Faculty & Research

John Ubelaker, Ph.D. Professor Ph.D.: Colorado State University

Office: 234-DLS Tel: 214.768.2728 Fax: 214.768.3955 Email: ubelaker@smu.edu Lab: 220-DLS Tel: 214.768.2764

Research Interests

Systematic and Life History Studies of Helminthic Parasites

Dr. Ubelaker, former Chairman of the Biology Department, earned his Ph.D. at Colorado State University in 1967. His research examines the ecological factors involved in host-parasite interactions. He is examining ecological factors involved in parasites and rodents and is producing a monograph on the parasites of rodents. He is also completing a book on the ferns of north central New Mexico.

Selected Publications

Stedman's ASP Parasite Names, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1993, 144 pp.
"Susceptibility of corneas from various animal species to in vitro binding and invasion by Acanthamoeba castellanii," (with J. Y. Niederkorn, and J. P. McCulley), Invest. Ophthal. and Vis. Sci., 33, 1992, pp. 104-112.

"In vitro intercellular adherence of Acanthamoeba castellanii: A scanning and transmission electron microscopy study," (with M. B. Moore and J. H. Martin), Cornea, 10, 1991, pp. 289-299.

Education

Ph.D. 1967 Colorado State University. Biology of Acanthamoeba in the human eye.