BERNARD BOWMAN REES Curriculum Vitae

BACKGROUND Education Postdoctoral Fellow, 1992-1995, Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biological Sciences, , Pacific Grove, CA. Doctor of Philosophy, 1992, Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Master of Science Preliminary Course, 1985, Department of Zoology, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Bachelor of Science, Zoology (Chemistry minor), 1984, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana. Professional Experience A. Academic Professor, Aug. 2011-present, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans. Associate Professor, Jan. 2002-Aug. 2011, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans. Adjunct Associate Professor, Jan. 2002- Aug. 2011, Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine. Guest Investigator, Sept. 2003-Aug 2004, Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Assistant Professor, Jan. 1996-Dec. 2001, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Oct. 2001-Dec. 2001, Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine. B. Other professional – NA SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE PRODUCTIVITY 1. Publications A. Books-none B. Refereed/Invited Publications 1. Book chapters-none 2. Journal articles (Peer-reviewed) 1. Chen, K., Cole, R.B., and Rees, B.B. 2013. Hypoxia-induced changes in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) skeletal muscle proteome, Journal of Proteomics, 78: 477-485, published online October 29, 2012, doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.10.017. 2. Abbaraju, N.V., Boutaghou, M.N., Townley, I.K., Zhang, Q., Wang, G., Cole, R.B., and Rees, B.B. 2012. Analysis of tissue proteomes of the Gulf killifish, grandis, by 2D

1 electrophoresis and MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometry, Integrative and Comparative Biology, 52: 626-635, published online April 25, 2012, doi: 10.1093/icb/ics063. 3. Rees, B.B., Targett, T.E., Ciotti, B.J., Tolman, C.A., Akkina, S.S., Gallaty, A.M. 2012. Temporal dynamics in growth and white skeletal muscle composition of the mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus during chronic hypoxia and hyperoxia. Journal of Fish Biology, 81: 148-164, published online May 22, 2012, doi: : 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03319.x 4. Abbaraju, N.V., and Rees, B.B. 2012. Effects of dissolved oxygen on glycolytic enzyme specific activities in liver and skeletal muscle of Fundulus heteroclitus. Fish Physiology and , 38: 615-624, published online Aug 5, 2011, doi: 10.1007/s10695-011-9542-8 5. McMillan, D.M., Irschick, D.J., and Rees, B.B. 2011. Geographic variation in the effects of heat exposure on maximum sprint speed and Hsp70 abundance in populations of the western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 86: 573-582, published online Oct. 13, 2011, doi: 10.1086/662385. 6. Abbaraju, N.V., Cai, Y., and Rees, B.B. 2011. Protein recovery and identification from the gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis: comparing snap-frozen and RNAlater® preserved tissues. Proteomics 11: 4257-4261, published online Sep. 22, 2011, doi: 10.1002/pmic.201100328. 7. Martínez, M.L., Raynard, E.L., Rees, B.B., and Chapman, L.J. 2011. Oxygen limitation and tissue metabolic potential of the African fish Barbus neumayeri: roles of native habitat and acclimatization. BMC 11:2, published online Jan. 20, 2011, doi:10.1186/1472-6785- 11-2 8. Rees, B.B., Andacht, T., Skripnikova, E., and Crawford, D.L. 2011. Population proteomics: quantitative variation within and among populations in cardiac protein expression. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28: 1271-1279, published online Nov. 25, 2010, doi: 10.1093/molbev/msq314. 9. Rees, B.B., Figueroa, Y.G., Wiese, T.E., Beckman, B.S., and Schulte, P.M. 2009. A novel hypoxia-response element in the lactate dehydrogenase-B gene of the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 154: 70-77. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.05.001. 10. Rees, B.B., Boily, P., and Williamson, L.A. 2009. Exercise- and hypoxia-induced anaerobic metabolism and recovery: A student laboratory exercise using teleost fish. Advances in Physiology Education, 33:72-77. doi: 10.1152/advan.90188.2008. 11. Martínez, M.L., Chapman, L.J., and Rees, B.B. 2009. Population variation in hypoxic responses of the cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 87: 188-194. doi: 10.1139/Z09-002. 12. Chen, K., Rannulu, N.S., Cai, Y., Lane, P., Liebl, A.L., Rees, B.B., Corre, C., Challis, G.L., and Cole, R.B. 2008. Unusual odd-electron fragments from even-electron protonated prodiginine precursors using positive-ion electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 19: 1856-1866. doi:10.1016/j.jasms.2008.08.002. 13. Liebl, A.L., Granados, L.H., Zhang, Q., Wang, G., Mielke, H.W., Gonzalez, C.R., Ennis, D.G., and Rees, B.B. 2008. Effects of post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans (LA, USA) sediments on early development of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27: 2557-2564. doi: 10.1897/08-077.1.

