Professional Appointments and Positions 2016-present Director, Semester Conversion Initiative, CSU-East Bay 2005-present Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, CSU-East Bay 2011-2014 Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX 2008-2011 Chair, Dept. of Biological Sciences, CSU-East Bay 2000-2005 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, CSU-East Bay (name change 2005) 1994-2000 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, CSU-Hayward, Hayward, CA 1996 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine 1994 Research Associate, Dept. of Comparative Biosciences, Univ. of Wisconsin 1991-93 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Education PhD., 1991. Zoology. University of British Columbia M.S., 1985. Biology. Portland State University B.S., 1980. Biology. Lewis and Clark College

Hillman, S.S. and Hedrick, M.S. (2017). A metabolic hypothesis for the evolution of temperature effects on the blood pH of terrestrial vertebrate ectotherms. Journal of Experimental Biology. In Review. Enok, S., Leite, G., Leite, C., Gesser, H. Hedrick, M.S. and Wang, T. (2016). Improved cardiac filling facilitates the postprandial elevation of stroke volume in Python regius. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219: 3009-3018. Johnson, S.M., Hedrick, M.S., Krause, B.M., Nilles, J.P. and Chapman, M.A. (2016). Respiratory neuron characterization reveals intrinsic bursting properties in isolated adult turtle brainstems (Trachemys scripta). Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology. 224: 52-61. Hedrick, M.S., Hancock, T.V. and Hillman, S.S. (2015). Metabolism at the max: how vertebrate organisms respond to physical activity. Comprehensive Physiology. 5: 1677-1703. Hillman, S.S. and Hedrick, M.S. (2015). A meta-analysis of in vivo vertebrate cardiac performance: implications for cardiovascular support in the evolution of endothermy. Journal of Experimental Biology. 218: 1143-1150. Featured 'Inside JEB' article. Hedrick, M.S., McNew, K.A. and Crossley II, D.A. (2015). Baroreflex function in anurans from different environments. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A. 179: 144-148. Hillman, S.S., Drewes, R.C., Hedrick, M.S. and Hancock, T.V. (2014). Physiological vagility and its relationship to dispersal and neutral genetic heterogeneity in vertebrates. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 3356-3364. Hedrick, M.S., Hansen, K., Wang, T., Lauridsen, H., Thygesen, J. and Pedersen, M. (2014). Visualising lymph movement in anuran amphibians with computed tomography. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 2990-2993. Featured ‘Inside JEB’ article. Hillman, S.S., Hedrick, M.S. and Kohl, Z.F. (2014). Net cardiac shunts in anuran amphibians: physiology or physics? Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 2844-2847. Marschand, R., Wilson, J., Burleson, M.L., Crossley, D.A. and Hedrick, M.S. (2014). Effects of prolonged lung inflation or deflation on pulmonary stretch receptor discharge in the alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology 200: 25-32. Buckley, B.A., Hedrick, M.S. and Hillman, S.S. (2014). Cardiovascular oxygen transport limitations to thermal niche expansion and environmental PO2 in Antarctic notothenioid fishes. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 87: 499-506. Withers, P.C., Hedrick, M.S., Drewes, R.C. and Hillman, S.S. (2014). Pulmonary compliance and lung volume are related to terrestriality in anuran amphibians. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 87: 374-383. Turesson, J., Hedrick, M.S., Sundin, L. and Burleson, M.L. (2014). Brainstem mechanisms controlling cardiovascular reflexes in channel catfish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part. A. 170: 1-5. Hillman, S.S., Drewes, R.C., Hedrick, M.S. and Hancock, T.V. (2014). Physiological vagility: Correlations with dispersal and population genetic structure of amphibians. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 87: 105-112. Burggren, W.W., Christoffels, V.M., Crossley, D.A., Enok, S., Farrell, A.P., Hedrick, M.S., Hicks, J.W., Jensen, B., Moorman, A.F.M., Mueller, C., Skovgaard, N., Taylor, E.W. and Wang, T. (2014). Comparative cardiovascular physiology: Future trends, opportunities and challenges. Acta Physiologica 210: 257-276. Hedrick, M.S., Hillman, S.S., Drewes, R.C. and Withers, P.C. (2013). Lymphatic regulation in nonmammalian vertebrates. Journal of Applied Physiology 115: 297-308. Kohl, Z.F., Hedrick, M.S. and Hillman, S.S. (2013). Separating the contributions of vascular anatomy and blood viscosity to peripheral resistance and the physiological implications of interspecific resistance variation in amphibians. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 183: 921-932. Drewes, R.C., Hillman, S.S., Hedrick, M.S. and Withers, P.C. (2013). Evolutionary implications of the distribution and variation of the skeletal muscles of the anuran lymphatic system. Zoomorphology. 132: 339-349. Klingler, M.J. and Hedrick, M.S. (2013). Evidence for rhombomeric organization of multiple respiratory oscillators during development in the bullfrog brainstem. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology 186: 7-15. Hillman, S.S., Hancock, T.V. and Hedrick, M.S. (2013). A comparative meta-analysis of maximal aerobic metabolism of vertebrates: Implications for respiratory and cardiovascular limits to gas exchange. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 183: 167-179.