David Frederick Oetinger

SPECIALTY: Parasitology--Helminthology

ADDRESS: Department of Biology, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, KY 42302-1039

TELEPHONE: 270-852-3160

FAX: 270-926-3196

E-Mail:

• acantho@kwc.edu

EDUCATION:

• University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 1973-77 Ph.D.-Zoology
• University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 1967-69 M.S. -Zoology
• Houghton College, Houghton, NY, 1963-67 B.A. -Zoology

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Professor, Department of Biology, Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1986-present;Associate Professor 1984-86
• Associate Professor of Biology, Houghton College, 1981-84; Assistant Professor, 1977-81

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

• Chairman, Department of Biology, Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1984-1999; 2004-
• Director, Kentucky Wesleyan College Self-Study for Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Reaccreditation (1996-1998)
• Commander, Medical Service Corps, USNR-Ret--Various Administrative Officer Positions during 16 years of Naval Reserve participation (1977-1993)

RECENT GRANTS FUNDED:

• National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Grant No. DBI-0115822:  "Acquisition of Transmission Electron Microscopy Equipment for Invertebrate and Vertebrate Pigment Cell Studies, Undergraduate Laboratory Demonstrations, and Undergraduate Research" (with S. D. Wilt - Co-PI) ($99,989)
• National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory, Improvement Grant No. DUE-9750681: "Environmental Impact Assessment, A Capstone Course for an Environmental Science Program" (with R. W. Kingsolver- Co-PD)($24,862)
• KWC Administered Kellogg Foundation mini-grant for equipment and software to support Biology major senior projects ($5,250)
• KWC Administered Kellogg Foundation mini-grant for computer /audiovisual equipment to improve Biology 2114 (Sophomore Seminar) and Biology 4114 (Senior Seminar) ($4021)
• National Science Foundation College Science Instrumentation Grant No. 8750098: "Immunology - A New Capstone Course for Undergraduate Biology Majors" ($30,287)

AWARDS:

• 1993--President's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Campus Leadership
• 1980--Houghton College Student Senate Award for Faculty Excellence in Teaching
• 1977--The School of Life Sciences of the University of Nebraska Harold W. Manter Prize for Outstanding Endeavor and Promise in the Fields of Life Science

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• American Society of Parasitologists
• The Helminthological Society of Washington
• The Kentucky Academy of Sciences
• The Southeastern Society of Parasitologists

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Adapatations of parasites that insure transmission to their next host. Microanatomy, development, taxonomy, and ecology of acanthocephalans. Biographical study of the life and career of Louis Pasteur.

PUBLICATIONS:

• Kingsolver, R. W. And D. F. Oetinger. 1998. Undergraduate research in biology: A developmental approach. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences 59(1): 15-19.
• Oetinger, D. F. 1995. Ectopic Moniliformis moniliformis from a laboratory-infected rat (Rattus norvegicus). Helminthological Society of Washington 62(1): 98-102.

Granulomatous reaction of rat greater omentum to eggs from ectopic
female Moniliformis moniliformis (May-Grunwald stain)

• Oetinger, D. F. and R. L. Buckner. 1993. Morphology of the genital vestibule of Neoechinorhynchus carinatus (Acanthocephala:Neoechinorhynchidae). J. Parasitol. 79(6): 930-934.

Neoechinorhynchus carinatus female with copulatory cap

• Oetinger, D. F. 1991. Histological Analysis (p. 1299-1306) In: Magill's Survey of Science: Life Science. Salem Press, Pasadena. 2,763p.
• Oetinger, D. F. 1989. Book Review: Parasitology--The Biology of Animal Parasites, 6th Ed. J. Parasitol. 5(6): 1008-1009.
• Oetinger, D. F. 1987. Effects of Acanthocephalus dirus (Acanthocephala) on morphometrics and reproduction of Caecidotea intermedius(Crustacea: Isopoda). Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 106: 240-248.
• Buckner, R. L., D. F. Oetinger, and S. C. Buckner. 1984. Paulisentis missouriensis Keppner, 1974 (Acanthocephala) in creek chubs, Semotilus atromaculatus, of southeastern Nebraska. Trans. Nebr. Acad. Sci. 12: 1-4.

TEM of Lirceus lineatus integumental pigment cell

• Oetinger, D. F. and B. B. Nickol. 1982. Developmental relationships between acanthocephalans and altered pigmentation in freshwater isopods. J. Parasitol. 68: 463-469.
• Oetinger, D. F. and B. B. Nickol. 1982. Spectrophotometric characterization of integumental pigments from uninfected and Acanthocephalus dirus -infected Asellus intermedius. J. Parasitol. 68: 270-275.
• Oetinger, D. F. and B. B. Nickol. 1981. Effects of acanthocephalans on pigmentation of freshwater isopods. J. Parasitol. 67: 672-684.

Acanthocephalus dirus -infected (left) and uninfected Lirceus lineatus
from Jackson Cutoff near Bowling Green, Ohio.

