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| Student Name, Grad Year, Faculty Advisor | Thesis Title | Current Status |
|---|---|---|
| Abel, Daniel C. 1982 Chris Koenig | An ecological basis and adaptations for emergence in the cyprinodontid fish Rivulus marmoratus | Professor of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University |
| Alderson, Jesse E. 2009 David Owens |
Characterization of Injuries and Health of Injured Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) In Coastal Waters of the Southeastern U.S. | MRRI - SCDNR |
| Allen, Steven M. 2004 Lou Burnett |
The Effect of Intertidal Air Exposure on the Respiratory Physiology and the Killing Activity of Hemocytes in the Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas | Program Manager, Oyster Recovery Partnership, Annapolis, MD |
| Alm, Melissa B. 2002 Jack DiTullio |
Photosynthetic Efficiency as a Diagnostic Indicator of Phytoplankton Physiology in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean | Minister, Seacoast Church, Mt. Pleasant, SC |
| Anderson, Andrew P. 2013 Tanya Darden |
Past and Present Genetic Structure of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in the Carolinas and Effects from Stocking | Ph.D. Student |
| Anweiler, Katie V. 2013 Mike Denson |
Low-Temperature Tolerance of Juvenile Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in South Carolina | MRRI - SCDNR |
| Arthur, Courtney D. 2009 David Owens |
Mercury contamination along the eastern coast of the United States: Assessment of the diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, as an indicator species | Research Coordinator, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD |
| Ashe, Paula K. [married name: Keener-Chavis] 1984 Harry Freeman | Age and growth of the yellowedge grouper, Epinephelus flavolimbatus, off the coast of the Carolinas | NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration |
| Bacon, Christy D. 1999 Jack DiTullio | The effects of iron and light on three strains of coastal marine Synechococcus | Assistant Manager, Storables |
| Bain, Christopher A. 1994 Don Miller |
Evidence for a Bradykinin-Like Peptite in the Euryhaline Elasmobranch Dasyatus sabina | Divisional manager in pharmaceutical sales, Knoxville, TN |
| Baird, Thomas D. 2008 Marie DeLorenzo |
Descriptive and Mechanistic Toxicity of Conazole Fungicides Using the Model Test Alga Dunaliella tertiolecta (Chlorophyceae) | Ph.D. student, Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine |
| Baker, Tiffany G. 2006 Isaure de Buron |
Stock Identification of the Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonias undulatus Linnaeus, Using Macroparasites as Biological Tags | Ph.D. student at MUSC |
| Baldwin, Carole C. 1986 Bill Anderson | Morphology of the larvae of American Anthiinae (Pisces: Serranidae), with comments on relationships within the subfamily | Research Zoologist (Curator of Fishes), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution |
| Baltzegar, D. Andrew 2006 Bob Chapman |
Hox A2 and SP5 Gene Structure and Expression in Two Species of Fundulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Fundulidae), Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus) and Fundulus majalis (Walbaum) | Ph.D. Student in Zoology, North Carolina State University |
| Bartlett, Thomas C. 2004 Greg Warr |
Crustins, a Novel Family of Putative Antimicrobial and Proteinase Inhibitor Peptides, in the Penaeid Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei and Litopenaeus setiferus | Marine Biologist, Coral Health and Disease Program, NOAA, Charleston, SC |
| Bennett, Jennifer M. 2012 Jack DiTullio |
Effects of Light and Iron on Growth and Physiology of a Polar Diatom, Fragilariopsis cylindrus | Knauss Fellowship, Washington, DC |
| Berg, Agga-Beth V. 1979 Norman Chamberlain | Reproductive behavior of Palaemonetes pugio Holthuis (Decapoda, Caridea) | High School Teacher, Oregon |
| Berini, Carole R. 2009 Laura Kracker |
Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps, De Blainville 1838) Strandings along the Southeastern Coast of the United States: An Analysis of Association with Environmental Factors | Middle School Teacher, East Cooper Montessori Charter School, Mt. Pleasant, SC |
| Bero, Lara D. [married name: Adams] 2001 Patricia Rosel |
Population structure of the Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis, in the Gulf of Mexico and western north Atlantic ocean using mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA | Research Biologist, Marine Forensics Lab, NOS, Charleston, SC |
| Blair, Anne C. 2003 Phil Dustan |
Phenotypic Variation and Plasticity in Leptogorgia virgulata Near Charleston, South Carolina | Ecologist, Hollings Marine Lab |
| Blair, Patricia A. [married name: Roth] 2005 Gregory Doucette | The microbial world of the Florida red tide dinoflagellate Karenia brevis: algicidal and antagonistic interactions | Molecular Core Facility Manager, Grice Marine Lab, College of Charleston |
| Blair, Walter M. 2013 Greg Doucette |
In Vitro Search for Quorum Sensing Activity in Batch Cultures of Harmful Dinoflagellates and Algicidal Bacteria and Improved Bioassay Methods for Applications in Marine Matrices | |
| Blanvillain, Gaëlle J.H. 2005 David Owens |
Using Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) as Sentinel Species for Mercury Monitoring in Estuaries Along the Southeast Coast of the U.S. | Research Associate, Owens Lab, Grice Marine Lab, College of Charleston |
| Bolton-Warberg, Majbritt 2005 Loren Coen | Effects of the Organophosphate Insecticide Dichlorvos on the Daggerblade Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio and the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica | Postdoctoral Researcher, EIRCOD project, National University of Ireland in Galway (NUIG) |
| Borecki, Laura K. 2006 Bob Chapman | The population genetics of French Grunt, Haemulon flavolineatum, in the West Central Atlantic and Implications for the Design of Marine Reserves | Research Associate, Fish Molecular Ecology Lab, Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA |
| Boyd, John N. 1998 Lou Burnett | Reactive oxygen intermediate production by oyster hemocytes exposed to hypoxia | Nationwide Delivery Systems, Inc. |
| Boylan, Jeanne M. 1990 Betty Wenner | Factors affecting the recruitment of brachyuran megalopae in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina | MRRI-SCDNR |
| Bradshaw, Christopher D. 2006 Gorka Sancho | Behavioral Ecology of Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, at Spawning Aggregations in Charleston Harbor | Fisheries Biologist, State of Florida (Florida Fishe and Wildlife Conservation Commission) |
| Brady, Matthew K. 1994 Alan Shanks | The use of ingress data to suggest possible cross-shelf transport mechanisms for postlarvae of the brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus | Winston-Salem, NC |
| Brick, Sandra E. [married name: Trautwein] 1996 Rick Brusca | The Phylogeny of Corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia) Reexamined: Testing Wells' (1956) Hypothesis Of Coral Evolution Using Cladistic Analysis | Curator of Fish and Invertebrates, Aquarium of the Pacific |
| Bricker, Tessa R.
