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PhD Students -- Jocelyn Ann Romano

RomanoDUML Bookhout 302
Box: 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd.
Beaufort, NC 28516
252-504-7625
Fax: 252-504-7648

Research Interests:

  • Impact of non-point source contaminants on reproductive development and capacity of invertebrates in the north carolina estuarine research reserve.
  • Effects of antifoulants on non-target invertbrate species.

Education:

  • Ph.D. (Environmental Toxicology), 2007. Duke University, Durham, NC
  • MS in Education, 1999. State University of New York at Potsdam. Potsdam, NY
  • BA in Biology, 1997. State University of New York at Potsdam. Potsdam, NY

Bio: I am currently doing postdoctoral research on the effects of four commonly used cotton pesticides on various blue crab life stages. I will be attending NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine this fall.

Publications:

Oberdorster, E., Romano, J.A., and McClellan-Green, P.D. 2005.  The neuropeptide APGWaimde as a Penis Morphogenic Factor (PMF) in gastropod mollusks.  Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 28-32.

Aldridge, J.E., Flaherty, M.M., Gibbons, J.A., Kreider, M.L., Romano, J.A., and Levin, E.D. 2003. Heterogeneity of Toxicant Response:  Sources of Human Variability.  Toxicological Science. 76: 3-20.

McClellan-Green, Patricia, Jocelyn Romano, and Eva Oberdorster. (in review) Does gender really matter in contamnant exposure? A case for invertebrate risk assessment.

Romano, Jocelyn, McClellan-Green, Patricia, and Daniel Rittschof. (in
review) Comparison of Imposex Induction in Ilyanassa obsoleta by Three Tin Compounds.

Aldridge, J.E., Flaherty, M.M., Gibbons, J.A., Kreider, M.L., Romano, J.A., and E.D. Levin. Heterogeneity of Toxicant Response: Sources of Human Variability. Toxicological Science. Accepted July 17, 2003.