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CURRICULUM VITAE SIDNEY K. PIERCE I. Personal Data Born CURRICULUM VITAE SIDNEY K. PIERCE I. Personal Data Born Holyoke, Massachusetts Married, two children II. Education Undergraduate: University of Miami, Bachelor of Education, 1966 Graduate: Florida State University, Doctor of Philosophy, 1970 III. Academic Activities A. Experience in Higher Education 1966-68 Teaching Assistant, Florida State University 1968-69 Research Assistant, Florida State University 1969 (summer) NIH Trainee, Marine Ecology Program, Marine Biological Lab., Woods Hole, Massachusetts 1969-70 Predoctoral Fellow, Florida State University (NIH) 1970-73 Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park 1973-77 (summers) Instructor, Marine Biological Lab., Woods Hole, Massachusetts 1973-78 Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Maryland 1986-92 Affiliate Senior Staff Scientist, Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland 1987-89 Acting Associate Director, Agriculture Experiment Station, University of Maryland 1987-89 Program Director, Biological Instrumentation Program, National Science Foundation 1978-00 Professor, University of Maryland 1979-85, 90-97, 99-00 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Zoology, University of Maryland 1990-97, 99-00 Associate Chairman, Department of Zoology, University of Maryland 1997-99 Acting Chairman, Department of Biology (formerly Zoology), University of Maryland 2000-2006 Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, University of South Florida 2000-2014 Professor, Department of Biology, University of South Florida 2000- Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology, University of Maryland 2014- Professor Emeritus, Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida PIERCE-3 IV. Research, Teaching, Service A. Publications l. Full papers in refereed journals 1. Pierce, S. K. 1970. The water balance of Modiolus (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Mytilidae): osmotic concentrations in changing salinities. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 36: 521-533. 2. Pierce, S. K. 1971. A source of solute for volume regulation in marine mussels. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 38: 619-635. 3. Pierce, S. K. 1971. Volume regulation and valve movements by marine mussels. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 39A: 103-118. 4. Pierce, S. K. 1972. The rectum of Modiolus: a clue to solving a troubled taxonomy. Malacologia, 12: 283-293. 5. Pierce, S. K. and Greenberg, M. J. 1972. The nature of cellular volume regulation in marine bivalves. J. Exp. Biol., 57: 681-692. 6. Pierce, S. K. and Greenberg, M. J. 1973. The initiation and control of free amino acid regulation of cell volume in salinity-stressed marine bivalves. J. Exp. Biol., 59: 435-446. 7. Pierce, S. K. and Minasian, L. L. 1974. Water balance of a euryhaline sea anemone Diadumene leucolena. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 49A: 159-167. 8. Baginski, R. M. and Pierce, S. K. 1975. Anaerobiosis: a possible source of osmotic solute for high salinity acclimation in marine molluscs. J. Exp. Biol., 62: 589-598. 9. Murphy, D. J. and Pierce, S. K. 1975. The physiological basis for changes in the freezing tolerance of intertidal molluscs. I. Response to subfreezing temperatures and the influence of salinity and temperature acclimation. J. Exp. Zool., 193: 313-322. 10. Bartberger, C. A. and Pierce, S. K. 1976. Relationship between ammonia excretion rates and hemolymph nitrogenous compounds of a euryhaline bivalve during low salinity acclimation. Biol. Bull., 150: 1-14. PIERCE-4 11. Pierce, S. K. and Greenberg, M. J. 1976. Hypoosmotic cell volume regu- lation in marine bivalves: the effect of membrane potential change and metabolic inhibition. Physiol. Zool., 49: 417-424. 12. Reiss, P., Pierce, S. K., and Bishop, S. H. 1977. Glutamate dehydrogenases from tissues of the ribbed mussel, Modiolus demissus.: ADP activation and possible significance J. Exp. Zool., 202: 253-258. 13. Greenberg, M. J., Reed, C., and Pierce, S. K. 1977. Dissociated cells of Microciona prolifera (Porifera) are inhibited from reaggregating by cytochalasins A, B and E. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 56C(2): 95-102. 14. Baginski, R. M. and Pierce, S. K. 1977. The time course of intracellular free amino acid accumulation in tissues of Modiolus demissus during high salinity adaptation. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 57(4A): 407-413. 15. Baginski, R. M. and Pierce, S. K. 1978. A comparison of amino acid ac- cumulation during high salinity adaptation with anaerobic metabolism in the ribbed mussel Modiolus demissus demissus. J. Exp. Zool., 203: 419-428. 16. Watts, J. A. and Pierce, S. K. 1978. Acetylcholinesterase: a useful marker for the isolation of sarcolemma from the bivalve (Modiolus demissus demissus) myocardium. J. Cell. Sci., 34: 193-208. 17. Watts, J. A. and Pierce, S. K. 1978. Characterization of the divalent cation activated adenosine triphosphatase from the membrane of the cardiac cell of Modiolus demissus demissus. J. Exp. Zool., 204: 43-48. 