| 1988-95 | Ph.D.
Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts Program on Cell and Developmental Biology - Harvard Medical School Thesis Advisor: Peter J. Hollenbeck, Associate Professor of Neurobiology Thesis Title: Axonal Transport of Mitochondria, March 1995 Qualifying Exam: Functional Redundancy of Actin Binding Proteins in Amoeboid Movement |
| 1991 | Physiology:
Cell and Molecular Biology summer course Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts |
| 1987 | Biochemistry course, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1982-86 | B.A.
Lafayette College Easton, Pennsylvania Major: Biology, Minor: Computer Science Senior research topic (non-thesis): Acid rain effects on oak tree root ectomycorrhizae |
| 1985 | Invertebrate
Zoology, and Marine Mammals and Seabirds summer courses Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon, Coos Bay, Oregon |
| 1998- present |
Assistant
Professor - Department of Biology - Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. Teaching 200-level courses in Developmental Biology and Cell Biology, 300-level Advanced Marine Biology and Neurobiology (each with lecture and laboratory), 100-level Cell and Molecular Biology, and a First Year Seminar. Instructing lab section of Introductory Biology. Researching motor proteins in ciliogenesis and early development in echinoderms by cell biological and biochemical approaches. Head of a research laboratory driven by undergraduate researchers. Directing the Imaging Center for Undergraduate Collaboration - a digital imaging lab for teaching and research established through a 2002 grant from the National Science Foundation to Wheaton College. |
| 1997-98 | Applications
Scientist, Edge Scientific Instrument Corp., Santa Monica, California Consultant to 3D direct-view microscope manufacturer on applications of 3D microscopy in green fluorescent protein research and in research using micromanipulation. |
| 1995-98 | Postdoctoral
Research Fellow. Laboratory of Dr. Jonathan M. Scholey. Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California Studied motor proteins in mitosis, ciliogenesis, and early development in echinoderms by cell biological, biochemical approaches. Lab personnel supervision and financial management. |
| 1991-94 | Head Instructor:
Scanning Laser Confocal Microscope Facility Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Developed curriculum & course materials, instructed & certified >150 users individually. |
| 1992 | Teaching
Assistant: Invertebrate Physiology Course and Laboratory (premier year) Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Assisted in design and implementation of new labs and performed guest lecturing. |
| 1987-88 | Research
Associate: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA Reprogrammed and ran digital-imaging light microscope for cell biology research. |
| 1986-87 | Computer Systems Analyst: MetroTemps Agency, Wayne, PA |
| 1985 | Teaching Assistant: Developmental Biology lab, Lafayette College, Easton, PA |
| 1986 | Teaching Assistant: Biology of Vascular Plants lab, Lafayette College, Easton, PA |
| 1985-86 | Research
Assistant: Biology Department. Lafayette College, Easton, PA Analyzed effects of acid rain in the Pocono Mountains and Lehigh River Valley of Pennsylvania. |
| 1984-86 | PC Computer Analyst: National Liberty Corporation. Frazier, PA |
| 2002-05 |
Cells and Genes, introductory
cell and molecular biology, 100 level - Wheaton College One of two introductory biology courses for majors. Offered every spring. Averaging 66 students. 39 lecture hours plus discussion meetings. Lecture project converting room into living cell. |
| 1998-2004 | Developmental
Biology with laboratory, 200 level - Wheaton College Offered alternate fall semesters. Averaging 16 students per year, 43 lecture hours, 11 labs, open-ended research project on fetal alcohol syndrome and immunofluorescence |
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2003
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Cell Biology with
laboratory, 200 level - Wheaton College Offered alternate falls beginning with fall 2003 debut. 41 lecture hours and 10 labs in first yr. Open-ended projects on quantitative light microscopy of cell behaviors published on course website. |
| 1999-2005 |
Advanced
Marine Biology with laboratory, 300 level - Wheaton College Offered alternate springs. 10 students avg, 37 lecture hours, 10 labs, & 4 field trips per yr; personally authored course's web-based text. 38 different collaborative student research projects. |
| 2000-04 | Neurobiology
with laboratory, 300 level - Wheaton College, Norton, MA. Offered in alternate springs. avg 9 students, 39 lecture hours, 13 labs, open-ended research project on intracellular transport culminating in public poster presentation at regional science meeting |
| 1999-2004 | Independent
Research for Senior Thesis, 500 level - Wheaton College 5 students, 4 with 320 lab hours/summer and 5 with 72 lab hours/semester of guided research., weekly lab meetings and journal club, student attendance at scientific meetings at Woods Hole, Washington DC, and San Francisco for presentation and publication of results. |
| 1999-2005 | Independent
Studies - Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. 7 students in 5 summers, 320 lab/field trip hrs per student. Ciliogenesis and motors. 1 student for 1 sem, 30 lecture/lab/field trip hours. Comparative embryology. 3 students/sem doing independent projects in laboratory on voluntary basis as prelude to thesis work. |
| 1999 | First Year
Seminar, 100 level - Wheaton College, Norton, MA. 17 students / advisees, 36 lecture hours, topic: Human cloning and the future of biomedicine |
| 1999,2000 | Introductory
Biology laboratory - Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. 9 to 24 students, 13 lab meetings |
| 1992 | Invertebrate Physiology laboratory - Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| 1986 | Biology of Vascular Plants laboratory - Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania. |
| 1985 | Developmental Biology laboratory - Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania. |
| 2000- present |
Director &
head instructor, Imaging Center for Undergraduate Collaboration.