2012 Derk Bergquist |
The Effects of Sediment Grain Size and Shell Content on the Burrowing Rate of the Surf Clam, Donax variabilis | |
| Broyles, Elizabeth A. [married name: Mills] 2010 David Owens |
Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) of Charleston SC: Population Estimate, Sex Ratios and Distribution | Training Coordinator, Charles River Laboratories, Charleston, SC |
| Brugler, Mercer R. 2004 Scott France | The Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequence of an Antipatharian (Black Coral) and Six Non-Contiguous Genes of the Ceriantharian (Tube Anemone) MT Molecule(s): Implications for Cnidarian Phylogeny | Postdoctoral Fellow, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY |
| Brunelle, Stephanie A. 2005 Fran Van Dolah | Circadian Control in the Dinoflagellate Karenia brevis: The Role of Blue Light and Characteristics of a Blue Light Receptor | Ph.D. student, Medical University of South Carolina |
| Bryan, Colleen E. 2006 Steven Christopher | Non-lethal Monitoring of Trace Elements in Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus | Research Biologist, NIST, Charleston, SC |
| Bubley, Walter J. 2005 Pat Harris | Life History Analysis of the Sand Perch, Diplectrum formosum, in the Atlantic Waters of the Southeastern United States with an Emphasis on Reproduction | Fisheries Biologist, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
| Burgents, Joseph E. 2004 Lou Burnett | The Effects of Hypercapnic Hypoxia on the Clearance and the Distribution of Bacteria in the Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei | Medical Science Liaison, Dendreon Corp. |
| Burgos, Julian M. 2001 George Sedberry | Life history of the Red grouper (Epinephelus morio) off the North Carolina and South Carolina coasts | Researcher, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Buzzi, William R. 1990 John Manzi | Effects of induced polyploidy on the growth and survival of juvenile hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria | Deceased |
| Cabrera, David M. 2000 Donald Miller | Demonstration of thromboxane A2 system in the Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina | Health Science Policy Analyst,
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD |
| Caldwell, Mark A. 1986 Betty Wenner | Autecology of the Stone Crab, Menippe mercenaria (Say), near the northern extent of its range | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, Charleston, SC |
| Carlson, Brianna K. 2007 Jennifer Keller | Assessment of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Benthic Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Caretta caretta, From Coastal North Carolina, Including Method Development, Blood Compartment Partitioning, and Temporal Analysis. | Natural Resource Specialist-Bay Ecosystem Biologist, Texas Parks and Wildlife |
| Carter, Lisa M. [married name: Tuckey] 2000 Ted Smith | The effects of photoperiod and substrate on Southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) | Biology instructor at Thomas Nelson Community College, Hampton/Williamsburg, VA |
| Chen, Yi-an (Ann) 2001 Arch McCallum | Bioacoustic behavior and habitat utilization of toothed whales (Odontocetes) in the southeastern coastal water of Taiwan | MRRI-SCDNR |
| Christenson, William P. 2002 George Sedberry | Ecological, genetic and phylogenetic examination of species status in color morphs of Hypoplectrus (Serranidae) | |
| Chung, Katy W. 1999 Geoffrey Scott | Toxicity of cadmium, DDT, and fluoranthene to juvenile Mercenaria mercenaria in aqueous and sediment bioassays | NOAA, Charleston, SC |
| Cochran, Richard E., III 1994 Lou Burnett | Respiratory responses of Fundulus heteroclitus, Leiostomus xanthurus, and Palaemonetes pugio to environmental hypoxia and hypercapnia and to the organophosphate pesticide, Azinphosmethyl | Environmental Specialist, Division of Water Pollution Control, State of Tennessee |
| Coleman, Felicia C. 1982 Bill Anderson |
Redescription, osteology, sexuality and variation in the Western Atlantic anthiine fish Holanthias martinicensis (Serranidae) | Director, Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory |
| Colman, Jamie R. 2003 John Ramsdell | Developmental toxicity of brevetoxins and ciguatoxins in Medaka embryos | NOAA/NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Ctr., Environmental Conservation Division, Seattle, WA |
| Comstock, Deborah K. 1997 Phil Ross | The significance of acid volatile sulfide (AVS) levels in the hazard assessment of estuarine sediments, and the effect of sample storage on AVS levels | Mt. Pleasant, SC |
| Coon, Wyatt P., III 1984 G. David Johnson | Redescription, osteology, phylogenetic relationships, and zoogeography of the genus (Pisces: Lutjanidae), with comments on the relationship of the Etelinae | Cary, NC |
| Cooper, Emily R. 2007 Tom Siewicki | Preliminary Risk Assessment of Pharmaceuticals in Estuaries and the Detection and Environmental Processing of Pharmaceuticals in a Southeastern Estuary, Kiawah Island, SC | Biologist, CCEHBR/NOAA, Charleston, SC |
| Cosmann, Paul J. 2012 Isaure de Buron |
Associations between Parasite Burden and Health in the Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier 1830) | |
| Couillard, David M. 2006 Allan Strand | Genetic inference of population structure in the beach annual Cakile sp.: Analyses on two spatial scales | USDA, Charleston, SC |
| Craft, Jonathan D. 2011 Erik Sotka |
A Diffuse Coevolutionary Arms Race Among Herbivorous Sea Urchins and Chemically-Rich Seaweeds | Ph.D. Student, Australian Institute of Marine Science, James Cook University |
| Crawford, Christina L. 2002 Craig Plante | Composition of Bacterial Assemblages in Sediment and Deposit-Feeder Egesta and the Roles of Bacterial Migration and in situ Growth in Recolonization of Egesta | High School Teacher, Mt. Pleasant, SC |
| Crocker, Stacey [married name: Rafalowski] 2007 Craig Plante |
Non-Equilibrium Processes Structuring Benthic Bacterial Communities Following Deposit Feeding by the Sea Cucumber Isostichopus badionotus (Selenka). | Program Manager, Lowcountry Earth Force, Charleston, SC |
| Cuellar, Nicole 1995 George Sedberry | Reproductive Seasonality, Maturation Fecundity, and Spawning Frequency of the Vermilion Snapper Rhomboplites aurorubens, off the Southeastern United States | Environmental Toxicologist, SC Johnson Wax, Cudahy, WI |
| Cushman, Elizabeth L. 2008 Erik Sotka |
Population Structure of the Gag Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode and Bean) in the Southeastern United States With Reflections on Statistical Analysis in a High Gene Flow Species | MRRI-SCDNR |
| D'Aguillo, Michelle C. 2013 Tony Harold |
The Feeding Ecology of the Naked Goby, Gobiosoma bosc (Teleostei): A Characterization of Diet Composition and an Ontogenetic Diet Shift | Yellowstone National Park |
| Daniel, Elizabeth A. 2003 Jack McGovern | Reproductive seasonality, maturation, fecundity, & spawning frequency of Red Porgy, Pagrus pagrus, off the southeastern United States | |
| Daniel, Louis B., III 1988 Charlie Wenner | The juvenile life history of the spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus and the red drum Sciaenops ocellatus | Director, NC Division of Marine Fisheries |
| Danson, Bryan L. 2009 Marcel Reichert |
Estimating Reef Fish Reproductive Productivity on Artificial and Natural Reefs Off the Southeastern Atlantic Coast | Biologist, Spiny Lobster Research, FL Fish & Wildlife Commission, Marathon, FL |
| Dantzler, Austin S. 2004 Karen Burnett | Effects of Hypercapnic Hypoxia and Season on the Antibacterial Activity of Hemocytes From the Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei | Scientist III, American International Biotechnology Svcs., Richmond, VA |
| Darling, Casey L. [married name: Kniffin] 2012 Karen Burnett |
Recovery from Hypoxia and Hypercapnic Hypoxia: Impacts on the Transcription of Key Antioxidants in the Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei | |
| Darsono, Prapto 1992 Betty Wenner | Viability of Stored Sperm and Influence on Fertilization in Female Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, (Decapoda Portunidae) | Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences |
| Davis, B. Jane [married name: Settle] 1980 Norman Chamberlain | Contributions to the biology of Sicyonia brevirostris (Decapoda: Penaeidae) off South Carolina | Teacher, Porter Gaud, Charleston, SC |
| Davis, Kevin B. 1987 John Manzi | Physiological responses and acclimation of the marine diatom, Thalassiosira pseudonana to mercury | San Diego, CA |
| Day, Russell D. 2003 David Owens | Mercury Contamination in Loggerheads, Caretta caretta, in the South Atlantic Bight: Monitoring Strategies and Trends in Distribution | NIST, Charleston, SC |
| Dayan, Nathan S. 1994 Rob Dillon | Florida as a biogeographic boundary: evidence from the population genetics of Littorina irrorata | Fishery Biologist, US Army Corps of Engineers, Slidell, LA |
| del Carmen, Kimberly A. 1995 Alan Shanks | The Association of Larval Ploychaettes with Marine Snow | Health Science Grants Manager with the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs in Maryland |
| DeLancey, Lawrence B. 1985 Norman Chamberlain | An ecological study of the surf zone at Folly Beach, South Carolina. | MRRI -SCDNR |
| DeLoach, Patricia L. 1993 Paul Sandifer | Effects of exogenous juvenile hormone III and methyl farnesoate on the development of Penaeus vannamei and Penaeus setiferus | High School teacher, Summerville, SC |
| Dempsey, Adair M. 2009 Wayne Fitzgibbon |
The Effect of Salinity on Membrane Transport Proteins in the Kidney of a Euryhaline Elasmobranch (Dasyatis sabina) | Hawaii |
| DiNovo, Augustine A. 1993 Bob Johnson | Feeding morphology of two closely related but ecologically distinct chaenopsid blennies, Chaenopsis limbaughi and Lucayablennis zingaro | MUSC |
| Doll, Cameron R. 2012 Dianne Greenfield |
Determining Factors that Influence the Molecular Quantification of the Harmful Raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo Using a Sandwich Hybridization Assay | |
| Downing, Holly F. 2001 John Kucklick |
Effects of Atrazine, Chlorothalonil, and Endosulfan on Naturally Derived Microbial Assemblages | Environmental Specialist, City of Sanibel, FL |
| Drymon, J. Marcus 2003 Pat Harris | Age, Growth and Maturation of the Finetooth Shark, Carcharhinus isodon in the Atlantic Waters of the Southeastern United States | Ph.D. student, University of South Alabama |
| Duquette, Ashley M. 2012 Laura Kracker |
Quantification of the Interaction between Bottlenose Dolphins and the Atlantic Blue Crab Fishery in Charleston, South Carolina | Ph.D. student, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Dwyer, John J. 1994 Lou Burnett |
Physiological responses of the oyster, Crassostrea virginica, to infections by Perkinsus marinus | Retired, Sturgeon Bay, WI |
| Edmunds, J. Stewart G. 1993 Lou Burnett | Hemoglobin oxygen affinity of the subadult red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus | Radiologist, Greensboro Radiology, Greensboro, NC |
| Emblidge, Jennifer P. [married name: Rodier] 2004 Marie DeLorenzo | Effects of the Blood Lipid Regulating Drug, Clofibric Acid, on Estuarine Organisms | High School Teacher, Biology and Marine Science, Marblehead, MA |
| Estep, Rebecca L. [married name: Grike] 2005 David Owens | Seasonal Movement and Habitat Use Patterns of a Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Population | Senior Environmental Specialist, New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection |
| Feltman, Peter R. 2012 Fran Van Dolah |
Characterization of the Symbiodinium Spliced Leader RNA and its Response to Stress | Research Program/ Development Asst., Orthopedics Research, Rhode Island Hospital |
| Fernandez, Eric 1991 Bob Johnson | The Juvenile Life History of the Southern Flounder Paralichthys lethostigma in South Carolina | |
| Ferrante, Jason A. 2010 Mike Janech |
Discovery of Blood Protein Biomarkers of Domoic Acid Toxicosis in California Sea Lions, (Zalophus californianus) | Ph.D. student in Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida |
| Filer, Kelly R. [married name: Robinson] 2006 George Sedberry | Age, Growth and Reproduction of the Barrelfish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis (Mitchill, 1818) | Postdoctoral Researcher, Cornell University |
| Filipowicz, Amy B. 2004 Denise Sanger | Physical, Chemical, and Biological Quality of Headwater Tidal Creeks of the May River Estuary, Beaufort County, South Carolina | Biology Teacher, Dover High School, Dover, NH |
| Finkenbine, Suzanne S. 2000 Karen Burnett |
Evidence for the existence of beta-adrenergic receptors on lymphoid cells of the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus | Mother, Morgantown, WV |
| Finnegan, Meaghean C. 2007 Marie DeLorenzo |
Effects of the Antifoulant Biocide Irgarol 1051 on the Eastern mudsnail, Ilyanassa obsoleta, and Estuarine Periphyton | Ecological Risk Assessor, Syngenta, Berkshire, England, UK |
| Fiore, Cara L. 2006 Pam Jutte | Characterization of Macrofaunal Assemblages Associated with Sponges and Tunicates off the Southeastern United States | Ph.D. student, University of New Hampshire |
| Fisher, Leah R. 2012 David Owens |
A Laboratory Evaluation of Hatchling Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Performance in Response to Differing Controlled Incubation Temperatures | Knauss Fellowship, Washington, DC |
| Floyd, Pamela B. 1979 Chris Koenig | Aspects of the distribution and ecology of searobins (Pisces: Triglidae) off the southeast coast of the United States | Education Coordinator/Specialist, Beaufort Soil and Water Conservation District |
| Fountain, Jennifer P. [married name: Baltzegar] 2010 Mike Denson |
Assessment of Multiple Stocking Strategies of Striped Bass in the Ashley River, South Carolina Using Multiplexed Microsatellite Panels |
Research Analyst & Lab Manager, Neurobiology Dept., Duke University |
| Freeman, Robin G. 2005 Charlie Wenner | Assessment of the fish community of the oligohaline portion of five coastal South Carolina rivers (Ashley, Cooper, Edisto, Combahee and North Santee Rivers) using electrofishing techniques | Fisheries Biologist, Inshore Fisheries, MRRI-SCDNR |
| Friess, Claudia 2008 George Sedberry |
Life History and Population Structure of Beryx decadactylus (Teleostei: Berycidae) in the Western North Atlantic | Marine Fisheries Analyst, Conservation Dept., Ocean Conservancy, Austin, TX |
| Gale, Laurence D. 1990 John Manzi | Energetic costs to the American oyster due to parasitism by Boonea impressa (Say) | Environmental Program Manager, Michael Baker Corp., Pittsburgh, PA |
| Garcia, Nathan S. 2006 Jack DiTullio | Effects of Light and Iron on the Growth of Colonial Phaeocystis antarctica | Ph.D. student in Marine Environmental Biology, University of Southern California |
| Garcia, Robin N. 2013 Marie DeLorenzo |
Effects of Hypoxia and Low pH on Mosquito Insecticide Toxicity in Two Commercially Important Shellfish Species | |
| Gawle, Christopher P. 2002 Fred Holland | The effects of watershed development on tidal creek macrobenthic assemblages in Charleston harbor estuaries | Teacher, Country Day School, Charlotte, NC |
| Gerhard, Joy I. 2010 Mike Denson |
Recruitment of Stocked Juvenile Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) to the Adult Population in South Carolina | |
| Gillett, David J. 2003 Fred Holland | Secondary Production of Monopylephorus rubroniveus, Levinsen, 1884 (Tubificidae) and the Month-to-Month Variation of Tidal Creek Oligochaete Assemblages | Ecologist, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Costa Mesa, CA |
| Giotta, Rachel E. [married name: Kalisperis] 1999 Loren Coen | Distribution of american oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in South Carolina Effects of predation, tidal elevation and siltation | SC Aquarium |
