Rate My Professor Deborah Kristan

Deborah Kristan is a Professor and Assistant Department Chair in the Department of Biological Sciences at California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM), where she has served since joining as an assistant professor in 2003. She earned her M.S. from Humboldt State University in 1993 and her Ph.D. Her research focuses on physiological ecology, particularly the effects of chronic parasite infections on small rodents' abilities to respond to environmental demands such as cold exposure, lactation, and caloric restriction; the biology of aging; and the impacts of domestication on morphology and physiology. Additional research interests include animal physiology, comparative physiology, environmental physiology, ecophysiology, basal metabolism, energetics, oxygen consumption, energy metabolism, and body composition. She has authored 25 peer-reviewed publications, garnering over 1,100 citations. Notable publications include 'Chronic calorie restriction increases susceptibility of laboratory mice (Mus musculus) to a primary intestinal parasite infection' (Aging Cell, 2007) and 'Intestinal nematode infection affects host life history and offspring size in a rodent host' (Journal of Animal Ecology, 2004).