• Hutton, T. L. and D. F. Oetinger. 1980. Morphogenesis of the proboscis hooks of an archiacanthocephalan, Moniliformis moniliformis (Bremser 1811) Travassos 1915. J. Parasitol. 66: 965-972.
• Oetinger, D. F. and R. L. Buckner. 1976. Acanthocephalus tahlequahensis sp. n. (Acanthocephala,Echinorhynchidae) from the stippled darter, Etheostoma punctulatum (Agassiz) in northeastern Oklahoma. J. Parasitol. 62: 237-241.
• Buckner, R. L., S. C. Buckner, and D. F. Oetinger. 1976. Population dynamics of Paulisentis missouriensis in creek chubs, Semotilus atromaculatus, from southeastern Nebraska. The ASB Bulletin 23: 46.
• Oetinger, D. F. and B. B. Nickol. 1974. A possible function of the fibrillar coat in Acanthocephalus jacksoni eggs. J. Parasitol. 60: 1055-1056.
• Nickol, B. B. and D. F. Oetinger. 1968. Prosthorhynchus formosus from the short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) in New York State. J. Parasitol. 54: 456.

RECENT PAPERS PRESENTED:

• Oetinger, D. F. 1997. Altered protein composition of Lirceus lineatus (Isopoda) infected by Acanthocephalus dirus. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, November 13-15, 1997 (Morehead State University, Morehead, KY).
• Stergiou*, A. M. and D. F. Oetinger. 1997. Effects of omentectomy on ectopic Moniliformis moniliformis. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, November 13-15, 1997 (Morehead State University, Morehead, KY). (*--presenter)
• Oetinger, D. F., R. Bassett, S. Estes, and A. M. Stergiou. 1997. Interaction between rat greater omentum and intraperitoneal Moniliformis moniliformis. 72nd Annual Meetings, American Society of Parastiologists, 24-28 June, 1997 (Nashville, TN)
• Oetinger, D. F. 1996. Pigments and proteins from uninfected and Acanthocephalus dirus-infected Lirceus lineatus (Isopoda), from Daviess County, Kentucky. Southeastern Society of Parasitologists, 24-26 April, 1996 (Hancock Biological Station, Murray State University, Kentucky Lake).
• Bassett*, Randy and D. F. Oetinger.  1996.  Interactions between rats and intraperitoneally-implanted Moniliformis moniliformis.  Southeastern Society of Parasitologists, 24-26 April, 1996 (Hancock Biological Station, Murray State University, Kentucky Lake). (*--presenter)
• Oetinger, D. F. 1995. Effects of Acanthocephalus dirus on pigments and proteins of Lirceus lineatus. Kentucky Academy of Sciences, 17-18 November, 1996 (Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY).
• Oetinger, D. F. 1995. Altered integumental pigmentation of the freshwater isopod, Lirceus lineatus. Joint Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the American Microscopical Society and the Association of Southeastern Biologists, 19-21 April, 1995 (Knoxville, TN).
• Oetinger, D. F. 1991. Growth of the acanthocephalan, Moniliformis moniliformis (Bremser, 1811) Travassos, 1915 in the laboratory rat. Kentucky Academy of Sciences, 7-9 November, 1991 (Owensboro, KY).
• Oetinger, D. F. and J. Essepian. 1990. Structural and functional relationships of proboscis hooks of the Archiacanthocephalan, Moniliformis moniliformis (Bremser, 1811). Annual Meetings of the American Microscopical Society, 26-30 December, 1990 (San Antonio, Texas).

RECENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

• Oetinger, D. F. 1993. Ectopic Moniliformis moniliformis in its usual definitive host, Rattus norvegicus. Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and the American Society of Parasitologists, Atlanta, GA, 31 October-04 November, 1993.
• Oetinger, D. F. 1990. Effects of Acanthocephalus dirus on pigmentation of Lirceus lineatus. VIIth International Congress of Parasitology, 20-24 August, 1990 (Paris, France).

LEISURE ACTIVITIES:

• Gardening: Favorite plant--horseradish
• Music:

Favorite composer--Jeremiah Clarke (late 17th century)

Favorite composition--Beethoven's 9th (NY Philharmonic-Mehta)

Favorite performer--Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet)

Favorite performing group--Chicago

• Reading: Favorite author--Thorton Wilder
• Photography: Favorite subjects--old buildings & flowers
• Viewing paintings & sculpture: Favorite artist--Georges De La Tour
• Tennis & Racquetball: Most feared opponent--myself
• Travel: Favorite place--Mulhouse, France
• Writing "Readers Write" letters to the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer:   Jan 29th, 1995; Apr 11th, 1995; Jun 23rd, 1998; Jun 15th, 1999 ("In My View"); Aug 29th, 1999; Oct 14th, 1999; May 25th, 2000; Oct 9th, 2000; June 16th, 2002; Mar 21st, 2003; April 11th, 2003; Jul 24th, 2003; Nov 19th, 2003; June 22nd, 2004; July 13th, 2004.

Send comments and questions to: acantho@kwc.edu
Last modified: 27 May 06 David F. Oetinger