DON KIMMEL

Academic Background:

• B.A., Swarthmore College; M.D., Temple University; M.S., Temple University; Ph.D.. The Johns Hopkins University
• Postdoctoral Fellow, The Johns Hopkins University
• Assistant Professor of Medical Science, Brown University
• Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology
• Research Fellow, North Carolina Department of Human Resources
• Professor of Biology, Davidson College

Professional Organizations: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Arachnological Society, North Carolina Society for Neuroscience, Society for Cell Biology, Society for Developmental Biology, Society for Neuroscience, Southeastern Regional Society for Developmental Biology

Recent Publications:

• Long. E.M. and D.L. Kimmel, Jr. 1987. An introduction to human developmental anatomy. Carolina Biological Supply Co. Inc., Burlington, NC.
• Kimmel, D.L., Jr. and C.T. Grant. 1980. Attitude change of Nephila clavipes spiderlings (Araneae: Araneidae) during communal life. J. Arachnol. 8:53-8.
• Grant, C.T. and D.L. Kimmel, Jr. 1975. Web building behavior of the golden silk spider, Nephila clavipes. Amer. Zool. 15:797 (Abs).
• Kimmel, D.L., Jr. and J.T. McElveen, Jr. 1974. General features of the histology of the central nervous system of the golden silk spider, Nephila clavipes. Amer. Zool. 13:1266 (Abs).

Current Research Interests:

Neural mechanism in the development of behavior: the interplay of the environment and the central neural mass of the orb-weaving golden silk spider, Nephila clavipes, in coordinating the circadian and geometric patterns of web building during development.

Ethical issues arising from recent advances in biology and medicine.

Current Teaching Interests:

Introductory Biology; Developmental Biology; Biomedical Ethics; Human Sexuality; Childbirth