CHASE KINSEY

Chase.kinsey@belmont.edu
Kinseyc.weebly.com

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

PhD Clemson University, Biological Sciences August 2023

Locomotor function in metamorphosing anurans
Committee: Dr. Richard Blob (chair), Dr. Sam Price, Dr. Kara Powder, Dr. Henry
Astley

MS Georgia Southern University, Biology May 2018

Morphological and Behavioral Traits Associated with Locomotion in Lizards
Advisor: Dr. Lance McBrayer

BS Auburn University, Wildlife Ecology and Management May 2015

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor Belmont University August 2023 - Present

Visiting Lecturer Anderson University August 2022 – May 2023

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publications

Kinsey, C., Ratz, C., Adams, D., Webber-Schultz, A., & Blob, R. (2023). Effects of
development on bone mineral density and mechanical properties in the aquatic frog,
Xenopus laevis, and a terrestrial frog, Lithobates catesbianus.

Kinsey, C. T., McNelly, O., Bridges, W. C., & Blob, R. W. (2023). Testing trade‐offs in
amphibian metamorphic traits: Swimming performance and selection across
metamorphic stages in the aquatic frog Xenopus laevis. Functional Ecology.

McBrayer, Lance D., Orton, Richard W., Kinsey, Chase T., Neel, Lauren K. Conservation
and management strategies create opportunities for integrative organismal research.
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2020)

Neel, Lauren K., Curlis, John D., Kinsey, Chase T., Cox, Christian L., McBrayer, Lance D.
Acclimatization in the physiological performance of an introduced ectotherm.
Journal of Experimental Biology (2020)

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 Orton, Richard L., Kinsey, Chase T., & McBrayer, Lance D. Mite load predicts the quality
of sexual color and locomotor performance in a sexually dichromatic lizard. Ecology
and Evolution (2019)

Kinsey, Chase T., & Lance D. McBrayer. Forelimb position affects facultative bipedal
locomotion in lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology (2018): jeb-185975.

Mendelson, Joseph R., Kinsey, Chase T., & Murphy, James B. A review of the biology and
literature of the Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), native to Mexico and the United
States. Zootaxa (2015) 3974(4), 517-537.

Journal Papers in Revision

Kinsey, Chase T., and McBrayer, Lance D., The morphological variation of the shoulder
girdle in lizards with regards to habitat preference. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

GRANTS AND AWARDS

GSPDF Research and Data Collection Award: $750.00 2019
Using particle image velocimetry to test for wake interference in metamorphic tadpoles.

COB – Travel Fellowship: $1319.39 2019

Testing for wake interference between the tail and legs of metamorphosing tadpoles during
swimming using 3D volumetric particle image velocimetry

BSPDC- GIAR Research Award: $1000.00 2019

Testing the Adaptive Peaks Hypothesis: Predator Selection on Escape Performance and
Morphology in Aquatic Metamorphic Tadpoles

GSPDF Travel Award: $625.00 2018

A presentation on locomotion in the genus Sceloporus and Aspidoscelis

GSPDF Research Award: $490.00 2017

Morphological evolution and function of bipedal locomotion in the genes Sceloporus

GSPDF Research Award: $600.00 2016

Morphological variation in Sceloporus lizards with regards to habitat preference

GSPDF Travel Award: $591.00 2016

A presentation on Lizards, locomotion, and morphology

AMNH Collections Grant: $700.00 2016

The axial skeleton morphology in the genus Sceloporus

GSPDF Research Award: $850.00 2015

Limb kinematics, locomotor performance, and morphology of the Northern Curly-Tailed
Lizard

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 SGA Award: $300.00 2015
Professional Student Development Fund

PRESENTATIONS, POSTERS, AND INVITED LECTURES

Guest Lectures

How to herp: Tips and tools for catching amphibians (2020) Vertebrate Natural History –
Chapman University

The diversification of amniotes: A look at sauropsids and synapsids (2018) Vertebrate

Biology – Clemson University

Presentations

Kinsey, Chase T, and Blob, Richard W. Predator-mediated selection on metamorphic

morphology. (2022) Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology

Kinsey, Chase T, and Blob, Richard W. A Novel Behavior Upsets the Adaptive Peaks
Hypothesis in Metamorphic Frogs. (2021) Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology

Orton, Richard W., Kinsey, Chase T, and McBrayer, Lance D. Habitat Management Affects
Traits Tied to Individual Fitness: Parasites, Signals, and Performance. (2018)
Southeast regional SICB. Presentation 263.

Kinsey, Chase T., Lance D. McBrayer. The Role of Forelimbs in Bipedal Running Lizards.
(2018). Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Presentation 266

Kinsey, Chase T. Bipedal behavior: How obstacle placement effects locomotor posture in
two small lizards, Sceloporus woodi and Aspidoscelis sexlineata (2017). Georgia
Southern University Research Symposium. 136.

Posters

Kinsey, Chase T and Blob, Richard W. Predatory Selection Across Stages of Limb and Tail
Development in Xenopus Tadpoles. (2019). Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology. Presentation P3-133

McBrayer, Lance D., Orton, Richard O, and Kinsey, Chase T. Habitat Management Affects
Traits Tied to Individual Fitness; Parasites, Signals, and Performance. (2018) Society
of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Presentation 265.

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 Kinsey, Chase T., Lance D. McBrayer. Morphological Variation as a Function of Habitat
Preference in Phrynosomatid Lizards. (2018) Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology. Presentation 267.

Kinsey, Chase T., Lance D. McBrayer. The Effect of Obstacles and Forelimb Positions on
Bipedal Locomotion in Lizards. (2017) Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology Presentation 89.

