Lab Members

 

 

Patrick Walsh

Professor & Head of Laboratory

 

Current Members & Photos

Students

Tammy Laberge MacDonald - Ph.D. candidate, Molecular Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolizing Enzymes

Adam Ludwig - Ph.D. candidate, Aplysia Reproduction & Sperm Storage

Clémence Veauvy - Ph.D. candidate, Resistance of Toadfish to Ammonia Toxicity

 

Postdocs & Scientists

Dr. Alice Hudder - Assistant Scientist, Application of Microarrays to Aplysia Neurophysiology

Dr. M. Danielle McDonald - Assistant Scientist, Molecular Physiology of Urea Transport

 

Former Members

 

Students

John Barimo, Ph.D - Currently a postdoctoral fellow at Portland State University

The adaptive significance of ureotelism in the gulf toadfish, Opsanus beta

M. Lee Barber, M.S. - Earned a Ph.D. at Duke University, currently the Ecotoxicology Lab Manager, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University

The effects of hypercapnia and elevated ammonia levels on nitrogen excretion and acid-base regulation in the gulf toadfish Opsanus beta

Tristan Fiedler, M.S. (co-advised by Dr. M. E. Clarke) - Earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami

The nutritional condition of larval Atlantic Menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, in the South Atlantic Bight

Mónica Medina, Ph.D. - Was a postdoc at Marine Biological Lab & Calif Acad of Science, currently a scientist at Joint Genome Institute

Molecular systematics and population genetics of sea hares (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Anaspidea)

Jeffrey Silberman, Ph.D. - Was a postdoc at Marine Biological Laboratory, currently a Research Associate at Dalhousie University

Molecular variation in the spiny lobster Panulirus argus: recruitment aspects (more)

 

Postdocs

Dr. Catherine Campbell - Molecular Physiology

Currently a Consultant, SRA Corp, Washington, DC

Dr. Seinen Chow - Population Genetics and Phylogeny

Currently a Scientist, National Institute for Far Seas Fisheries, Shisoaka, Japan

Dr. Jeffrey Duffy - Aquatic Toxicology

Currently a Scientist, Radion Corporation, FL

Dr. D. Wilson Freshwater - Molecular Phylogenetics

Currently a Research Analyst II, Center for Marine Science; Adjunct Faculty, Dept of Biol Sci, Univ of North Carolina Wilmington (photo)

Dr. Tristan Fiedler - Bioinformatics

Currently a Computational Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioinformatics with Professor Lincoln Stein, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York.

Dr. Nancy Gassman - Ecological Toxicology

Currently Director, Environmental Monitoring Division, Broward County Dept of Planning & Environmental Protection

Dr. Todd Hopkins - Physiological Ecology

Currently a Fisheries Biologist, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Vero Beach, FL (photo)

Dr. Christopher Kennedy - Aquatic Toxicology

Currently an Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia

Dr. François Lallier - Crustacean Physiology

Currently a Professor, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI

Dr. Greg Mayer - Molecular Toxicology

Currently an Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Maine

Dr. Lenore Polo-Rodicio - Metabolic Biochemistry

Currently an Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Miami-Dade College (more, photo)

Dr. Shane Sarver - Population Genetics and Phylogeny

Currently an Associate Professor & Director of the Center for the Conservation of Biological Resources, Department of Biology, Black Hills State University, South Dakota

Dr. Brad Seibel - Deep-Sea Physiology

Currently an Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, University of Rhode Island, Providence

Dr. Yuxiang Wang - Metabolic Biochemistry and Toxicology

Currently an Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario (more)

Dr. Barbara Washburn - Aquatic Toxicology & Ecological Risk Assessment

Currently a Staff Toxicologist, Ecotoxicology Unit, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment,Calif. EPA (more)