Klok, A. Kaiser and J.F. Harrison. Body size is not critical for critical PO2 in scarabaeid and tenebrionid beetles. Journal of Experimental Biology (2012).
  • Vandenbrooks, J.M., E.E. Munoz, M.D. Weed, C.F. Ford, M.A. Harrison and J.F. Harrison. Impacts of paleo-oxygen levels on the size, development, reproduction, and tracheal systems of Blatella germanica. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2012).
  • Zhao, D.J., Z.Y. Zhang, J. Harrison and L. Kang. Genome-wide analysis of transcriptional changes in the thoracic muscle of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria, exposed to hyobaric hypoxia. Journal of Insect Physiology (2012).
  • Harrison, J.F. Woods, H.A. Roberts, S.P. Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Insects. (2012).
  • J.S. Waters and J.F. Harrison. Insect metabolic rates. Metabolic Ecology: A Scaling Approach (2012).
  • Harrison, J.F. and G.G. Haddad. Effects of oxygen on growth and size: synthesis of molecular, organismal and evolutionary studies with Drosophila melanogaster. Annual Review of Physiology (2011).
  • Heinrich, E.C., M. Farzin, C.J. Klok and J.F. Harrison. The effect of developmental stage on the sensitivity of cell and body size to hypoxia in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology (2011).
  • Schilman, P.E., J.S. Waters, J.F. Harrison and J.R.B. Lighton. Effects of temperature on responses to anoxia and oxygen reperfusion in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology (2011).
  • Blatch, S.A., K.W. Meyer and J.F. Harrison. Effects of dietary folic acid level and symbiotic folate production on fitness and development in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Fly (2010).
  • Cease, A.J., S. Hao, L. Kang, J.J. Elser and J.F. Harrison. Are color or high rearing density related to migratory polyphenism in the band-winged grasshopper, Oedaleus asiaticus?. Journal of Insect Physiology (2010).
  • Harrison, J.F., A. Kaiser and J.M. VandenBrooks. Atmospheric oxygen level and the evolution of insect size. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (2010).
  • Klok, C.J., A. Kaiser, J.R.B. Lighton and Harrison, J.F. Critical oxygen partial pressures and maximal tracheal conductances for Drosophila melanogaster reared for multiple generations in hypoxia or hyperoxia. Journal of Insect Physiology (2010).
  • Rascón, B. and J.F. Harrison. Lifespan and oxidative stress show a non-linear response to atmospheric oxygen in Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology (2010).
  • Waters, J.S., C.T. Holbrook, J.H. Fewell and J.F. Harrison. Allometric scaling of metabolism, growth and activity of whole colonies of the seed harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus. American Naturalist (2010).
  • Bradley, T.J., A.D. Briscoe, S.G. Brady, H.L. Contreras, B.N. Danforth, R. Dudley, D. Grimaldi, J.F. Harrison, A. Kaiser, C. Merlin, S.M. Reppert, J.M. VandenBrooks and S.P. Yanoviak. Episodes in insect evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology (2009).
  • Greenlee, K.J., J.R. Henry, S.D. Kirkton, M.W. Westneat, K. Fezzaa, W.K. Lee and J.F. Harrison. Synchrotron imaging of the grasshopper tracheal system: morphological components of tracheal hypermetry and the effect of age and stage on abdominal air sac volumes and convection. American Journal of Physiology: Comparative, Regulatory and Integrative Physiology (2009).
  • Klok, C.J. and J.F. Harrison. Atmospheric hypoxia limits selection for large body size in insects. PLOS One (2009).
  • Klok, C.J., A.J. Hubb and J.F. Harrison. Single and multigenerational responses of body mass to atmospheric oxygen concentration in Drosophila melanogaster: evidence for roles of plasticity and evolution. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2009).
  • Sato, H., C.W. Berry, Y. Peeri, E. Baghoomian, B.E. Casey, G. Lavella, J.M. VandenBrooks, J.F. Harrison and M.M. Maharbiz. Remote radio control of insect flight. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience (2009).
  • Jon F. Harrison. Respiratory System. Encyclopedia of Insects (2009).
  • Jon F. Harrison. Tracheal System. Encyclopedia of Insects (2009).
  • Frazier, M.R., J.F. Harrison, S.D. Kirkton and S.P. Roberts. Cold rearing improves cold flight performance in Drosophila via changes in wing morphology. Journal of Experimental Biology (2008).
  • Socha, J.J., W.K. Lee, J.F. Harrison, J.S. Waters, K. Fezzaa and M.W. Westneat. Correlated patterns of tracheal compression and convective gas exchange in a carabid beetle. Journal of Experimental Biology (2008).
  • Harrison, J.F., A. Kaiser and J. Vandenbrooks. Mysteries of oxygen and insect size. Molecules to migration: The pressures of life (2008).
  • Alex Kaiser, Cornelus Klok, John Socha, Wah Lee, Michael Quinlan, Jon Harrison. Increase in tracheal investment with beetle size supports hypothesis of oxygen limitation on insect gigantism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2007).
  • J Badman, Jon Harrison, M McGarry. Grasshoppers for research and education: care for maintenance and production colonies. Lab Animal Science (2007).
  • J Socha, M Westneat, Jon Harrison, J Waters, W Lee. Real-time phase-contrast x-ray imaging, a new technique for the study of animal form and function. BMC Biology (2007).
  • Kendra Greenlee, Christina Nebeker, Jon Harrison. Body-size independent safety margins for gas exchange across grasshopper species. Journal of Experimental Biology (2007).
  • H Lease, B Wolf, Jon Harrison. Intraspecific variation in tracheal volume in the American locust, Schistocerca americana, measured by a new inert gas method. Journal of Experimental Biology (2006).
  • Jon Harrison, Jennifer Fewell, Kirk Anderson, Gerald Loper. Environmental Physiology of the Invasion of the Americas by Africanized Honey Bees. Integrative and Comparative Biology (2006).
  • Jon Harrison, Melanie Frazier, Joanna Henry, Alex Kaiser, Cornelus Klok, Brenda Rascon. Responses of terrestrial insects to hypoxia or hyperoxia. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology (2006).
