Division of Mathematics and
Natural Sciences
phone: (814) 949-5496
Penn State -
Altoona
fax: (814)
949-5435
201 Environmental Resource
Lab
email: epl1@psu.edu Altoona, PA 16601 EMPLOYMENT
2001 – present
Assistant Professor
Penn State –
Altoona
Altoona, PA 16601
1999 - present
Research Associate
Powdermill
Nature Reserve,
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Rector, PA 15677-9605
2000 – 2001
Visiting Assistant Professor
Hiram
College
Hiram, OH 44234
1999 – 2000
Visiting Assistant Professor
Indiana
University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA 15705
1998 - 1999
Assistant Professor
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
1998
Assistant Professor - Part time
Indiana
University
Bloomington, IN 47405
1997 - 1998
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
1991 - 1997
Associate Instructor
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
EDUCATION
1991 - 1997
Ph. D. -
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
Major
- Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
Minor
- Education
Title of Dissertation - “The effects of
parasitism and predation on the foraging behavior of a freshwater New
Zealand snail”
Major Advisor -
Dr. Curtis M. Lively
1987 - 1991
B. A. -
Hiram College, Hiram, OH 44234
Major
- Biology
Minor
- Environmental Studies
UNDERGRADUATES MENTORED
Indiana University
Hope Briggs
Tracy Finney
Laura Fisher
Keith Obye
Sarah
Reymann Sara
Swisher Debra
Zynger
Penn State-Altoona
Brian Coppola
Karry Laskin
Diane Rhone
Rebecca Carson
Tessa Stritmatter
Shane Lunnen
Carolyn Itle
Rita
Wise-Favinger Leocadia Mosquea
Brian Kinkade
Erica Myers
April Weakland
Robert Platt
Travis Martin
James Dillard
Justin Winters
Stephanie
McChessney
Tara Mayhew
Ira
Kirk
Teela Frye
Chelsea Burkett
Ashley Kelly
Monique DeLisser
Pramod Gadam
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Society for the Study of Evolution
Annual Midwest Conference of Parasitologists
Ecological Society of America
Pennsylvania Academy of Science
Animal Behavior Society
PUBLICATIONS
Levri, E. P. and Lively, C. M. 1996 The effects of size,
reproductive condition, and parasitism on the foraging behaviour in a
freshwater snail, Potamopyrgus
antipodarum. Animal Behaviour 51: 891-901.
Levri, E. P. 1998 The influence of non-host predators on
parasite-induced behavioral changes in a freshwater snail. Oikos 81:
531-537.
Levri, E. P. 1998 Perceived predation risk, parasitism and
the foraging behaviour of a freshwater snail. Canadian Journal of
Zoology 76: 1878-1884.
Levri, E. P. 1999 Parasite-induced changes in host behavior
of a freshwater snail: manipulation or byproduct of parasitism.
Behavioral Ecology 10(3): 234-241.
Flury, B. and Levri, E. P. 1999 Periodic logistic
regression. Ecology 80(7): 2254-2260.
Levri, E. P. and * Fisher, L. 2000 The effect of a
trematode (Microphallus sp.) on the response of the freshwater snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum. to light
and gravity. Behaviour 137: 1141-1151.
Krist, A. C., Lively, C. M., Levri, E. P. and Jokela, J. 2000
Further evidence for local adaptation and unidirectional gene flow in a
snail-trematode interaction. Parasitology 121: 395-401.
Haswell-Elkins, M. R. and Levri, E. P. 2003 Food-Borne
Trematodes. In: Manson’s Tropical Diseases – 21st Edition.
Cook, G. and Zumla, A. Eds. W. B. Saunders Publ. London.
Levri, E. P. and Levri, M. A. 2003 Hot salsa: a
laboratory exercise exploring the scientific method. The American
Biology Teacher 65 (5): 372-377.
Levri, E. P. and * Coppola, B. 2004 The Distribution and
Abundance of an Acanthocephalan Parasite (Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus) in
Terrestrial Isopod Populations. Comparative Parasitology 71(1): 90-91.
Levri, E. P., Dillard, J.* and Martin, T.* 2005 The effect of a
trematode parasite on shell morphology in a New Zealand Snail.
Parasitology. 130: 699-708.
SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS
Levri, E. P., Lunnen, S., Itle, C.*, Martin, T.*, Kincade, B.*
DeLisser, M. ,* and Mosquea, L.* Time-dependent behavioral change
due to parasitism in an aquatic snail. Submitted to Animal Behaviour.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Levri, E. P., Lunnen, S.*, and Kelly, A.* The distribution by
depth of an invasive snail in Lake Ontario. In prep.
Levri, E. P. and Kelly, A.* First report of an invasive snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) in Lake
Erie. In prep.
Levri, E. P., Dybdahl, M. F., and Drown, D. M. Broader salinity
tolerance in invasive vs. native range genotypes of a freshwater
snail. In prep.
Dalton, B., Dybdahl, M. F., and Levri, E. P. Genetic variation in
stress tolerance in native and invasive populations of the New Zealand
mud snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum. In prep.