2 14. Boily, P., Rees, B.B., and Williamson, L.A.C. 2007. Vertebrate osmoregulation: a student laboratory exercise using teleost fish. Advances in Physiology Education 31: 352-357. doi: 10.11.1152/advan.00040.2007. 15. Burnett, K.G., Bain, L.J., Baldwin, W.S., Callard, G.V., Cohen, S., Di Giulio, R.T., Evans, D.H., Gómez-Chiarri, M., Hahn, M.E., Hoover, C.A., Karchner, S.I., Katoh, F., MacLatchy, D.L., Marshall, W.S., Meyer, J.N., Nacci, D.E., Oleksiak, M.J., Rees, B.B., Singer, T.P., Stegeman, J.J., Towle, D.W., Van Veld, P.A., Vogelbein, W.K., Whitehead, A., Winn, R.N., and Crawford, D.L. 2007. Fundulus as the premier teleost model in environmental biology: opportunities for new insights using genomics. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part D 2: 257-286. doi: 10.1016/j.cbd.2007.09.001. 16. Martínez, M.L., Landry, C.A., Boehm, R.D., Manning, S., Cheek, A.O., and Rees, B.B. 2006. Effects of long-term hypoxia on enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism in the Gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209: 3851-3861. doi:10.1242/jeb.02437. 17. Nikinmaa, M. and Rees, B.B. 2005. Oxygen-dependent gene expression in fishes. American Journal of Physiology, Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology 288: R1079- 1090. doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00626.2004. 18. Bosworth, C.A., Chou, C.-W., Cole, R.B., and Rees, B.B. 2005. Protein expression patterns in zebrafish skeletal muscle: initial characterization and the effects of hypoxic exposure. Proteomics, 5:1362-1371. 19. Martínez, M.L., Chapman, L.J., Grady, J.M., and Rees, B.B. 2004. Interdemic variation in haematocrit and lactate dehydrogenase in the African cyprinid Barbus neumayeri. Journal of Fish Biology, 65: 1056-1069. 20. Love, J.W., and Rees, B.B. 2002. Seasonal differences in hypoxia tolerance in gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis (). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 63: 103-115. 21. Rees, B.B., Bowman, J.A.L., and Schulte, P.M. 2001. Structure and sequence conservation of a putative hypoxia responsive element in the lactate dehydrogenase-B gene in Fundulus. Biological Bulletin, 200: 247-251 22. Rees, B.B., Sudradjat, F., and Love, J.W. 2001. Acclimation to hypoxia increases survival time of zebrafish, Danio rerio, during lethal hypoxia. Journal of Experimental Zoology 289: 266-272. 23. Virani, N.A., and Rees, B.B. 2000. Oxygen consumption, blood lactate and inter-individual variation in the gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis, during hypoxia and recovery. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 126: 397-405. 24. Rees, B.B., Swezey, R.R., Kibak, H., and Epel, D. 1996. Regulation of the pentose phosphate pathway at fertilization of eggs. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 30: 123-134 (invited paper). 25. Rees, B.B., Patton, C., Grainger, J.L., and Epel, D. 1995. Protein synthesis increases after fertilization of sea urchin eggs in the absence of an increase in intracellular pH. 169: 683-698. 26. Kwast, K.E., Shapiro, J.I., Rees, B.B., and Hand, S.C. 1995. Oxidative phosphorylation and the realkalinization of intracellular pH during recovery from anoxia in Artemia franciscana embryos. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1232: 5-12. 27. Rees, B.B., and Hand, S.C. 1993. Biochemical correlates of estivation tolerance in the

