Nathan Putman
Education:
B.S. degree (2006) in Biology and
Marine Science : University
of Alabama
University of North Carolina biology graduate program: Fall, 2006 to
present.
Research Interests:
Impacts of oceanographic currents on marine animals
Physiology, behavior, and sensory biology of sea turtles
Effects of abiotic environmental factors on marine animals
Sea surface temperatures. Image is from http://www.learner.org.
Academic Honors
Phi Beta Kappa (2006)
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (2003)
Phi Eta Sigma (2003)
Presidential Scholarship,
Professional
Experience
Research assistant, study of temperature-determined sex determination in sea turtles (Dr. Thane Wibbels; summers 2001 and 2003).
Research assistant, study of factors that influence metabolic rates of reptiles and amphibians (Dr. Stephen Secor; 2003)
Survey of diamondback terrapin
populations of coastal
Research assistant, study of phylogeography of salamander species using genetic analyses (Dr. Leslie Rissler; 2005, 2006).
Research assistant, study of magnetic navigation in sea turtles (Dr. Ken Lohmann; summers 2006-2008)
Sensory Ecology graduate student class, Lund University; Lund, Sweden (autumn, 2008)
Publications:
Putman, N. F.,
Bane, J. M., and K. J. Lohmann. 2010. Sea turtle nesting
distributions and oceanographic constraints on hatchling
migration. Proceedings of the
Royal Society B. In press. [Download
pdf]
Putman, N. F., Shay, T. J., and K. J. Lohmann. 2010. Is the
geographic distribution of nesting in the Kemp's ridley turtle shaped
by the migratory needs of offspring? Integrative and Comparative Biology.
50(3): 305-314.
Endres, C. S.,
Putman, N. F., and Lohmann, K. J. 2009. Perception of airborne odors by sea turtles. Journal of
Experimental Biology. 212: 3823-3827.
[Download pdf]
Lohmann, K. J., Putman, N. F., and Lohmann, C. M. F. 2008. Geomagnetic imprinting: A unifying hypothesis of long-distance natal homing in salmon and sea turtles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: 19906-19101. [Download pdf]
Putman, N. F. and Lohmann, K. J. 2008. Compatibility of magnetic imprinting and secular variation. Current Biology 18(14): R596-R597. [Download pdf]
Lohmann, K. J., Lohmann, C. M. F., and Putman, N. F. 2007. Magnetic maps in animals: Nature's GPS. Journal of Experimental Biology. 210: 3697-3705. [Download pdf]
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