Richard White

Department of Biology University of Massachusetts-Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125 Fax: (617) 287-6650 E-mail: richard.white@umb.edu

Education

University of Rochester, BA, Biology
University of Buffalo, Fine Arts
Washington University, PhD, Zoology, Developmental Biology

Research Positions

NIH Predoctoral Fellowship, Washinton University, Prof. Viktor Hamburger
NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, U. of Virginia, Prof. Dietrich Bodenstein
NIH Research Fellowship, Harvard University, Profs. Kieth Porter, George Wald

Academic Positions

Assistant Professor, Biological Science, Purdue University 9/62-l/69
Visiting Associate Professor, Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston 9/70 - 9/7l
Associate Professor, Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston 9/7l - 9/77
Professor, Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston 9/77 - present
Chair, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston 9/92 - 8/95
University Research Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston 9/96 - 9/98

Professional Societies

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Society for Neuroscience

Research Interests

Cell biology of photoreception. Insect vision. Regulation of turnover of phototransductive membrane. Molecular biology of visual pigments. Role of vision in flower visitation investigated by comparing nocturnal and diurnal pollinators.

Recent Publications

Brisco, AD, GB Bernard, AS Szeto, LM Nagy & RH White 2003 Not all butterfly eyes are created equal: rhodopsin absorption spectra, molecular identification and localization of UV- blue- and green-sensitive rhodopsin encoding mRNAs in the retina of Vanessa cardui. J Comp Neur 458:334-349

White, RH, H Xu, TA Münch, RR Bennett & EA Grable 2003 The retina of Manduca sexta: rhodopsin expression, the mosaic of green-, blue- and UV- sensitive photoreceptors, and regional specialization. J Exp boil 206: 3337-3348 (see also, A Moth’s Eye View, ‘Inside JEB’ pp. 3303-3304 of that issue)

Reppert, SM, H Zhu & RH White 2004 Polarized light helps monarch butterflies navigate. Current Biology 14: 155-158