3 Mountainsnail Oreohelix (Pulmonata: Oreohelicidae). Biological Bulletin 184:230-242. 28. Rees, B.B., and Hand, S.C. 1991. Regulation of glycolysis in the land snail Oreohelix during estivation and artificial hypercapnia. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 161:237-246. 29. Rees, B.B., Malhotra, D., Shapiro J.I., and Hand, S.C. 1991. Intracellular pH decreases during entry into estivation in the land snail Oreohelix. Journal of Experimental Biology 159:525-530. 30. Rees, B.B., and Hand, S.C. 1990. Heat dissipation, gas exchange and acid-base balance in the land snail Oreohelix during short-term estivation. Journal of Experimental Biology 152:77-92. 31. Rees, B.B., Ropson, I.J., and Hand, S.C. 1989. Kinetic properties of hexokinase under near- physiological conditions: relation to metabolic arrest in Artemia embryos during anoxia. Journal of Biological Chemistry 264:15410-15417. 32. Rees, B.B. 1988. Electrophoretic and morphological characteristics of two species of Oreohelix, the mountain snail. Malacological Review 21:129-132. 33. Rees, B.B., and Stephenson, D.G. 1987. Thermal dependence of maximal Ca2+-activated force in skinned muscle fibres of the toad Bufo marinus acclimated at different temperatures. Journal of Experimental Biology 129:309-327. 3. Refereed monographs-none 4. Refereed proceedings-none C. Other publications Rees, B.B. 2002. Molecular mechanisms of metabolic arrest: life in limbo (book review). Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 2955-2956 2. Items Accepted for Publication 3. Artistic/Creative Contributions-none 4. Participation at Professional Meetings 1. Rees, B.B. The Potential of Piscine Proteomics: Examples from Studies with Fundulus. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Charleston, SC, January 2012 (Invited Symposium Talk). 2. Rees, B.B. and Townley, I.K. Functional characterization of hypoxia-inducible factors from the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. American Physiological Society Intersociety Meeting, Westminster, CO, August 2010. 3. McMillan, D.M., Rees, B.B., and Irschick, D.J. Hsp70 expression in the western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis: geographic variation in stress and its role in sprint speed selection. American Physiological Society Intersociety Meeting, Westminster, CO, August 2010. 4. Rees, B.B. The hypoxia inducible factor and the molecular response of fish to low oxygen. 6th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, Hong Kong, SAR, June 2010 (Invited Keynote Lecture). 5. Abbaraju, N.V., Boutaghou, M.N., Cole, R.B., and Rees, B.B. 2-DE-MALDI-TOF tandem MS for evaluation of protein expression patterns in tissues of the model fish species, Fundulus grandis. 58th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2010.

4 6. Abbaraju, N.V., Boutaghou, M.N., Cole, R.B., and Rees, B.B. 2DE-MALDI-TOF tandem MS for evaluation of protein expression patterns in tissues of the model fish species, Fundulus grandis, PittCon, Orlando, FL, March 2010. 7. Allenbach, D.M., Rosales, C., Gallaty, A., Theriot, J., Hernandez, A., John, T., Tarr, M., and Rees, B.B. Effects of atrazine, hypoxia, and temperature on Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) development, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, New Orleans, LA, November 2009. 8. Chen, K., Cole, R.B., and Rees, B.B. Uncovering Changes to the Zebrafish Skeletal Muscle Proteome Induced by Hypoxia, 57th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 2009. 9. Rees, B.B.,Karchner, S.I., Skripnikova, E., Ferry, M.J., Townley, I.K., and Hahn, M.E. Sequence and expression analysis of hypoxia-inducible factors in the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, Experimental Biology, New Orleans, LA, April 2009. 10. Chen, K., Cole, R.B., and Rees, B.B. Hypoxia-induced changes in the zebrafish skeletal muscle proteome, Experimental Biology, New Orleans, LA, April 2009. 11. McMillan, D.M., Rees, B.B., and Irschick, D.J. Thermal tolerance and Hsp70 expression in the Western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis. Experimental Biology, New Orleans, LA, April 2009. 12. Theriot, J.C., Hernandez, A.L., John, T., Tarr, M.A., Rees, B.B. Developmental abnormalities caused by atrazine at 100 ppb in the Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes), American Chemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009. 13. Chen, K., Cole, R.B., and Rees, B.B. Application of difference in-gel electrophoresis and MALDI-ToF/ToF mass spectrometry to assess hypoxia-induced changes in the zebrafish skeletal muscle proteome. 56th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference, Denver, CO, June 2008. 14. Theriot, J.C., Rosales, C.B., Tarr, M.A., and Rees, B.B. Sub-lethal effects of atrazine on Japanese medaka fish (Oryzias latipes), American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, April 2008. 15. Rees, B.B., Karchner, S.I., Elena Skripnikova, E., and Hahn, M.E. The hypoxia-inducible factor and oxygen-dependent gene expression in fish. 7-th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Salvador, Bahia, August 2007. 16. Chen, K., Cai, Y., Rees, B.B., Challis, G.L., and Cole, R.B. Unusual odd-electron fragments from even-electron protonated alkylprodiginine precursors using positive ion electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. 55th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference, Indianapolis, IN, June 2007. 17. Fedeli, G.T., Liebl, A.L., Ennis, H.E., Rees, B.B., and Ennis, D.G. Characterization of a new bacterial pathogen in post-Katrina sediments of New Orleans, 51st Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology, Estes Park, CO, June 2007. 18. Raynard, E.L., Martínez, M., Chapman, L. J. and Rees, B.B. The role of acclimation in patterns of interdemic variation in Barbus neumayeri. 46th Annual Meeting Canadian Society of Zoologists. Montréal, Québec, Canada. May, 2007. 19. Martínez, M., Chapman, L. J. and Rees, B.B. Metabolic responses of Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae to hypoxia acclimation. 46th Annual Meeting Canadian Society of