  • Scott Kirkton, Jon Harrison. Ontogeny of locomotory behavior in the American locust, Schistocerca americana: from marathoner to broad jumper. Animal Behaviour (2006).
  • B Rascón, Jon Harrison. Atmospheric oxygen effects on metabolic rate and lift production of tethered flying locusts. Journal of Insect Physiology (2005).
  • Jon Harrison, J LaFreniere, K Greenlee. Ontogeny of tracheal dimensions and gas exchange capacities in the grasshopper, Schistocerca americana. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology (2005).
  • Jon Harrison, Melanie Frazier, Joanna Henry, Alexander Kaiser, C Klok, Brenda Rascón. Responses of terrestrial insects to hypoxia or hyperoxia. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology (2005).
  • Jon Harrison, O Taylor, H Hall. The flight physiology of reproductives of Africanized, European and hybrid honey bees (Apis mellifera). Physiological Biochemical Zoology (2005).
  • K Greenlee, Jon Harrison. Respiratory changes throughout ontogeny in the tobacco hornworm caterpillar, Manduca sexta. Journal of Experimental Biology (2005).
  • S Blatch, Jon Harrison. An up-dated chemically-defined medium for Drosophila melanogaster. Drosophila Information Services (2005).
  • S Kirkton, J Nsika, Jon Harrison. Ontogenetic effects on aerobic and anaerobic metabolism during jumping in the American locust, Schistocerca americana. Journal of Experimental Biology (2005).
  • S Kirkton, Jon Harrison. Ontogeny of locomotory behaviour in the American locust, Schistocerca americana: from marathoner to broad jumper. Animal Behaviour (2005).
  • A Schmitz, Jon Harrison. Hypoxic tolerance in air-breathing invertebrates. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology (2004).
  • B Rascón, Jon Harrison. Atmospheric oxygen effects on metabolic rate and behavior of tethered flying locusts. Integrative and Comparative Biology (2004).
  • D Hartung, S Kirkton, Jon Harrison. Ontogeny of tracheal system structure: a light and electon-microscopy study of the metathoracic femur of the American locust, Schistocerca americana. Journal of Morphology (2004).
  • H Lease, B Wolf, Jon Harrison. Ontogeny of tracheal volume in Schistocerca americana. Integrative and Comparative Biology (2004).
  • H Woods, W Fagan, J Elser, Jon Harrison. Allometric and phylogenetic variation in insect phosphorus content. Functional Ecology (2004).
  • J Henry, Jon Harrison. Plastic and evolved responses of tracheal dimensions to varied atmospheric oxygen content in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology (2004).
  • Jon Harrison, R Suarez. JEB Classic: Krogh, A. and Weis-Fogh, T. The respiratory exchange ratio of the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) before, during and after flight. Journal of Experimental Biology (2004).
  • K Greenlee, Jon Harrison. Development of respiratory function in the American locust, Schistocerca americana. I. Across-instar effects. Journal of Experimental Biology (2004).
  • K Greenlee, Jon Harrison. Development of respiratory function in the American locust, Schistocerca americana. II. Within-instar effects. Journal of Experimental Biology (2004).
  • K Greenlee, Jon Harrison, J Henry, M Westneat, S Kirkton, W Lee. An analysis of grasshopper tracheal morphology across instars using synchrotron x-ray imaging. Integrative and Comparative Biology (2004).
  • M Perkins, A Woods, Jon Harrison, J Elser. Dietary phosphorus affects the growth of larval Manduca sexta. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology (2004).
  • S Roberts, Jon Harrison, R Dudley. Allometry of kinematics and energetics in carpenter bees (Xylocopa veripuncta) hovering in variable density gases. Journal of Experimental Biology (2004).
  • Harrison, Jon Fewell. Respiratory Systems. Encyclopedia of Insects (2003).
  • Harrison, Jon Fewell. Tracheal System. Encyclopedia of Insects (2003).
  • E Fuerbacher, Jon Harrison, J Fewell, S Roberts, E Smith. Effects of load type (pollen or nectar) and load mass on hovering metabolic rate and mechanical power output in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Journal of Experimental Biology (2003).
  • H Woods, W Makino, J Cotner, S Hobbe, Jon Harrison, K Acharya, J Elser. Temperature and the chemical composition of poikilothermic organisms. Functional Ecology (2003).
  • J Sullivan, S Fahrbach, Jon Harrison, E Capaldi, Jennifer Fewell, G Robinson. Juvenile hormone and division of labor in honey bee colonies: effects of allatectomy on flight behavior and metabolism. Journal of Experimental Biology (2003).
  • H Bustami, Jon Harrison, R Hustert. Evidence for oxygen and carbon dioxide receptors in the CNS of insects which influence ventilation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A (2002).
  • H Woods, Jon Harrison. Interpreting rejections of the beneficial acclimation hypothesis: when is physiological plasticity adaptive?. Evolution (2002).
  • H Woods, M Perkins, J Elser, Jon Harrison. Absorption and storage of phosphorus by larval Manduca sexta. J. Insect Physiology (2002).
  • Jon Harrison, J Fewell. Environmental and genetic influences on flight metabolic rate in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A (2002).
  • Fewell, J, Harrison, Jon. Variation in foraging phenotypes between African and European honey bee workers. New York (2002).
  • H Woods, C Sorenson, A Stephenson, Jon Harrison. A simple allozyme method for distinguishing all life stages of Manduca sexta and M. quinquemaculata. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2001).
  • H Woods, Jon Harrison. The beneficial acclimation hypothesis versus acclimation of specific traits: physiological change in water-stressed Manduca sexta caterpillars. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (2001).
  • Jon Harrison. Insect acid-base physiology. Annual Review of Entomology (2001).
  • Jon Harrison, A Whitmer, J Nichols. Evaluating the impact of physical renovation, computerization, and use of an inquiry approach in an undergraduate, allied health human anatomy and physiology lab. Advances in Physiology Education (2001).
