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Adam B. Safer

Liberal arts professor

Education

  • Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology
  • M.S., Biology, Georgia Southern University
  • B.S., Biology, Georgia Southern University

Credentials

  • Professor of liberal arts, 2025–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Lecturer in department of biology, 2019–25, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
  • Lecturer in department of cellular biology, 2016–19, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
  • Lecturer in biology, 2011–16, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
  • Assistant professor of biology, 2008–11, South Georgia State College, Douglas, GA
  • Assistant professor of biology, 2007–08, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA
  • Adjunct instructor of biology, 2004, Brevard Community College, Melbourne, FL
  • Graduate researcher/assistant, 2001–07, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Assessment All Star in Core Curriculum Assessment for Biology, 2022
  • University of Georgia Career Center Award (University of Georgia), 2019
  • I Caught You Caring (Valdosta State), 2019
  • Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Performance and Lasting Contribution to Students at Georgia State University, 2012
  • Outstanding Graduate Student in Biological Sciences (Florida Tech), 2003
  • Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award $300, 2002
  • Florida Academy of Sciences Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation, 2002
  • Graduate Student Travel Award (Florida Tech) $100, 2002
  • Academic Excellence Grant (Georgia Southern University) $250, 2000
  • Georgia Southern University Competitive Graduate Research Grant $450, 2000
  • Georgia Southern University Competitive Graduate Research Grant $400, 1999

Organizations

  • Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS)
  • Atlanta Herpetology Club
  • North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP)
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • The Society for integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Association of Southeastern Biologists
  • The Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians
  • The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
  • The Florida Academy of Sciences
  • The American Federation of Herpetoculturists

Publications and presentations

Presentations

  • CampDISCOVERY, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, 2021
  • Science Saturday, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, 2019
  • The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Reno, NV, 2015
  • Science Night, Evansdale Elementary School, Doraville, GA, 2014
  • Seminar Yeshiva Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 2014
  • Reptile Day. Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, GA, 2014
  • Reptile Day. Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, GA, 2013
  • Seminar Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2012
  • Seminar Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2011
  • Kiwanis Club, Douglas, GA, 2010
  • Rotary Club, Douglas, GA, 2009
  • Association of Southeastern Biologists, Spartanburg, SC, 2008
  • Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, New Orleans, LA, 2008
  • Departmental Seminar, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 2007
  • Dissertation Seminar, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, 2007
  • Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Orlando, FL, 2006
  • Florida Academy of Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 2004
  • Florida Academy of Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 2003
  • Florida Academy of Sciences, Barry University, Miami, FL, 2002
  • Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians, Kansas City, MO, 2002
  • Thesis Seminar, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 2001

Publications

  • Frankie H. Snow F.H., A.B. Safer, D.J. Stevenson, and H.C. Chandler. 2021. Use of a Novel Refuge Type by Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi) in Georgia. Southeastern Naturalist. 20 (2): 308–314.
  • Stevenson, D.J., N. Stedman, T.M. Norton, F.H. Snow and A.B. Safer. 2020. Natural History Notes Drymarchon couperi (Eastern Indigo Snake): Fire mortality. Herpetological Review 51(2): 349–350.
  • Bauder J.M., J.N. Macey, K.M. Stohlgren, A. Day, F. Snow, A. Safer, R. Redmond, J.M. Waters, M. Wallace, and D.J. Stevenson. 2015. Factors influencing the display of multiple defensive behaviors in eastern indigo snakes (Drymarchon couperi). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10(2):559–571.
  • Bauder, J.M., J.N. Macey, M.P. Wallace, Sr., F. Snow, A.B. Safer, and D.J. Stevenson. 2012. Drymarchon couperi (Eastern Indigo Snake): Juvenile observations. Herpetological Review 43:343.
  • Jensen, J.B., D.J. Stevenson, S. Graham, M.P. Wallace, Sr., C. Muise, T. Muise, A.B. Safer, F. Snow, R. Preston, Jr., G.C. Greer, B. Hudson, and C. Camp. 2011. Additional Distributional Records of Amphibians and Reptiles in Georgia, USA. Herpetological Review 42(2): 250–255.
  • Stevenson D.J., J. G. Palis, A.D. Walde, A.B. Safer, and C.J. Thawley. 2009. New Distributional Records for Georgia Amphibians and Reptiles. Herpetological Review 40(2):247–249.
  • Safer A.B., M.S. Grace, and G.J. Kemeny. 2007. Mid-infrared transmission and reflection microspectroscopy: analysis of a novel biological imaging system: the snake infrared-imaging pit organ. Molecular Spectroscopy: The Application Notebook September:16–18.
  • Safer A.B. and M.S. Grace. 2004. Infrared imaging in vipers: differential responses of crotaline and viperine snakes to paired thermal targets. Behavioral Brain Research 154:55–61.