1989-1994 Yale University , Ph.D in Cellular and Molecular Physiology . Thesis with Ethan R. Nadel at the J.B. Pierce Laboratory "Role of albumin in blood volume regulation in humans."

1985-1989 Lafayette College , Easton, PA. B.S. magna cum laude in Biology. Honors thesis with Charles Holliday : "Sodium pump activity in the gills of the green crab, Carcinus maenas."

Academic positions:

2003 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Kenyon College.

1997-2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Kenyon College.

1995-1996 Visiting instructor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute - National Science Foundation Young Scholars Program at Villanova University.

1990-1996 Lecturer, Physician Associates Physiology course, Yale University.

Awards and grants:
2005 Co-PI National Science Foundation IOB-#0445202. "RUI:The Paradox of Cellular Calcium Homeostasis During Vectorial Transfer: Spatial and Temporal Regulation of Ca Import/Export Proteins Using the Freshwater Crayfish Molting Model."

2002 Kenyon College Junior Trustee Teaching Excellence Award.

2000   National Science Foundation #IBN-9982375 .  "RUI: Cation-chloride cotransporters in Gills of the Fiddler Crab, Uca sp."

1998 Co-PI, NSF-ILI #9850614 "Tissue culture core facility and equipment for investigative experiments in cell biology for the undergraduate curriculum."

1995-1997 NIH DK09219 National Institutes of Health Individual National Research Service Award (NSRA) for postdoctoral research.

Selected Publications (*=kenyon student):

Gillen, C.M., Y. Gao, M.M. Niehaus-Sauter*, M.R. Wylde*, and M.G. Wheatly. Elongation factor 1Bgamma (eEF1Bgamma) expression during the molting cycle and cold acclimation in the crayfish Procambarus clarkii. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, part B, in press, 2008.

Wheatly, M.G., Y. Gao, and C.M. Gillen. Paradox of epithelial cell calcium homeostasis during vectorial transfer in crayfish kidney. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 152: 267-272, 2007.

Gillen, C.M. Reading primary literature: a practical guide to evaluating research articles in biology. Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco. 44p., 2007.

Gao Y., C.M. Gillen, and M.G. Wheatly. Molecular characterization of the sarcoplasmic calcium-binding protein (SCP) from crayfish Procambarus clarkii. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, part B, 144: 478-487, 2006.

Gillen, C.M.; Somple, M.*; Heilman, N.R.*; Watson, N.*; Blair, C.R.*; Stulberg, M.*; Thombre, R.*; Gillen, K.; Itagaki, H. The cation chloride cotransporter, masBSC, is widely distributed in Manduca sexta. Journal of Insect Physiology 52: 661-668, 2006.

Gillen, C.M. Criticism and Interpretation: Teaching the Persuasive Aspects of Research Articles. CBE Life Sci Educ 5(1): 34-38, 2006.

Gillen C.M., J.R. Vaughan, and B.R . Lye*. An online tutorial for helping non-science majors read primary research literature in biology. Advances Physiology Education 28: 95-99, 2004.

Colburn*, N., S.G. Gage*, and C.M. Gillen. Rubidium uptake is increased in crabs acclimated to dilute seawater. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74(5): 724-732, 2001.

Bowles*, D.W. and C. M. Gillen  Characterization of Rb uptake into Sf9 cells using cation chromatography: evidence for a K-Cl cotransporter.  J. Insect Physiology  47:  523-532, 2001.

Gillen, C.M. and B Forbush III. K-Cl cotransporter (KCC1) expressed in HEK 293 cells: regulation and interaction with the Na-K-Cl cotransporter. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Cell Physiol. 45): C328-C336, 1999.

Gillen, C.M., S. Brill, J.A. Payne, and B. Forbush III. Molecular cloning and functional expression of the K-Cl cotransporter from rabbit, rat, and human: a new member of the cation-chloride cotransporter family. J. Biol. Chem., 271: 16237-16244, 1996.

Gillen, C.M., A. Takamata, G.W. Mack, E.R. Nadel. Measurement of plasma volume in rats using fluorescent-labelled albumin molecules. J . Appl. Physiol., 76(1): 485-489, 1994.

Gillen, C.M., T. Nishiyasu, G. Langhans, C. Weseman, G.W. Mack, E.R. Nadel. Cardiovascular and renal function during exercise-induced blood volume expansion in humans. J. Appl. Physiol. 76(6): 2602-2610, 1994.

Gillen, C.M., R.L. Lee, G.W. Mack, C.M. Tomaselli, T. Nishiyasu, and E.R. Nadel. Plasma volume expansion in humans after a single intense exercise protocol. J . Appl. Physiol. 71(5): 1914-1920, 1991.

Recent meeting abstracts (* denotes Kenyon student):
Gillen, C.M.; Gao, Y.; Niehaus-Sauter*, M.M.; Wylde*, M.; Wheatly, M.G. Gene expression and hemolymph cations in the freshwater crayfish procambarus clarkii during cold acclimation. Integrative and Comparative Biology, Dec. 2006.

Boylan, A.C.*; Melbarde, A*; Stearns, M.H. *; Vreede, A.P. *; Hartlaub, B.A.; Gillen, C.M.; Itagaki, H; Detailed analyses of metabolic rates during larval development in Manduca sexta Integrative and Comparative Biology, Dec. 2006.

Gillen, C.M. Teaching students to recognize interpretation and criticism in research articles. Integrative and Comparative Biology, Dec. 2006.

Gillen C.M., Y. Gao, M. Wylde*, and M.G. Wheatly. Cloning and expression pattern of Procambarus clarkii elongation factor 1 gamma. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45 (6): 1136-1136 Dec. 2005.

Stearns* M.H., R.M. Thombre*, C.M. Gillen, and H. Itagaki. The metabolic rates and the expression of a cation-chloride cotransport protein during development in larval Manduca sexta. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45 (6): 1198-1198 Dec. 2005.

Gillen, C.M., Vaughan, J.R., Lye, B.R.* Using primary literature in a course for non-science majors. Integrative and Comparative Biology 44 (6): 700-700 Dec 2004.

Koch, A.S.*, Gillen, C.M. Acute physiological and behavioral responses to dilute seawater in Uca pugilator. Integrative and Comparative Biology 44 (6): 715-715 Dec 2004.

Vreede, A.P.*, Stulberg, M.J. *, Gillen, C.M., Itagaki, H. The relationship of metabolic and molecular variables to increased body size in larval Manduca sexta. Integrative and Comparative Biology 44 (6): 758-758 Dec 2004.