Dr. Mike Doosey

Dr. Mike teaches human anatomy and physiology for biology majors and utilizes active learning in the classroom to bring excitement to student learning. He is dedicated to excellent instruction and student accessibility in the classroom. His teaching repertoire also includes comparative vertebrate anatomy and general biology. Dr. Mike’s primary research interests are comparative morphology, developmental osteology, and systematics of bony fishes. Research projects on the morphology and development of branchial arches, caudal fin, and vertebral centra are conducted in his laboratory. He is also a team member for collaborative research investigating the anatomy and physiology of the enigmatic American Pocket Shark.

Recent Publications

• Grace, M.A., Huber, D., Travis, K., Doosey, M.H., Ford, J., Decker, S., Mann, J. 2023. Simulating cookiecutter shark bites with a 3D-printed jaw-dental model. Zoomorphology. 142:253-264.
• Claes, J.M., Delroisse, J., Grace, M.A., Doosey, M.H., Duchatelet, L., Mallefet, J. 2020. Histological evidence for secretory bioluminescence from pectoral pockets of American Pocket Shark (Mollisquama mississippiensis). Scientific Reports 10, 18762:1-7.
• Grace, M.A., Doosey, M.H., Denton, J.S.S., Naylor, G.J.P., Bart, H.L., Jr., Maisey, J.G. 2019. A new Western North Atlantic Ocean kitefin shark (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa 4619:109-120.
• Doosey, M.H., Wiley, E.O. 2015. Epural bones in teleost fishes: a problem of phylogenetic homology. Ichthyological Research 62:131-144.
• Doosey, M.H., Domke, N.D. 2014. Early development of the caudal fin skeleton of Capelin, Mallotus villosus (Osmeridae). Copeia 2014:355-365.