Christopher Bloch, Ph.D.

Dr. Christopher Bloch Assistant Professor of Biology
Department of Biological Sciences
Room 122 Conant Science Building
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA 02325
Tel: (508) 531-2087 Fax: (508) 531-1785
E-mail: cbloch@bridgew.edu

Christopher Bloch received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biology from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, Texas. Thereafter, he remained at Texas Tech for two years as a Post-doctoral Instructor. He joined the faculty of Bridgewater State College in the fall of 2006 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. His responsibilities include teaching Introduction to Zoology (lecture and laboratory) for non-science-majors, Ecology, and an elective course in Biometry, focusing on experimental design and statistical analysis in biological research.

Dr. Bloch's research interests lie primarily at the population and community levels of ecological organization. Currently, the principal focus of his work involves the effects of natural (e.g., hurricanes) and anthropogenic (e.g., logging) disturbance events on population dynamics and community structure. Most of this work has used terrestrial snails as a model organism, but he has studied a variety of organisms, including whipspiders, rodents, and bats, in tropical and temperate systems. He also maintains an interest in the mechanisms that generate broad-scale patterns of biodiversity. He hopes to involve BSC students in his ongoing research on the ecology of terrestrial snails in Puerto Rico as well as developing more local projects.

For more information, visit Dr. Bloch's website at http://webhost.bridgew.edu/cbloch/

 

Areas of Expertise

  • Community ecology
  • Population biology
  • Macroecology
  • Biometry

Courses Taught

  • Biol 102:  Introduction to Zoology
  • Biol 122:  General Biology II
  • Biol 225:  Ecology
  • Biol 297:  Biometry
  • Biol 425:  Population Ecology
  • Biol 497:  Undergraduate Research
  • Bioe 515: Advances in Ecological/Environmental Biology

Degrees

Bachelors Old Dominion University, 1994, Biology

M.S. Old Dominion University, 1997, Biology

Ph.D. Texas Tech University, 2004, Biology

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