Wheaton College. Instructed faculty and student on use of computers, microscopes, cameras, and other equipment in one-on-one, small group, and large group workshop settings |
| 1999-2002 | Sunday School Teacher to 25 K-First Graders, Trinitarian Congregational Church, Norton, MA |
| 1998,99 | Guest Lecturer
for Introductory Biology course. Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. Presented well-received lectures on DNA and RNA to 100 undergrads/lecture. |
| 1995-98 | Tutor and Mentor
to Undergraduate Researcher-turned-Postgraduate Technician. U.C. Davis. Instructed undergrad on sea urchin collec'n and care, microscopy, and microinjection. |
| 1996-97 | Volunteer Guest
Lecturer for Introductory Cell Biology course. University of
California, Davis. Presented well-received lecture on cytoskeleton for 200 undergraduate students. |
| 1997 | Volunteer Field
Guide for Invertebrate Zoology course. University of California, Davis. Assisted with field instruction of undergraduates in intertidal zone at Monterey Bay. |
| 1996 | Invited
Demonstrator, Pioneer Elementary School Science & Technology Day,
Davis, CA. Illustrated principles of physics as "YoYo Man" to 3rd-6th graders using yoyo tricks. |
| 2005 |
<>Colwin
Research Fellowship, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole MA Fellowship to support summer of research and residence at the MBL studying mechanisms of ciliogenesis and roles of motor proteins in cellular differentiation. |
| 2002-03 | National Science
Foundation Grant for Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement to
establish a digital imaging facility at Wheaton College, Norton, MA. $144,677 awarded for proposal entitled "Digital Imaging: Infusing Active Learning Throughout a Science Curriculum" co-authored with Asst. Prof. Geoff Collins of the Physics & Astronomy Dept to equip and operate an interdisciplinary digital imaging lab for undergraduate teaching and research. |
| 2003 | Chair
of concurrent talk session on "Cytoskeleton and Motor Proteins" at the
Developmental Bilogy of the Sea Urchin meeting. Woods Hole, MA. Sept 26. |
| 2003 | Became
member of Project Kaleidoscope's Faculty for the 21st Century Network National organization for faculty leaders in Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology. Nominated by Wheaton College Administration |
| 1999-03 | Technology Course
Enrichment Stipends, Wheaton College, Norton "Living Architecture: Connecting Science with Art through Digital Imaging," for Connecting Bio219 - Cell Biology with Evie Lane's ARTH253 - Castles, Cathedrals, and Monasteries, Summer 2003. "Transforming Students into Lifelong Learners through Web-Based Scientific Research," for Bio254 - Developmental Biology, Spring 1999. "Multi-level course website for Advanced Marine Biology" for Bio398-Adv. Marine Bio. Spring 1999. |
| 1998-03 | Wheaton Foundation Awards for
student research, Wheaton College, Norton, MA. "Investigations of the Motor Protein Kinesin-II in Mitosis" with Christopher English '03, 11/6/02. "Analysis of Kinesin-II in the Cell Lifecycle by Immunofluorescence" Danielle Erkoboni '05, 11/6/02. "Presentation of Kinetics of Ciliary Growth on Sea Urchin Embryos" with Amy Manning '01, 11/15/00. "Functions of the motor protein Kinesin-II in Sea Urchin Development" with Julia Lou, '01, 11/15/00. "Kinetics of Ciliary Growth on Sea Urchin Embryos" with Amy Manning '01, 3/16/00. "Biochemical investigation of Kinesin-II in Ciliogenesis in S.U. Embryos" with Julia Lou, '01, 3/16/00. "Mechanisms of Cilia Growth on Sea Urchin Embryos" with Joshua Nordberg, '00, 3/16/00. "Comparative Embryology of Spring-Spawning Marine Invertebrates" with Liisa Viitanen '99, 3/5/99. "Long-Term Storage of Gametes for Developmental Biol. Research" with Melissa Milton '99,3/5/99. "Mechanisms of Cilia Growth in Sea Urchin Embryos" with Joshua Nordberg '00, 3/5/99. "Investigating Roles of Kinesin-II in Ciliogenesis in Sea Urchin Embryos" with Fay Dufort '00, 3/5/99. |
| 2000-03 | Mars
Faculty/Student Research Fellowship, Wheaton College, Norton,
