CRIS G. HOCHWENDER

Department of Biology, University of Evansville
Evansville, IN 47722
812-479-2005
email: ch81@evansville.edu

EDUCATION

1993 - 1998 University of Missouri-St. Louis: Ph.D. Biology.
1989 - 1992 University of Missouri-St. Louis: M.S. Biology.
1984 - 1988

Cornell College: B.A. Biology, magna cum laude.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2001 - currently

Assistant Professor, University of Evansville.
1997 - 2001

Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Vassar College.
1997, 1998

Visiting Assistant Professor, Vassar College.
1996 -1997

Instructor, Denison University.
1995

Instructor, University of Missouri-St. Louis.
1995

Visiting Instructor, Cornell College.
1989-1995

Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri-St. Louis.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Fritz, R.S., C.G. Hochwender, D. Lewkiewicz, S. Bothwell, and C.M. Orians. 2001. Seedling herbivory by slugs in a willow hybrid system: developmental changes in damage, chemical defense, and plant performance. Oecologia 129:87-97.

Hochwender, C.G., R.S. Fritz, and C.M. Orians. 2000. Using hybrid systems to explore the evolution of tolerance to damage. Evolutionary Ecology: 14:590-521.

Stowe, K.A., R.J. Marquis, C.G. Hochwender, and E.L. Simms. 2000. Plant tolerance to herbivory and disease. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 31:565-595.

Hochwender, C.G., R.J. Marquis, and K.A. Stowe. 2000. The potential for and constraints on the evolution of compensatory ability in Asclepias syriaca Oecologica 122:361-370.

Fritz, R.S., B.A. Crabb, and C.G. Hochwender. 2000. Preference and performance of a gall-inducing sawfly: I. A test of the plant vigor hypothesis. Oikos 89:555-563.

Hochwender, C.G., and R.S. Fritz. 1999. Fluctuating asymmetry in a Salix hybrid system: the importance of genetic versus environmental causes. Evolution 53:408-416.

RECENT POSTERS

2000 C.G. Hochwender and R.S. Fritz Hybridization in willows: consequences for insect community structure. Meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution.
2000 R.S. Fritz and C.G. Hochwender Plant hybridization and resistance to herbivores. Meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution.
2000 R.S.Fritz and C.G. Hochwender Resistance of F2 and backcross willow hybrids to herbivores. Meeting of the Ecological Society of America.

JOURNAL REVIEW

Evolutionary Ecology

Ecology Letters

Ecology
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