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Sunny K. Scobell
Substitute Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Kingsborough Community College
(718) 368-5859

EDUCATION
Texas A&M University, College Station
Ph.D. (Biology) 2011
Co-chairs: Adam G. Jones, Gil G. Rosenthal
Dissertation: The role of androgens in male pregnancy and female competitive behavior in a sex- role reversed pipefish.
University of Oklahoma, Norman
M.S. (Zoology) 2006
Chair: Rosemary Knapp
Thesis: Potential reproductive rate and female aggression in the sex-role reversed Gulf pipefish,Syngnathus scovelli.
Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
B.A. (Biology, Cum laude) 1999
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Evolution, Sexual Selection, Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Reproductive Physiology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Fall 2013 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Research Foundation of the City University of New York, Wilson Laboratory, Brooklyn College, CUNY
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Summer 2012 - Field Assistant, Dr. Erik Svensson and Dr. Machteld Verzijden, Lund University
Fall 2006 – 2007 - Graduate Trainee, Molecular and Cellular Biology Training Program, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station
2004 – 2005 - Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Rosemary Knapp, University of Oklahoma
2002 – 2003 - Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Rosemary Knapp, University of Oklahoma
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Biology Department, Brooklyn College, CUNY
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Guest Lecturer - Evolution
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Instructor - Ecology
Department of Biology, Texas A&M University
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Lecturer - Principles of Animal Physiology
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Graduate Teaching Assistant
Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II
Introductory Biology II
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Graduate Fellow - NSF GK-12 Fellows Program, Partnership for Environmental Education & Rural Health 6th Grade Science
Science Department, Redlands Community College, El Reno, Oklahoma
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Adjunct Instructor
General Chemistry
Human Physiology
Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma
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Graduate Teaching Associate
Principles of Physiology
Human Physiology
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Graduate Teaching Assistant
Principles of Physiology
Human Physiology
Concepts of Biology
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Project Leader - Summer Workshops for GK-12 Teachers, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
Infusing Inquiry into Elementary School Science
Science Institute for Middle Level Science Teachers
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