Kenneth Collins Welch Jr

Atualmente é assistant professor - University of Toronto, Scarborough. Tem experiência na área de Zoologia, com ênfase em Fisiologia dos Grupos Recentes

Informações coletadas do Lattes em 10/11/2022

Acadêmico

Formação acadêmica

Doutorado em fisiologia

2005 - 2007

University of California, Santa Barbara
Título: Energetics and Fuel Use During Flight In Small North American Hummingbirds
Orientador: Raul K. Suarez, Ph.D.

Mestrado em fisiologia

2001 - 2005

University of California, Santa Barbara
Orientador: Raul K. Suarez, Ph.D.

Graduação em Biologia

1994 - 1998

Trinity University
Orientador: N/A

Pós-doutorado

2007 - 2009

Pós-Doutorado. , University of California, Riverside. , Grande área: Ciências Biológicas / Área: Zoologia / Subárea: Fisiologia dos Grupos Recentes.

Idiomas

Inglês

Compreende Bem, Fala Bem, Lê Bem, Escreve Bem.

Espanhol

Compreende Pouco, Fala Pouco, Lê Razoavelmente, Escreve Razoavelmente.

Áreas de atuação

Grande área: Ciências Biológicas / Área: Zoologia / Subárea: Fisiologia dos Grupos Recentes.

Produções bibliográficas

Labonte, J. P ; WELCH JR, K. C. ; Suarez, R. K. . Digestive performance in neonatalSouthern Pacific rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus helleri).. Canadian Journal of Zoology (Online) , v. 89, p. 705-713, 2011.
WELCH JR, K. C. . The power of feeder‐mask respirometry as a method forexamining hummingbird energetics. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology , v. 158, p. 276-286, 2011.
Suarez, R. K. ; Herrera M., L. G ; WELCH JR, K. C. . The sugar oxidation cascade:Aerial refueling in hummingbirds and nectar bats. Journal of Experimental Biology (Online) , v. 214, p. 172-178, 2011.
Altshuler, D. L. ; WELCH JR, K. C. ; Cho, B. H. ; Welch, D. B ; Lin, A. F. ; Dickson, W. B ; Dickinson, M. H. . Neuromuscular control of wingbeat kinematics in Anna shummingbirds (Calypte anna). Journal of Experimental Biology (Online) , v. 213, p. 2507-2514, 2010.
WELCH JR, K. C. ; Altshuler, D. L. . Fiber type homogeneity of the flight musculature in small birds. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology , v. 152, p. 152, 2009.
Suarez, R. K. ; WELCH JR, K. C. ; Hanna, S. K. ; Herrera, L. G. . Flight muscle enzymes and metabolic flux rates during hovering flight in the nectar bat, Glossophaga soricina: Further evidence of convergence with hummingbirds. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology , v. 153, p. 136-140, 2009.
WELCH JR, K. C. ; Suarez, R. K. . Altitude and temperature effects on the energetic cost of hover‐feeding in migratory rufous hummingbirds, Selasphorus rufus.. Canadian Journal of Zoology (Online) , v. 86, p. 161-169, 2008.
WELCH JR, K. C. ; Herrera M., L. G ; Suarez, R. K. . Dietary sugar as a direct fuel for flight in the nectarivorous bat, Glossophaga soricina.. Journal of Experimental Biology (Online) , v. 211, p. 310-316, 2008.
WELCH JR, K. C. ; Altshuler, D. L. ; Suarez, R. K. . Oxygen consumption rates in hovering hummingbirds reflect substrate‐dependent differences in P/O ratios: Carbohydrate as a premium fuel . Journal of Experimental Biology (Online) , v. 210, p. 2146-2153, 2007.
WELCH JR, K. C. ; Suarez, R. K. . Oxidation rate and turnover of ingested sugar in hovering Anna s (Calypte anna) and rufous hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus).. Journal of Experimental Biology (Online) , v. 210, p. 2164-2162, 2007.
WELCH JR, K. C. ; Bakken, B. K. ; Martínez de Rio, C. ; Suarez, R. K. . Hummingbirds fuel hovering flight with newly ingested sugar. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology , v. 79, p. 1082-1087, 2006.
Suarez, R. K. ; WELCH JR, K. C. . Stoking the Brightest Fires of Life Among Vertebrates. In: M. L. Glass; S. C. Wood. (Org.). Cardio‐Respiratory Control in Vertebrates: Comparative and Evolutionary Aspects. New York: Springer‐Verlag, 2009, v. , p. 381-394.

Prêmios

2006

Dean's fellowship, UC Santa Barbara Graduate Division.

2006

Olivia Long Converse Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara Graduate Division.

2006

Scholander Award (finalist), American Physiological Society.

2006

Travel Award, American Physiological Society.

2006

Dorothy Skinner Award, Society of Integrative and Comparative Physiology.

2006

Outstanding Presentation Award, UCSB Department of Ecol., Evol. and Marine Biol..

2005

Broida-Hirschfelder Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara Faculty Women's Club.

2003

Regents Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara.

2003

Graduate Research Fellowship (hon. mention), National Science Foundation (USA).

Histórico profissional

Experiência profissional

2009 - Atual

University of Toronto, Scarborough

Vínculo: Empregado, Enquadramento Funcional: Assistant Professor