معرفی
Paul J. Schaeffer is a Professor at Miami University, affiliated with the Ecology Research Center and the Cell, Molecular and Structural Biology Graduate Program. His research focuses on muscle plasticity, metabolic regulation, and comparative physiology across species. He teaches courses such as Human Physiology, Animal Physiological Ecology, and graduate seminars. His work integrates molecular biology, field ecology, and ecophysiology to study energy balance in animals under environmental challenges.
Research interests include understanding how regulatory factors control muscle phenotype in response to temperature, obesity, and inactivity, as well as evolutionary adaptations in energetic physiology through comparative studies of migratory birds and reptiles. He employs micro data loggers to track physiological parameters in free-living animals, exploring life history strategies and movement ecology.
Advises students such as Mineo PM, Corder KR, and Callahan ZJ. No scientific awards explicitly mentioned, but his work spans metabolic diseases, thermal physiology, and animal-environment interactions. His lab emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, combining lab-based molecular studies with field observations to address questions in animal physiology and ecology.
