Degrees:
Ph.D., Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette
M.S., Univ.of Richmond
B.S., Louisiana Tech Univ.
Prof. Swart was a Medical Technologist in his first career, performing laboratory tests guide patient care. After too many hours on the night shift he decided to return to graduate school to study animal physiology and behavior. He serves as the Laboratory Coordinator for Neuroscience working with students to teach them all aspects of experimental design, laboratory technique, and basic principles of neurobiology. His research focuses on the control of behavior by the nervous system in insects and other invertebrates. Currently he serves as the Director of the Health Professions Advising Program.
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Neuroscience laboratory exercises, animal behavior and physiology
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Laboratory technology and techniques
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My main area of interest is invertebrate neurophysiology. I have several projects ongoing. I am particularly interested in studying the adaptation of physiology and behavior in winter active insects.
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A second area of study is the effects of diet on growth and performance of muscle in insects. By altering the diet of insects I am studying ways to optimize growth rate and muscle performance and growth.
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I am always studying new ways to improve students experience in the classroom and laboratory. I enjoy exploring new tools and techniques to enrich students development as scientists.
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- Antarpreet Kaur, Chloe Michalopoulos*, Suzanne Carpe*, Congrete Soontharee, Hira Shahzad, V Jane Reardon, Charles Swart, Richard ZuWallack. 2022. Post COVID-19 Condition and Health Status. COVID, 2(1), 76-86; https://doi.org/10.3390/covid2010006
- Swart, C., D. Isaman*, A. Hackett*, A. Wattenberger*. 2017. Anatomy and lifetime neurogenesis in the cerebral ganglion of the freshwater snail, Cipangopaludinachinensis. Brain and Behavior DOI: 10.1002/brb3.652.
- Shin-ya, Ohba and C. Swart. 2009. Intraguild predation of water scorpion Laccotrephesjaponensis (Nepidae: Heteroptera). Ecological Research: DOI 10.1007/s11284-009-0605-6.
- Swart, C. C., R. R. Mowrer, and M. Butler. 2006. Instructor’s Resource Manual and Test Bank for: S. Klein and B. M. Thorne Eds Biological Psychology. Worth Publishers. New York.
- Swart, C. C., B.E. Felgenhauer, and L. E. Deaton. 2006. The salivary gland and salivary enzymes of the Giant Waterbugs (Heteroptera; Belostomatidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 145:114-122.
- Swart, C.C. and D. C. Adams. 2004. The role of muscle mass and tooth number in ecological character displacement between Plethodoncinereus and P. hoffmani (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Herpetologica 60: 8-13.
- Swart, C. and R. Taylor. 2004. Behavioral interactions between the Giant Water Bug (Belostomalutarium) and tadpoles of Bufowoodhousii. Southeastern Naturalist 3: 13-24.
- Swart, C. C. and B. E. Felgenhauer. 2003. Structure and function of the mouthparts and salivary gland complex of the Giant Waterbug, Belostomalutarium Stål (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 96:870-882.
- Smyers, S., M. Rubbo, V. Townsend, and C. Swart 2002. Resource partitioning among juvenile Ambystomatid salamanders inside experimental burrows. Herpetologica 58: 422-429.
- de Sá, R. O. and C. C. Swart. 1999. Development of the Ethmoid Plate in Pipoid Frogs, Journal of Morphology 240: 143-153.
- Swart, C. C. and R. O. de Sá. 1999. The chondrocranium of the Mexican Burrowing Toad, Rhinophrynus dorsalis (Amphibia; Anura). Journal of Herpetology 33: 23-28.
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- NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Grant 2005. Proposal Title: Interaction between low carbohydrate diet and sleep regulation. Award: $10,000.
- NIH Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2004. To study the regulation of adenosine in the mammalian hippocampus (through Susan Masino, Psychology Dept. Trinity College).
- Best Phd Student Display Presentation – First Place. 77th Annual Meeting Southeastern Branch Entomological Society of America. Baton Rouge, LA.
- Board of Regents Doctoral Fellowship, August 1999-2003. Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
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