Curriculum Vitae

Teaching Experience:

Xavier University of Louisiana (2002-present):

General Biology (nonmajors)--General Biology lecture and lab for non-science majors.
General Biology--A two-semester freshman-level course for biology majors. Lecture and laboratory.
Biodiversity--A sophomore-level course for biology majors, covering evolution, ecology, and biological diversity. Lecture and Laboratory.
General Zoology--An upper-division course covering animal biology and diversity. Lecture and laboratory
Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory--Basic structural and fuctional aspects of the human body.
Human Physiology and Anatomy Laboratory--Study of the human body for Pharmacy students.
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy--Evolutionary approach to the study of structural and functional relationships among vertebrates. Lecture and laboratory.
Introduction to Scientific Literature--A senior level course for biology majors. Students read and report on scientific articles.
Honors Seminar--A senior-level course for biology majors. Students are required to research and present a seminar on a selected topic.
Organic Evolution--A biology elective covering principles of biological evolution.

Texas Tech University (1999-2002):

Biology of Animals--An introductory zoology course for nonmajors.
Biology of Plants--An introductory botany course for nonmajors.
Comparative Anatomy of Game Animals--A course in comparative anatomy with emphasis on game species. Primarily for Range and Wildlife students.
Biology Seminar--A writing-intensive undergraduate course requiring students to attend weekly departmental seminars and submit written reports.
Natural History of Vertebrates--Evolutionary relationships, natural history, identification, and ecology of vertebrates.

Wayne State University School of Medicine (1996):

Human Gross Anatomy--Gross anatomy laboratory for Year I medical students, including dissection and study of human cadavers.

Molecular and Laboratory Experience:

Recombinant DNA techniques, including preparation of genomic libraries, cloning with plasmid, cosmid, and lambda vectors, screening of genomic libraries with radioactive probes, Southern blots, slot blots, and restriction mapping.
DNA sequencing, using both standard and automated procedures. Extensive experience with ABI 310 automated sequencer
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) techniques.
Chromosome preparations of vertebrates, including G-banding, C-banding, and silver staining techniques.
In situ DNA hybridization of chromosomes using biotin-labeled probes.
Fluorescent light microscopy.
Starch gel electrophoresis of proteins.

Field Experience:

Field Methods:

Collection and preparation of mammal, reptile, amphibian, and insect specimens. Collecting experience includes use of live traps, mist nets, nooses, rubber bands, snake tongs, drift fences, and other methods.
More than 2,400 catalogued specimens of vertebrates deposited in accredited natural history collections, with associated frozen tissue, DNA samples, and chromosome preparations.
Chromosome preparations of vertebrates under field conditions.

Field Locations:

Central Africa—Four-week survey of the mammalian biodiversity of Gabon in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution’s Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity Program, February-March, 2002.
Central Mexico and Yucatán Peninsula—Seven months over a period of four years.
Barro Colorado Island, Panama—Three weeks at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Western North America—More than seven months in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming.

Recent Funding:

Henry C. McBay Research Fellowship from the United Negro College Fund

Taxon Descriptions:
Unranked taxa in the bat family Phyllostomidae:

Karyovarians Baker, Hoofer, Porter, and Van Den Bussche, 2003
Victivarians Baker, Hoofer, Porter, and Van Den Bussche, 2003
Phyllovarians Baker, Hoofer, Porter, and Van Den Bussche, 2003
Dulcivarians Baker, Hoofer, Porter, and Van Den Bussche, 2003
Carpovarians Baker, Hoofer, Porter, and Van Den Bussche, 2003
Mesostenodermatini Baker, Hoofer, Porter, and Van Den Bussche, 2003

Subgenera of little big-eared bats (Genus Micronycterus):

Schizonycteris Porter, Hoofer, Cline, Hoffmann, and Baker, 2007
Leuconycteris Porter, Hoofer, Cline, Hoffmann, and Baker, 2007

Editorial Experience:

Associate Editor of Western North American Naturalist. (2002-present).
Editorial Board of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. (2000-present).
Editorial Advisory Board of Chromosome Research. (1993-1995).
Reviewer of manuscripts submitted to peer-reviewed journals including American Journal of Primatology, Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, Biochemical Genetics, Copeia, Gene, Herpetologica, Journal of Heredity, Journal of Mammalogy, Mastozoología Neotropical, Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Previous Positions:

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. (1999-2002)
Research Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. (1998-1999)
Research Fellow, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. (1997-1998)
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan. (1996-1997)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan. (1992-1997)

Society Affiliations:

American Society of Mammalogists (life member)
Beta Beta Beta, National Biological Honor Society
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Southwestern Association of Naturalists (life member)

Other Affiliations:

Research Associate, Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of Texas Tech University.

Publications:

1985

1. Porter, C. A. and J. W. Sites, Jr. Normal disjunction in Robertsonian heterozygotes from a highly polymorphic lizard population. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 39:250-257

1986

2. Porter, C. A., P. Thompson, H. L. Black, and C. D. Jorgensen. Genetic variability in a population of Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Southwestern Naturalist 31:381-385.

3. Porter, C. A. and J. W. Sites, Jr. Evolution of Sceloporus grammicus complex (Sauria: Iguanidae) in central Mexico: Population cytogenetics. Systematic Zoology 35:334-358.

1987

4. Sites, J. W., Jr., C. A. Porter, and P. Thompson. Genetic structure and chromosomal evolution in the Sceloporus grammicus complex. National Geographic Research 3:343-362.

5. Porter, C. A. and J. W. Sites, Jr. Evolution of Sceloporus grammicus complex (Sauria: Iguanidae) in central Mexico. II. Studies on rates of nondisjunction and the occurrence of spontaneous chromosomal mutations. Genetica 75:131-144.

1988

6. Porter, C. A. Triploidy in the lizard, Sceloporus grammicus. Journal of Herpetology 22:112-115.

7. Sites, J. W., Jr., P. Thompson, and C. A. Porter. Cascading chromosomal speciation in lizards: A second look. In: International Symposium on Genetics, Speciation, and the Founder Principle, 5-7 June 1985, Honolulu, Hawaii. Special Issue on Evolutionary Biology in Honor of Hampton Lawrence Carson. Pacific Science 42:89-104.

8. Bradley, R. D., R. A. Van Den Bussche, C. A. Porter, and M. J. Hamilton. The harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys humulis in central Oklahoma, with comments on its karyotype. Texas Journal of Science 40:449-450.

1989

9. Porter, C. A., R. I. Crombie, and R. J. Baker. Karyotypes of five species of Cuban lizards. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 130:1-6.

1991

10. Hillis, D. M., C. Moritz, C. A. Porter, and R. J. Baker. Evidence for biased gene conversion in concerted evolution of ribosomal DNA. Science 251:308-310.

11. Baker, R. J., C. A. Porter, B. G. Hanks, and J. W. Bickham. Increased variation in cellular DNA content at a hybrid zone: hybrid breakdown in Peromyscus leucopus. Journal of Heredity 82:27-30.

12. Arévalo, E., C. A. Porter, A. González, F. Mendoza, J. L. Camarillo, and J. W. Sites, Jr. Population cytogenetics and evolution of the Sceloporus grammicus complex (Iguanidae) in central Mexico. Herpetological Monographs 5:79-115.

13. Adkins, R. M., K. McBee, C. A. Porter, and R. J. Baker. Hybrid breakdown in Peromyscus leucopus and examination of the recombinational-breakdown model. Journal of Mammalogy 72:535-541.

14. Porter, C. A., M. J. Hamilton, J. W. Sites, Jr., and R. J. Baker. Location of ribosomal DNA in chromosomes of squamate reptiles: Systematic and evolutionary implications. Herpetologica 47:271-280 + frontispiece.

1993

15. Van Den Bussche, R. A., R. K. Chesser, R. D. Bradley, M. J. Hamilton, C. A. Porter, and R. J. Baker. Maintenance and stability of a narrow hybrid zone in Peromyscus leucopus: A test of alternative models. Journal of Mammalogy 74:832-845.

