Jon Harrison
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
PO Box 874501
Tempe, AZ 85287-4501
Titles
- Professor, School of Life Sciences
- Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Biography
Jon Harrison is an environmental physiologist who studies how insects function, interact with their environment, and evolve. His research ranges from studying how environmental and genetic factors affect growth and development of fruit flies, to how overgrazing affects locust outbreaks.
He and his collaborators also study how genes and the environment interact to alter animal metabolism and oxygen delivery systems. To do this, they look at how Drosophila fruit fly growth and development change when certain sensory genes are inactivated.
The research that Harrison and his team conduct may have broad impacts on societies and industry. Recently, he gained funding to develop bio-inspired micro-injection devices and remote-controlled insect flight. Harrison will also develop agro-economic policies to help reduce the impacts of locust outbreaks in Asia.
Education
- PhD, Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder, 1987
- BSc, Biology, University of Toronto, 1978
Expertise
Journal Articles
2020
Talal, S., A. J. Cease and J. F. Harrison. 2020. High carbohydrate diets increase respiratory quotients above 1 due to lipid synthesis. FASEB Journal 34(51 (Supplement: Experimental Biology 2020 Meeting Abstracts)):1-1. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.06239. (link )
2017
Cease, A. J., J. F. Harrison, S. Hao, D. C. Niren, G. Zhang, L. Kang and J. J. Elser. 2017. Nutritional imbalance suppresses migratory phenotypes of the Mongolian locust (Oedaleus asiaticus). Royal Society Open Science 4:161039. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.161039. (link )
2016
Cease, A. J., M. Fay, J. J. Elser and J. F. Harrison. 2016. Dietary phosphate affects food selection, post-ingestive P fate, and performance of a polyphagous herbivore. Journal of Experimental Biology 219(1):64-72. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.126847. (link )
2015
Cease, A. J., J. J. Elser, E. P. Fenichel, J. C. Hadrich, J. F. Harrison and B. E. Robinson. 2015. Living with locusts: Connecting soil nitrogen, locust outbreaks, livelihoods, and livestock markets. BioScience 65(6):551-558. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biv048. (link )
2013
Harrison, J. F., A. J. Cease, J. M. VandenBrooks, T. Albert and G. Davidowitz. 2013. Caterpillars selected for large body size and short development time are more susceptible to oxygen-related stress. Ecology and Evolution 3(5):1305-1316. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.551. (link )
Harrison, J. F., J. S. Waters, A. J. Cease, J. M. VandenBrooks, V. Callier, C. J. Klok, K. Shaffer and J. J. Socha. 2013. How locusts breathe. Physiology 28(1):18-27. DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00043.2012. (link )
Zhao, D., Z. Zhang, A. J. Cease, J. F. Harrison and L. Kang. 2013. Efficient utilization of aerobic metabolism helps Tibetan locusts conquer hypoxia. BMC Genomics 14(1):631. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-631. (link )
2012
Cease, A. J., J. J. Elser, C. F. Ford, S. Hao, L. Kang and J. F. Harrison. 2012. Heavy livestock grazing promotes locust outbreaks by lowering plant nitrogen content. Science 335(6067):467-469. DOI: 10.1126/science.1214433 . (link )
2010
Cease, A. J., S. Hao, L. Kang, J. J. Elser and J. F. Harrison. 2010. Are color or high rearing density related to migratory polyphenism in the band-winged grasshopper, Oedaleus asiaticus?. Journal of Insect Physiology 56(8):926-936. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.05.020. (link )
2004
Perkins, M. C., H. A. Woods, J. F. Harrison and J. J. Elser. 2004. Dietary phosphorus affects the growth of larval Manduca sexta. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 55(3):253-168. DOI: 10.1002/arch.10133. (link )
