Mark Bohler

I attended Virginia Tech for both my undergraduate and graduate degrees. As an undergraduate student, I received degrees in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, and Psychology. As a graduate student, I primarily studied how high ambient temperature affected specific regions of the hypothalamus involved in appetite regulation in chickens, and how endogenous factors associated with appetite influenced food intake in Japanese Quail. Also as a graduate student, I taught multiple sections of Animal Anatomy and Physiology.

At Converse, I will teach Introductory Biology and Physiology, and I hope to later teach neuroscience courses.

Outside of teaching and research, I am an avid gamer and hiker, and I am in the constant company of my cat, Lola (AKA Sauron), Fiancée, or both.

Scholarly & Research Activity

My research at Converse will continue to explore the effects of high ambient temperature on appetite regulation using the rat as a model. I am very excited to bring neuroscience research to Converse University; students will be heavily involved, and hopefully as nerdy and excited about the brain as I am.

Selected Publications & Presentations

Heat Stress Responses in Birds: A Review of the Neural Components. Bohler, M.W., Chowdhury, V.S., Cline, M.A., Gilbert, E.R. “Heat Stress Responses in Birds: A Review of the Neural Components.” Biology (2021): 10.

Reduced food intake during exposure to high ambient temperatures is associated with molecular changes in the nucleus of the hippocampal commissure and the paraventricular and arcuate hypothalamic nuclei. Bohler, M., Gilbert, E.R. & Cline, M.A. “Reduced food intake during exposure to high ambient temperatures is associated with molecular changes in the nucleus of the hippocampal commissure and the paraventricular and arcuate hypothalamic nuclei.” General and Comparative Endocrinology (2020): 298.

The anorexigenic effect of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in Japanese quail is associated with molecular changes in the arcuate and dorsomedial hypothalamic nuclei. Bohler, M., Gilbert, E.R. & Cline, M.A. “The anorexigenic effect of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in Japanese quail is associated with molecular changes in the arcuate and dorsomedial hypothalamic nuclei.” Domestic Animal Endocrinology (2020): 74.