Emilie Gray

Evolutionary Physiology
Assistant Professor of Biology, 2009-

Began career at Colorado College: 2009

Email: emilie.gray@coloradocollege.edu                          

Phone: (719) 389-6403

Address:
The Colorado College
Biology Department
14 East Cache La Poudre Street,
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

                                     

Education

PhD Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 2005 - University of California, Irvine

M.S. Environmental Studies 1999 - Université d’Orléans and IRD, France

B.S. Biology 1998 - Université de Rennes, France

 

Research Interests

- physiological ecology of animals, in particular how animals adapt to their environment

- gas exchange and water balance in arthropods

- insect adaptations to extreme environments

- mosquitoes

 

Course Information

Personal Information

hiking, climbing, yoga, gardening, photography, travel, food

 

Other Information

Publications

- Gray, E.M., K.A.C. Rocca, C. Costantini and N.J. Besansky, 2009. Inversion 2La is associated with enhanced desiccation resistance in Anopheles gambiae. Malaria J 8: 215.

- Rocca, K.A.C., E.M. Gray, C. Costantini and N.J. Besansky, 2009. 2La chromosomal inversion enhances thermal tolerance of Anopheles gambiae larvae. Malaria J 8: 147.

- Gray, E.M., and S.L. Chown, 2008. Bias, precision and accuracy in the estimation of cuticular and respiratory water loss: a case study from a highly variable cockroach, Perisphaeria sp. J Insect Physiol

- Gray, E.M., and T.J. Bradley, 2006. Evidence from Mosquitoes Suggests that Cyclic Gas Exchange and Discontinuous Gas Exchange are Two Manifestations of a Single Respiratory Pattern. J Exp Biol 207: 1603-1611.

- Gray, E.M., and T.J. Bradley, 2006. Malarial infection in Aedes aegypti: effects on feeding, fecundity and metabolic rate. Parasitology 132: 1-8.

- Gray, E.M., and T.J. Bradley, 2005. Physiology of Desiccation Resistance in Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles arabiensis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 73(3): 553-559.

- Gray, E.M., and T.J. Bradley. 2003. Metabolic Rate in Female Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae): Age, Size, Activity and Feeding Effects. J Med Entomol 40(6): 903-911.

- Gray, E.M. 1999. Urban Pollution of the Ebrié lagoon, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Masters Thesis (French).