| Grabowski, Gregory M. 1988 Betty Wenner | Habitat preference of juvenile white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus), brown shrimp (Peneaus aztecus), and blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) | Chair, Biology Dept., University of Detroit-Mercy |
| Grados, Oscar G. 1991 Paul Sandifer | Diel and seasonal nutrient variation in earthan ponds stocked with Penaeus vannamei at three population densities | |
| Grant, Robert H. 2002 Ted Smith | Use of Natural and Artificial Habitats by Juvenile (age 0+) Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata: A Laboratory Study | Associate Editor, The Scientist, Philadelphia, PA |
| Greene, Anna K. [married name: Allen] 2008 Jeff Hyland |
Invertebrate Endofauna Associated with Sponge and Octocoral Epifauna at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the Coast of Georgia | Full-time mother, Chicago, IL |
| Gregory, Rebecca A. 2007 Betty Wenner |
Botanical Survey of the Marsh Hammocks of South Carolina: Charleston Area and ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve | Comparative Medicine Department, MUSC |
| Guan, Shane 1998 Arch McCallum | Acoustic behavior of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in a tide marsh estuary in South Carolina | NOAA Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources, Silver Spring, MD |
| Hadley, Nancy H. 1982 John Manzi | Factors affecting growth of seed clams, Mercenaria mercenaria, in raceways | Office of Fisheries Management, SCDNR |
| Hales, L. Stanton, Jr. 1982 Bill Anderson | Aspects of life history of round scad, Decapterus punctatus (Pisces: Perciformes: Carrangidae) in the South Atlantic Bight | Rowan University |
| Haney, Todd A. 1999 Chip Biernbaum | A phylogenetic analysis of the whale-lice (Amphipoda: Cyamidae) | Ph.D. student at UCLA |
| Hardee, Michelle L. 2000 Leslie Sautter | Comparison of pteropod shell flux, stable isotopes, and core tops in two hydrographically distinct regions of the equatorial Atlantic | Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Geology & Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston |
| Harder, Howard W. 1976 | Distribution and abundance of estuarine polychaetes of South Carolina | Mt. Pleasant, SC |
| Harper, Heather E. [married name: Laux] 2007 Paul Pennington |
The Effects of the Insecticide Bifenthrin on Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio and Sheepshead Minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus | NPDES Testing Manager, Shealy Environmental Services, Columbia, SC |
| Harris, Susan E. Grimball 1983 Paul Sandifer | Sperm production and the effects of electrically induced spermatophore expression in the palaemonid shrimp Macrobrachium rosenbergii (deMan) | Deceased |
| Hayse, John W. 1987 George Sedberry | Feeding habits, age, growth and reproduction of Atlantic Spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber (Pisces: Ephippidae), in South Carolina | Aquatic Ecologist/Manager of the Ecological and Geographical Sciences Section, Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory |
| Hedgespeth, Melanie L. 2010 Ed Wirth |
An Assessment of the Presence and Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) Found in Treated Wastewater Discharges into Charleston Harbor, South Carolina | Ph.D. Student, Lund University, Sweden |
| Herbert, John Adam 2006 Will Post |
Incidental nest predation by rice rats (Oryzomys palustris) and incidental nest disturbance by researchers on saltmarsh-nesting songbirds | Teacher of High School Biology,
African Leadership Academy, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Hester, Betty S. (Beth) 1976 Dale Calder | Distribution and seasonality of hydromedusae in South Carolina estuaries | Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS |
| Hiltunen, Kristine O. [married name: Cherry] 2006 Patty Rosel | Mixed-Stock Analysis of Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) Along the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast Using Microsatellite DNA Markers | Regional Alliance Coordinator, Governors' South Atlantic Alliance, Charleston, SC |
| Hiltz, Eric M. 2009 Marcel Reichert |
Assessment of the Flounder (Paralichthys spp.) Gig Fishery in South Carolina | MRRI-SCDNR |
| Hoffman, William F., II 1991 Charlie Wenner | Abundance and diversity of the ichthyofauna inhabiting the shallow marsh habitat of the Charleston Habor estuaries | Ecosystems Exhibit Manager, Smithsonian Marine Ecosystems Exhibit,
Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, FL |
| Hoguet, Jennifer 2004 Amy Ringwood | Cellular Responses in Oysters, Crassostrea virginica, to Oxidative Stress | NIST, Charleston, SC |
| Hopfensperger, Sarah A. [married name: Hadley] 2003 Tony Harold | Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Relationships of the genus Hypleurochilus Gill 1861 (Pisces: Blenniidae: Parablenniini) | General Science & Biology Tutor, Tutor.com |
| Huther, Kevin 2010 Geoff Scott |
An Examination of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Abundances in Relation to Environmental Factors and Risks | |
| Hymel, Sabrina N. 1998 Craig Plante | Effects of temperature and sediment food quality on bacterial passage through deposit-feeder guts | Project Manager III, Pace Analytical Inc. - LabOps Division, Minneapolis, MN |
| Ierardi, Jessalyn L. [married name: Rodgers] 2009 Bob Chapman |
Quantitative Expression of Target Immune and Stress Response Genes within the Skin and Kidney Cell Line of the North Atlantic Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis: A Microarray Approach for Health Assessment | Research Specialist, Nephrology Dept., MUSC |
| Ikerd, Jennifer L. 2007 Lou Burnett | Effects of Salinity on the Accumulation of the Bacterium Vibrio campbellii in the Gills of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus | USDA, Charleston, SC |
| Iocco, Linda E. [married name: Rowe] 1998 Arch McCallum | Effects of beach nourishment on nest site selection and hatchling fitness in the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta | NOAA |
| Jackson, Christopher David 1990 Charlie Wenner | Recruitment of fish larvae to shallow estuarine habitats along a salinity gradient | Charleston Explorers |
| Janech, Michael G. 1998 Don Miller | Measurements of renal excretory function in the euryhaline elasmobanch Dasyatis sabina following dilution and in freshwater | MUSC |
| Javonillo, Robert 2004 Tony Harold | A Systematic Study of the Genus Chasmodes (Teleostei: Blenniidae) | Ph.D. student at George Washington University |
| Jennings, Jill A. [married name: Rowe] 2001 George Sedberry |
Distribution, Diversity, and Habitats of Fishes on the Continental Shelf and Upper Slope of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast of the U.S. | Applied Science Associates, Inc. (ASA), Rhode Island |
| Johns, Christopher D. 2010 Bob Chapman |
Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Gene Expression Variations in the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) From Three Locations in Mississippi | |
| Johnson, Irwin B. (Skip) 1980 Chris Koenig |
The Reproductive Biology of Fundulus majalis (Walbaum) | The LPA Group Incorporated |
| Johnson, Nathaniel G. 2011 Karen Burnett |
Characterization of the Bacterial Properties that Impair Respiration in the Atlantic Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus | Senior Research Associate, Intrexon Corporation, Charleston, SC |
| Jones, M. Elizabeth [married name: Sbrocco] 2005 Scott France | Comparative Phylogeography, Population Structure, and Extended Maternal Care in Three Intertidal Haustoriid Amphipods from the Western North Atlantic | Postdoctoral Fellow, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, NC |
| Jones, Sara E. 2008 Guy DiDonato |
Effects of Urbanization on Nekton Abundance and Food Web Structures in Southeastern Tidal Creeks | Science Lab Coor., Craven Community College, New Bern, NC |
| Joyce, Ryan E. 2011 Peter Kingsley-Smith |
Nekton Use of Intertidal Eastern Oyster Reefs (Crassostrea virginica) in South Carolina Estuaries | |