Massachusetts. "Structural Analysis of the Kinesin-II Motor Protein" with Chris English '03, 11/26/01, for Jan 2002. "Microscopic Analysis of Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Developing Sea Urchin Embryos" with Chris English '03, 3/30/01, for work over summer 2001. "Comparative Ciliogenesis in Sea Urchin Embryos" with Amy Manning '01, 3/31/00, for summer 2000. "Functions of the motor protein Kinesin-II in Sea Urchin Development" with Julia Lou '01, 3/31/00, for work over summer 2000. |
| 2000 | Faculty Research
Award, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. Received for collaborative research on mechanisms of animal development |
| 1999 | Gebbe Faculty/Student
Research Award, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. Received for two students to conduct summer research on animal development. |
| 1999 | Wheaton
Fellowships for student's summer research, Wheaton College, Norton,
Massachusetts. Two received for stipend support of two students studying animal development. |
| 1999,2000 | Technology Course
Enrichment Stipends, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. One received for assembling web-based text for Advanced Marine Biology course, one received for incorporating web-based research into Developmental Biology. |
| 1998-2000 | Wheaton
Foundation Awards for student research, Wheaton College, Norton,
Massachusetts. Seven received for seven students studying mechanisms of animal development. |
| 1995-98 | National Research
Service Award for Postdoctoral Research Fellowship National Institutes of General Medical Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland |
| 1997 | Designation of Morris and Hollenbeck's 1995 Journal of Cell Biology paper as "Of Outstanding Interest" by Current Opinion in Cell Biology (highest level distinction) in review of research on "Motors and membrane traffic." (Goodson et al., 9:18-28, 1997) |
| 1996 | Invited Attendee to Gordon Research Conference on "Contractile and Motile Systems," NH |
| 1995 | Designation of Morris and Hollenbeck's 1993 Journal of Cell Science paper as"Of Special Interest" by Current Opinion in Neurobiology (second highest level distinction) in review on "The sensory-motor role of growth cone filopodia" (Kater & Rehder, 5:68-74, 1995) |
| 1993-94 | Harvard Mohoney Neuroscience Institute Fellow, Dept of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical Schl. |
| 1993 | American Society for Cell Biology Predoctoral Travel Award for attendance at American Society for Cell Biology 33rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA |
| 1992 | Cell and
Developmental Biology Program - Harvard Medical School Annual Award for Exceptional Contribution to the Program One of only two students ever conferred this award, previously presented only to faculty. |
| 1992 | American Society for Cell Biology Predoctoral Travel Award for American Society for Cell Biology 32nd Annual Meeting, Denver, CO |
| 1991 | Herbert W. Rand
Scholarship for attendance at Physiology: Cell & Molecular Biology
course Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole |
| 1985 | Oregon Institute
of Marine Biology Continued Study Scholarship Awarded annually by vote of faculty to four of the summer's 65 students |
| 1982 | Pennsylvania Science Council Talent-Search Award, National Honor Society, National Merit Commended Scholar |
2002-present Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century
1998-present Council on Undergraduate Research
1989-present American Society for Cell Biology
1989 American Association for the Advancement of Science
2003-present Science-in-the-New-Curriculum Evaluation Committee, Wheaton College (volunteered)
2002-present Science Center Building Committee, Wheaton College, Norton, MA (selected)
2000-present Co-advisor to Psychobiology program, Wheaton College, Norton, MA (elected)
2000-2003 Education Policy Committee, Wheaton
College, Norton, MA (elected)
Served during
three years
of comprehensive College curriculum review. Weekly meetings to
guide review, revision, passage, and implementation of new curriculum
in addition to regular EPC business.