5 Zoologists. Montréal, Québec, Canada. May 2007. 20. Rees, B.B. Triggers and targets of oxygen-dependent gene expression in fish. Seventh International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, July 2006 (Invited Plenary Speaker). 21. Rees, B.B., Andacht, T., and Crawford, D.L. Population variation in protein expression in Fundulus. Seventh International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, July 2006. (Symposium Organizer). 22. Johanning, K.M., Lee, J., Weise, T., Beckman, B., McLachlin, J.A., and B.B. Rees, Assessment of molecular interaction between low oxygen and estrogen in fish cell culture. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Portland, OR, November 2004. 23. Rees, B.B. and Schulte, P.M. Elements of oxygen-regulated gene expression in the killifish, Fundulus. Sixth International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, Manaus, Brazil, August 2004. 24. Martinez, M.L., Boehm, R.D., Landry, C.A., Manning, S., and Rees, B.B. Enzyme activities in the gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis, during long-term hypoxic exposure. Sixth International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, Manaus, Brazil, August 2004. 25. Martinez, M.L., Boehm, R.D., Landry, C.A., Manning, S., and Rees, B.B. Enzyme activities in the Gulf Killifish, Fundulus grandis, during long-term hypoxic exposure. Third Gulf Coast Physiological Society Meeting, Mobile, AL, March 2004. 26. Martinez, M.L., Chapman, L.J., Grady, J.M., and Rees, B.B. Interdemic variation in lactate dehydrogenase in the African Cyprinid Barbus neumayeri. Society for Integrative and Comparatvie Biology, New Orleans, LA, January 2004. 27. Billiard, S.M., Rau, M., Rees, B.B., and Di Giulio, R.T. Characterization of the hypoxic functional response using a fish model system. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Austin, TX, November 2003. 28. Rees, B.B., Guiterrez, Y.I., Beckman, B.S., Schulte, P.M. Definition of a hypoxia responsive element in the Fundulus heteroclitus Ldh-B promoter. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Toronto, Canada, January 2003. 29. Rees, B.B. The hypoxia inducible factor as a biomarker of aquatic hypoxia. Environmental State of the State Conference VII, Lafayette, LA, October 2002. 30. Chou, C.W., Bosworth, C.A., Cole, R.B., and Rees, B.B. Proteomic analysis of zebrafish muscle tissue. American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Orlando, FL, June 2002. 31. Bosworth, C.A., Chou, C-W., Cole, R.B., and Rees, B.B. Patterns of in vivo protein expression during normoxia and hypoxia in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Experimental Biology, New Orleans, LA, April 2002. 32. Rees, B.B., and Schulte, P.M. Is intron 2 of the Fundulus lactate dehydrogenase B gene a hypoxia responsive element? Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Chicago, IL, January 2001. 33. Rees, B.B., Sudradjat, F.A., and Love, J.W. Acclimation to hypoxia increases survival time of zebrafish, Danio rerio, during lethal hypoxia. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Chicago, IL, January 2001. 34. Bosworth, C.A., and Rees, B.B. Patterns of protein expression in zebrafish muscle during

6 hypoxia. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Chicago, IL, January 2001. 35. Love, J.W., and Rees, B.B. Factors that influence the response to hypoxia in the gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis. Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology and Ethology of Fishes, Athens, GA, May 2000. 36. Boily, P., and Rees, B.B. Basal and maximal metabolic rate, and cytochrome c oxidase activity in Siberian hamsters at different photoperiods. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Atlanta, GA, January 2000. 37. Rees, B.B. An analog of hypoxia inducible factor-1 in the fish, Fundulus grandis. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Denver, CO, January 1999. 38. Rees, B.B., Schulte, P.M., Callicott, K.A., and Powers, D.A. A putative hypoxia responsive element in the lactate dehydrogenase gene of Fundulus. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Boston, MA, January 1998. 39. Rees, B.B., Swezey, R.R., Kibak, H., and Epel, D. Regulation of the pentose phosphate pathway at fertilization of sea urchin eggs. 7th International Congress of Invertebrate Reproduction, Santa Cruz, CA, August 1995. 40. Rees, B.B., Patton, C., Grainger, J.L., and Epel, D. The rise in intracellular pH at fertilization is not an absolute requirement for the acceleration of protein synthesis in sea urchin eggs. American Society for Cell Biology, San Francisco, CA, December 1994. 41. Epel, D., Swezey, R., and Rees, B.B. Are calcium-mediated redox changes involved in sea urchin egg activation at fertilization? American Society of Zoologists, Los Angeles, CA, December 1993. 42. Rees, B.B., and Hand, S.C. Regulation of glycolysis during estivation and artificial hypercapnia in land snails. American Society of Zoologists, San Antonio, TX, December 1990. 43. Rees, B.B., and Hand, S.C. Metabolic alterations during entry into estivation in land snails. American Society of Zoologists, Boston, MA, December 1989. 44. Rees, B.B., and Hand, S.C. Acidosis and urea accumulation during dormancy in the mountain snail, Oreohelix. American Physiological Society, , CA, October 1987.