1994

16. Porter, C. A., M. W. Haiduk, and K. de Queiroz. Evolution and phylogenetic significance of ribosomal gene location in chromosomes of squamate reptiles. Copeia 1994:302-313.

17. Porter, C. A. Organization and chromosomal location of repetitive DNA sequences in three species of squamate reptiles. Chromosome Research 2:263-273.

18. Marchese, A., R. Cheng, M. C. Lee, C. A. Porter, M. Heiber, M. Goodman, S. R. George, and B. F. O'Dowd. Mapping studies of two G protein-coupled receptor genes: An amino acid difference may confer a functional variation between a human and rodent receptor. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 205:1952-1958.

1995

19. Porter, C. A., I. Sampaio, H. Schneider, M. P. C. Schneider, J. Czelusniak, and M. Goodman. Evidence on primate phylogeny from ε-globin gene sequences and flanking regions. Journal of Molecular Evolution 40:30-55.

1996

20. Porter, C. A., M. Goodman, and M. J. Stanhope. Evidence on mammalian phylogeny from sequences of exon 28 of the von Willebrand factor gene. In: Proceedings of the Symposium, "Molecular Anthropology: Toward a New Evolutionary Paradigm." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 5:89-101.

21. Stanhope, M. J., M. R. Smith, V. G. Waddell, C. A. Porter, M. S. Shivji, and M. Goodman. Mammalian evolution and the interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein (IRBP) gene: convincing evidence for several superordinal clades. Journal of Molecular Evolution 43:83-92.

1997

22. Porter, C. A., S. L. Page, J. Czelusniak, H. Schneider, M. P. C. Schneider, I. Sampaio, and M. Goodman. Phylogeny and evolution of selected primates as determined by sequences of the ε-globin gene and 5' flanking regions. International Journal of Primatology 18:259-293.

23. Porter, C. A., J. Czelusniak, H. Schneider, M. P. C. Schneider, I. Sampaio, and M. Goodman. Sequences of the primate ε-globin gene: Implications for systematics of the marmosets and other New World primates. Gene 205:59-71.

1998

24. Goodman, M., C. A. Porter, J. Czelusniak, S. L. Page, H. Schneider, J. Shoshani, G. Gunnell, and C. P. Groves. Toward a phylogenetic classification of primates based on DNA evidence complemented by fossil evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 9:585-598.

25. Lovejoy, D. A., D. Hewett-Emmett, C. A. Porter, D. Cepoi, A. Sheffield, W.W. Vale, and R. E. Tashian. Evolutionarily conserved "acatalytic" carbonic anhydrase-related protein XI contains a sequence motif present in the neuropeptide sauvagine: The human CA-RP XI gene (CA 11) is embedded between the secretor gene cluster and the DBP gene at 19q13.3. Genomics 54:484-493.

1999

26. Porter, C. A., J. Czelusniak, H. Schneider, M. P. C. Schneider, I. Sampaio, and M. Goodman. Sequences from the 5' flanking region of the ε-globin gene support the relationship of Callicebus with the pitheciins. American Journal of Primatology 48:69-75.

27. Lee, D. K., T. Nguyen, C. A. Porter, R. Cheng, S. R. George, and B. F. O'Dowd. Two related G protein-coupled receptors: The distribution of GPR7 in rat brain and the absence of GPR8 in rodents. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research 71:96-103.

2000

28. Miyamoto, M. M., C. A. Porter, and M. Goodman. c-Myc gene sequences and the phylogeny of bats and other eutherian mammals. Systematic Biology 49:501-514.

29. Baker, R. J., C. A. Porter, J. C. Patton, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. 2000. Systematics of bats of the Family Phyllostomidae based on RAG2 DNA sequences. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 202:1-16.

2001

30. Lewis-Oritt, N. C. A. Porter, and R. J. Baker. Molecular systematics of the Family Mormoopidae (Chiroptera) based on cytochrome b and Recombination Activating Gene 2 sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20:426-436.

2003

31. Porter, C. A., S. R. Hoofer, R. A. Van Den Bussche, T. E. Lee, Jr., and R. J. Baker. Systematics of round-eared bats (Tonatia and Lophostoma) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Journal of Mammalogy 84:791-808.