Levri, E. P., Levri, M. A. and Krist, A. C. Analysis of the
diet of a New Zealand freshwater fish. in prep.
* undergraduate
REVIEWED FOR
OikosCanadian Journal of Zoology
Prentice-Hall Publishers
Journal
of the North American Benthological SocietyDiversity and Distribution
Science fair judge for PA Junior Academy of Science – Altoona, PA, Mar.
2002
Science fair judge for PA Junior Academy of Science – Altoona, PA, Mar.
2003
Science fair judge for PA Junior Academy of Science – Altoona, PA, Feb.
2004
INVITED SEMINARS AND
PRESENTATIONS
Evidence for behavioral manipulation of a freshwater snail by its
trematode parasite, Microphallus
sp. Fifth International Congress of Systematics and Evolutionary
Biology, Budapest, Hungary - August 1996
Evidence for behavioral manipulation of a freshwater snail by a
trematode parasite. Hiram College, Hiram OH -
September 1997
The effects of predators and parasites on the foraging behavior of a
freshwater snail. Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI - December 1997
The effects of predators and parasites on the foraging behavior of a
freshwater snail. Western Maryland College,
Westminster, MD - March 1998
The effects of predators and parasites on the foraging behavior of a
freshwater snail. Middle Tennessee State
University, Murfreesboro, TN - March 1998
The influence of parasitism on the behavior of a freshwater snail:
manipulation or byproduct of infection? Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN – March 1999
The influence of parasitism on the behavior of a freshwater snail:
manipulation or byproduct of infection? Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA – October 1999
The effects of predators and parasites on the foraging behavior of a
freshwater snail. Pennsylvania State University - Altoona,
Altoona, PA - February 2001
The influence of parasitism on the behavior of a freshwater snail:
manipulation or byproduct of infection? Seton Hill College,
Greensburg, PA – March 2001
Parasitism, predation, and the foraging behavior of a New Zealand
snail. University of Pittsburgh Biological Field Station,
Linesville, PA – June 2003.
Parasites and Host Behavior: Who’s in control? Penn State –
Altoona Colloquium. – October 2003.
Parasites and Host Behavior: Who’s in control? Penn State –
Altoona Science Club. – December 2003.
“The Shrinking World: Exotic species in the Great Lakes.” Penn
State – Altoona, Earth Day, 2004.
PAPERS PRESENTED
"The effects of parasites on the behavior of a freshwater New Zealand
snail." Levri, E. P., Indiana University RTG in
Animal Behavior Symposium - September, 1993
"The effects of parasites and size on the behavior of a New Zealand
snail." Levri, E. P., Indiana University Biology
Department Seminar - October, 1993
"The effects of parasites on the behavior of the New Zealand snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum."
Levri, E. P., Indiana Academy of Sciences -
November, 1993
"The effects of parasites on the behavior of the New Zealand snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum."
Levri, E. P., Society of the Study of Evolution
meeting, Athens, Georgia - June, 1994
"Evidence for behavioral manipulation of a freshwater snail by its
trematode parasite." Levri, E. P., Annual Midwest
Conference of Parasitologists, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - June, 1995
"Parasitism, predation and the foraging behavior of a freshwater
snail." Levri, E. P., Indiana University Biology Department Seminar -
September, 1995
"The effects of predators and parasites on the foraging behavior of a
freshwater snail." Levri, E. P., Indiana University RTG in Animal
Behavior Symposium - October, 1995
"Perceived predation risk, parasitism, and the foraging behavior of a
freshwater snail." Levri, E. P., Midwest Regional Conference of the
Animal Behavior Society. Bloomington, Indiana - November 1996
“Evidence for behavioral manipulation of a freshwater snail by its
trematode parasite, Microphallus sp.” Levri, E. P., Midwest
Ecology and Evolution Conference, Louisville, Kentucky - April 1997
“The effect of a trematode parasite (Microphallus sp.) on the response
of the freshwater snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum to light and
gravity.” Fisher, L. M.* and Levri, E. P., Annual Midwest
Conference of Parasitologists, Terre Haute, Indiana - May, 1998
"Perceived predation risk, parasitism, and the foraging behavior of a
freshwater snail." Levri, E. P., Ecological Society
of America National Meeting. Baltimore, MD - August, 1998
“Hot salsa: a laboratory exercise exploring the scientific method.”
Levri, E. P. and Levri, M. A., Pennsylvania Academy of
Sciences Meeting. Wyomissing, PA – April, 2000
“An examination of the patterns of infection of the acanthocephalan Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus in
terrestrial isopod populations.” Coppola, B. P., * Laskin, K. B.* and
Levri, E. P. Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences Meeting. Pocono
Manor, PA – April, 2002
“The effect of a trematode parasite on shell morphology in a New
Zealand Snail.” Levri, E. P., Strittmatter, T.,* Carson, B.* and
Levri, M. A. Ecology Society of America National Meeting.
