EDUCATION:

• B.A. (Biology, Geology) Oberlin College, 1976
• M.S. (Zoology) University of Florida, 1979
• Ph.D. (Physiology) Indiana University, 1985

SPECIALTY AREAS:

• Comparative Physiology
• Cardiovascular Physiology
• Biologic magnetic resonance spectroscopy
• Acid-base regulation

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Medical Science, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University
• Assistant Professor (Research) of Physiology and Biophysics, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University
• Visiting Scientist, Abteilung Physiologie, Max-Planck Institut fur Experimentelle Medizen, Gottingen, Germany
• Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University
• Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Physiology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University
• Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University
• Associate Professor, Department of Medical Physiology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University

HONORS:

• Alexander Bergstrom Memorial Award
• Scholander Award, Comparative Physiology Section, American Physiological Society
• Graduate School Fellowship, Indiana University
• Paul M. Harmon Scholarship and Departmental Fellowship, Medical Sciences Program, Indiana University
• Hinds Endowment Recipient, Brown University
• NIH Individual National Research Service Award, National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute
• Max-Planck Scholarship, Max-Planck Institut for Experimentelle Medizin

FUNDED RESEARCH (last 3 years):

• A high-field superconducting magnet for development of combined MRS/optical sensors for in vivo biologic spectroscopy (TAMU $24,950)
• Blood gas analyzer system (NIH Small Instrumentation Grants Program $6,137)
• Metabolic depression and hypoxia tolerance in highly adapted animals (International Research Travel Assistance Grants Program $1,500)
• Cellular adaptations of hypoxia tolerant hearts (NIH FIRST Award $349,000)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• American Physiological Society (Associate)
• International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
• American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)

SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

• Jackson, D.C., E.A. Arendt, K.C. Inman, R.G. Lawler, G. Panol, and J.S. Wasser (1991). ³¹P-NMR study of normoxic and anoxic perfused turtle heart during graded CO₂ and lactic acidosis. Am. J. Physiol. (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 29): R1130-R1136.
• Wasser, J.S., E.A. Meinertz, S.Y. Chang, R.G. Lawler, and D.C. Jackson (1992). Metabolic and cardiodynamic responses in isolated turtle hearts to ischemia and reperfusion. Am. J. Physiol. 262 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 31): R437-R443.
• Jackson, D.C., S.J. Warburton, E.A. Meinertz, R.G. Lawler, and J.S. Wasser (1995). The effect of prolonged anoxia at 3°C on tissue high energy phosphates and phosphodiesters in turtles: a ³¹P-NMR study. J. Comp. Physiol. B 165:77-84.
• Wasser, J.S. (1995). Anoxia and ischemia tolerance in turtle hearts. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. 28: 1233-1240.
• Wasser, J.S. Maintenance of cardiac function during anoxia: from cell to organism (1996). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 113B:15-22
• Wasser, J.S., R. Lawler, and D.C. Jackson (1996). NMR spectroscopy and its application in comparative physiology. Physiol. Zoo. 69:1-34.
• Wasser, J.S. and N. Heisler. Effects of anoxia on intracellular free Ca²⁺ in isolated cardiomyocytes from turtles (1997). Comp. Biochem.Physiol. 116A:305-312.
• Wasser, J.S., L. Vogel, S. Guthrie, N. Stolowich, and M. Chari (1997). ³¹P-NMR determinations of cytolic phosphodiesters in turtle hearts. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 118A:1193-1200.
• Wasser, J.S., S. Guthrie, and M. Chari (1997). In vitro tolerance to anoxia and ischemia in isolated hearts from hypoxia sensitive and hypoxia tolerant turtles. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 118A:1359-1370.
• Glass, M.L., M. de Santos Fernandes, R. Soncini, H. Glass, and J.S. Wasser (1997). Effects of dry season dormancy on oxygen uptake, heart rate and blood pressures in the toad Bufo paracnemis. J. Exp. Zool 279:330-336.