Woods, H. A., W. F. Fagan, J. J. Elser and J. F. Harrison. 2004. Allometric and phylogenetic variation in insect phosphorus content. Functional Ecology 18(1):103-109. (link )
2003
Woods, H. A., W. Makino, J. B. Cotner, S. E. Hobbie, J. F. Harrison, K. Acharya and J. J. Elser. 2003. Temperature and the chemical composition of poikilothermic organisms. Functional Ecology 17(2):237-245. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00724.x. (link )
2002
Woods, H. A., M. C. Perkins, J. J. Elser and J. F. Harrison. 2002. Absorption and storage of phosphorus by larval Manduca sexta. Journal of Insect Physiology 48(5):555-564. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(02)00060-4. (link )
2000
Elser, J. J., R. W. Sterner, E. Gorokhova, W. F. Fagan, T. A. Markow, J. B. Cotner, J. F. Harrison, S. E. Hobbie, G. M. Odell and L. J. Weider. 2000. Biological stoichiometry from genes to ecosystems. Ecology Letters 3(6):540-550. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2000.00185.x. (link )
Posters
2010
Cease, A. J., J. J. Elser, S. Hao, L. Kang and J. F. Harrison. 2010. Grasshopper developmental plasticity in heavilygrazed Asian Steppe pastures. Poster presented at the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology 2010 Annual Meeting, 3-7 January 2010, Seattle, WA. (link )
2009
Cease, A. J., S. Hao, L. Kang, J. J. Elser and J. F. Harrison. 2009. High density and high nitrogen: A dual stressor for grasshoppers?. Poster presented at the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology 2009 Annual Meeting, 3-7 Janiary 2009, Boston, MA. (link )
Presentations
2014
Cease, A. J., M. Fay, J. J. Elser and J. F. Harrison. 2014. Dietary phosphate strongly and nonlinearly affects performance of an omnivourous herbivore. Presentation at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, 3-7 January 2014, Austin, TX. (link )
2013
Cease, A. J., J. J. Elser, S. Hao and J. F. Harrison. 2013. Low plant nitrogen content and high population density enhance migratory characters in a polyphenic locust. Presentation at the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2013, 3-7 January 2013, San Francisco, CA. (link )
Cease, A. J., J. F. Harrison, S. J. Simpson and J. J. Elser. 2013. Mongolian locusts may require balanced diets to develop migratory swarms. Presentation at the Australian Entomological Society Annual Meeting, 20 September-2 October 2013, Adelaide, South Australia. (link )
Harrison, J. F., J. S. Waters, A. J. Cease, J. M. VandenBrooks, V. Callier, C. J. Klok, K. Shaffer and J. J. Socha. 2013. How hoppers breath. Presentation at the 2013 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, 3-7 January 2013, San Francisco, CA. (link )
2012
Harrison, J. F., A. J. Cease, J. M. VandenBrooks, J. S. Waters, C. J. Klok and V. Callier. 2012. Patterns and mechanisms of air flow during abdominal pumping in the grasshopper, Schistocerca americana. Presentation at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Science Research Conference, 2012, San Diego, CA. (link )
2011
Cease, A. J., J. J. Elser, S. Hao, L. Kang and J. F. Harrison. 2011. Locusts prefer nitrogen‐poor plants in overgrazed pastures. Presentation at the 2011 Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, 3-7 January 2011, Salt Lake City, UT. (link )
2010
Cease, A. J., J. Elser, S. Hao, L. Kang and J. F. Harrison. 2010. Nutrition‐ and density‐dependent polyphenism in a non‐model locust, the Chinese band‐winged grasshopper Oedaleus asiaticus. Presentation at the The 58th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, 12-15 December 2010, San Diego, CA. (link )
2008
Cease, A. J., T. Albert, J. M. VandenBrooks, G. Davidowitz and J. F. Harrison. 2008. The effects of different oxygen levels on size, growth, and development in the tobacco hornworm. Presentation at the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology 2008 Annual Meeting, 2-6 January 2008, San Antonio, TX. (link )