32. Baker, R. J., S. R. Hoofer, C. A. Porter, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. Diversification among the New World leaf-nosed bats: An evolutionary hypothesis and classification inferred from digenomic congruence of DNA sequence. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 230:i+1-32.

2004

33. Porter, C. A. and R. J. Baker. Systematics of Vampyressa and related genera of phyllostomid bats based on cytochrome b gene sequences. Journal of Mammalogy 85:126-132.

2006

34. Rodriguez, R. M., F. Hoffmann, C.A. Porter, and R. Baker. The bat community of the Rabi oil field in the Gamba Complex of Protected Areas, Gabon. Pp. 365-370 In: Alonso, A., M.E. Lee, P. Campbell, O.S.G. Pauwels, and F. Dallmeier, eds., Gamba, Gabon: Biodiversity of an Equatorial African Rainforest. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, No. 12.

Rodriguez, R. M., F. Hoffmann, C. A. Porter, et R. Baker. La communauté de chauves-souris du champ pétrolifère de Rabi dans le Complexe d'Aires Protégées da Gamba, Gabon. Pp. 149-154 In: Alonso, A., M.E. Lee, P. Campbell, OSG Pauwels et F. Dallmeier, éds., Gamba, Gabon: Biodiversité de'une forêt équatoriale africaine. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, No. 12. [French Translation]

35. Primus, A., J. Harvey, S. Guimondou, S. Mboumba, R. Ngangui, F. Hoffmann, R. Baker, and C. A. Porter. Karyology and chromosomal evolution of some small mammals inhabiting the rainforest of the Rabi oil field, Gabon. Pp. 371-382 In: Alonso, A., M.E. Lee, P. Campbell, O.S.G. Pauwels, and F. Dallmeier, eds., Gamba, Gabon: Biodiversity of an Equatorial African Rainforest. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, No. 12.

Primus, A., J. Harvey, S. Guimondou, S. Mboumba, R. Ngangui, F. Hoffmann, R. Baker, et C. Porter. Caryologie et évolution chromosomique de certains petits mammifères de la forêt tropicale humide du champ pétrolifère de Rabi, Gabon. Pp 155-167 In: Alonso, A., M.E. Lee, P. Campbell, OSG Pauwels et F. Dallmeier, éds., Gamba, Gabon: Biodiversité de'une forêt équatoriale africaine. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, No. 12. [French Translation]

2007

36. Fonseca, R.M., Hoofer, S.R., Porter, C.A. , Cline , C.A. , Parish, D.A., Hoffmann, F.G., Baker, R.J. Morphological and molecular variation within little big-eared bats of the genus Micronycteris (Phyllostomidae: Micronycterinae) from San Lorenzo , Ecuador . Pp. 721-746 In: D. Kelt, E. P. Lessa, J. Salazar-Bravo, and J. L. Patton, eds. The Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson.

37. Porter, C. A., S. R. Hoofer, C. A. Cline, F. G. Hoffmann, and R. J. Baker. Molecular phylogenetics of the phyllostomid bat genus Micronycteris, with descriptions of two new subgenera. Journal of Mammalogy. 88:1205-1215.

2010

38. Porter, C. A., A. W. Primus, F. G. Hoffmann, and R. J. Baker. Karyology of five species of bats (Vespertilionidae, Hipposideridae, and Nycteridae) from Gabon with comments on the taxonomy of Glauconycteris. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 295:1-7.

2011

39. Porter, R. D. Movements, populations, and habitat preferences of three species of pocket mice (Perognathinae) in the Big Bend region of Texas. (C. A. Porter, ed.) Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University 58: 1-107.

In Press

Baker, R. J., O. R. P. Bininda-Emonds, H. Mantilla-Meluk, C. A. Porter, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. Molecular timescale of diversification of feeding strategy and morphology in New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae): A phylogenetic perspective. In: Gunnell, G. F. and N. B. Simmons, eds. Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology. Cambridge University Press.

Associate Professor

Department of Biology

Xavier University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana 70125