Education
1988 - Ph.D., Aquatic and Population Biology: University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. Dissertation: Factors regulating predation on crab embryos by the nemertean Carcinonemertes: The role of host ecdysteroids. Dr. Armand Kuris: Major Professor and Dr. Ernest Chang (Adjunct co-major professor)
1976 - M.A., Marine Biology: San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. Thesis: The accumulation of copper in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Dr. Joel Gustafson: Major Professor.
1971 - A.B., Zoology: University of California, Berkeley, CA. Drs. Ralph Smith and Cadet Hand: Undergraduate Mentors
Honors and Awards
2009 Spencer Seager College of Science Distinguished Teaching Award
‘05 ‘00 ’96 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers Award
1981-86 Sea Grant Trainee, California Sea Grant College, La Jolla, CA
Professional Experience
2004 - Current - Professor, Department of Zoology Weber State University, Ogden, UT
1999 - 2004 - Associate Professor, Department of Zoology Weber State University, Ogden, UT
1998 - 1999 - Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology Weber State University, Ogden, UT
1996-1997 - Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
1990-96 - Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
1989-90 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL (Dr. John Freeman: Project Director)
Cell growth and development in eyestalk-ablated grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio
1987 - Research Assistant, Institute of Marine Resources, California Sea Grant College, La Jolla, CA
1987 - Teaching Assistant (Problems in Marine Biology) Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis,CA
1986 - Research Assistant, Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, University of California, Davis, CA
1977-81 - Staff Research Associate II, Sanitary Engineering & Environmental Health Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1976-77 - Staff Research Associate I & II, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1976 - Instructor for Marine Biology, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
1973-75 - Staff Biologist, Bodega Bay Institute of Pollution Ecology, Berkeley, CA (Dr. Robert W. Risebrough: Director)
Master Theses
Heslin, L.B. 1995. Cd,
Cr,and Pb accumulation
in the tissues of the blue crab, Callinectes
Church, D.R. 1996. Seasonal variation of plasma testosterone titers in male red back salamanders, (Plethodon cinereus). Southeastern Louisiana University
Society and Organizations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology
The
Western Society of Naturalists
Papers and Posters Presented
Preliminary Molecular Study on Induction of Stress Proteins in Nemerteans
7th International Meeting on Nemertean Biology
Santa Barbara, CA; June-July 2009
Nematode Infestation in the Visceral Mass of the Mangrove Crab, Sesarma rectum from
Ubatuba, São Paulo,
Brazil
Mid-Year Crustean Society
Conference
La Serena, Chile; October 2007
Stress Proteins in Ribbon Worms (Phylum: Nemertea) During Exposure to Varying Salinities
6th International Meeting on Nemertean Biology
Preliminary Study of Heat Shock Proteins in Nemerteans.
5th International Meeting on Nemertean Biology
Alcala de Henares, Spain; June, 2000
Ecdysteroids in Nemerteans: Further Characterization and Identification
4th International Meeting on Nemertean Biology
Pacific Grove, CA; July, 1995
Cadmium, Chromium, and Lead Accumulation in the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus
The Crustacean Society Second Summer Meeting
Walpole, ME; June, 1994
Population Genetics of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, From Northern Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico Symposium
Tarpon Springs, FL; December, 1992
Tarpon Springs, FL; December, 1992
The Relationship of
Ecdysteroids to Nemertean
Reproduction
Southeast Regional Conference in Comparative Endocrinology
Nemertean Ecdysteroids: Relationship to Reproduction
3rd International Meeting on Nemertean Biology
Bangor, Wales; August, 1991
Cell Growth and Cuticle Expansion in Eyestalk-Ablated Palaemonetes
Crustacea Poster Session: American Society of Zoologists Meetings
Boston, MA; December, 1989
Ecdysteroids in the Embryos and Sera of Crabs, Cancer magister and C. anthonyi
Comparative Endocrinology: American Society of Zoologists Meetings
San Francisco, CA; December, 1988
Ecdysteroids in Nemerteans: Presence and Physiological Role
2nd International Meeting on Nemertean Biology
Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory, Sweden; August, 1986
Aspects of Feeding Behavior of Carcinonemertes errans (Nemertea), An Egg Predator of the Dungeness Crab, Cancer magister
Pathology in Marine Aquaculture
Montpellier, France; September, 1984
Egg Predation Effects of Nemertean
Carcinonemertes on Distribution of Egg Mortality in the Broods of Two Cancrid Crabs
1st International Meeting on Nemertean Biology
Philadelphia, PA; December, 1983