Greg Haenel
Professor of Biology
Department: Biology
Email: haenel@elon.edu
Phone number: (336) 278-6283
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Education
BS Environmental Zoology, Ohio University
PhD Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Employment History
Part-time Faculty, Biology Department, Villanova University
Lecturer, College of General Studies, The University of Pennsylvania
Teaching Fellow, Department of Biology, The University of Pennsylvania
Courses Taught
BIO112: Introductory Population Biology
BIO114: Population Biology Laboratory
ENS111: Introduction to Environmental Science
ENS113*: Introduction to Environmental Science Laboratory
SCI 251 IS: Science in England
BIO318: Comparative Structure and Function of Vertebrates
BIO318L: Comparative Structure and Function of Vertebrates Lab
BIO344*: Evolution
BIO344L*: Evolution Lab
BIO374*: Herpetology
BIO370*: Herpetology
BIO370L*: Herpetology Lab
BIO379IS*: Darwin’s Footsteps – Evolutionary Biology in the Galapagos Islands
HNR 271 *Honors: Evolutionary Psychology
GST334W (ENS373LS)*: Natural History, Ecology and Environmental Issues of Latin America
BIO335IS: Field Biology in Peru
BIO101: Topics in General Biology
BIO102: General Biology Laboratory
BIO105: Current Issues in Biology
BIO105H*: Current Issues in Biology Honors
Publications
Haenel, G. J. and V.D. Moore. 2018. Functional Divergence of Mitochondria and Coevolution of Genomes: Cool Mitochondria in Hot Lizards. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 91:1068-1081.
Haenel, G. J. 2018. Local adaptation of tree lizards to canyon dwelling. Evolutionary Ecology. 32: 315–334.
Haenel, G. J. 2017. Introgression of mtDNA in Urosaurus lizards: historical and ecological processes. Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.13930
Haenel, G. J. 2011. Effects of Habitat on clutch size of ornate tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus. Western North American Naturalist 71(2): 247-256.
Haenel, G. J. 2009. Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in Tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 597-599.
John-Alder, H. B., R. M. Cox, G. J. Haenel, and L. C. Smith. 2009. Hormones, performance and fitness: Natural history and endocrine experiments on a lizard (Sceloporus undulatus). Integrative and Comparative Biology 49: 393-407.
Haenel, G. J. 2007. Phylogeography of Tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus: response of populations to past climate change. Molecular Ecology 16: 4321-4334.
Haenel, G. J., L. C. Smith, and H. B. John-Alder. 2003. Home range analysis in Sceloporusundulatus (eastern fence lizard). I. Spacing patterns and the context of territorial behavior. Copeia 2003: 99-112.
Haenel, G. J., L. C. Smith, and H. B. John-Alder. 2003. Home range analysis in Sceloporus undulatus. II. A test of spatial relationships and reproductive success. Copeia 2003:113-123.
Haenel, G. J. and H. B. John-Alder. 2002. Experimental and demographic analyses of growth rate and sexual size dimorphism in a lizard, Sceloporus undulatus. Oikos 96:70-81.
John-Alder, H.B., R. Carsia, L.C. Smith, and G.J. Haenel. 2002. Seasonal and sexual variation in plasma corticosterone and adrenocortical cell function in Eastern fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus). Proceedings of the 21st Conference of European Endocrinologists. Bonn (Germany). Eds. R. Keller, H. Dircksen, D. Sedlmeier, H. Vaudry: 141-146.
John-Alder, H. B. and Haenel, G.J. 2000. Experimental and demographic analyses of growth rate and sexual size dimorphism in a lizard, Sceloporus undulatus. American Zoologist 40:1078-9.
Haenel, G. J. 1998. Review of Species: The Units of Biodiversity. Ed. M.F. Claridge, H.A. Dawah, and M.R. Wilson, London and New York: Chapman and Hall. 1997. The Quarterly Review of Biology. Vol. 73(4): 529. (book review)
Haenel, G. J. 1997. Mitochondrial DNA variation in populations of the Tree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus. Copeia 1997: 174-178.
John-Alder, H. B., L. C. Seitz, and G. J. Haenel. 1997. Ecological endocrinology of reptiles: hormonal causes and correlates of variation in exercise endurance in lizards. In Proceedings of the XIII International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology (Yokohama, Japan. Nov. 1997): 1661-1667. Monduzzi Editore. Bologna, Italy.