EDUCATION

2005 ~ Present	Ph. D. candidate, Biological Sciences, University of North Texas Advisor: Dr. Warren Burggren Dissertation: Cardioventilatory control in developing Xenopus laevis
2001 ~ 2003	Master of Science, Zoology, Academia Sinica; Fisheries Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Advisor: Dr. Pung-Pung Hwang Thesis: The development of Ca2+ uptake in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
1997 ~ 2001	Bachelor, Zoology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan Advisor: Dr. Shao-Bin Yo Thesis: The diet habits of Mus caroli along the Da-Li River

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007 ~ Present	Teaching Assistant of Animal Physiology Lab, UNT
2006 ~ 2007	Teaching Assistant of Human Anatomy & Physiology Lab, UNT
2005 ~ 2006	Proctor / Grader, UNT
2005	Research Assistant, UNT Project: Development of cardioventilatory control system
2003	Research Assistant, Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan              Project: Osmoregulatory mechanism in the zebrafish and tilapia
1999 ~ 2001	Research Assistant, Zoology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan Project: Bird population investigation in the Long-Term Ecological Research project; Bird, amphibian and insect population investigation in the Da-Li River ecological research project
1998 ~ 1999	Research Assistant, Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Project: Fish specimens’ length measurement; Taxonomy of fish embryos and larvae; Fish population investigation and specimens collection

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2009 ~ 2010	Porter-Evans Scholarship ($1,000), UNT
2009	Graduate Student Travel Grant ($300), UNT
2008 ~ 2009	USC Scholarship for continuing student ($1,000), UNT
2006 ~ Present	Beth Baird Scholarship ($10,000), Biological Sciences, UNT
2007	Graduate Student Travel Award ($200), Biological Sciences, UNT
2005 ~ 2007	Academic Achievement Scholarship ($2,000), UNT
2003	Best Poster Award ($100), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

 

REVIEWING FOR JOURNAL

2008	Journal of Experimental Biology
2007	BMC Biotechonology

 

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

2009	Pan, T.-C. and W. W. Burggren. Poster presentation: Cardiac, Ventilatory and metabolic responses to hypoxia in developing Xenopus laevis. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Annual meeting, Boston, MA.
2008	Pan, T.-C. and W. W. Burggren. Oral presentation: Cardiac, ventilatory and metabolic response to hypoxia in developing Xenopus laevis. Vertebrate Ecophysiology Annual Workshop, Toluca, Mexico.
2007	Pan, T.-C. and W. W. Burggren. Poster presentation: Developmental plasticity of respiratory control in the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Annual meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
2006	Pan, T.-C., B.-K. Liao, C.-J. Huang, L.-Y. Lin and P.-P. Hwang. Poster presentation: Epithelial Ca2+ channel expression and Ca2+ uptake in developing zebrafish. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Annual meeting, Orlando, FL.
2003	Pan, T.-C., C.-J. Huang, L.-Y. Lin and P.-P. Hwang. Poster presentation: Expression of epithelial Ca2+ channel and differentiation of Ca2+ uptake Mechanism in developing zebrafish. The Fisheries Society of Taiwan, Annual meeting, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2001	Pan, T.-C. and S.-P. Yo. The diet habits of Mus caroli along the Da-Li River. Meeting of Graduation Thesis Announcement, Taichung, Taiwan.

 

PUBLICATIONS

2009	Pan, T.-C. and W. W. Burggren. Ontogeny of metabolic, ventilatory and cardiac regulation in the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis: I. Gill and lung ventilation and the O2-sensing cell. In prep.
2009	Pan, T.-C. and W. W. Burggren. Ontogeny of metabolic, ventilatory and cardiac regulation in the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis: II. Cardiac functions and metabolism. In prep.
2009	Burggren, W. W. and T.-C. Pan. Chemoreceptive control of ventilation in amphibians and air-breathing fishes. In: Airway chemoreceptors in the vertebrates: Structure, evolution and function. Eds: G.. Zaccone, E. Cutz, D. Adriaensen and C. A. Nurse. Science Publishers, Enfield, NH. In press.
2005	Pan, T.-C., B.-K. Liao, C.-J. Huang, L.-Y. Lin and P.-P. Hwang. Epithelial Ca2+ channel expression and Ca2+ uptake in developing zebrafish. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 289:R1202-1211. Click Here for PDF
2005	Marshall, C. R., T.-C. Pan, H. D. Le, A. Omelchenko, P.-P. Hwang, L. V. Hryshko and G. F. Tibbits. cDNA cloning and expression of cardiac Na+/Ca2+ exchanger from Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) reveals teleost membrane transporter with mammalian temperature dependence. J Biol. Chem. 280:28903-28911. Click Here for PDF