| Kacenas, Suzanne E. 2009 Bob Podolsky |
Within- and Between- Population Variation in Egg Mass Characteristics of Two Intertidal Cephalaspidean Mollusc Species, Melanochlamys diomedea and Haminoea vesicula | |
| Karen, Daniel J. 1994 Phil Ross | Vertebral deformation, bone strength, and acetylcholinesterase inhibition as endpoints in chlorphyrifos toxicity to Fundulus heteroclitus under laboratory conditions | CH2M HILL, Sacramento, CA |
| Kellison, G. Todd 1995 George Sedberry | The Effect of Increased Vertical Profile and Hole Size on Demersal Finfish Recruitment and Retention on Artifical Reef Structures | Chief, Fisheries Ecosystem Branch, NOAA Fisheries - Beaufort, NC Laboratory |
| Kelly, Janet J. [married name: Conway] 1982 Michael Maddock | In vitro induction of unscheduled DNA synthesis by genotoxic carcinogens in primary hepatocytes of oyster toadfish, Opsanus tau | Anchorage, AK |
| Kendrick, B. Jacob 2013 Jack DiTullio |
Physiological Changes in Response to Elevated Temperature Induced Viral Resistance in the Coccolithophorid, Emiliania huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae) | Research Technician, DiTullio Lab, Hollings Marine Lab |
| Kennedy, Michael P. 1991 Karl Karnaky | Regulation of chloride secretion in cultured dogfish shark rectal gland epithelium: Direct effects of atrial natriuretic peptide | Detroit, MI |
| Kent, Megan R. 2010 John Leffler |
Isolating Key Contributors of Microbial Biofloc to Litopenaeus vannamei Growth: Can Shrimp Consume, Digest, and Receive Supplemental Nutrition from Common Biofloc Microbes? | Senior Research Worker, Biochemical Profiling of Microalgae, James Cook University and MBD Energy, Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
| Keppler, Charles J. 1997 Amy Ringwood | Expression of Multixenobiotic Resistance Proteins and Total Proteins in Gills of the Oyster Crassostrea virginica | MRRI-SCDNR |
| Kiambo, Ruth W. 1999 David Eslinger | Use of remote-sensing AVHRR reflectance and its relationship to wind speed and bottom type to determine historic seagrass coverage in Florida Bay, Florida USA: 1986-1997 | Ph.D. student, University of the Witwatersrand |
| King, Allison J. [married name: Holzhausen] 1995 Phil Dustan | Digital Alaysis of a Patch Reef Community: Rainbow Gardens Reef, Lee Stocking Island, Exuma Cays, Bahamas | Xcovery and Biocatalyst International, West Palm Beach, FL |
| Kingston, Sarah E. 2002 Patricia Rosel | Genetic survey of Delphinus delphis, D. capensis and other delphinid taxa using amplified fragment length polymorphism markers | Ph.D. student, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, University of Maryland |
| Klemanowicz, Kathryn J. [married name: O'Hara] 1984 Betty Wenner | Effects of a mechanical oyster harvester on macrofaunal community structure | Full-time mother and volunteer with the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Program, Virginia Beach, VA |
| Knott, David M. 1980 Chip Biernbaum | The zooplankton of the North Edisto River and two artificial saltwater impoundments | Poseidon Taxonomic Services, LLC, Charleston, SC |
| Knott, Trey P. 1998 Cheryl Woodley | Species Identification Of Individual Sciaenid Eggs Using Analysis of MtDNA | Forensic Biologist, National Ocean Service Marine Forensics Lab, Charleston, SC |
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| Kohler, Katherine [married name: Nierenberg] 1996 Zhexi Luo | Inner Ear Structures Of Two Pygmy Sperm Whales (Kogiinae, Odontoceti) From The Pliocene: Implications On Hearing Evolution In Toothed Wales | Senior Biologist/Study Coordinator, Environmental Health Program, Mote Marine Lab, Sarasota, FL |
| Kostka, Joel E. 1987 Phil Dustan | A study of the microbial ecology of coral reef bacteria on San Salvador Island, Bahamas | Oceanography Dept., Florida State University |
| Kreutzer, Allison D. 2010 Virginia Shervette |
The Role of Crab Traps in Oyster Restoration | Environmental Educator, SEWEE Center, Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge |
| Lane, Suzanne M. 2007 Lori Schwacke |
Comparison of Survival Models Using Mark-Recapture Rates and Age-at-Death Data for Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, Along the South Carolina Coast | Biologist, Marine Animal Health Program, Hollings Marine Lab |
| Larson, Earl T. 1993 Alan Shanks | Consumption of marine snow and its contribution to the growth of juvenile Mugil curema and Mugil cephalus (Pisces: Mugilidae) | Dept. of EPO Biology, University of Colorado |
| Lawton, Jennifer C. [married name: Lyndall] 2001 Geoffrey Scott | Direct and Indirect Effects of the Herbicide Atrazine on the Clam, Mercenaria mercenaria | Consultant, ENVIRON International Corp., Burton, OH |
| Leandro, Luis F. 2008 Greg Doucette |
Trophic Transfer of the Marine Algal Biotoxin Domoic Acid to the North Atlantic Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis | Education Policy Specialist, NOAA's Office of Education, Washington, DC |
| Lee, A. Michelle 2003 Dave Owens | Reproductive Biology and Seasonal Testosterone Patterns of the Diamondback Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, in the estuaries of Charleston, South Carolina | Biology Teacher, James Island Charter High School, Charleston, SC |
| Lefebvre, Lyndsey S. 2009 Mike Denson |
Inshore Spawning of Cobia, Rachycentron canadum, in South Carolina | NMFS, Santa Cruz, CA |
| Leighfield, Tod A. 1999 Fran VanDolah |
Diel regulation of the cell cycle in the dinoflagellate Amphidinium operculatum Claparede & Lachmann | NOAA, Charleston, SC |
| Leight, Andrew K. 1996 Bob VanDolah | Acute toxicity of the inspecticides endosulfan, chilorpyrifos and malathion to the epibenthic estuarine amphipod, Gammarus palustris (Bousfield) | NOAA, Oxford, MD |
| Leitman, Paige A. 1995 Phil Ross | Monitoring Effectsof Bridge Runoff: A Multitrophic Level Approach | ARCADIS, Inc., Atlanta, GA |
| LePard, Andrea B. [married name: Daniels] 2003 Scott France | Analysis of Variation in the Mitochondrial Encoded MSH1 in the Genus Leptogorgia (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) and Implications for Population and Systematics Studies | Full-time mother, West Ashley, SC |
| Lerberg, Scott B. 1997 Fred Holland | Effects of watershed development on macrobenthic communities in tidal creeks of the Charleston Harbor Area | Stewardship Coordinator/Senior Marine Scientist for the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve of Virginia |
| Lesher, Ammon T. 2008 George Sedberry |
An Analysis of Larval Dispersal and Retention Within the South Atlantic Bight using Satellite-Tracked Drifters Released on Reef Fish Spawning Grounds | Registered Patent Attorney, Turner Padget Graham & Laney P.A., Greenville, SC |
| Levesque, Erin M. 2000 John Fauth | Distribution and ecology of the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) in South Carolina salt marshes | MRRI-Inshore Fisheries, SCDNR |
| Loefer, Joshua K. 2000 George Sedberry | Life history of the Atlantic sharpnose shark in the South Atlantic Bight | MRRI-SCDNR |
| Logan, Jeannine [married name: McGee] 2003 Arch McCallum | Contextual Use of Whistles in the Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus | Stem Cell Research Lab, UC Davis |
| Lund, Shannon A. [married name: Berg] 1997 Mike Fulton | The Effects Of Chlorpyrifos And Malathion Exposure On Acetylcholinesterase Activity In The Embryos Of the Grass Shrimp Palaemonetes pugio | Biologist, CDC/NIOSH Cincinnati, OH |
| Lynch, Austin E. 1994 Bob VanDolah | Macroinfaunal recolonization of Folly Beach, South Carolina, after beach nourishment | Manufacturing Manager, Amgen, Inc., Seattle, WA |
| Maier, Philip P. 1992 Paul Sandifer | Chlorophyll and zooplankton variations in ponds stocked with different densities of Penaeus vannamei | MRRI-SCDNR |
| Manyak, Anna G. 2012 Erik Sotka |
A Latitudinal Body Size Pattern in a Marine Isopod Suggests Local Adaptation to Predator Risk | Knauss Fellowship, Washington, DC |