45. Rees, B.B., and Hand, S.C. Hexokinase inhibition during pHi transitions in Artemia embryos: kinetics of the isolated enzyme. American Society of Zoologists, Nashville, TN, December 1986. 46. Rees, B.B., and Stephenson, D.G. Temperature effects and the influence of thermal acclimation on the maximal calcium activated force response in toad skeletal muscle, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society. Sydney, Australia, August 1985. 5. Other Scholarly/Creative Activities A. Discussant, critic, reviewer, etc. Editorial Board of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. January 2005-present. Reviewer for the following professional journals: Advances in Physiology Education, American Journal of Physiology, Aquatic Biology, Aquatic Toxicology, Australian Journal of Zoology, Biological Bulletin, BMC Ecology, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Chemosphere, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Developmental Biology, FASEB Journal, Fish Physiology and

7 Biochemistry, Frontiers in Physiology, Journal of Biochemical Toxicology, Journal of Chromatography, Journal of Comparative Physiology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Journal of Experimental Zoology, Journal of Fish Biology, Journal of Proteomics, Lipids, Marine and Freshwater Research, Marine Biotechnology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Physiological Genomics, PLoS One, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Proteomics, Proteome Science, Toxicology Sciences, Zebrafish. Panelist; National Science Foundation; Organism-Environment Interactions Program; October 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013. Panelist; National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants; Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Program; 1999, 2001-2003, 2005. Ad hoc reviewer for NSF programs in Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology and Integrative Biology, Fall 1998; Fall 2000; Fall 2001, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2008. Ad hoc reviewer for M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, Vancouver, WA, Fall 1998; Council for Earth and Life Sciences of NOW (Netherlands), Fall 2006; Marsden Fund, New Zealand, Spring 2007; Genome Canada, Spring 2011; Canada Foundation for Innovation, Spring 2012. Austrian Science Foundation, 2012, 2013. B. Service in role of officer of professional organization, program committee member, session organizer for professional meeting Chair, Organizing Committee for the 2014 APS Intersociety Meeting in Comparative Physiology: Comparative Approaches to the Grand Challenges in Physiology, October 2014. Program Officer, Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section, American Society of Physiology, April 2009-April 2013. Co-organizer, “Hypoxia Inducible Factors (HIFs) in Health and Disease” symposium for the Experimental Biology Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2012. Co-organizer, “Impact of Environmental Estrogens and Androgens on Human and Animal Health and Reproductive Function” symposium for the Experimental Biology Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2012. Co-organizer, “Insights into Oxygen Signaling from Non-mammalian ” symposium for the Experimental Biology Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2009. Co-organizer, “Genomic and Proteomic Approaches in Fish Biology” symposium for the Seventh International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, July 2006. C. General editorship of journal, monograph series, book series-NA D. Professional society memberships: American Physiological Society American Association for the Advancement of Science Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 6. Awards, Lectureships, or Prizes Invited Keynote Lecture, Sixth International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology,

8 Hong Kong, SAR, Jun 2010. Invited Plenary Lecture, Seventh International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, July 2006 Invited Lecture, Marine and Terrestrial Molecular Biosciences, Newark Delaware, June 2005. University of New Orleans Summer Scholar Award, Summer 1996 NIH Developmental and Neonatal Biology Training Grant, Stanford School of Medicine, June 1992-May 1993. University of Colorado Graduate Student Research and Creative Work Award, Spring 1992. Rozella Smith Award for Outstanding Graduate Research, Spring 1991. National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1986-1989. Rotary Foundation Graduate Scholarship, March-November 1985. Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship, 1985. Graduated Summa Cum Laude, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1984. Outstanding Graduate, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Fall 1984. 7. Grants and Contracts A. Grants and contracts received 1. Principal Investigator Superior Graduate Fellows in at the University of New Orleans, $104,000, Louisiana Board of Regents, August 1, 2009 – July 31, 2014. Superior Graduate Fellows in Conservation Biology at the University of New Orleans, $100,000, Louisiana Board of Regents, August 1, 2008 – July 31, 2014. Environmental Proteomics: Identifying Biomarkers of Low Oxygen Exposure in Estuarine Fish, $10,000, Louisiana EPSCoR, January 1, 2010 –February 28, 2011. Summer Undergraduate Research in Biological Sciences, $15,000, UNO Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Co-principal-investigators, Nicola Anthony, Mary Clancy, Philip DeVries, June 1 – December 31, 2010. Molecular Responses to Low Oxygen in Fish, $11,560, University of New Orleans, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, July 1, 2009 – October 31, 2009. Supplement to Hypoxia-Inducible Gene Expression in Estuarine Fish, $39,830, National Science Foundation, July 1, 2007-Dec. 31, 2007, Grant Number IBN-0236494. Hypoxia-Inducible Gene Expression in Estuarine Fish, $320,957, National Science Foundation, July 15, 2003-June 30, 2007, Grant Number IBN-0236494. The Hypoxia Inducible Factor as a Biomarker of Aquatic Hypoxia, $5000, Johnston Science Foundation, September 1, 2001-August 31, 2002. REU Supplement to Molecular Responses to Hypoxia in Fish, $6250, National Science Foundation, June 1, 1999-May 31, 2000, Supplement to NSF Grant IBN-97-23050. Enzymatic Responses of Estuarine Organisms during Exposure to and Recovery from Low oxygen, $5000, National Science Foundation, June 1, 1998- May 31, 1999, REU Supplement to