1999-2001 General Ed requirements Study
Group, Wheaton College, Norton, MA (appointed)
2000 General Ed requirements Study Group Co-Convenor, Wheaton
College, Norton, MA (elected)
- Co-convened General Education
Study Group of faculty for Monthly meetings to plan new curriculum
requirements.
2001 Natural Science representative on
"Wild West" Visiting Team, Wheaton College (selected)
- sent to visit Colorado
College and Grinnell to gather ideas for curriculm review.
Co-composer/co-performer
of "Hymn to Curriculum."
2000-01 EPC Subcommittee on Out of Classroom Learning (appointed)
1996-1997 Mitosis/Meiosis Joint Lab Meeting Organizing Committee, U.C. Davis (volunteered)
1993, 1994 Boston Area Graduate Student Symposium Organizing Committee (volunteered)
1990-1995 Student Affairs Comm., Program on Cell & Developmental Biology - Harvard Med Schl (volunteered)
1990 Founder and first Chair - Student Affairs Committee, CDB-HMS (elected)
1990 Student Representative on Bunn Commission
(elected)
- faculty panel established
to review organization of CDB-HMS and make recommendations on
its restructuring.
1989 Harvard Med Schl. Grad Student Rep. to Harvard Univ Grad Student Council (volunteered)
1989-1995 Division of Medical Sciences Student Organization member (volunteered)
2004 ěLife
After College: Graduate School and Careers in Neuroscience.î
Northeastern Undergraduate Research Organization for Neuroscience
meeting. Wheaton College. May 2, 2004.
2003 "Kinesin-II redistribution from
cilia to nuclei during the mitotic and ciliogenic cycles
in sea urchin embryos" Sept 26, Developmental Biology of
the Sea Urchin Meeting, Woods Hole, MA.
2001"Doing double duty? Kinesin-II
redistribution between cilia and nucleii with each cell cycle
in
sea urchin embryos." May 18, Department of Biology, University
of Massachusetts, Boston.
2000 Technology Workshop on judging quality of websites, Wheaton College, Norton, MA.
1999 Technology Workshop talk on Course Webpage Creation, Wheaton College, Norton, MA.
1999 Careers Forum for Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
1997 Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin Meeting XI, Woods Hole, MA
1993 Boston Area Graduate Student Symposium, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1993 Neurobiology Department Seminar, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1993 Cell and Developmental Biology Program Seminar, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1992 Molecular Biology Department Seminar, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
1987 Pathology Department Seminar, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
1987 "Why Do Science?," 8th grade Introductory Physical Science, Key School, Annapolis MD.
2001 Project Kaleidoscope Workshop on "Undergraduate Neuroscience Education: from the Enchanted Loom to the World Wide Web," June 22-24, Trinity College, Hartford CT.
2000 "Problem-Based Learning: Integrating active learning with online resources," June 12-16, Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, University of Delaware.
2000 Digital Image Databases for Research and Pedagogy, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
2000 Science Center Workshop on Non-Majors Pedagogy, 3 days, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
1999 Project Kaleidoscope Workshop on Science and Math Pedagogy, 3 days, Bethesda, MD
1999 First Year Seminar Faculty Workshops, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
1998-2000 Faculty Technology Workshops, semiannually, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
1996 "Lab Leadership and Conflict Management"
workshop, American Society for Cell Biology
Annual Meeting, San Francisco,
California.
1989-1995 Annual Teaching Workshops, Derek
Bok Center for Teaching and Learning,
Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA
1994 "Presenting Data and Information" workshop by Edward Tufte of Yale Univ, Boston, MA
1992 "Interactive Teaching Methods
for Graduate Students" workshop, Div. of Medical Sciences,
Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA
1991 "Getting to Yes" workshop
on negotiation techniques hosted by Roger Fisher -
Harvard Negotiation Project,
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
1989 "Crossing the Barrier of Resolution"
workshop on advances in light microscopy,
Harvard Medical School, Boston
MA
1994-present Licensed Amateur Radio operator - N1SNZ
1984-present Certified SCUBA diver. Professional Association of Diving Instructors, Allentown, PA.
1995-1998 Licensed Scientific Collector of marine invertebrates - California Department of Fish & Game
1995-1998 MC, & MC Coordinator - weekly Family Night Dinners, Davis Community Church
R.L. Morris, H.M. Brown, B.D. Wright, D.J. Sharp, W. Sullivan, and J.M. Scholey. (2001) Microinjection methods for analyzing the functions of kinesins in early embryos. In Kinesin Protocols. edited by I. Vernos. Methods in Molecular Biology, 164:163-172.
