Biography
My research program focuses on the integrative and comparative biology of animals. I use a range of techniques to study the evolution, genetics, ecology and physiology of animals. Currently, my own interests are in two areas of research: (1) the integrative and comparative biology of bees and (2) the study of island dwarfism in anurans. Research projects on bees are often with one or more of my collaborators in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program in Turkey. My research into island dwarfism of anurans traces its roots to my own thesis research on toads of Assateague Island, Virginia. This research involves collaboration with colleagues from several universities. Studies are conducted on one or more of the barrier islands near the Chincoteague Bay Field Station at Wallops Island Virginia. I also collaborate with colleagues on the population genetics of clams and barnacles and course-embedded research projects that study salt marshes. For more about my research and past students, please visit: http://johnmhranitz.com/Research_Program.html
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Courses Taught
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Education
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*Summer Course at Chincoteague Bay Field Station |
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Publications and Honors
Gonzaelez VH, Hranitz JM, Percival CR, Pulley KL, Tapsak ST, Tscheulin T, Petanidou T, Barthell JF. 2020. Thermal tolerance varies with dim-light foraging and elevation in large carpenter bees (hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini). https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12842 (early view).
Gonzalez VH, Olsen A, Mallula M, Tosunoglu A, Cakmak I, Hranitz J, Barthell J. 2017. Bee visitors of Centaurea solstitialis L. (Asteraceae) in an urban environment in northwestern Turkey. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 11:403-409.
Gunes N, Aydin L, Belenli D, Hranitz J, Mengilig S, Selova S. 2017. Stress responses of honey bees to organic acid
and essential oil treatments for varroa mites. Journal of Apicultural Research. In Press.
Gonzalez VH, KE Park, I Cakmak, JM Hranitz, JF Barthell. 2016. Pan traps and bee body size in unmanaged urban
habitats. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 51:241-247.
Karahan A, Çakmak I, Hranitz J, Karaca I, Wells H. 2015. Sublethal imidacloprid effects on honey bee flower choices
when foraging. Ecotoxicology. 24:2017-2025.
Abramson, C.I, Çakmak, I., Duell, M.E., Bates-Albers, L., Zuniga, E., Pendegraft, L., Barnett, A., Cowo, C., Warren,
J., Albritton-Ford, A., Barthell, J.F., Hranitz, J.M., and Wells, H. 2013. Feature-positive and Feature-negative Learning in Honey Bees. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216: 224-229.
Barthell, JF, WJ Radke, CI Abramson, JM Hranitz, H Wells. 2013. Impacts of Globalization and Undergraduate
Research on Persistence to Graduate School. Proceedings of the 118th Annual Meeting of the NCA/High
Learning Commission.
Gonzalez VH, Olsen A, Mallula M, Tosunoglu A, Cakmak I, Hranitz J, Barthell J. 2017. Bee visitors of Centaurea solstitialis L. (Asteraceae) in an urban environment in northwestern Turkey. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 11:403-409.
Gunes N, Aydin L, Belenli D, Hranitz J, Mengilig S, Selova S. 2017. Stress responses of honey bees to organic acid
and essential oil treatments for varroa mites. Journal of Apicultural Research. In Press.
Gonzalez VH, KE Park, I Cakmak, JM Hranitz, JF Barthell. 2016. Pan traps and bee body size in unmanaged urban
habitats. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 51:241-247.
Karahan A, Çakmak I, Hranitz J, Karaca I, Wells H. 2015. Sublethal imidacloprid effects on honey bee flower choices
when foraging. Ecotoxicology. 24:2017-2025.
Abramson, C.I, Çakmak, I., Duell, M.E., Bates-Albers, L., Zuniga, E., Pendegraft, L., Barnett, A., Cowo, C., Warren,
J., Albritton-Ford, A., Barthell, J.F., Hranitz, J.M., and Wells, H. 2013. Feature-positive and Feature-negative Learning in Honey Bees. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216: 224-229.
Barthell, JF, WJ Radke, CI Abramson, JM Hranitz, H Wells. 2013. Impacts of Globalization and Undergraduate
Research on Persistence to Graduate School. Proceedings of the 118th Annual Meeting of the NCA/High
Learning Commission.