9 NSF Grant IBN-97-23050. Molecular Responses to Hypoxia in Fish, $160,000, National Science Foundation, August 1, 1997- July 31, 2001, Grant Number IBN-97-23050. Molecular Responses to Hypoxia in Fish, $107,000, State Board of Regents Support Fund (LEQSF), June 1, 1997-May 31, 2000 (returned). 2. Not principal investigator Acquisition of a Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry Instrument for UNO – Chemistry, $135,858, Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund Co-principal investigator with Richard Cole (P.I., Dept. Chemistry, UNO) and 4 others, July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009. Acquisition of a MALDI-TOF/TOF Mass Spectrometer for the University of New Orleans, $485,000, National Science Foundation, Co-principal investigator with Richard Cole (P.I., Dept. Chemistry, UNO) and 3 others, September 1, 2006-August 31, 2009, Grant Number DBI- 0619272. Enhancement of Mass Spectrometry Resources at UNO-Chemistry, $116,890, Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund, Co-principal investigator with Richard Cole (Dept. Chemistry, UNO) and 3 others, June 1, 2005-May 31, 2006, Grant Number 034CHE-05. Greater New Orleans Protein Information Network, $27,885, Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund, Co-principal investigator with Paul Hanson (Dept. Chemistry, UNO) and 3 others, June 1, 2005-May 31, 2006, Grant Number 021MUL-05. Functional Genomics: Interactions among Ecology, Population Biology, and Gene Expression, $2.0 million, National Science Foundation, Co-principal investigator with Douglas Crawford (University of Miami) and 3 others, U.N.O. subcontract of $424,056, February 1, 2003-January 31, 2008, Grant Number OCE-0221879. Evaluation of Restoration Success in Coastal Louisiana: Response of Fishes to Restoration of Marshes in the Mississippi River Delta, $52,962, Sea Grant, Co-principal investigator with Frank Jordan (Loyola University) and Karen Kandl (UNO), September 1, 2002-August 31, 2003. Enhancement of the UNO-Chemistry Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Research Facility, $58,425, Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund, Co-principal investigator with Richard Cole (Dept. Chemistry, UNO) and 5 others, June 1, 2002-May 31, 2003. Centralized Elemental Analysis Facility to Support Earth and Environmental Sciences at UNO, $75,000, State Board of Regents Support Fund, Co-principal investigator with Matthew Tarr (Dept. Chemistry, UNO) and 3 others, July 1, 2001-June 30, 2002. B. Grants applied for (pending or declined) 1. Principal Investigator Graduate Fellowships in Integrative Biology at the University of New Orleans, $224,000, Louisiana Board of Regents, November 2013(declined). Graduate Fellowships in Integrative Biology at the University of New Orleans, $224,000, Louisiana Board of Regents, November 2012 (recommended but not funded). IOS Preliminary Proposal: Molecular Basis of Hypoxic Signaling in Fish, Pre-proposal to National Science Foundation, January 2012 (declined). Graduate Fellowships in Conservation Biology at the University of New Orleans, $120,000,