R.L. Morris, M. Terasaki, B. Hinkle, J. Lou, A. Manning, J. Nordberg, F. Dufort, and M. Kwon. (2000) Stepwise growth and maturation of cilia on sea urchin embryos correlate with kinesin-II redistribution. Molecular Biology of the Cell. (Abstract presented at American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting, December 2000).
GC. Rogers, K. K. Chui, E.W. Lee, K.P. Wedaman, D.J. Sharp, G. Holland, R.L. Morris, and J.M. Scholey. (2000). A Kinesin-Related Protein, KRP180, Positions Spindle Poles During Early Sea Urchin Embryonic Cell Division. J. Cell Biology, 150(3):499-512.
R.L. Morris, F.J. Dufort, J.J. Nordberg, and M. Kwon. (1999) Stepwise growth and maturation of cilia on sea urchin embryos correlate with the presence of kinesin-II. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 10(S):386a. (Abstr).
R.L. Morris and J.M. Scholey. (1997) Heterotrimeric kinesin-II is required for the assembly of motile 9+2 ciliary axonemes on sea urchin embryos. J. Cell Biol. 138:1009-1022.
G.-Q. Bi, R.L. Morris, G. Liao, J.M. Alderton, J.M. Scholey, and R.A. Steinhardt. (1997) Kinesin- and myosin-driven steps of vesicle recruitment for Ca2+-regulated exocytosis. J. Cell Biol. 138:999-1008.
R.L. Morris and P.J. Hollenbeck. (1995) Axonal transport of mitochondria along microtubules and F-actin in living vertebrate neurons. J. Cell Biol. 131:1315-1326.
R.L. Morris and P.J. Hollenbeck. (1993) The regulation of bidirectional mitochondrial transport is coordinated with axonal outgrowth. J.Cell Sci. 104:917-927.
B. Pouvelle, R. Spiegel, L. Hsiao, R.J. Howard, R.L. Morris, A.P. Thomas, and T.F. Taraschi. (1991) Direct access to serum macromolecules by intraerythrocytic malaria parasites. Nature 353:73-75.
M. Prentki, M.C. Glennon, A.P. Thomas, R.L. Morris, F.M. Matschinsky, and B.E. Corky. (1988) Cell-specific patterns of oscillating free Ca2+ in carbamylcholine-stimulated insulinoma cells. J. Biol. Chem. 263(23):11044-7.
B. O'Rourke, R.L. Morris, D.K. Reibel, and A.P. Thomas. (1988) Digital image analysis of contraction and the calcium transient in Fura-2-loaded rat cardiomyocytes using a CCD camera. FASEB J. 2(5):A979 (abstr).
S.K. Majumdar, O. Delucia, R. Holt, C. Derivaux, R. Marcus, P. Erwin, L. Mineo, P. Steed, and R.L. Morris. (1987) Effects of limestone treatment on microbial communities and sediment chemistry in acid stressed Pennsylvania lakes, U.S.A. In: Acid rain: scientific and technical advances. R. Perry, R.M. Harrison, J.N.B. Bell, and J.N. Lester, eds. Selper, Ltd. London. p.465-472.
L. Mineo, S.K. Majumdar, J. Wasserman, E. Abitanta, G. Rall, P. Steed, and R.L. Morris. (1986) Ectomycorrhizal frequency of Pennsylvania oaks and other forest trees in two soil types as related to soil chemistry and tissue contents. Proc. Penn. Acad. Sci. 60:1, p.89.
P. Steed, S.K. Majumdar, G. Rall, R. Snyder, R.L. Morris, K. Berger, T. Baker, and L. Mineo. (1986) Microbiological studied of two acid-stressed lakes in the Poconos before and after limestone application. Proc. Penn. Acad. Sci. 60:1, p.95.
S.K. Majumdar, P. Steed, G. Rall, O. Delucia, R. Snyder, L. Mineo, R.L. Morris, C. Barthelmes, K. Berger, and T. Baker, (1986) Impact of acid precipitation and lime neutralization on bacteria and diatom populations in two lakes in the Poconos, Pennsylvania. In: Endangered and threatened species programs in Pennsylvania and other states: causes, issues, and management. S.K. Majumdar, F. Brenner, and A. Rhoads, eds. Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences. p.472-485.
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