  • Jon Harrison, S Camazine, J Marden, S Kirkton, A Rozo, X Yang. Mite not make it home: effects of tracheal mites on the flight metabolic capacity of honey bees. Journal of Experimental Biology (2001).
  • M Frazier, H Woods, Jon Harrison. Interactive effects of rearing temperature and oxygen on the development of Drosophila melanogaster. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (2001).
  • Jon Harrison, S Roberts. Flight respiration and energetics. Annual Review of Physiology (2000).
  • M Frazier, Jon Harrison, S Behmer. Effects of diet on titratable acid-base excretion in grasshoppers. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (2000).
Research Activity: 
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. Do miniaturized bees have reduced capacities for visual discrimination and learning Graduate Student: Duell. SIGMA XI(1/1/2014 - 1/31/2016).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*, Cease,Arianne, Elser,James Joseph. CNH: Linking Livestock Markets and Grazing Practices with the Nutritional Ecology of Grasses and Locusts Under Alternative Property Rights Regimes. NSF-BIO-DEB(9/15/2013 - 8/31/2017).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. Collaborative Research: Is hypoxia a critical cue for molting in Drosophila. NSF-BIO-IOS(9/1/2013 - 8/31/2016).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*, Cease,Arianne. SEES Fellows: Living with locusts: Training an ecophysiologist to incorporate bioeconomic modeling and collaborative with applied food security and ag. NSF-MPS-CHE(9/1/2013 - 8/31/2016).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. Integrating physiological and genetic mechanisms of body size regulation (Post Doc - Callier). HHS-NIH-NIGMS(7/1/2013 - 8/31/2013).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*, Klok,Cornelis Jacobus. Structural and Functional Scaling of the Respiratory System of Flying Beetles. NSF-BIO-IOS(9/1/2011 - 8/31/2015).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in teh Directorate for Biological Sciences: Metabolic and Behavioral Integration in Social Insect Colonies. NSF-BIO(7/1/2011 - 12/31/2012).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*, Cease,Arianne. International DDEP: Grasshopper Migration in the Asian Steppe: Investigating Diet as a Cue for Developmental Polyphenism. NSF-OISE(5/1/2010 - 4/30/2012).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. EFRI-BSBA: Complex Microsystem Networks Inspired by Internal Insect Physiology. VT(1/1/2010 - 12/31/2014).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. Variable Atmosphere Laboratory (VAL) Workshop 2. NSF-BIO-IOS(5/1/2009 - 4/30/2010).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. Improved Prediction of Africanized Honey Bee distribution and Migration oin the US and Honey Bee Climate Responses Using Satellite derived Land Co. NASA-GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR(5/15/2008 - 5/14/2012).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. Atmospheric Oxygen Influences on the Size of Modern and Fossil Insects. NSF-GEO(4/1/2008 - 3/31/2012).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. Workshop: Design and Scientific Merit of the Variable Atmosphere Laboratory (VAL). NSF-BIO(9/1/2007 - 8/31/2008).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. Synthetic Vertebral Implant for Cyborg Insects. UNIV OF MICHIGAN(11/1/2006 - 9/30/2011).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. Atmospheric Oxygen Effects on Insect Body Size and Trachael Function. NSF-BIO(6/1/2004 - 5/31/2009).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*, Greenlee,Kendra J. STAR Fellowship Application. USEPA-REGION 9(8/15/2003 - 8/14/2004).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. DISSERTATION RESEARCH: EFFECT OF BODY SIZE AND DEVELOPMENT ON GAS EXCHANGE MECHANISMS IN INSECTS: DIFFUSION VS. CONVECTION. NSF-BIO(6/1/2002 - 5/31/2003).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. DISSERTATION RESEARCH: MECHANISMS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ONTOGENETIC CHANGES IN RESPIRATORY FUNCTION DURING INSECT LOCOMOTION. NSF-BIO(6/1/2001 - 5/31/2004).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. BECKMAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM AWARD. BECKMAN (ARNOLD & MABEL) FDN(5/1/2001 - 8/31/2002).
  • Fewell,Jennifer Harrison*, Harrison,Jon Fewell. GENETIC AND PHENOTYPIC VARIATION IN FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF AFRICAN & EUROPEAN HONEY BEES. NSF-BIO(3/1/2001 - 2/28/2006).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. BODY SIZE AND TRACHAEL FUNCTION IN INSECTS. NSF-BIO(2/1/2000 - 1/31/2005).
  • Elser,James Joseph*, Fagan,William Fredric, Harrison,Jon Fewell. IRCEB: BIOLOGICAL STOICHIOMETRY FROM GENES TO ECOSYSTEMS. NSF-BIO(9/1/1999 - 8/31/2004).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. BODY SIZE AND TRACHEAL FUNCTION IN INSECTS. NSF-BIO(3/15/1998 - 2/29/2000).
  • Fewell,Jennifer Harrison*, Harrison,Jon Fewell. MECHANISMS OF COLONY GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION IN AFRICAN & EUROPEAN HONEY BEES. USDA(7/1/1997 - 7/31/2000).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. THERMOREGULATION IN BEES-DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT GRANT. NSF-BIO(8/1/1995 - 8/31/1997).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. RENEWAL: INSECT ACID-BASE REGULATION. NSF-BIO(2/15/1994 - 7/31/1998).
  • Harrison,Jon Fewell*. INSECT ACID-BASE REGULATION. NSF-BIO(2/15/1991 - 7/31/1994).
