Education
Ph.D University of California, Irvine 2000
Neurophysiology: Homeostatic Plasticity of CNS Neurons
M.S. California State University Fullerton 1976
Physiology of Air-breathing Marine Intertidal Fishes
B.A. California State University Fullerton 1973
Biological Sciences
Post-B.A. Oregon State University-Marine Fisheries
Course Focus
Bio 12 Human Physiology
Bio 93 Molecules to Organisms
Bio 10 Biochemistry for Health Sciences
Field Biology: State and National Parks and Monuments
BioSci D136 Human Anatomy (UCI)
Primary Research Interests
Homeostatic plasticity of CNS neurons
Mind, brain and teaching/learning strategies
Selected Publications
Riegle, K.C. and R.L. Meyer 2007. Rapid Homeostatic Plasticity in the Intact Adult Visual System. J.NeuroSci 27(39): 10556-10567.
Horn, Michael H. and K. Christopher Riegle 1981. Evaporative Water Loss and Intertidal Vertical Distribution in Relation to Body Size and Morphology of Stichaeoid Fishes From California. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol., Vol. 50, pp. 273-288.
Riegle, K. Christopher 1976. Oxygen Consumption, Heart Rates, Anaerobic Metabolism, and Evaporative Water Loss in the Monkeyface Eel, An Intertidal Marine Fish From Central California. M.A. Thesis, California State University, Fullerton, 126 pp.
Photo: Newport Bay, Spring 2009
Brief Biography: Dr. Riegle completed an MA degree in Biological Sciences at California State University Fullerton in 1976 with an emphasis in marine ecology. His dissertation research on physiological ecology of intertidal air-breathing fishes of the central California coast was complemented by participation in faunal studies of Newport Back Bay, Morro Bay, southern California coastal waters, Isla de Todo Santos (Mexico) and deep waters of the San Pedro Channel as well as a study of latitudinal changes in plankton populations from Newport Beach, CA to Puget Sound, WA. Following graduation, he began a teaching career at CSUF. After a year of post-graduate study in marine fisheries at Oregon State University (1977-1978), he returned to California to teach at CSUF until 1985.
Dr. Riegle accepted a teaching position at Irvine Valley College in 1980 where his primary focus has been human anatomy and physiology, with extensive forays into marine and field biology because of his continued affection for and fascination with these fields of study. He has been teaching human anatomy at UC Irvine since 2002.
Dr. Riegle began doctoral work in 1995 at University of California Irvine, receiving the Ph.D. degree in 2000. His dissertation work on homeostatic plasticity of central nervous system neurons has been presented at meetings of the Society for Neurosciences, Winter Conference on Brain Research (USA), European Winter Conference on Brain Research, as well as at conferences in Taiwan and mainland China. After three years of post-doctoral work at UCI, his focus shifted toward application of neuroscience principles to teaching and learning. He has presented his views on mind, brain and education as keynote speaker to the California Community College Chief Executive Officers Association, the CCC Chief Instructional Officers Association and the faculties of Mt. San Jacinto, San Diego City and Mira Costa Community Colleges.
Dr. Riegle actively participates in downhill and cross-county skiing, sailing, scuba diving, hiking and backpacking. He is an avid woodworker who likes to build his own furniture. And he relaxes by playing guitar and piano, gardening, collecting wine and traveling.
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