Dr. Paul R. Crosbie
PARASITOLOGY
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology, College of Science and Mathematics, California State University, Fresno, 2555 East San Ramon Avenue, Fresno, CA 93740-8034
(559) 278-2074; (559) 278-3963 (fax); pcrosbie@csufresno.edu.
Lab: Room 206 Science, Office: 206A Science
Education
1997 Ph.D, Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA.
1992 M.A., Biology, California State University, Fresno, CA.
1981 P. G. C. E. Biology and Physical Education, Avery Hill College, London, England.
1976 B. Sc. Zoology, University College of Swansea, Wales.
Previous positions
1997-2000 Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis.
1979-80 Curator, Wellcome Department of Medical History, The Science Museum, London, England.
1977-79 Assistant Curator (Natural History), Kirklees Libraries and Museums Service, West Yorkshire, England.
Courses taught
Follow the constantly evolving links to the courses I teach at CSU Fresno
In the past I have also taught Environmental Science (at Sacramento City College) and Wildlife Ecology (at UC Davis).
ADVISING
PREPARING FOR VETERINARY
SCHOOL
Research Interests
I am broadly interested in the ecology and systematics of parasites and their hosts. More specifically, I actively investigate host-parasite interactions, particularly parasite life history strategies and the population ecology of parasites and hosts, and the impacts of parasitism on host populations. These studies typically entail lots of fieldwork. The second major emphasis in my lab is parasite systematics and identification, using both molecular and morphological approaches. I have no particular biases towards one group of parasites or another: I am more interested in appropriate systems that offer opportunities to ask interesting questions from an evolutionary standpoint. I have worked on protozoal endoparasites of insects, ticks (Dermacentor spp), tapeworms, and protozoans parasitizing marine mammals. Current collaborative work involves soft ticks and the apicomplexans Sarcocystis and Toxoplasma.
Publications
2001 Miller, M.A., P.R. Crosbie, K. Sverlow, Krista Hanni, B. C. Barr, Nancy Kock, Michael J. Murray, L. J.
Lowenstine, and P. A. Conrad. Isolation
and characterization of Sarcocystis from brain tissue of a free-living
southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) with fatal
meningoencephalitis. Parasitology
Research (in press).
2001 Miller, M.A., K. Sverlow, P.R. Crosbie, B. C. Barr, L. J. Lowenstine, F. M. Gulland, A. Packham, and P. A. Conrad. Isolation and characterization of protozoal parasites from a Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) with meningoencephalitis. Journal of Parasitology (in press).
2000 Crosbie, P.R., S.A. Nadler, E.G. Platzer, C. Kerner, J. Mariaux, and W.M. Boyce. Molecular systematics of Mesocestoides spp. (Cestoda: Mesocestoididae) from domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) and coyotes (Canis latrans). Journal of Parasitology 86:350-357.
2000 Crosbie, P.R., K.A. Padgett, and W.M. Boyce. Mesocestoides
spp. tapeworm infections in canids in California, 1989-1999. California
Veterinarian 54:15-16, 27-28.
1999 Stiller, D., P.R. Crosbie, W.M. Boyce, and W.L. Goff. Dermacentor hunteri (Acari: Ixodidae): an experimental vector of Anaplasma marginale and A. ovis (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) to calves and sheep. Journal of Medical Entomology 3(3): 321-324.
1999 Boyce, W.M., and P.R. Crosbie. Mesocestoides
Infections: Recurrence or reinfection? Response. Journal of the American
Veterinary Medical Association 214(4): 478.
1998 Crosbie, P.R., W.M. Boyce, E.G. Platzer, S.A. Nadler, and C. Kerner. Diagnostic procedures and treatment of eleven dogs with peritoneal infections caused by Mesocestoides spp. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 213(11): 1578-1583.
1998 Crosbie, P.R., and W.M. Boyce. Dermacentor hunteri (Acari: Ixodidae): Seasonal variation in questing adults and on-host juvenile stages, and host associations and feeding behavior of larvae and nymphs. Journal of Medical Entomology 35(6): 1034-1043.
1998 Crosbie, P.R., W.M. Boyce, and T.C. Rodwell. DNA sequence variation in Dermacentor hunteri and estimated phylogenies of Dermacentor spp. (Acari: Ixodidae) in the New World. Journal of Medical Entomology 35(3): 277-288.
1997 Crosbie, P.R., W.L. Goff, D. Stiller, D.A. Jessup, and W.M. Boyce. The distribution of Dermacentor hunteri and Anaplasma sp. in desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis). Journal of Parasitology 83(1): 31-37.
1990 Crosbie, P.R. A Stylocephalid gregarine parasitizing beetles of the genus Eleodes. Journal of Natural Sciences, California State University, Fresno 5:13-15.
Society Membership
American Society of Parasitologists
Desert Bighorn Council
Entomological Society of America
Northern California Parasitologists
Society for Vector Ecology
Wildlife Disease Association
Other interests
Music, reading, the great outdoors, and the trials and tribulations of Chelsea F.C.