Fall 2021
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 360Animal Physiology
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
MIC 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
MBB 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 499Individualized Instruction
ANB 602Current Issues In Behavior
Summer 2021
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2021
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 360Animal Physiology
BIO 361Animal Physiology Laboratory
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
MIC 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 499Individualized Instruction
Fall 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
MIC 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 498Pro-Seminar
BIO 499Individualized Instruction
BIO 591Seminar
Summer 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 361Animal Physiology Laboratory
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 360Animal Physiology
BIO 361Animal Physiology Laboratory
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
MIC 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 499Individualized Instruction
Fall 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 360Animal Physiology
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
MIC 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 499Individualized Instruction
Summer 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 361Animal Physiology Laboratory
BIO 494Special Topics
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 360Animal Physiology
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
MIC 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 499Individualized Instruction
Fall 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 499Individualized Instruction
BIO 591Seminar
Summer 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 494Special Topics
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 360Animal Physiology
BIO 394Special Topics
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 499Individualized Instruction
Fall 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 189Life Sciences Career Paths
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 385Comparat Invertebrate Zoology
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 499Individualized Instruction
ANB 602Current Issues In Behavior
Summer 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 494Special Topics
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 360Animal Physiology
BIO 394Special Topics
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 499Individualized Instruction
Presentations: 
  • Callier, V., K. Greenlee and J.F. Harrison. Do Drosophila larvae experience functional oxygen limitation late in the instar?. APS Intersociety Meeting: Comparative Approaches to Grand Challenges in Physiology, San Diego, CA (Oct 2014).
  • VandenBrooks, J. and J.F. Harrison. Combining x-ray synchrotron imaging of amber fossils with body size changes in the fossil record to elucidate the effect of atmospheric oxygen on paleophysiology. APS Intersociety Meeting: Comparative Approaches to Grand Challenges in Physiology, San Diego, CA (Oct 2014).
  • Campbell, J.B., V. Callier, S. Hand and J.F. Harrison. Metabolism and locomotion of anoxic Drosophila. APS Intersociety Meeting: Comparative Approaches to Grand Challenges in Physiology, San Diego, CA (Oct 2014).
  • Jon Harrison. Oxygen transport and sensing: key to understanding insect growth, size and metabolic rate?. Colloquia: School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, ASU West (Sep 2014).
  • Jon Harrison, James Waters, Carter Tate Holbrook and Jennifer Fewell. Scaling of energetics and division of labor in harvester ants. Symposium at the Congress for the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Cairns (Aug 2014).
  • Campbell, J., Callier, V., Hand, S. and Harrison, J.F. Metabolism and locomotion of anoxic Drosophila. Drosophila Genetics: 55th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, CA (Apr 2014).
  • Harrison, J.F., Schlessinger, S., Biddulph, T., Ramsey, K., Heinrich, S. and Holden, N. Hypoxia effects on survival, fecundity and media of Drosophila. Drosophila Genetics: 55th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, CA (Apr 2014).
  • Campbell, J.C., Duell, M.E., Klok, C.J. and Harrison, J.F. Scaling of water loss, diffusion and ventilation in Scarab beetles at rest and during hypoxia. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX (Jan 2014).
  • Duell, M.E., Roubik, D., Wcislo, W., Harrison, J.F. and Smith, B.H. Correlates of miniaturization: scaling of morphology and behavioral repetoires of Neotropical stingless bees. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX (Jan 2014).
  • Cease, A.J., Fay, M., Elser, J.J. and Harrison, J.F. Dietary phosphate strongly and nonlinearly affects performance of an omnivorous herbivore. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX (Jan 2014).
  • Harrison, J.F., Klok, C.J., VandenBrooks, J.M., Duell, M.E., Campbell, J.B., Jirjies, S. and Socha, J.J. Grasshoppers defy gravity? Body position effects on hemolymph and air distribution in Schistocerca americana. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX (Jan 2014).
  • Biddulph, T.A. and Harrison, J.F. Oxygen modulates density effects on body size in Drosophila melanogaster. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX (Jan 2014).
  • Adjerid, K., Kenny, M., Pendar, H., Harrison, J.F. and Socha, J.J. A test of functional compartmentalization in the grasshopper Schistocerca americana using internal pressure recordings. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX (Jan 2014).
  • Duell, M., Ciarlariello, J., Klok, C.J., VandenBrooks, J.M. and Harrison, J.F. Is there a price of being giant? Body systems scaling in scarabaeid beetles illustrated by high resolution µCT. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX (Jan 2014).
  • Sieve, J., Aviles, J., Harrison, J.F. and Socha, J.J. A volumetric analysis of the tracheal system of the grasshopper Schistocerca americana using µCT. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX (Jan 2014).
  • Klok, C.J., Campbell, J., Duell, M. and Harrison, J.F. Critical oxygen partial pressures during rest and flight in giant scarabaeoid beetles. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX (Jan 2014).
  • VandenBrooks, J.M. and Harrison, J.F. Using impression fossils and 3D tomography to investigate the role of oxygen in insect evolution. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX (Jan 2014).
  • Harrison, J.F. Oxygen effects on insects: responses from seconds to geologic eras. Midwestern University, Dept. of Physiology seminar (Dec 2013).
  • Harrison, J.F. Escape or tolerate: different mechanisms to survive anoxia in Drosophila melanogaster. Arizona Physiological Society, Phoenix, AZ (Oct 2013).
  • Callier, V., Campbell, J.B., Hand, S.J. and Harrison, J.F. Escape or tolerate: different mechanisms to survive anoxia in Drosophila melanogaster. Arizona Physiological Society, Phoenix, AZ (Oct 2013).
  • Callier, V., Brent, C., Kim, J., Ghosh, S.M., Shingleton, A.W. and Harrison, J.F. Is oxygen limitation a cue for initiation of molting in Drosophila?. Drosophila Genetics: 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Washington, D.C (Apr 2013).
  • Harrison, J.F., Waters, J., Heinrich, S., Biddulph, T., Kovacevic, S. Effects if rearing oxygen level on the structure of the adult tracheal system in Drosophila melanogaster. Drosophila Genetics: 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Washington, D.C (Apr 2013).
  • Harrison, J.F. Oxygen transport and tissue trade-offs: keys to understanding the regulation and evolution of insect size?. Texas A&M, Dept of Entomology seminar (Mar 2013).
  • Cease, A.J., Elser, J.J., Hao, S., Harrison, J.F. Low plant nitrogen content and high population density enhance migratory characters in a polyphenic locust. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA (Jan 2013).
