Rate My Professor Andrew Rosendale

Andrew Rosendale is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Natural Sciences at Mount St. Joseph University, specializing in Biology/Ecology. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Zoology from Miami University and a B.S. in Biology from Marietta College. After completing his doctorate, Dr. Rosendale conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cincinnati from 2014 to 2018. He joined the faculty at Mount St. Joseph University in the fall of 2018, where he teaches Introductory Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, and Ecology.

Dr. Rosendale is a molecular physiologist and vector biologist whose research examines the physiology of ticks and various insects. His investigations include the progressive behavioral, physiological, and transcriptomic shifts during prolonged starvation in ticks (Molecular Ecology, 2018); energetic consequences of dehydration and starvation in the American dog tick (Journal of Insect Physiology, 2017); cold hardiness and overwintering survival of American dog tick larvae (Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2016); mechanistic underpinnings of dehydration stress in the American dog tick using RNA-Seq and metabolomics (Journal of Experimental Biology, 2016); short day-triggered quiescence promoting water conservation in the American dog tick (Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2016); and suppression of net transpiration in the corn earworm during pupal diapause (Physiological Entomology, 2015). More recent publications include egg hatching success influenced by thermal stress in hard tick species (2023), metabolomic and transcriptomic responses of ticks during recovery from cold shock (Journal of Experimental Biology, 2022), and cross-tolerance in the seabird tick Ixodes uriae (2021). His work has accumulated 2,461 citations. In 2020, he received a faculty award for Integrative Analysis of the Response to Repellent Exposure in Ticks. Current research addresses climate change impacts on vector distribution and diseases, novel pest insect control methods, and tick-borne disease surveys in the Cincinnati area. Dr. Rosendale participates in university committees including the Assessment Committee.