Hello — welcome to my home. My name is Jeff Gerst. I will be serving as Director of Information Technlogy Services for the 2006-2007 academic year. Please speak with our department secretary in Stevens Hall 218 if you have questions and need to visit with me in person. Thanks for this courtesy.
My particularly interests are in the areas of human anatomy and physiology and animal physiology. I encourage active and cooperative student learning by incorporating the use of Personal Response Systems and by introducing formal problem-based methods in my classes.
My research interests have encompassed the use of random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) to assess the population structure of blackbird, the neuroendocrine and dietary regulation of dipteran oogenesis, and the effects of sulfate salinity on ionic and osmotic regulation in trout.