  • Harrison, J.F., Water, J.S., Cease, A.J., Vandenbrooks, J.M., Callier, V., Klok, C.J., Shaffer, K., Socha, J.J. How hoppers breathe. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA. How hoppers breath (Jan 2013).
  • Klok, C.J. and Harrison, J.F. Interactions between temperature and oxygen and the evolution of body size in invertebrates. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA (Jan 2013).
  • Waters, J.S., Harrison, J.F. Metabolic and behavioral variation with colony size and age: a manipulative test of the size-dependence theory of metabolic Allometry. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA (Jan 2013).
  • Kovasevic, A.*, Biddulph, T.A., Waters, J.S., Harrison, J.F. Effects of the larval oxygen environment on the three-dimensional branching structure of insect flight muscle tracheae. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA (Jan 2013).
  • Vandenbrooks, J.M., Munoz, E.E., Weed, M.D., Harrison, J.F. Fluctuations in historical oxygen levels impacted insect body size and physiology. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA (Jan 2013).
  • Biddulph, T.A., Kovacevic, A., Waters, J.S., Harrison, J.F. Trachea and flight muscle volumes of adult Drosophila melanogaster reared in hypoxia, normoxia, and hyperoxia using synchrotron x-ray phase contrast microtomography. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA (Jan 2013).
  • Campbell, J.B., Duell, M.E., Klok, C.J., Harrison, J.F. Water loss, respiration, and critical PO2 in Cetoniinae. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA (Jan 2013).
  • J.F. Harrison. Oxygen as a factor in determining insect body and tracheal system size. Symposium at Entomological Society of America on Global Patterns of Insect Morphometrics (Nov 2012).
  • J.F. Fewell and J.F. Harrison. Energy matters: metabolism and life history strategies in Africanized and European honey bees. Symposium at the Entomological Society of America meeting (Nov 2012).
  • J.F. Harrison. Is hypoxia sometimes a signal for the transition from growth to molting in Drosophila larvae? Symposium on Mechanisms of regulation of growth, size and shape in insects. International Congress of Entomology (Aug 2012).
  • J.F. Harrison. Dynamic regional air currents within grasshoppers. Departmental Seminar (May 2012).
  • Harrison, J.F, Callier, V., Cease, A, Klok, V., Socha, J.J., Vandenbrooks, J.M., Waters, J. Patterns and mechanisms of air flow during abdominal pumping in the grasshopper, Schistocerca americana. Experimental Biology (Apr 2012).
  • Miller, L.*; Waters, J.S.; Harrison, J.F.; Vandenbrooks, J.M.; Yager, D.D.; Xiao, X.; De Carlo, F.; Socha, J.J. The use of SR-µCT for 3D visualization of insect tracheal systems. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2012).
  • Vandenbrooks, J.M. *; Munoz, E.E.; Weed, M.D; Harrison, J.F. Developmental and fossil evidence that changes in atmospheric oxygen drove historical patterns in insect body size. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2012).
  • Harrison, J.F.*; Waters, J.S.; Heinrich, S.M.; Socha, J.J. Effects of rearing oxygen level on the anatomy of the adult tracheal system in Drosophila. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2012).
  • Harrison, J.F. Oxygen effects on insects: responses from seconds to geologic eras. Patton Lecture, Cornell University (Sep 2011).
  • Harrison, J.F. Oxygen effects on insects: responses from seconds to geologic eras. Dept of Biology, Colorado State University (Sep 2011).
  • Harrison, J.F. Multigenerational effects of rearing atmospheric oxygen level on the tracheal dimensions and diffusing capacities of pupal and adult Drosophila melanogaster. International Hypoxia Symposium (Feb 2011).
  • Waters, J.S; Heinrich, S.M.*; Harrison, J.F. Anatomy of the tracheole system supplying Drosophila flight muscle. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah (Jan 2011).
  • Weed, M.D.*; Munoz, E.E.; Harrison, J.F.; Vandenbrooks, J.M. The effect of hypoxia and hyperoxia on dragonfly development: a link between Paleozoic oxygen levels and insect gigantism. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah (Jan 2011).
  • Cease, A,*; Elser, J.; Hao, S.; Kang, L.; Harrison, J.F. Locusts prefer nitrogen-poor plants in overgrazed pastures. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah (Jan 2011).
  • Waters, J.S.*; Fewell, J.H.; Harrison, J.F. Metabolic and behavioral integration in social insect colonies. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah (Jan 2011).
  • Harrison, J.F.*; Ramsey, K.A.; Dohwenrend, S.; Heinrich, S; Farzin, M.; Greenlee, K.J. HIF-mediated growth suppression in Drosophila melanogaster reared in moderate hypoxia. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah (Jan 2011).
  • Vandenbrooks, J.M.*; Munoz, E.E.; Weed, M.D.; Harrison, J.F. The Role of Atmospheric Oxygen in the Evolution of Insect Body Size. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah (Jan 2011).
  • Munoz, E.E.*; Weed, M.; Harrison, J.F.; Vandenbrooks, J.M. Interspecific allometry of cockroach tracheal systems and the impact of oxygen on their tracheal development. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah (Jan 2011).
  • Jon Harrison. Acute, developmental and evolutionary responses of insects to variation in atmospheric oxygen level. Departmental Seminar: Dept of Biology, Univ California, Riverside (Sep 2010).
  • E. Heinrich and J.F. Harrison. The mechanisms of oxygen effects on the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. American Physiological Society Intersociety Meeting (Jul 2010).
  • C.J. Klok, A. Kaiser, J.F. Harrison, H. Sato and M.M. Maharbiz. A new tool or insect flight metabolic rate studies: electrostimulation of flight in goliath beetles. American Physiological Society Intersociety Meeting (Jul 2010).
  • J. Waters and J.F. Harrison. Scaling of metabolism, growth and network organization in colonies of the seed harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus. American Physiological Society Intersociety Meeting (Jul 2010).
  • J. Vandenbrooks, A. Kaiser and J.F. Harrison. Atmospheric oxygen level and the evolution of insect size. American Physiological Society Intersociety Meeting (Jul 2010).
