Daniel A. Hahn
Email: dahahn@ifas.ufl.edu
Lab Webpage:
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/hahn/lab
updated February, 2005
Education
- Postdoctoral
Fellow Ohio State University, 2004
- University
of Arizona, Insect Science, Ph. D., 2003
- Florida
State University, 1996
Extension and Research
Responsibilities
- Research in my lab
integrates physiology, biochemistry, and evolutionary ecology to
address a range of questions in insect biology. Current topics of
interest are: 1) physiological mechanisms underlying phenotypic
plasticity in insects with a focus on diapause and reproduction, 2)
regulation of metabolism and nutrient allocation in insects emphasizing
regulation of storage and subsequent utilization, 3) insects as model
systems to study the physiology of human diseases including
infertility, diabetes, and obesity.
Teaching Responsibilities
- Teaching
responsibilities include a graduate course in insect physiology and
graduate and undergraduate courses on selected topics in entomology and
biology.
Selected Publications
- Hahn,
D.A., R. A. Johnson, N.A. Buck, and D.E. Wheeler. 2004. The role of
storage protein in colony founding: a comparative study within the
harvester ant genus, Pogonomyrmex.
Physiological and Biochemical
Zoology 77:100-108.
- Goodisman, M.A.D. and D.A. Hahn. 2004. Colony
genetic structure of the ant Camponotus
ocreatus. Sociobiology,44:21-33
- Hahn,
D.A. and D.E. Wheeler. 2003. Presence of a single abundant storage
hexamerin in larvae and adults of the grasshopper, Schistocerca
americana. Journal of Insect Physiology. 49:1189-1197.
- Hahn,
D.A. and D.E. Wheeler. 2003. Seasonal activity and dietary preferences
of ants during an El Niņo year. Biotropica. 34:348-356.