| Martore, Robert M. 1986 Charlie Wenner | Food habits and trophic relationships of fishes in wetland impoundments | OFM-SCDNR |
| Maucher, Jennifer M. [married name: Fuquay] 2001 Jack DiTullio | Flavodoxin as a diagnostic indicator of iron limitation in oceanic phytoplankton | NOAA, Charleston, SC |
| Mayali, Xavier 2001 Greg Doucette | Population dynamics of algicidal bacteria targeting the toxic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium breve | Postdoctoral Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| Mazzarella, Kristen T. 2007 Thomas Greig |
Analysis of Stranded Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) In North and South Carolina : Genetic Composition and the Effectiveness of Newly Implemented T.E.D. Regulations | Biologist, Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program, Mote Marine Lab, Sarasota, FL |
| McCarty, Amanda T. 2008 Erik Sotka |
Regional Variation in Feeding Preferences of the Marine Herbivore Ampithoe longimana | International Program Manager, NOAA's Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, MD |
| McGovern, John C. 1986 Charlie Wenner | Seasonal recruitment of larval fishes into a South Carolina impoundment and natural marsh | NOAA Fisheries, St. Petersburg, FL |
| McLean, David C., Jr. 1987 John Manzi | Variations in allelic frequencies in juveniles of the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria | MUSC |
| McLenon, Amanda L. 2010 Jack DiTullio |
Effects of increased temperature and CO2 on Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) concentration in Symbiodinium microadriaticum and associated changes in methionine synthase activity | Artist, Charleston, SC |
| McMillan, Courtney W. [married name: Klingensmith] 1978 | The embryological development of Rivulus marmoratus (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae) | Boulder, CO |
| McMillan, Edwin W. (Whit) 1993 Rob Dillon | Comparison of genetic variation among local demes of three bivalve species: Crassostrea virginica, Mercenaria mercenaria, and Geukensia demissa | SC Aquarium, Charleston, SC |
| Mense, David J. 1987 Betty Wenner | Densities of megalopae and early crab stages of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, in shallow estuarine habitats near Charleston | Teacher - Junior College in Greenville, NC |
| Mericko, Patricia A. 1998 Karen Burnett | Two families of cell signaling enzymes in the leukocytes of a marine teleost, Sciaenops ocellatus, the Red Drum | ATCC, Arlington, VA |
| Metzner-Roop, Katharine L. 1993 Rob Dillon | The effect of aquaculture on the genetics of natural populations of the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria | Teacher, Academic Magnet High School, Charleston, SC |
| Mikulski, Christina M. 1999 Karen Burnett | The effects of hypoxia and hypercapnia on disease suseptibility to Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Penaeid shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, and the Grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio | NOAA, Charleston, SC |
| Milardo, Christopher 2001 Lou Burnett | Effects of environmental variables on the protozoan parasite, Perkinsus marinus | Clinical Trials Dept., Merck in NJ |
| Miller, Jeanine S. [married name: Morey] 2003 Fran VanDolah | Stress responses in Karenia brevis: identification and response characterization of stress proteins and antioxidant enzymes | NOAA, Charleston, SC |
| Miller, Juliana R. 2009 Jack DiTullio |
Effects of Temperature on Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Concentration in Symbiodinium (Freudenthal 1962) | Administrative Science Coordinator for Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA |
| Millikin, Mark R. 1981 Harry Freeman | Protein requirements of age-0 striped bass, Morone saxatilis (Walbaum) | NOAA, Silver Spring, MD |
| Misamore, Michael J. 1993 Craig Browdy | Contributions to the reproductive biology of two litopenaeid species, Penaeus vannamei and Penaeus setiferus: evaluating the hybridization potential | Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University |
| Moore, Jennifer L. [married name: Roder] 2001 George Sedberry | Age, growth and reproductive biology of the gray triggerfish, Balistes carpriscus, from the Atlantic coast of the southeastern United States during 1992-1997 | Education Director, Ijams Nature Center, Knoxville, TN |
| Moore, M. Katherine 2000 Marty Ball |
Use of Microsatellite Markers to Determine Paternity in Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) Nests on Melbourne Beach, FL. | NOS, Charleston, SC |
| Moore, Wendy 1996 Rick Brusca | Historical biogeography of the central tropical pacific based on anthuridean isopod crustaceans | Ph.D. student at University of Arizona |
| Mount, Andrew S. 1990 Lowell Sick | The physiological role of amino acids and phosphoproteins in the extrapallial fluid of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica | Dept. of Biological Sciences, Clemson University |
| Moy, Connie Y. [married name: Kot] 2004 Pam Jutte | Development and Evaluation of an Estuarine Biotic Integrity Index for South Carolina Tidal Creeks | Duke Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC |
| Mullaney, Michael D., Jr. 1991 George Sedberry | Trophic ontogeny, age growth, and ontogeny of the feeding apparatus in Mycteroperca microlepis (Pisces: Serranidae) | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Murray, David C. 2012 Marcel Reichert |
Spatial and Temporal Variation of Genetic Diversity in Red Porgy Pagrus pagrus in the South Atlantic Bight | |
| Nadik, Wendy M. [married name: Carricato] 2002 Betty Wenner | Assessment of the critical habitat in South Carolina for the juvenile horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) | Department of Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh |
| Neeley, Aimee R. 2005 Jack DiTullio | Ferredoxin and Flavodoxin Regulation in the Dinoflagellate Karenia brevis | |
| Newby, Jennifer L. 2013 Andy Shedlock |
An Assessment of Population Genetic and Social Structure in the Spotted Eagle Ray, Aetobatus narinari, off Sarasota, FL and the Southeast United States | |
| O'Connell, Steven G. 2009 Jennifer Keller |
Spatial and Temporal Trends of Perfluorinated Compounds in Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) Along the East Coast of the United States | Ph.D. student at Oregon State University |
| O'Donnell, Timothy P. 2013 Tanya Darden |
Characterizing the Genetic Population Structure of and Genetic Effects of Cold Winters on Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) in the Southeast United States | MRRI - SCDNR |
| Olmi, Eugene J., III 1986 Paul Sandifer |
Tidal recruitment of Penaeus (Decapoda: Penaeidae) to waterfowl impoundments and open saltmarsh in South Carolina | Ecologist, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Charleston, SC |
| Padgett, Sandra M. [married name: Palmer] 1997 Jack McGovern | Age, growth and reproductive biology of the white grunt, Haemulon plumieri, along the southeast Atlantic coast of the United States | Biology teacher, Newark Academy, Livingston, NJ |
| Page, Kim F. 1986 Paul Sandifer | Container-size influences on the production of Penaeus setiferus | Harlington Shrimp Farm, South Padre Island, TX |
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| Pante, Eric G. 2005 Phillip Dustan | Temporal Variation in a Bahamian Patch Reef Community: The Decline of Rainbow Gardens Reef | Ph.D. student at University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| Parent, Lindsey M. 2010 Marie DeLorenzo |
The Effects of a Synthetic Pyrethroid Pesticide on Two Estuarine Fish Species | Charleston, SC |
| Pearson, Eric J. 1984 Tom Cheng | Studies on parasitic castration of Ilyanassa obsoleta (Mollusca) by Zoogonus lasius (Trematoda) | Anesthesiologist, Meridian, MS |
| Pennington, Paul Legare 1996 Geoff Scott | The Toxicity Of The Herbicides Atrazine And Alachlor On The Estuarine Phytoplankter Pavlova sp. (Prymnesiophyceae) With An Emphasis On Acute Toxicity Testing Of Individual Herbicides, Herbicide Mixtures and Multi-Generational Chronic Bioassay | NOAA, Charleston, SC |
