Education and/or Training

B.S.	1983	Maryville College, TN	Biology
M.S.	1987	Murray State University, KY	Animal Parasitology
Ph.D.	1993	Auburn University, AL	Animal Parasitology

Areas of Specialization and or Research Interests

Wildlife Parasitology- Supervises the parasitology laboratory. Develops research projects as needs arise from diagnostic findings and seeks funding to execute research projects.

Current USGS Research and Projects

Study of parasite communities of the cane toad (Rhinella marinus) in Palm Beach County Florida and Grenada West, Indies.
Examination of swamp eels (Monopterous spp) from ethnic markets and feral populations in Florida, Georgia and New Jersey for zoonotic parasites.
Origins and potential range of North American populations of the invasive faucet snail, Bithynia tentaculata

Professional Experience

1988-1993

Research & Teaching Assistant, Dept of Pathobiology, Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

Sigma Xi Honor Society
American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists
Helminthological Society of Washington
American Society of Parasitologists

Honors and/or Awards

Adjunct Assistant Professor	1999 - present	Department of Pathobiology	University of Illinois, Urbana
Adjunct Assistant Professor	2001 - present	Department of Biology	University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse
Honorary Fellow	2010 - present	Department Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine	University Wisconsin, Madison
Invited Speaker
Visiting Professor	March 10-26, 2006 , March 25-April 10, 2010, January 21-February 04, 2012	Provided instruction in wildlife parasitology and laboratories.	St. George’s School of Veterinary Medicine, St George’s, Grenada
Visiting researcher	September 16-20, 2010	Designed and established sampling protocols of cane toads for parasites for student technicians who were assisting in research on the parasite community of cane toads in Grenada, West Indies.	St. George University

Publications Since 2008

Choudhury, A. and R.A. Cole. 2008. Phylum Nematoda in Fish Diseases Vol 2. J. Eiras, H. Segner, T. Wahli and B. Kapoor eds. Science Publishers. Enfield, New Hampshire. p. 1063-1113.

Mitchell, A. J. and R. A. Cole. 2008. Survival of the faucet snail after chemical disinfection, pH extremes, and heated water bath treatments. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28:1597-1600.

Sterner, M.C. and R. A. Cole. 2008. Diplotriaena, Serratospiculum and Serratospiculoides. Pp 434-438, in C. T. Atkinson, N. J. Thomas and D. B. Hunter (eds), Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds. Wiley-Blackwell, Ames, Iowa, USA.

Schotthoefer, A. M., M. G. Bolek, R. A. Cole, and V. R. Beasley. 2009. Parasites of the mink frog (Rana septentrionalis) from Minnesota. Comparative Parasitology 76: 240-246.

Henningsen, J. P., S. L. Lance, K. L. Jones, C. Hagen, J. Laurila, R. A. Cole, and K. E. Perez. 2010. Development and characterization of 17 polymorphic microsatellite loci in faucet snail, Bithynia tentaculata (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Bithyniidae). Conservation Genetic Resources 2010 (2): 247-250.

Adams, M. J., N. D. Chelgren, D. Reinitz, R. A. Cole, L. J. Rachowicz, S. Galvan, B. McCreary, C. A. Pearl, L. L. Bailey, J. Bettaso, E. L. Bull, and M. Leu. 2010. Using occupancy models to understand the distribution and prevalence of an amphibian pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Ecological Applications 20:289-302.

Schotthoefer, A. M., J. R. Rohr, R. A. Cole, A. Koehler, C. M. Johnson, L. Johnson and V. R. Beasley. 2011. Effects of wetland vs. landscape variables on parasite communities of R. pipiens: Links to anthropogenic factors. Ecological Applications 21: 12-57-1271.

Fellers, G., R. A. Cole, D. M. Reinitz and P. Kleeman. 2012. Amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in coastal and montane California anurans. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 6:383-394.

Linder, C., R.A. Cole, T. Hoffnagle, B. Persons, A. Choudhury, R. Haro, and M. Sterner. 2012. in press http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21793700. Journal of Parasitology.

Choudhury, A. and R.A.Cole. 2012. Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti (Asian tapeworm) Pp 385-400, R.A. Francis (ed), Global Freshwater Invasive Species. Earthscan, New York.

Schotthoefer, A. M., J. R. Rohr, R. A. Cole, A. Koehler, C. M. Johnson, L. Johnson and V. R. Beasley. 2011. Summary of: Effects of wetland vs. landscape variables on parasite communities of R. pipiens: Links to anthropogenic factors. http://www.amphibians.org/blog/2011/07/19/froglog97/

Websites of Interest

• www.theonion.com