  • E. Munoz, J. Wee, J. VandenBrooks and J.F. Harrison. The effect of Paleozoic oxygen levels on the development of the tracheal system in Blatella germanica, the German cockroach. American Physiological Society Intersociety Meeting (Jul 2010).
  • Jon Harrison. Respiratory responses of insects to environmental stress. Symposium on Environmental Adaptations of Respiratory Systems, APS Intersociety Meeting in Comparati (Jul 2010).
  • Jon Harrison. Responses of insect size to atmospheric oxygen level. Departmental Seminar, Univ. of Montana (Feb 2010).
  • E. Heinrich, C.J. Klok, J.F. Harrisoon, M. Farzin and B. McKinley. Mechanisms of hypoxia effects on body size of Drosophila melanogaster. Society for Integrative and Compartive Biology (Jan 2010).
  • E.E. Munoz, J.M. Vandenbrooks, J.A. Hale and J.F. Harrison. Effects of atmospheric oxygen on body size, development time, growth rate and tracheal systems in Blatella germanica, the German cockroach. Society for Integrative and Comparative Bioloy (Jan 2010).
  • J.M. Vandenbrooks and J.F. Harrison. Atmospheric oxygen influences on the size of modern and fossil insects. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2010).
  • J.F. Harrison and J.M. Vandenbrooks. A proposal for a National Variable Atmosphere Laboratory (VAL) for climate change research. Socieg for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2010).
  • . J.S. Waters and J.F. Harrison. Geometric characterization and phenotypic plasticity in the tracheal networks supplying insect flight muscle. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2010).
  • J.F. Harrison. The insect respiratory system. Seminar: Dept of Engineering Science and Biomechanics (Aug 2009).
  • E. Heinrich and J.F. Harrison. How does hypoxia decrease the adult size of Drosophila melanogaster?. Western Physiological Ecology meeting, Bishop, CA (Jun 2009).
  • J.S. Waters, C.T. Holbrook, J.H. Fewell and J.F. Harrison. Allometric scaling of whole colony metabolic rate in Pogonomyrmex californicus. Western Physiological Ecology meeting, Bishop, CA (Jun 2009).
  • J.F. Harrison. Atmospheric oxygen and the evolution of insect size. Western Physiological Ecology meeting, Bishop, CA (Jun 2009).
  • J.F. Harrison. Atmospheric oxygen and the evolution of insect size and respiratory system. seminar at Chinese Academy of Sciences (Jun 2009).
  • J.F. Harrison and A. Bruce. Gasping grasshoppers prefer hypobaric hypoxia. Experimental Biology meeting (Apr 2009).
  • Cease, A., S. Hao, J. Elser, L. Kang and J. Harrison. High density and high nitrogen: A dual stressor for grasshoppers?. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting (Jan 2009).
  • Hubb, A.J., C.J. Klok and J.F. Harrison. Phenotypic placticity of body size in response to atmospheric oxygen in Drosophila melanogaster. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting (Jan 2009).
  • Ford, C.F., J. VandenBrooks and J.F. Harrison. Parabolic Effects of Atmospheric Oxygen on Body Size, Development Time, and Growth Rate in Zophobas morio, the Giant Mealworm. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2009).
  • J.M. VandenBrooks, A. Kaiser and J.F. Harrison. Tracheal systems and the evolution of insects. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2009).
  • E.C. Heinrich and J.F. Harrison. Critical periods for oxygen effects on adult size in Drosophila melanogaster. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2009).
  • Lease, H.M., C.J. Klok, A. Kaiser and J.F. Harrison. The scaling of critical PO2 in Coleoptera. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2009).
  • Waters, J.S., C.T. Holbrook, J.H. Fewell and J.F. Harrison. Allometric scaling of whole colony metabolic rate in Pogonomyrmex californicus. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2009).
  • J.F. Harrison and C.J. Klok. Does atmospheric oxygen limit insect size? Effects of oxygen on insect growth and tracheal morphology. International Congress of Entomology (Jul 2008).
  • Klok, C.J. and J.F. Harrison. Critical oxygen responses in Drosophila melanogaster reared in hypoxia or hyperoxia. International Congress of Entomology (Jul 2008).
  • Harrison, J.F. Diffusion and convection in the American locust, Schistocerca americana. International Congress in African for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. Massai Mara, Kenya (Jul 2008).
  • Harrison, J.F. X-ray synchrotron imaging of insect respiratory systems. Argonne User’s Week Science Symposium, Argonne National Laboratory (May 2008).
  • Harrison, J.F. Oxygen limitation of insect size?. Colloquia for Dept. of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M (May 2008).
  • Harrison, J.F. Does oxygen delivery limit insect size?. Colloquia for Dept. of Biology, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA (Apr 2008).
  • B. Rascón and J.F. Harrison. Moderate hypoxia extends lifespan in adult but not juvenile exposure in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster. Experimental Biology (Apr 2008).
  • Harrison, J.F. Why are insects small?. Colloquia for Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, R.I (Apr 2008).
  • Harrison, J.F. Why are insects small?. Colloquia for Dept. of Entomology, University of Arizona State University (Apr 2008).
  • Cease, A., T. Albert, J. VandenBrooks, G. Davidowitz and J. Harrison. The effects of varying oxygen levels on size, growth, and development rate in the tobacco hornworm. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2008).
  • Klok, C, Kaiser, A, Lee, W, Sochae, J, Harrison, Jon. Physiological constraints of atmospheric oxygen levels on insect size. Comparative Physiology 2006: Integrating Diversity (American Physiological Society Intersocietal Mee (Oct 2006).
  • Blatch, S, Harrison, Jon. Physiological consequences of methylation diets and folic acid in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster. Comparative Physiology 2006: Integrating Diversity (American Physiological Society Intersocietal Mee (Oct 2006).
  • Harrison, Jon, Klok, C, McKinley, B. Both larval and pupal hypoxia affect adult size in the fruitfly. Comparative Physiology 2006: Integrating Diversity (American Physiological Society Intersocietal Mee (Oct 2006).