| Peters, John S. 1990 Mark Collins | Daily age and growth of larval and early juvenile Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) from the South Atlantic Bight | Biology Department, College of Charleston |
| Pettay, Daniel (Tye) 2006 Cheryl Woodley | Effects of the Antifouling Algaecide, Irgarol 1051, on Cultured Zooxanthellae (Genus Symbiodinium). | Ph.D. student at Florida International University |
| Pinckney, James L., Jr. 1987 Phil Dustan | Estuarine fronts in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina: A physical and biological description | Associate Professor, Marine Science Program & Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina |
| Pollock, Frederic Joseph 2010 Pam Morris |
Phylogeography of the Coral Pathogen Vibrio corallilyticus and the Development of a qPCR-Based Diagnostic Assay for its Detection | Ph.D. program at James Cook University (Australia) |
| Ralph, Christina M. [married name: Schobernd] 2006 George Sedberry | Submersible Observations of Southeastern U.S. Deep Reef Fish Assemblages: Habitat Characteristics, Spatial and Temporal Variation, and Reproductive Behavior | Marine Biologist, Southeast Fishery Independent Survey (SEFIS), National Marine Fisheries Service, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC |
| Ragland, Jared M. 2010 Jennifer Keller |
Persistent Organic Pollutants in Blood Plasma of Adult Male Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) | Research Chemist, JHT Inc., Charleston, SC |
| Ramcharan, Shari L. [married name: Brady] 1995 Robert McCarthy | Temporal Expression of the Engrailed Gene Produce in Fundulus heteroclitus: Potential Biomarker for Developmental Toxicants | Wake Forest University |
| Rathburn, Charles K. (Kolo) 2009 Karen Burnett |
Molecular Physiology and Stress Responses of the Pacific Whiteleg Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei: Impacts of Hypoxia and Hypercapnic Hypoxia | Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, Mississippi |
| Recks, Melissa A. 2004 Pat Fair | An Investigation Into the Use of Blubber Fatty Acid Profiles as a Means to Determine Prey Preferences of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Estuarine and Nearshore Coastal Waters Around Charleston, South Carolina | Regional Biologist, Division of Marine Fisheries Management, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, West Palm Beach, FL |
| Reiss, Katie L. [married name: Bazan] 2011 John Kucklick |
Persistent Organic Pollutants in Shark Blood Plasma from Estuaries Along the Southeast U.S. Coast | Anatomy & Physiology Professor, Trident Technical College, Charleston, SC |
| Renshaw, Mark A. 2003 Bob Chapman | Use of microsatellites for genetic marking of hatchery-stock individuals in the wild as part of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) stock enhancement research in South Carolina. | Research Biologist, Wildlife Department, Texas A&M University |
| Rexing, Stephanie R. 2006 Jeff Hyland | Structure and trophic importance of benthic macroinfaunal communities around live-bottom reefs at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary | Coastal Policy Analyst and Coastal Planner, California Coastal Commission |
| Reynolds, Dorian R. [married name: McMillan] 1999 Bill Anderson | Revision of the genus Holocentrus (Holocentridae: Beryciformes). | Dept. of Biology, College of Charleston |
| Riekerk, George H.M. 1992 Martha Runey | Ecological Studies of Some Metazoan Parasites in the spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in the Charleston Harbor Estuary | MRRI-SCDNR |
| Riseman, Sarah F. 1999 Rick Brusca | Taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of Politolanda (Flabellifera-cirolanidae), a genus of marine scavenging isopods | Biogeochemistry Technician, Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction (CMOP), Portland, OR |
| Robinson, John D. 2006 Rob Dillon | Divergence in the Oyster Drill, Urosalpinx (Neogastropoda: Muricidae), Around the Florida Peninsula | Ph.D. student in Genetics, University of Georgia |
| Rountree, Rodney A. 1987 George Sedberry | Ecology of the association of fishes with fish aggregating devices (FADs): Importance of structural complexity, with a discussion of the association of fishes with drift materials | School for Marine Science and Technology, UMass Dartmouth |
| Roy, Eileen M. 2007 Tom Greig |
Population Structure of Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata, Along the U.S. Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico | Ph.D. student in Genetics, University of Georgia |
| Rudisill, Jamie R. 2008 Jack DiTullio |
Effect of increased CO2 on Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) lyase activity in the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi | Pain Management Clinical Pharmacist, Beckley Veterans Affairs Medical Center, WV |
| Samaha, Claire T. [married name: Hanson] 2008 Marcel Reichert |
The effect of temperature on the vertical movement and swimming behavior of larval southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) and implications for inshore migration | Full-time Mother, Biloxi, MS |
| Sanders, Earl F. 1984 Chip Biernbaum | The use of indigenous phytoplankton and non-algal food sources in larviculture of the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) | Ph.D. student at Univ. of Georgia, Anthropology Dept. |
| Schmidt, David J. 1985 Norman Chamberlain | Oxygen Consumption of striped Mullet (Mugil cephalus L.) in Relation to Swimming Activity and Salinity. | Jackson and Tull-Satellite Ground Systems |
| Schobernd, Zebulon H. 2006 George Sedberry | Species Assemblages, Distribution and Abundance of Serranids in the South Atlantic Bight, 1973-2004 | Marine Biologist, Southeast Fishery Independent Survey (SEFIS), NMFS, Beaufort Lab, Beaufort, NC |
| Schwenter, Jeffrey A. 2007 David Owens |
Monitoring Mercury in the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin): Kinetics and Accumulation of an Emerging Global Contaminant | MRRI-SCDNR |
| Sears, Connie J. 1993 Sylvia Galloway | The genetic structure of a local loggerhead sea turtle population based on mitochondrial DNA analysis | Biology Teacher, Battery Creek High School, Beaufort, SC |
| Serrano, Lorimar 2005 Marie DeLorenzo | Water Quality Restoration for Coastal Subdivision Stormwater Ponds | M.S. Student in Environmental Engineering Sciences,
University of Florida |
| Shapo, Jacqueline L. [married name: Rauenzahn] 2006 Sylvia Galloway | An evaluation of antimicrobial activity in the common seawhip, Leptogorgia virgulata (Lamarck) | NOAA Coral Reef Watch Operations Manager, NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Silver Spring, MD |
| Sharp, Christopher Cecil 2003 Pat Harris | Life-history of the knobbed porgy, Calamus nodosus, on the continental shelf of North and South Carolina | Deceased |
| Shealy, Richard L. 1980 Chris Koenig | Daily variation in the thermal adaptation of postlarval Fundulus heteroclitus | Shealy Environmental Services, Cayce, SC |
| Shiffman, David S. 2011 Gorka Sancho |
Feeding Ecology of the Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in South Carolina Estuaries Using δ13C and δ15N Stable Isotope Analysis | Ph.D. Student, University of Miami |
| Smar, Christina M. [married name: Royston] 2006 Joe Bernardo | Age estimation and life history of the pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) | Middle School Science Teacher, Columbia, MD |
| Smith, Bradley S. 1991 Karl Karnaky | Ultrastructural features of chloride cells in the gill epithelium of white bass, striped bass, and hybrid striped bass: response to salinity change | Wilmington, NC |
| Smith, Carlene S. [married name: Brandon] 1978 Martha Runey | Variations in the gonads of the ascidian Amaroucium stellatum | Dept. of Cell Biology and Anatomy, MUSC |
| Solorzano, Myra C.
