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Ronald Nussbaum

Ronald Nussbaum

  • Professor and Curator
  • Ph.D., Zoology, Oregon State University, 1972

Contact information

  • University of Michigan
    2019 Museums Building
    1109 Geddes Ave
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
  • Phone: (734) 647-2201
  • Lab: (734) 764-0466
  • Fax: (734) 763-4080
  • Email: nuss@umich.edu

Fields of study

Systematics, evolution, and ecology of amphibians and reptiles

Academic background

Ron Nussbaum received his B. S. (Biology) from the University of Idaho in 1967, M. S. (Biology) from Central Washington University in 1968, and Ph.D. (Zoology) from Oregon State University in 1972.

Professional career: 1972-74, Research Associate (Zoology), Oregon State University; 1974-present, Professor (Biology) and Curator (Museum of Zoology), University of Michigan and Director of the Edwin S. George Reserve, University of Michigan from 1983-2006.

Graduate student

Jay Reed

UM affiliation

  • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Museum of Zoology

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On U-M Gateway: U-M News Service video on Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles class

Each year, EEB's Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles course culminates in a field trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where the students spend several days searching for salamanders and other amphibians.

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