  • Kaiser, A, Klok, C, Socha, J, Lee, W, Quinlan, M, Harrison, Jon. No giants today: tracheal oxygen supply to the leg limits beetle size. Comparative Physiology 2006: Integrating Diversity (American Physiological Society Intersocietal Mee (Oct 2006).
  • Klok, C, Kaiser, A, Lee, W, Socha, J, Harrison, Jon. Physiological constraints of atmospheric oxygen levels on insect body size, tracheal structure and function. 1st International Congress for Respiratory Biology (Aug 2006).
  • Grayson, D, Harrison, Jon, Fewell, J. Size alone does not account for differences in metabolic rates between Africanized and European honey bees. International Union for the Study of Social Insects (Aug 2006).
  • Blatch, S, Harrison, Jon. Physiological consequences of a methylation diet in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster. FASEB Folic Acid and Vitamin B-12 Conference (Jul 2006).
  • Rascón, B, Henry, J, Harrison, Jon, Fezzaa, K, Lee, W, Socha, J. Peering inside the insect thorax: an examination of thoracic autoventilation in live insects using synchrotron x-rays. NSF Division of Human Resource Development Joint Annual Meeting (Jun 2006).
  • Blatch, S, Harrison, Jon. Physiological consequences of a methylation diet in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster. Experimental Biology Meeting (May 2006).
  • Harrison, Jon, Greenlee, K, Henry, J, Kirkton, S, Westneat, M, Socha, J, Lee, W. Hyper-development of the tracheal system in larger insects. Experimental Biology Meeting (May 2006).
  • Klok, C, Kaiser, A, McKinley, B, Rascón, B, Henry, J, Lee, W, Socha, J, Harrison, Jon. Plastic and evolutionary responses of body size and tracheal dimensions to atmospheric oxygen concentration in fruitflies. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2006).
  • Grayson, D, Harrison, Jon, Fewell, J. Foraging effort and metabolism in European and African honey bees. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Jan 2006).
  • Barnd, B, Grayson, D, Fewell, Jennifer, Harrison, Jon, Hunt, G. QTL Affecting Metabolic Rate & Body Size Differences Between Africanized and European Honey Bees. Annual meeting, Entomological Society of America (Nov 2005).
  • Grayson, D, Harrison, Jon, Fewell, J. Phosphorus as a possible mechanism for faster growth in Africanized honey bees. Entomological Society of America (Nov 2005).
  • Grayson, D, Keyel, A, Fewell, J, Harrison, Jon. Metabolism and foraging behavior in European and African honey bees. Entomological Society of America (Nov 2004).
  • Grayson, D, Keyel, A, Fewell, J, Harrison, Jon. Metabolism and foraging behavior in European and African honey bees. North Amerian Section Meeting, IUSSI (Oct 2004).
  • Harrison, Jon. Physiological mechanisms of genetically-based variation in flight capacity. Sociocomplexity and Genomics in Social Insects (Sep 2004).
  • Harrison, Jon. Body size effects on tracheal function in insects. In symposium entitled "Oxygen, Water and Oxygen Radicals in Insects: Understanding the Balance". International Congress of Entomology (Aug 2004).
  • Harrison, Jon. Challenges and opportunities for imaging insect tracheal function using x-ray synchotron imaging. Emerging Scientific Opportunities Using X-Ray Imaging (Jun 2004).
  • Grayson, D, Keyel, A, Fewell, J, Harrison, Jon. Metabolism and foraging rate in European and Africanized honey bees. Animal Behavior Society meeting (Jun 2004).
  • Harrison, Jon. Developmental changes in safety margins for gas exchange in caterpillars and grasshoppers. 2003 Sixth International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
  • Harrison, Jon. Do higher atmospheric oxygen levels allow for evolution of larger flies?. Physiological Ecology meeting
  • Harrison, Jon. Do larger grasshoppers have more problems with oxygen delivery during jumping?. Sixth International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
  • Harrison, Jon. Effects of dietary phosphorous on grasshopper growth and behavior. Physiological Ecology meeting
  • Harrison, Jon. The effect of oxygen on the metabolic capacity of Schistocerca americana during flight. Physiological Ecology meeting
  • Harrison, Jon, Greenlee, K. Ontogeny of tracheal function in insects. Ontogeny of Physiological Regulatory Mechanisms, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Henry, J, Harrison, Jon. Plastic and evolved responses of tracheal dimensions to varying atmospheric oxygen content in Drosophila melanogaster. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Lee, W, Harrison, Jon, Greenlee, K, Betz, O, Westneat, M. Biomechanics of insect respiration and feeding using synchrotron x-ray imaging. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Henry, J, Greenlee, K, Westneat, M, Kirkton, S, Lee, W, Harrison, Jon. An analysis of grasshopper tracheal morphology across instars using synchrotron x-ray imaging. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Kirkton, S, Harrison, Jon. Within instar development reduces locomotory performance but not oxygen delivery to the jumping muscle in the American locust. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Lease, H, Wolf, B, Harrison, Jon. Ontogeny of Tracheal Volume in Schistocerca Americana. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Rascón, B, Harrison, Jon. Atmospheric oxygen effects on metabolic rate and behavior of tethered flying locusts. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Greenlee, K, Harrison, Jon. Variation in oxygen sensitivity in insects of different size and age. The Power of Comparative Physiology: Evolution, Integration and Applied
  • Albert, T, Pierce, N, Klok, C, Harrison, Jon. Normoxic Drosophila larvae like it deeper. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Blatch, S, Harrison, Jon. Oral Presentation Folic Acid Physiology in Drosophila melanogaster. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Farzin, M, Blatch, S, Harrison, Jon. Effects of atmospheric hypoxia on cell size in adult Drosophila melanogaster. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Grayson, D, Fewell, J, Harrison, Jon. Why do Africanized honey bees have higher metabolic capacities than Europeans?. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Harrison, Jon. Variable responses of insect size to atmospheric oxygen level across species and populations. Geological Society of America
  • Harrison, Jon, Klok, C., Kaiser, A., Lee, W., Socha, J. Effects of multi-generational exposure to varied atmospheric oxygen levels on body size and tracheal dimensions of fruitflies. Experimental Biology
