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The Environmental Toxicology Laboratory (ETL) Research Group is made up of Permanent, Visiting and Adjunct Professors, Research Associates, Post Doctoral Fellows, Laboratory and Field Technicians, Graduate Research Assistants and Undergraduate Student Aides.
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Faculty
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Current Position: Associate Professor Research Interest: 1) Perfluorinated compounds, 2) Fate and effects of trace substances in aquatic ecosystems, 3) Planar, halogenated hydrocarbons (PCBs, PCDDs/DFs), 4) Biochemical toxicology, 5) Environmental toxicology applications of molecular biology techniques, 6) Marine and shellfish biotoxins, 7) The use of multivariate statistical analysis and pattern recognition techniques, 8) Environmental contaminants in marine mammals, 9) Aquatic & wildlife toxicology, 10) Trace organic analytical quality assurance, 11) Avian toxicology and habitat requirements, 12) Ecological risk assessment, 13) Agricultural chemicals, 14) Endocrine modulating compounds |
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Current Position: Adjunct Professor Research Interest: 1) Vertebrate and invertebrate endocrinology and physiology, 2) Natural variability of biomarker responses under real world conditions, and their modulation by changing ecological conditions, 3) Biological effects of environmental contaminants in wildlife, 4) Complex mixtures in the environment, 5) Mechanisms of contaminant action, and chemical-organism interactions at different levels of organization |
Post Doctoral Fellows
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Current Position: Post Doctoral Fellow Research Interest: 1) Molecular mechanisms of adaptation to environmental stressors, 2) Mechanistic basis of differential sensitivity to PCBs in birds, 3) Impacts of PCBs on fish, 4) Comparitive animal physilogy
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Graduate Students
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Current Position: Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D.) Research Interest: 1) Environmental chemistry, 2) Analytical chemistry, 3) Risk assessment |
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Current Position: Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D.) Research Interest: 1) Environmental toxicology, 2) Biochemistry, 3) Molecular biology, 4) Ecology |
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Current Position: Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D.) Research Interest: 1) Standardization and refinement of the H295R cell based assay to identify chemical modulators of steroidogenesis and aromatase activity, 2) Investigation of the effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and their derivatives on steroidogenesis in the H295R cell line, 3) Molecular cloning and characterization of novel hypoxia-responsive genes: omCITED 3a and omCITED3b from Oryzias melastigma, 4) Internship in Gene Company Ltd. SH. for Affymetrix TM Genechip analysis. |
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Current Position: Graduate Research Assistant (MS) Research Interest: 1) Ecology, 2) Ecotoxicology, 3) Ecological risk assessment |
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Current Position: Graduate Research Assistant (MS) Research Interest: 1) Ecology, 2) Ecotoxicology, 3) Ecological risk assessment |
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Current Position: Graduate Research Assistant (MS) Research Interest: 1) Ecology, 2) Ecotoxicology, 3) Ecological risk assessment |
Staff/Technicians
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Current Position: Office and Laboratory Assistant
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Current Position: Research Technician Research Interest: 1) Environmental toxicology, 2) Biochemistry, 3) Molecular biology, 4) Ecology
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Visiting Scientists
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Current Position: Visiting Research Scientist Research Interest: 1) Ecology, 2) Ecotoxicology, 3) Environmental chemistry, 4) Biochemical & molecular toxicology (Biomarkers), 5) Persistent organic pollutants, 6) Endocrine modulating compounds, 7) Perfluorinated compounds, 8) Ecological risk assessment, 9) Sediment toxicity assessment, 10) Tidal flats & coastal ecosystem management |
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Current Position: Visiting Research Scientist Research Interest: |
Undergraduate Student Assistants
| Beitel | Shawn |
| Tender | Brett |
| Pryce | Sara |
