Assistant Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8761

E-mail: KhanM@ripon.edu

Education

• 1999     Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic & State University , Blacksburg, VA (Biology)

• 1992     B.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Biology with honors)
  

Areas of Interest

• Evolution of helping behavior
• Behavioral ecology
• Behavioral endocrinology

Recent Publications

• Gesquiere, L.R., Altmann J, Khan, M.Z., Couret, J, Yu, J.C., Endres, C.S., Lynch, J.W., Ogala, P., Fox, E.A., Alberts, S.C., & Wango, E.O., 2005. Coming of age:  Steroid hormones of wild immature baboons (Papio cynocephalus). American Journal of Primatology 67: 83-100.
• Good, T., Khan, M.Z., Lynch, J.W., & Altmann, J. 2003. Biochemical and physiological validation of a corticosteroid radioimmunoassay for plasma and fecal samples in oldfield mice (Peromyscus polionotus). Physiology and Behavior 80: 405-411.
• Lynch, J.W., Khan, M.Z., Altmann, J, Njahira, M.N., & Rubenstein, N. 2003. Concentrations of four fecal steroids in wild baboons: short-term storage conditions and consequences for data interpretation. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.  132: 264-271.
• Khan, M.Z., Altmann, J., Yu, J., & Isani, S. 2002. A matter of time: storage of fecal samples for steroid analysis.  Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 128: 57-64.
• Khan, M.Z. & Walters, J.R. 2001. Effects of helpers on breeder survival in the red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis). Behav. Ecol. and Sociobiol.  51: 336-344.
• Khan, M.Z., McNabb, F.A., Walters, J.R., & Sharp, P.J. 2001. "Patterns of testosterone and prolactin concentration and reproductive behavior of helpers and breeders in the cooperatively breeding red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis).  Hormones and Behavior  40: 1-13.
• Khan, M.Z. & Walters, J.R. 2000. An analysis of reciprocal exchange of helping behaviour in the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis). Behav. Ecol. and Sociobiol. 47:376-381.
• Khan, M.Z. & Walters, J.R. 1997.  Is helping a beneficial learning experience for red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) helpers? Behav. Ecol. and Sociobiol. 41: 69-73.

Current Courses Taught

• Biology 110 - Topics in Biology
• Biology 121 - Introductory Biology
• Biology 216 - Vertebrate Zoology
• Biology 300 - Departmental Studies - Ornithology
• Biology 300 - Departmental Studies - Behavioral Ecology of Vertebrates
• Biology 501, 502 - Senior Studies