18. Watts, J. A. and Pierce, S. K. 1978. A correlation between the activity of divalent cation activated adenosine triphosphatase in the cell membrane and low salinity tolerance of the ribbed mussel Modiolus demissus demissus. J. Exp. Zool., 204: 49-56. 19. Amende, L. A. and Pierce, S. K. 1978. Hypotaurine: the identity of an unknown ninhydrin-positive compound co-eluting with urea in amino acid extracts of bivalve tissues. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 59B: 257-261. 20. Amende, L. M. and Pierce, S. K. 1980. Cellular volume regulation in salinity-stressed molluscs. The water balance of Noetia ponderosa (Arcidae) red blood cells. J. Comp. Physiol., 138: 283-289. PIERCE-5 21. Amende, L. M. and Pierce, S. K. 1980. Free amino acid mediated volume regulation of isolated Noetia ponderosa red blood cells: control by Ca2+ and ATP. J. Comp. Physiol., 138: 291-298. 22. Amende, L. M. and Pierce, S. K. 1980. Structural changes of Noetia ponderosa red blood cell membranes during cell volume regulation in reduced salinities: a freeze fracture study. J. Comp. Physiol., 138: 299-306. 23. Costa, C. J., Pierce, S. K., and Warren, M. K. 1980. The intracellular mechanism of salinity tolerance in polychaetes: volume regulation by isolated Glycera dibranchiata red coelomocytes. Biol. Bull., 159: 626-638. 24. Otto, J. and Pierce, S. K. 1981. Water balance of Rangia cuneata during adaptation to salinity change. Mar. Biol., 61: 185-192. 25. Otto, J. and Pierce, S. K. 1981. An interaction of extra-and intracellular osmoregulatory mechanisms in the bivalve mollusc, Rangia cuneata. Mar. Biol., 61: 193-198. 26. Pierce, S. K. 1981. Introduction. In: Cell Volume Regulation Symposium. J. Exp. Zool., 215: 235-236. 27. Prior, D. J. and Pierce, S. K. 1981. Adaptation and tolerance of inverte- brate nervous systems to osmotic stress. In: Cell Volume Regulation Symposium. J. Exp. Zool., 215: 237-245. 28. Pierce, S. K. and Amende, L. M. 1981. Control mechanisms of amino acid mediated cell volume regulation in salinity stressed molluscs. In: Cell Volume Regulation Symposium. J. Exp. Zool., 215: 247-257. 29. Beres, L. S. and Pierce, S. K. 1981. The effects of salinity stress on the electrophysiological properties of Mya arenaria neurons. J. Comp. Physiol., 144: 165-173. 30. Watts, J. A., Koch, R. A., Greenberg, M. J., and Pierce, S. K. 1981. Ultrastructure of the heart of the marine mussel, Geukensia demissa. J. Morph., 170: 301-319. 31. Warren, M. K. and Pierce, S. K. 1982. Two cell volume regulatory sys- tems in the Limulus myocardium: an interaction of ions and quaternary ammonium compounds. Biol. Bull., 163: 504-516. PIERCE-6 32. Pierce, S. K. 1982. Invertebrate cell volume control mechanisms: a co- ordinated use of intracellular amino acids and inorganic ions as osmotic solute. Biol. Bull., 163: 405-419. 33. Costa, C. J. and Pierce, S. K. 1983. Volume regulation in the red coelo- mocytes of Glycera dibranchiata: an interaction of amino acid and K+ effluxes. J. Comp. Physiol., 151: 133-144. 34. Pierce, S. K., Warren, M. K., and West, H. H. 1983. Non-amino acid mediated volume regulation in an extreme osmoconformer. Physiol. Zool., 56: 445-454. 35. West, H. H., Harrigan, J., and Pierce, S. K. 1984. Hybridization of two populations of a marine opisthobranch with different developmental patterns. Veliger, 26: 199-206. 36. Moran, W. M. and Pierce, S. K. 1984. The mechanism of crustacean salinity tolerance: cell volume regulation by K+ and glycine effluxes. Mar. Biol., 81: 41-46. 37. Pierce, S. K., Edwards, S. C., Mazzocchi, P. H., Klingler, L. J., and Warren, M. K. 1984. Proline betaine: a unique osmolyte in an extremely euryhaline osmoconformer. Biol. Bull. 167: 495-500. 38. Rowland, L. M. and Pierce, S. K. 1985. The utilization and fate of qua- ternary ammonium compounds during low salinity adaptation in Elysia chlorotica. Physiol. Zool., 58: 149-157. 39. Parker, H T and Pierce, S. K. 1985. Acclimation of Elysia chlorotica to low salinity: effects on the electrical properties of identifiable neurons. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 82A 367-372. 40. Moran, W. M. and Pierce, S. K. 1985. The effect of hypoosmotic stress on glycine influx in isolated muscle cells of Cancer irroratus. J. Exp. Zool., 236: 265-274. 41. Edwards, S. C. and Pierce, S. K. 1986. Octopamine potentiates intracel- lular Na+ and Cl- reduction during cell volume regulation in Limulus exposed to hypoosmotic stress. J. Comp. Physiol., 156: 481-489. 42. Smith, L. S. and Pierce, S. K. 1987. Cell volume regulation by molluscan erythrocytes during hypoosmotic stress: Ca2+ effects on ionic and organic osmolyte effluxes. Biol. Bull., 172: 407-418. PIERCE-7 43. Pierce, S. K. and Rowland, L. M. 1988. Proline betaine and amino acid accumulation in sea slugs (Elysia chlorotica) exposed to extreme hy- perosmotic conditions. Physiol. Zool., 61: 205-212. 44. Cronkite, D. L. and Pierce, S. K. 1989. Free amino acids and cell volume regulation in the euryhaline ciliate Paramecium calkinsi. J. Exp. Biol., 251: 275-284. 45. Pierce, S. K., Politis, A. D., Smith, L. H., and Rowland, L. M. 1988. A Ca2+ influx in response to hypo-osmotic stress may alter osmolyte permeability by a phenothiazine-sensitive mechanism.
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