Kinsey, Chase T. The Functional Morphology of the Axial and Appendicular Skeleton with
Regards to Habitat Preference and Locomotion in the Genus Sceloporus (2016).
Georgia Southern University Research Symposium. 181.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
ESED Teaching Undergraduate Science Certification
Engineering & Science Education Department, Clemson University, 2022
• 11 credit hours of intensive coursework dedicated to learning pedagogical techniques
and classroom research

Level 2 CRLA International Tutor Certification

CRLA, Tri-County Technical College, 2020
• Experienced in learning based strategies to help students succeed in class

TSI PIV Workshop

TSI Incorporated, SICB San Fransisco, 2018
• learned how to set up complete TSI PIV systems for planar 2D velocity
measurements and
• captured and analyzed images with the PIV camera and INSIGHT 4GTM software.

Foundations in Teaching: Graduate Certificate

CT2, Georgia Southern University, 2017
• Learned active learning strategies and class room management

Earth Imagery at Work

ESRI GIS Training, Online, 2016
• Learned remote sensing and Arc GIS mapping techniques

Chemical QA/QC
Georgia Adopt-A-Stream, 2015

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Anderson University, Anderson South Carolina August 2022 to Present
Visiting Lecturer, Biology
• Human Anatomy and Physiology
o Designed and implemented course topics related to structural and functional
human biology – including tests and active learning activities
o Teach three lecture sections, including three cadaver-based labs.

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 Clemson University, Clemson South Carolina January 2018 to Present
Graduate TA, Biological Science
• Human Physiology
• Senior level class focused on self-experimental work to teach physiological
principles
• Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab
• Primarily pre-med course averaging 50 students per semester, covering the
following topics: Internal organs, cardiovascular and lymphatic systems,
histology.
• Developed quizzes, and class work to engage students
• Vertebrate Biology Lab
• Undergraduate biology course averaging 50 students per semester.
• Topics include phylogenetic relationships and basal and derived chordates

Georgia Southern University, Statesboro Georgia August 2015 to May 2018

Graduate TA, Biology
• Principles of Biology I
• Major undergraduate course averaging 25 students per semester
• Topics include broad look into lifecycle and diversity of animals
• Designed departmental website for students to teach scientific writing
• Taught lab lectures, developed quizzes and exams, and graded
• General Biology Lab
• Major and non-major undergraduate course averaging 100 students per
semester
• Topics include scientific method, cell biology, evolution, and plant ecology
• Taught lab lectures, developed quizzes and exams, and graded
• Environmental Biology Lab
• Non-major undergraduate course averaging 100 students per semester
• Topics include scientific method, plant biology, aquatic and population
ecology
• Taught lab lectures, developed quizzes and exams, and graded

STUDENTS MENTORED

Clemson University, Clemson South Carolina January 2018 to Present

• Caleb Ratz – Long bone development in metamorphic frogs
• Olivia McNelly – Predatory prey escape response through ontogeny in Xenopus
• Anna Marie Riley – Character displacement in toads using morphometric techniques

Georgia Southern University, Statesboro Georgia May 2017 to May 2018

• Megan Sanders – Curly Tailed Lizard escape behavior and kinematics

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 • Dillan Holloway – Endurance of Florida Scrub Lizards using treadmill data

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Biological Sciences Graduate Student Association, 2018-2023

- Executive Officer: Treasurer, 2019
Society of Comparative and Integrative Biology, 2016-Present
- Professional Member
Chicago Herpetological Society, 2018-2021
- Graduate Student Member
Study for the Society of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2018-2021
- Graduate Student Member
Sigma Xi Research Society, 2016-Present
- Associate Member
Graduate Student Organization, 2016-2018
- Executive Council Member: reviewed grants for College of Graduate Studies at GSU
Biology Organization of Graduate Students, 2015-2018
- Executive Officer: Vice President

SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Reviewer
Integrative Organismal Biology, 2020

Anderson Interfaith Ministries

Financial Coach for those in need, Anderson SC, May 2019-Present

What’s in Our Waters

Instructor for high school class on QA/QC water testing, Clemson SC, May 2019

Clemson Biological Sciences Annual Student Symposium

Poster Mentorship for high school students, Clemson SC, April 2019

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Student Tutor, TriCounty Technical College, Pendleton SC 2019-Present

Under Hannah Fakoornejad
• Tutor students in Biology and Spanish
• Created learning strategy plans and semester goals for each student
• Provide academic coaching and time management workshops
Wildlife Technician, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro GA 2016
Under Dr. Lance McBrayer
• Surveyed Georgia Southern University for campus biodiversity

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 • Utilized bird counts, frog calls, drift fences, and timed surveys
Wildlife Field Technician, Auburn University, Auburn AL 2015
Under Dr. Robert Gitzen
• Conducted population surveys for green salamanders
• Collected DNA samples and morphological data
Student Athlete Tutor, Auburn University, Auburn AL 2015
Under Kristine Ball
• Tutored student athletes in Biology, Music Appreciation, Italian I & II, and Public
Speaking
• Created learning strategy plans and semester goals for each student
Rivercane Research Technician, Auburn University, Auburn AL 2013-2104
Under Dr. Mark Smith
• Built and maintained shade houses for over 1000 rivercane plants
Research Intern Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta GA 2012-2014
Under Dr. Joe Mendelson III
• Researched cognitive age discrepancy/ social hierarchy in great apes
• Reformulated great ape’s diet to limit starch availability
• Created population range map for Incilius nebulifer

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