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| Stahl, Karen J. [married name: Tuerk] 2002 John Kucklick | Persistent Organic Pollutants in Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus) and Rough-Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) | Lecturer in Environmental Science Program at
Muhlenberg College
in Allentown,
Pennsylvania and Assistant Teacher at Grace Montessori School |
| Stender, Bruce W. 1980 Bill Anderson | Descriptions, illustrations, and distributions of the early life history stages of Cynoscion nothus, with notes on related species | Teaching at Christ's School, Arden, NC |
| Stevens, Bradley G. 1977 | A study of seasonal changes in component indices and lipid content of the digestive gland, ovary, and foot of Busycon carica | Fisheries Research Biologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, Kodiak, Alaska |
| Stevenson, Duane E. 1996 Bob Chapman | Stock Identification in Nassau Grouper, Epinephelus striatus, Using Microsatellite DNA Analysis | National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA |
| Stover, Kristin K. 2012 Lou Burnett |
Locomotory Fatigue in the Atlantic Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus | Ph.D. student, Brown University |
| Stratton, Mark A. 2011 Marcel Reichert |
An Ecosystem Perspective: Temporal Analysis of the Reef Fish Assemblage in Southeast U.S. Atlantic Continental Shelf Waters | Ph.D. student, VIMS |
| Stuckey, Joyce E. 2007 Margie Peden-Adams | Evaluation of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in the Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) and Their Effects on the Immune Response in a Surrogate Avian Species. | Dual DVM/Ph.D. Student in Comparative Biomedical Science, Cornell University |
| Sturgeon, Nora B. 2010 David Owens |
Bottlenose Dolphins and the Atlantic Blue Crab Fishery: A Study of Coincidence and Interaction in Charleston Harbor, SC | Charleston, SC |
| Sugg, Linda M. 1998 Fran VanDolah | Okadaic Acid And Its Ecological Role In The Benthic Dinoflagellate Community | Clark Atlanta University |
| Sun, Ming 1995 Denise Smith | Teratogenic Effects of Lithium Chloride, Retinoic Acid and Mercuric chloride on Developmental Gene Expressions of Zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio) | Troy, MI |
| Thakkar, Anil H. 1990 Lowell Sick | Examination of biochemical and histological effects of cadmium on the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio | Environmental Protection-Radiochemistry Group Leader, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL |
| Thibodeaux, Lindy K. 2008 Lou Burnett |
Respiration and Energy Metabolism During Exercise in Callinectes sapidus, the Atlantic Blue Crab: Effects of the Bacterial Pathogen Vibrio campbellii | Teaching Associate, Roanoke College |
| Tipton-Jones, Elizabeth 1996 Zhexi Luo | Evolution of the Mysticete Inner Ear as Revealed by Serial Sectioning and 3-D Reconstructions | Ocean Springs, MS |
| Treml, Eric A. 2000 Mitchell Colgan | Fringing reef framework development and maintenance of coral assemblages along the south shore of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands | University of Melbourne |
| Tsuji, Petra A. (Peko) 2002 Pam Jutte | Feeding Habits and Trophic Relationships of an Assemblage of Fishes Associated with a Newly Established Artificial Reef off South Carolina | Post-doctoral fellow, Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, National Cancer Inst., Bethesda, MD |
| Tucker, Charles R. 2011 Marcel Reichert |
Reproductive Analysis of Southern and Gulf Flounders (Paralichthys lethostigma and P. albigutta) in South Carolina Based on Scuba Surveys | MARMAP Lab, MRRI - SCDNR, Charleston, SC |
| Tuckey, Troy D. 2000 Jack McGovern | Transport and retention of larval and juvenile Sciaenids in the Ogeechee River, GA | Research Scientist II, Juvenile Fish Trawl Survey, VIMS |
| Turner, Noel K. 2004 Bob Chapman | Population genetics of tomtate, Haemulon aurolineatum (Teleostei: Haemulidae), in the Western Central Atlantic | NOAA Legislative Affairs Office, Washington, D.C. |
| Valerio-Soto, Jose 1993 Chip Biernbaum | Nutritive Value of Algal Pastes and Some Non-Algal Supplements for Growing Mercenaria mercenaria Postset | Aquaculture Company on the West Coast |
| Vander Pol, Stacy S. 2002 Paul Becker | Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Alaskan Murre (Uria spp.) Eggs | NIST, Charleston, SC |
| Vandersea, Mark W. 1999 Denise Smith | Disruption of Retinoic Acid Signaling and its effects on Cartilage and Fin Development and the use of Developmental markers as Indicators of Xenobiotic Acitivity in Fundulus heteroclitus | NOAA, Beaufort, NC |
| Vecchio, Julie L. 2006 Charlie Wenner | Catch and Release in South Carolina's Red Drum Recreational Fishery | Fisheries Biologist, State of Florida |
| Veloso, Artur B. 2008 Bob Chapman |
Viral infection and the transcriptome of the Pacific whiteleg shrimp: The effect of Taura Syndrome Virus and Yellow Head Virus in two strains of Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone 1931) different in their resistance to TSV | Ph.D. student at University of Michigan |
| Viricel, Amelia 2006 Allan Strand | Spatial and Social Structure of the Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis in the Northeast Atlantic Inferred from Genetic Data | Ph.D. student at University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
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| Washburn, Travis W. 2008 Denise Sanger |
The Macrobenthic Communities of the Southeastern United States: Effects of Land Use on the Macrobenthic Communities & The Spatial Variability of Dominant Macrobenthic Organisms within Creek Systems | Ph.D. student in Marine Biology Dept. at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi |
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| Wessel, James H. III 1997 Bob Johnson | Myctophidae of the Somali Current Region | Environmental Physiology Lab, Johnson Space Center (NASA), Wyle Integrated Science and Engineering Group |
| Wethington, Amy R. 1992 Rob Dillon | Sex Allocation in the Freshwater Snail, Physa | Biology Professor |
| Wham, Francis C. (Drew) 2011 Phil Dustan |
Molecular Genetics of the Coral Holobiont | Ph.D. Student, Penn State University |
| Whitaker, J. David 1978 Norman Chamberlain | A contribution to the biology of Loligo pealei and Loligo plei (Cephalopoda, Myopsida) off the southeastern coast of the United States | Assistant Deputy Director for Marine Resources Division, SCDNR |
| White, David L. 1997 Rick Brusca | Isopod crustacean assemblages on a near-shore coral reef and an offshore barrier reef in the Western Caribbean | Baruch Institute-USC |
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Habitat Associations of Demersal Fishes on the Charleston Bump and Adjacent Blake Plateau | Adjunct Faculty, Anatomy & Physiology, Belmont University |
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Characterization of the Surf Zone Macrofauna at Folly Beach, South Carolina | Analytical Chemist, Millennium Research Laboratories, Boston, MA |
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Fluoxetine in the Marine Environment: Effects on Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus) Locomotor and Reproductive Behavior | Postdoctoral Researcher, Sandercock Lab, Kansas State University |
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Emerging Contaminants in the Marine Environment: An In Vitro Study of the Immunotoxicological Effects of DE-71, a Commercial Polybrominated Diphenylether Mixture, and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate on Dolphin and Murine Immune Cells | |
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Age, growth and reproduction of speckled hind, Epinephelus drummondhayi, off the Atlantic coast of the southeastern United States | Mequon, WI |
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The Life History of Morays (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) off the Southeastern Atlantic Coast of the United States | Ph.D. student in Ecology, University of Georgia |
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