Tucson, AZ – August, 2002
“The Influence of Deer Herbivory on Establishment and Reproductive
Success of Mountain Laurel (Kalmia
latifolia).” Rhone, D. M.*, Levri, M. A., and Levri, E. P.
Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences Meeting. Harrisburg, PA – April,
2003
“The effect of a trematode parasite on the behavior of a New Zealand
snail in Lake Peorua, New Zealand.” Lunnen, S.*, Itle, C.* and
Levri, E. P. Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences Meeting.
Harrisburg, PA – April, 2003
“The Influence of Deer Herbivory on Establishment and Reproductive
Success of Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia).” Rhone, D. M.*, Levri,
M. A., and Levri, E. P. Penn State – Altoona Undergraduate Research
Symposium. Altoona, PA – April 2003
“The effect of a trematode parasite on the behavior of a New Zealand
snail in Lake Peorua, New Zealand.” Lunnen, S.*, Itle, C.* and
Levri, E. P. Penn State – Altoona Undergraduate Research
Symposium. Altoona, PA – April 2003
The effect of a trematode parasite on the response of a New Zealand
snail to gravity. Itle,C.*, Lunnen,S.*, Winters,J.*, Platt, R.*, and
Levri, E. P. Penn State – Altoona Undergraduate Research
Symposium. Altoona, PA – April 2003
“The effect of a trematode parasite on the response of a snail to light
and gravity.” Levri, E. P., Itle, C.*, Lunnen, S.*, Winters, J.*,
and Platt, R.* Ecology Society of America National Meeting.
Savannah, GA – August, 2003
“The influence of parasitism on shell ornamentation in a freshwater New
Zealand snail” Martin, Travis G.*, and Edward P. Levri.
Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences Meeting. Monroeville, PA –
March, 2004
“Phototactic responses in infected and uninfected New Zealand
snails.” Kinkade, Brian*, Erica Meyers*, Leocadia Mosquea*,
Carolyn Itle*, and Edward P. Levri. Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences
Meeting. Monroeville, PA – March, 2004
“The effect of parasitism on shell morphology in the New Zealand mud
snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum.” Dillard, James,* Travis Martin*, and
Edward P. Levri. Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences Meeting.
Monroeville, PA – March, 2004
“The effect of a trematode parasite on a New Zealand snail’s behavioral
response to gravity.” Lunnen, Shane*, Carolyn Itle*, Travis
Martin*, and Edward P. Levri. Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences
Meeting. Monroeville, PA – March, 2004
“The influence of parasitism on shell ornamentation in a freshwater New
Zealand snail” Martin, Travis G.*, and Edward P. Levri. Penn
State – Altoona Undergraduate Research Symposium. Altoona, PA –
April 2004
“Phototactic responses in infected and uninfected New Zealand
snails.” Kinkade, Brian*, Erica Meyers*, Leocadia Mosquea*,
Carolyn Itle*, and Edward P. Levri. Penn State – Altoona Undergraduate
Research Symposium. Altoona, PA – April 2004
“The effect of parasitism on shell morphology in the New Zealand mud
snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum.” Dillard, James,* Travis Martin*, and
Edward P. Levri. Penn State – Altoona Undergraduate Research
Symposium. Altoona, PA – April 2004
“The effect of parasitism on the shape and shell ornamentation of a
freshwater snail.” Levri, E. P.,* Martin, T.*, and Dillard, J.*
Ecological Society of America National Meeting. Portland,
OR - August 2004
“Trematode parasite infection influences the photokinetic response of a
freshwater snail.” Monique DeLisser*, Chelsea Burkett*,
Leocadia Mosquea*, and Edward P. Levri. .Pennsylvania Academy of
Sciences Meeting. Camp Hill, PA – April, 2005
"The distribution and abundance of an invasive snail species in Lake
Ontario" Shane Lunnen* and Edward P. Levri. Pennsylvania Academy of
Sciences Meeting. Camp Hill, PA – April, 2005
“Trematode parasite infection influences the photokinetic response of a
freshwater snail.” Monique DeLisser*, Chelsea Burkett*,
Leocadia Mosquea*, and Edward P. Levri. Penn State – Altoona
Undergraduate Research Symposium. Altoona, PA – April, 2005
“Broader salinity tolerance in invasive vs. native range genotypes of a
freshwater snail.” Edward P. Levri, Mark F. Dybdahl, and Devin M.
Drown. Ecology Society of America National Meeting.
Montreal, Canada – August, 2005
(* undergraduate)
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Cooperative Learning in the Science Classroom – Ecological Society of
America National Meeting, August, 1998
East Central Colleges New Faculty Workshop – November, 2000
Teaching Ecology using ESA’s On-Line Materials - Ecological Society of
America National Meeting, August, 2002
Not Sufficient Funds? Sources and Sinks in the NSF Ecology Budget –
Ecological Society of America National Meeting, August, 2003
Toward a Unified Ecology Curriculum - Ecological Society of America
National Meeting, August, 2004
Scientific teaching in ecology education: What is it, why do it,
and how can we help faculty succeed at it? - Ecological Society of
America National Meeting, August, 2005