10 Louisiana Board of Regents, November 2009 (declined). Dissertation Research: Effects of atrazine, hypoxia, and temperature on medaka Oryzias latipes development and reproduction, $13,000, National Science Foundation, Co-principal-investigator, Dawn M. Allenbach (doctoral student), November 2009 (declined). Graduate Fellowships in Conservation Biology at the University of New Orleans, $216,000, Louisiana Board of Regents, November 2008 (declined). Application of Proteomic Technology to Assess the Response of Estuarine Fish to Aquatic Hypoxia, $10,000, Louisiana EPSCoR, November 2008 (declined). An Interdisciplinary Program of Graduate Education in Integrative Biological Chemistry, $1,000,000, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Co-principal-investigator with Edwin Stevens (Dept. Chemistry) and Mahdi Abdelguerfi (Dept. Computer Science), June 2005 (declined). Advanced Technology for Teaching Cell and Molecular Biology, $40,000, University of New Orleans Strategic Technology Planning and Implementation Group, February 2002 (declined). Hypoxia-Inducible Gene Expression in Estuarine Fish, $398,596, National Science Foundation, January 2002 (declined). Analysis of Protein Expression during Hypoxia in Zebrafish, a Vertebrate Model System, $15,000, Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans Area, October 2000 (declined). Molecular Response of Estuarine Species to Hypoxia, $85,756, EPA, February 1997 (declined). 2. Not principal investigator Conference on Comparative Approaches to Grand Challenges in Physiology, $15,500, National Science Foundation, Co-principal investigator with Martin Frank (American Society of Physiology), January 28, 2014 (pending). A New Model for Toxicant-induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, $300,000, National Institute of Health, Co-principal-investigator with Richard Cole (Dept. Chemistry, UNO) and Tammy Dugas (LSUHSC, Shreveport), October 2009 (scored 59, but not funded). CHRP 2007: The Effects of Eutrophication and Diel Hypoxia on Fish Physiology and Population Dynamics in Gulf of Mexico Marshes, $2.1 million (UNO subcontract $500,000), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Co-principal investigator with Mark Peterson (USM), Ann O. Cheek (UT Houston), and 3 others, September 2006 (declined). Terrestrial Snails as Sentinel Species in Coastal Restoration Programs in Southern Louisiana and Mississippi, $19,809, Coastal Restoration and Enhancement Through Science and Technology (CREST), Co-principal investigator with Ray Brown (Dept. Biology, Xavier) and Matthew Tarr (Dept. Chemistry, UNO), November 2004 (declined). Center for Protein Science, $6.5 million, National Institutes of Health Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE), Co-principal investigator with Richard Cole (Dept. Chemistry) and 4 others, January 2003 (declined). UNO/SUNO Protein Biotechnology Initiative, $2.4 million, Louisiana State Board of Regents Governor’s Biotechnology Initiative, Co-principal investigator with Richard Cole (Dept. Chemistry) and 4 others, September 2002 (declined). Environmental Influences on Chronic Diseases, $5.4 million, Louisiana State Board of Regents Health Excellence Fund, Co-principal investigator with Barbara Beckman (Tulane Medical

11 Center), Jawed Alam (Ochsner Hospital) and 10 others, July 2001 (declined). The Regulation of Fish Communities by Biotic and Abiotic Factors within the Altered Mississippi River Delta, $425,000, Sea Grant, December 1999, Co-principal investigator with Frank Jordan (Loyola University) and Karen Kandl (UNO) (declined). 8. Masters, Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Students (Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, unless otherwise specified) Post-doctoral associates: Ian Townley (2008-2009); Elena Skripnikova (2006-07); Karla Johanning (H) (2005); Mery Martinez (H) (2003-04). PhD students (major advisor) Naga Abbaraju, Department of Chemistry (2005-2011); Dawn Allenbach (2004-present). MS students (major advisor) Kristina Farragut (2014-present); Janet Gonzalez-Rosario (2013-present)(H); Jenna D. Hill (2011- 2013)(AA); Mark Ferry (2007-2012); Andrea Liebl (2005-07); Mark Chad Ellinwood (2004-05); Charles A. Bosworth, IV (1999-02); George H. Suarez (H) (1996-98). Other student committee service Christina Kronfel (2013-present, Ph.D.); Brittany Foster (2012-2013, Ph.D.); Bhuwan Guragain (2012-2013, M.S.); Tierna Dragomani (2011-2013, M.S.); Tammy Prachiel, Department of Chemistry (2012-2013, Ph.D.); Mohamed Nazim Boutaghou, Department of Chemistry (2008- 2011, Ph.D.); Kimberly Terrell (2010-2011, Ph.D.); Avi Biswas, Department of Chemistry (2007- 2008, Ph.D.); David McMillan, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2006-2009, Ph.D.); Kan Chen, Department of Chemistry (2004-2008, Ph.D.); Annie Howard (2007-2009, M.S.); Lissa Lyncker (2005-2008, M.S.); Michael Rowe (2003-06, Ph.D.); Orlena Tampira (2001, M.S.); Joanna DeSalvo (2000, M.S.); Sean Mickal (1998-01, M.S.); Michael Marino (1997-00, M.S.); Loren D. Knopper (1997-99, M.S.). 9. Major Areas of Research Interests Animal physiology and biochemistry; Adaptation of aquatic animals to low oxygen; Environmental control of gene expression; Application of proteomics in comparative biology. 10. Other Professional Accomplishments A. Manuscripts under submission B. Course design and development Environmental Toxicology, Topics in Biochemistry and Physiology, BIOS 6013 Scientific Communication, BIOS 6022 Introductory Biochemistry, BIOS 3104 The Biology of Oxygen, Topics in Biochemistry and Physiology, BIOS 6013 Comparative Animal Physiology, BIOS 4353 Vertebrate Physiology, BIOS 3354

