<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%> Dr. John M. Hranitz - Bloomsburg University

John M. Hranitz, Ph.D., Professor of Biological & Allied Health Sciences

jhranitz@bloomu.edu | 268 Hartline Science Center (West) | Tel: +1 570-389-4130 | FAX: +1 570-389-3028 |

Education: B.S. Biology, M.S. Biology, Bloomsburg University | Ph.D. Biology, Mississippi State University

Research: Integrative and comparative studies of animals using molecular ecology and physiological ecology approaches.

Office Hours: MW 9-11:00 am, R 1-2 pm, or by appointment.

Spring 2012 Schedule:

  • APHNT (BIOL 366.01-04) Lecture: MWF 8-9:00 am
  • APHNT Labs: R 8-9:50 am, 10-11:50 am, 2-3:50 pm, 4-5:50 pm
  • Senior Seminar: 1-1:50 pm

Publications with Student Co-authors (in bold):

  • Hranitz, J.M., Abramson, C.I., Carter, R.P.  2010.  Ethanol increases HSP70 concentrations in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) brain tissue. Alcohol 44: 275-82. 
  • Barthell, J.F., M.L. Clement, D.S. Song, A.N. Savitski, J.M. Hranitz, H. Wells, T. Petanidou, R.W. Thorp, A.M. Wenner, and T.L. Griswold.  2009.  Nectar secretion and bee guild characteristics of yellow star-thistle on Santa Cruz Island and Lesvos: Where have the honey bees gone? Uludäg Bee Journal. 9: 109-121.
  • Hranitz, J.M., J.F. Barthell, R.W. Thorp, L.M. Overall, J.L. Griffiths.  2009.  Nest site selection influences mortality and heat stress responses in developmental stages of an invasive leafcutting bee, Megachile apicalis (Spinola).  Environmental Entomology 38:484-492.
  • Baird, T.A., J.M. Hranitz, D.K. Timanus, and A.M. Schwartz. 2007.  Behavioral attributes influence annual mating success more than morphological traits in male collared lizards.  Behavioral Ecology 18: 1146-1154.
  • Barthell, J.F., J.M. Hranitz, R.W. Thorp, and M.K. Shue. 2002  High temperature responses in two exotic leafcutting bee species, Megachile rotundata and M. apicalis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).  Pan-Pacific Entomologist 78: 235-246.
  • Cross, K.M.  and J.M. Hranitz. 2000.  Bufo americanus (American toad) endoparasite.  Herpetological Review.  31: 39.

Recent Presentations with Student Co-authors (in bold):

  • Barrile, G.M., C.D. Bower, L.K. Downs, B.J. Evancho, N.R. Gerard, T.S. Klinger, J.M. Hranitz.  2012. Comparative Studies of Island Dwarfism in Fowlers Toads on Several Atlantic Coast Barrier Islands.  Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.
  • Barthell, J.F., J.M. Hranitz, A.C. Albritton-Ford, A. Barnett, M.E. Butler, C.L. Cowo, R.M. Kurtz, M.L. Sanchez, J.J. Warren, T. Petanidou, H. Wells.  2012.  Competition Between Two Eurasian Plant Species for Pollinators: A Perturbation Experiment.  Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.
  • Hranitz JM, J. F. Barthell, N.T. Sullivan, P.R. Ricci.  2012.  Microsatellite Variation in Invasive and Native Populations of the Centaurea Leafcutting Bee.  Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.
  • Barthell J.F., J.R. Redd, M.L. Clement, J.M. Hranitz, T. Petanidou, H. Wells.  2011. Nectar Levels of a Highly Invasive Flowering Plant Species Correlate with Pollinator Size within Island Ecosystems in America and Eurasia. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
  • Duell M., T. Apted, N. Hall, L. Bates-Albers, L. Pendergraft, E. Zuniga, A. Sorucu, C.I. Abramson, L. Aydin, J.F. Barthell, I. Çakmak, H.H. Oruç, H. Wells, J.M. Hranitz, D. Ikizoğlu, S. Selova.  2011.  Lethal and subethal effects of Flumethrin (VAROSTOP®) on the Anatolian honey bee in the Republic of Turkey.
  • Evancho B.J., N.R. Gerard, J.M. Hranitz, T.S. Klinger, C.E. Corbin.  2011.  Island toads mature at smaller sizes than mainland toads on three Atlantic Coast barrier islands. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
  • Ibrahim G., A. Kaehler, J.M. Hranitz, C. Surmacz.  2011.  Effects of acclimation and aeration on stress responses in blackworms. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
  • Pendergraft L., L. Bates-Albers, M.E. Duell, E. Zuniga, C.I. Abramson, I. Çakmak, J.F. Barthell, J.M. Hranitz, H. Wells.  2011.  Feature positive and feature negative learning in honey bees. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
  • Ricci P.R., J. M. Hranitz, J.F. Barthell, B. Freeman, L. Lui, B. Stevison, M. Giannoni, J. Redd, M. Presky, I. Çakmak, T. Petanidou.  2011.  Existing microsatellite primers for Osmia rufa amplify homologous microsatellite DNA in an invasive leafcutting bee. Integrative and Comparative Biology 51:E243-E243.
  • Adamski, A.V, J.J. Vilcheck, C.A. Surmacz, J.M. Hranitz.  2010. Temperature-induced stress responses in the blackworm (Lumbriculus variegatus).  Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.
  • Barthell, J.F., M.L. Clement, M.A. Giannoni, L. Liu, M.E. Presky, J.R. Redd, P.R. Ricci, B.K. Stevison, B. Freeman, T. Petanidou, J.M. Hranitz, H. Wells.  2010. Differing foraging responses by bees to the invasive thistle species Centaurea solstitialis L. in native (Greece) and non-native (USA) island ecosystems. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.
  • Hranitz, J.M., C.I. Abramson, R.P. Carter IV. 2010.  An ethanol-induced hormetic stress response in honeybee (Apis mellifera) brain tissue.  Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.
  • Margotta, J.W., J.M. Hranitz, J.F. Barthell, K.D. Brubaker.  2010. Evolutionary genetics of heat shock cognate 70 in the Leafcutting Bee, Megachile apicalis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.
  • Troutman, A.R., J.M. Hranitz, K.D. Brubaker. 2010.  A comparison of several forkhead protein DNA binding domains in two species of Leafcutting Bee.  Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.
  • Hranitz, J.M., A.N. Savitski, J.F. Barthell, M.L. Clement, D.S. Song, T. Petanidou.  2009.  Nucleotide diversity in native and invasive island populations of the Leafcutting Bee (Megachile apicalis). Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.