  • Henry, J, Harrison, Jon. Does body size affect the safety margin for oxygen delivery in flying dragonflies?. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Kirkton, Scott, Harrison, Jon. Morphological and biochemical jumping adaptations in smaller grasshoppers. Experimental Biology
  • Klok, C, Kaiser, A, Lee, W, Socha, J, Harrison, Jon. Single- and multi-generational effects of atmospheric oxygen level on body size and tracheal dimensions in Drosophila melanogaster. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Klok, Cornelus, Harrison, Jon. Oxygen effects on body size in fruitflies artificially selected for large body size. Entomological Society of America
  • Rascón, B, Harrison, Jon. Death by oxygen. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Annual Meeting
  • Greenlee, K, Harrison, Jon. Developmental effects on gas exchange in the American locust, Schistocerca americana. Experimental Biology
  • Greenlee, K, Harrison, Jon. Respiratory changes throughout ontogeny in the American locust, Schistocerca americana. XXI International Congress of Entomology
  • Harrison, Jon. Epithelial transport in insects, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Harrison, Jon. Insect Flight, International Congress of Entomology
  • Harrison, Jon. Spiracular Mechanisms: Ultrastructure and Physiology, International Congress of Entomology
  • Harrison, Jon, Lafrenie, J, Greenlee, K. Body size effects on gas exchange capacities of primary trachea of the American locust. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Kirkton, S, Harrison, Jon. Effects of ontogeny of the oxygen sensitivity of jumping performance in the American locust, Schistocerca americana. XXI International Congress of Entomology
  • Kirkton, S, Petrie, N, Harrison, Jon. Effects of body size on the oxygen sensitivity of grasshopper jumping. Experimental Biology
  • McCoy, L, Fewell, J, Harrison, Jon. Genetic mechanisms contributing to differences in colony growth rates between African and European honey bees. XXI International Congress of Entomology
  • Perkins, M, Woods, H, Harrison, Jon. Effects of dietary phosphorus on growth of larval Manduca sexta. Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America
  • Perkins, M, Woods, H, Harrison, Jon. Effects of dietary phosphorus on growth of larval Manduca sextaon on both an artificial and natural diet. Entomological Society of America
  • Perkins, M, Woods, H, Harrison, Jon. Effects of phosphorus on growth in larval Manduca sexta. Physiological Ecology Meeting
  • Woods, H, Harrison, Jon. Gene flow, acclimation, and the evolution of water balance physiology in North American Manduca sexta. Center for Insect Science Poster Hexapodium
  • Greenlee, K, Harrison, Jon. Ontogeny of the hyoxia response in insects.
  • Greenlee, K, Harrison, Jon, Egbert, K. How does the respiratory response to hypoxia change throughout ontogeny in a grasshopper and a caterpillar?. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Harrison, Jon. Locomotion and energetics of animals, Society for Experimental Biology
  • Harrison, Jon. Teaching Physiology in the 21st Century, American Physiological Society
  • Hartung, D, Kirkton, S, Harrison, Jon. Developmental variation in the ultrastructure of the jumping muscle from the American locust. Center for Insect Science Poster Hexapodium
  • Kirkton, S, Harrison, Jon. Effects of allometric growth on oxygen sensitivity and jumping performance in the American locust. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Greenlee, K, Harrison, Jon. Ontogeny of the hyoxia response in insects. Experimental Biology
  • Harrison, Jon. Biological stoichiometry from genes to Ecosystems, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Harrison, Jon. Comparative Developmental Physiology Workshop
  • Harrison, Jon, LaFreniere, J, Hartung, D, Greenlee, K, Kirkton, S. Ontogeny effects on the diffusive and convective conductance of abdominal and leg trachea in Schistocerca americana gasshoppers. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Harrison, Jon, Okoroh, E, Feurbacher, E, Fewell, J, Roberts, S. Effects of load type and air temperature on the energetics of load carriage in the honeybee, Apis mellifera. The Power of Comparative Physiology: Evolution, Integration and Applied
  • Hartung, D, Harrison, Jon. Developmental variation in the jumping leg of the American locust. Experimental Biology
  • Kirkton, S, Harrison, Jon. Developmental and interspecific body size effects on grasshopper jumping performance. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Kirkton, S, Harrison, Jon. Effects of body size change on jumping performance in the American locust. Experimental Biology
  • Kirkton, S, Harrison, Jon. Effects of body size changes on jumping performance in the American locust. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Kirkton, S, Harrison, Jon, Timmins, G, Nsika, J. Oxygen delivery problems may reduce jumping performance in larger locusts. The Power of Comparative Physiology: Evolution, Integration and Applied
  • Roberts, S, Frazier, M, Kirkton, S, Harrison, Jon. Temperature sensitivity of Drosophila flight and flight performance. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Woods, H, Hobbie, S, Makino, W, Cotner, J, Harrison, Jon, Elser, J. Temperature shifts cause systematic changes in biochemical composition of poikilothermic organisms. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
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  • SOLS Director Search Commitee, Member, affirmative action officer (2003)
  • Science presentations at Waggoner Elementary, Presenter (2003)
  • Search Committee for Anatomy and Physiology Lab Co-ordinator, Chair (2003)
  • Biology career day: Kyrene Middle School, (2002 - 2002)
  • Desert Botanical Gardens Presentation: "Hoppin' Hoppers", Presenter (2002 - 2002)
  • Waggoner Elementary, Monthly science demonstrations (2002 - 2002)
  • Advisory Committee (elected), Member (1999 - 2001)
  • Best Student Paper, Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Chicago, Judge (2000 - 2000)
  • Environmental and Evolutionary Physiology Panel, National Science Foundation, Panelist (2000 - 2000)
  • Scholander Award Competition, Division of Comparative Physiology, American Physiological Society, San Diego meeting, Judge (2000 - 2000)
Expertise Areas: 
Bioimaging
Climate Change
Evolution
Insects
Metabolism
Physiology