12 C. Special Recognition for Teaching Recognized by Office of Disability Services for service to students with disabilities (May 2006). D. Academic Service 1. On-campus Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, University of New Orleans, Chair, Jan. 2013- present, member, Aug. 2008-Dec 2012. Graduate Committee (chair), Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, Jan. 2004-present. Integrative Biologist Search Committee (member), Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2013. Executive Committee (member), Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, Jan. 2004-present. Seminar Committee (co-chair), Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, 1997-00, 2007-09. Endowed Chairs in Conservation Biology Search Committee (member), University of New Orleans, Oct-Dec. 2008. Physiology Search Committee (chair), Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2007-08. Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Search Committee (member), Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2006-07. Library Committee (member), Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2000-04. Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Studies Committee (member), College of Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2000-04. College of Sciences Senator (interim), University Senate, University of New Orleans, Fall 2001. Aquatic Ecology Search Committee (member), Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, 1998-99. Undergraduate Program Committee (member), Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, 1996-97. Director of research for the following undergraduate students: Katherine Bricker, 2014 (BIOS 3092) Joseph Diaz, Summer 2013-14 (BIOS 4091, 4092)(H) Lius Matute, Summer 2013-14 (URM program)(H) Omar Landeata, Spring 2013 (H) Janet Gonzalez-Rosario, 2012-2013 (URM program)(H) James Connick, 2012 Malorie Holmes, 2011- 2012 (AA) Swornim Shesthra, 2011-2013 (BIOS 4091, 4092) Erica Madden, 2010-2011 (BIOS 3092) Beatriz Briones, 2009-2010 (BIOS 3092)(H)

13 Michelle Kulhanek, 2009-2010 (BIOS 3092) Carla Rosales, 2007-2009 (UMEB program; BIOS 3092)(H) Maksim Volovikov, 2008-2009 (BIOS 3092) Ariel Hernandez, 2008-2009 (UMEB program; BIOS 3092)(H) Arianne Gallaty, 2006-2008 (UMEB program)(H) Monica Concha, 2007 (NSF RUI intern)(H) Sunil Akkina, 2004-06 (BIOS 3092, 4091, 4092) Ryan Boehm, 2003-04 (BIOS 6090) Melisse Conway, 2002 (BIOS 3092) Erin Bear, 2002 (BIOS 3092) Elizabeth Abboud, 2000-01 (BIOS 3092) Michael Turgeau, 2001 (BIOS 3092) Dixie Louviere, 1999-2000 (BIOS 4091, 4092) Nazeem Virani, 1998-99 (BIOS 4091, 4092) Fitri Sudradjat, 1997-99 (Freeport McMoRan intern)(PI) Charles Bosworth, 1997-99 (BIOS 2092, 3092) Bayardo Aviles, 1998 (BIOS 3092)(H) Gerard Balanco, 1996 (BIOS 3092) Monique Guillot, 1996 (BIOS 3092) Director of research for the following high school students/teachers: Brenda Donald (teacher), 2010, 2011 (AA) Barabara Landry (teacher), 2009 Jordan Theriot, 2007-2008 Tommy John, 2008 On Campus Seminars: Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, Spring 2005. Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, Fall 2004. Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, Spring 1995. 2. Off-campus Invited Seminars: Department of Biology, State Polytechnic Institution, Spring 2012. Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Fall 2009 Department of Biology, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Fall 2005. Graduate College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Fall 2004. Department of Biological Sciences, LSU, Fall 2004. Department of Physiology, LSUHSC, Fall 2004. Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, Fall 2004. Department of Biology, Xavier University of New Orleans, Spring 2004. Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Fall 2003. Department of Biology, University of Rhode Island, Fall 2003. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismic Biology, Tulane University, Spring 2002. School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Fall 2001. Physiology and Endocrinology Group, Tulane Medical School, Spring 2001. Department of Biology, Loyola University of New Orleans, Spring 2001. Department of Zoology, Auburn University, Spring 1995.

14 Cell Biology of Early Development Summer Course, Hopkins Marine Station, Summer 1995. E. Other Service Event Coordinator for Science Olympiad, Spring 1999-2002, 2004. Department Coordinator for Science Olympiad, Spring 1998. Departmental Representative for United Way Campaign, Fall 1997. Volunteer at Literary Rally, UNO, Spring 1996-1997. NOTE: For student advisees (undergrad, grad, and post-doc), racial/minority status is shown as: (AA) African-American; (H) Hispanic; (PI) Pacific-Islander

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