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A little about Mike

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Mike received his Bachelor's degree in Biology from Occidental College, and an MS in Zoology from the University of Maine researching the circadian rhythms  in vision with Dr. Len Kass.  He earned his PhD in Physiology from UCLA  studying the neuroethology of the frog auditory system with Dr. Peter Narins.  Mike began working with bats as a postdoc with Dr. Walter Metzner. He joined the department of Biology at Texas A&M in 2004 and is also a faculty member in Texas A&M's Institute for Neuroscience (TAMIN) and the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Graduate Program. In his spare time, he builds speakers, carves Tikis, and pursues a never-ending quest to make the perfect Mai tai.
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Teaching

Dr. Smotherman teaches ...
BIOL 434: Behavioral Neuroscience (fall semesters)
BIOL 435: Neurobiology lab (spring semesters)
NRSC 602: Principles of Neuroscience II (graduate course)
BIOL 685: Neurobiology Journal Club (graduate course)
EEBL 601: Physiological Ecology (graduate course)

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