DR. WAYNE J. KUENZEL Physiologist/Neurobiologist

Dr. Kuenzel was born in Philadelphia, PA and raised in New Jersey. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in biology from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Georgia. He served two years in the U.S. Army at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, where he was an instructor and chief, Basic Sciences Branch, U.S. Medical Field Service School. He obtained a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship and spent two years at Cornell University studying avian reproductive physiology, followed by a third year as a research associate in poultry nutrition. Dr. Kuenzel joined the Department of Animal and Avian Sciences at the University of Maryland in 1974 as an Assistant Professor of Physiology. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor and Professor in 1978 and 1984, respectively. Dr. Kuenzel's research addresses the neural regulation of food intake and early sexual maturation. He was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Senior Research Fellowship to Scotland, U.K. (1981), and Germany (1988), which were applied to sabbatical years spent in Europe. Dr. Kuenzel was awarded the Poultry Science Association Purina Teaching award (1988); the Merck Award for Achievement in Poultry Science (1998); the Agriculture Research Award of Gamma Sigma Delta, (1999), University of Maryland; and the Sigma Xi Research Award, University of Maryland, (2000). Dr. Kuenzel joined the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, in June of 2000. SIGNIFICANT PAPERS Li, H., M.B. Ferrari and W.J. Kuenzel. 2004. Light-induced reduction of cytoplasmic free calcium in neurons proposed to be encephalic photoreceptors (EPRs) in chick brain. Devel. Brain Res. (in press). Reiner, A. et al. 2004. Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei. J. Comp. Neurol. 473:377-414. Kuenzel, W.J., M.M. Abdel-Maksoud, T. Elsasser and J.A. Proudman. 2004. Sulfamethazine advances puberty in male chicks by effecting a rapid increase in gonadotropins. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 137:349-355. Kuenzel, W.J. 2003. Neurobiology of molt in avian species. Poultry Sci. 82:981-991. Ramesh, R., W.J. Kuenzel and J.A. Proudman. 2001. Increased proliferative activity and programmed cellular death in the turkey hen pituitary gland following interruption of incubation behavior. Biol. Reproduction 64:611-618. Kuenzel, W.J. 2000. Central nervous system regulation of gonadal development in the avian male. Poultry Sci. 79:1679-1688. Ramesh, R., W.J. Kuenzel, J.D. Buntin and J.A. Proudman. 2000. Identification of growth hormone- and prolactin-containing neurons within the avian brain. Cell Tissue Res. 299:371-383. SELECTED CHAPTERS AND BOOK PUBLISHED Kuenzel, W.J. 2000. The autonomic nervous system of birds. In: Sturkie's Avian Physiology. (Ed. G.C. Whitlow) Academic Press, 5th Ed., New York, pp. 101-122. Kuenzel, W.J., K.M. Walsh, and J.A. Proudman. 1997. Neuroendocrine control of early sexual development. In: Perspectives in Avian Endocrinology. (Ed. S. Harvey) J. Endocrinology, Ltd., Bristol, U.K. pp. 81-90. Kuenzel, W.J., and M. Masson. 1988. A Stereotaxic Atlas of the Brain of the chick (Gallus domesticus). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. CONTACT INFORMATION wkuenzel@uark.edu Wayne J. Kuenzel Center of Excellence for Poultry Science University of Arkansas POSC O-403 Fayetteville, AR 72701 Office: (479) 575-6112 Lab: (479) 575-7749 Fax: (479) 575-7139 BACK TO FACULTY