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Lee Kats
Associate Provost for Research, Pepperdine University
Frank R. Seaver Chair in Natural Science
Professor of Biology

Division: Natural Science Division
Office: Rockwell Academic Center (RAC) 114
Phone: (310) 506-4310
E-mail: lee.kats@pepperdine.edu

  • B.A., Biology, Calvin College, 1984
  • Ph.D., Biology, University of Kentucky, 1989
Courses:
  • Tropical Forest Ecology
  • BIOL 109: Introduction to Animal Behavior
  • BIOL 212: Animal Biology
  • BIOL 311: Introduction to Ecology
  • BIOL 340: Natural History of Vertebrates
  • BIOL 360: Environmental Politics and Policy
  • MATH 316: Laboratory for Statistics and Experimental Design
Key Awards/Affiliations:
  • National Science Foundation Grant: 2000-2002. “REU: Undergraduate Research in Biology” (co-P.I.s- Steven Davis, Lee Kats, Tom Vandergon and Karen Martin); $150,000
  • Pepperdine University Faculty Merit Acceleration 1993
  • Frank R. Seaver Chair in Natural Science 2000-present
  • 1994-2000 National Science Foundation
  • 1994-96 Pepperdine University Research Council Grants
  • 1988 Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund Research Grant
Academic Interests:
  • Tropical forest ecology.
Selected Works:
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr., F.M. Hickman and L.B. Kats. 2001. Laboratory Studies in Integrated Zoology. McGraw-Hill Publishers.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. and L.B. Kats. 2002. Laboratory Studies in Animal Diversity. McGraw-Hill Publishers.
  • Kats, L.B., J.M. Kiesecker, D.P. Chivers and A.R. Blaustein. 2002. Effects of UV-B radiation on antipredator behavior in amphibians: a reply to Cummins. Ethology in press.
  • Sih, A., L.B. Kats and E. Maurer. 2000. Phylogenetic inertia and differences between Ambystoma texanum and Ambystoma barbouri in antipredator behavior. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49:48-56.
  • Goodsell, J.A. and L.B. Kats. 1999. Effect of introduced mosquitofish on Pacific treefrogs and the role of alternative prey. Conservation Biology.
  • Anzalone, C.B., L.B. Kats and M. Gordon. 1998. Effects of solar UV-B on embryonic development in three species of lower latitude and lower elevation amphibians. Conservation Biology 12:646-653.
  • Kerby*, J.L. and L.B. Kats. 1998. Modified interactions between salamander life stages caused by wildfire induced sedimentation. Ecology 79:740-745.
  • Gamradt*, S.C., L.B. Kats and C.B. Anzalone. 1997. Aggression by non-native crayfish deters breeding in California newts. Conservation Biology 11:793-796.
  • Gamradt*, S.C. and L.B. Kats. 1997. Impact of chaparral wildfire induced sedimentation on oviposition of stream-breeding California newts (Taricha torosa), Oecologia 110:546- 549.