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Teaching

• Introduction to Nutrition
• Anatomy and Physiology laboratories
• Medical Terminology

Research Interests

My research laboratory is dedicated to understanding the neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying diseases of energy dysregulation (e.g. obesity, anorexia).  These mechanisms are studied from an evolutionary perspective – traits evolve if they increase reproductive success.  Therefore, we examine both ingestive as well as reproductive behaviors simultaneously, using zebrafish as our animal model.

Grants

• Faculty Professional Development Travel Award to attend the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology conference in Atlanta, GA (June 2020).
• BU COST Faculty Scholarly Activity Award.  Effects of the CB1 agonist, anandamide, on the behavior of zebrafish (Danio rerio). 

Publications

• Smith, J., A. Shaffer, and C.M. Klingerman.  “Anandamide increases the physical activity of zebrafish.”  BIOS.  A Quarterly J of Biol. Submitted.
• Burroughs, S.E., W. Schwindinger, J. Venditti, T. Trautwein, A. Dalsania, and C.M. Klingerman.  (2018). “Prokineticin-2 robustly and reliably influences the sexual and ingestive behaviors of female Syrian hamsters.”  Horm Behav. 106:135-143.
• Schneider, J., Benton, N., Russo, K., Klingerman, C., Williams, W., Simberlund, J., Abdulhay, A., Brozek, J., and Kriegsfeld, L.  (2017) RFamide-related Peptide-3 and the Trade-off Between Reproductive and Ingestive Behavior.  Integr Comp Biol. 57:1225-1239.

Presentations

• Smith, J., A. Shaffer, and C.M. Klingerman.  (2019) “Effects of the cannabinoid agonist anandamide on the activity of zebrafish.”  Bloomsburg University College of Science and Technology Research Day.  (poster).  Bloomsburg, PA.
• Shaffer, A. and C.M. Klingerman.  (2019) “The effects of calorie restriction on the social behavior and reproduction in zebrafish (Danio rerio).”  Graduate Student Thesis Proposal (talk).  Bloomsburg University. Bloomsburg, PA.