Texas A&M University-Commerce | Department

Graduate assistant/Instructor
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Education:

M.S. Biological Sciences, Texas A&M-Commerce (in progress)
Advisor:  Dr. Jeff Kopachena
B.S. Biological Sciences, Texas A&M-Commerce

Research focus:

My research involves maternal effect strategies in birds.  Using the North American barn swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) as a model species, I am investigating how hatching asynchrony, maternal sex allocation, and the development of T-cell mediated immunocompetence are related to infestation by the ectoparasite swallow bug (Oeciacus vicarius).  Further, I am also interested in the maternal effect of within-clutch egg-size variation in the barn swallow.

Publications:

Cochran, B., D. Lunday, and F. Miskevich.  2008.  Kinetic analysis of amylase using quantitative Benedict’s and iodine starch reagents.  Journal of Chemical Education, 85(3): 401-403.

Kopachena, J.G., B.L. Cochran, and T.B. Nichols.  2007.  The incidence of American swallow bugs (Oeciacus vicarius) in barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) colonies in northeast Texas.  Journal of Vector Ecology, 32(2):280-284.

Cochran, B.L. and J.G. Kopachena.  Egg size variation in the North American barn swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster).  In prep for The Journal of Avian Biology.

Cochran, B.L. and J.G. Kopachena.  The significance of nest lining in North American barn swallow nests.  In prep for The Journal of Ornithology.

Lecture courses:

• BSc 101 - Plant Biology
  • - Syllabus
  • - Lecture 1 - Part 1
  • - Lecture 1 - Part 2
  • - Lecture 2
  • - Lecture 3
  • - Lecture 4
  • - Lecture 5
  • - Lecture 6 - Part 1
  • - Lecture 6 - Part 2
  • - Lecture 7
  • - Lecture 8
  • - Lecture 9
  • - Lecture 10
  • - Lecture 12
  • - Lecture 13
• BSc 106 - Man and His Environment
• BSc/Ag 335 - Wildlife Management I
• BSc/Ag 336 - Wildlife Management II 

Laboratory courses:

BSc 106 – Man and His Environment

BSc 107 – Human Biology

BSc 254 – General Microbiology

BSc 306 – Applied Microbiology

BSc 307 – Ecology

BSc 337 – Field Methods in Wildlife and Conservation Science

Resources

• Environmental Science course rotation
• Biology course rotation

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