University of Maryland: Department of Biology, Robert Infantino, Associate Dean and Lecturer

ROBERT L. INFANTINO

Associate Dean and Lecturer in Biology

email:infantino@umd.edu
phone:
301.405.2908 (office)
fax:301.314.9358
office:2300E Symons Hall

Education:

B.A. (Biology) 1985, University of San Diego Ph.D. (Zoology) 1992, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Scholarly Interests:

Comparative Animal Physiology, particularly, comparative physiology of gas exchange and its regulation, blood gas transport and the circulatory system of vertebrates, with special emphasis on ontogenetic aspects of these physiological systems. Additional interests in student development and success, and higher education research.

Courses Taught:

EDCP 108O/UNIV 101 - The Student in the University - Freshman Orientation Seminar
BSCI 394 - Vertebrate Form and Function

Representative Publications:

Burggren, W.W. and R.L. Infantino, Jr. 1994. The respiratory transition from water to air breathing during amphibian metamorphosis. American Zoologist 34:238-246.

Burggren, W.W., R.L. Infantino, Jr. and D.S. Townsend. 1990. Changes in cardiac and metabolic physiology during direct development in the tropical frog Eleutherodactylus coqui. Journal of Experimental Biology 152:129-147.

Burnett, L.E., T.N. Dunn and R.L. Infantino, Jr. 1985. The function of carbonic anhydrase in crustacean gills. In: Comparative Aspects of Transport Across Gills, Proceeding of the First International Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Congress, R. Gilles, (editor). Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.

Univesity of Maryland: Department of Biology