Nicole A.

McNabb

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Student Pharmacology and Toxicology | University of California, Davis 2018 – Present
– Cumulative GPA: 3.74
– Advisor: Dr. Andrew Whitehead
M.S. Marine Biology | College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 2013 – 2016
– Cumulative GPA: 3.71
– Advisor: Dr. Satomi Kohno
B.S. Biology | Maryville College, Maryville, TN 2008 – 2012
– Cumulative GPA: 3.58 | Graduated cum laude
– Advisor: Dr. Drew Crain

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

UC Davis, Department of Environmental Toxicology | Davis, CA 2018 – Present

– Ph.D. student in the Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Group
– Mentor: Dr. Andrew Whitehead
– Focus: Transgenerational impacts of the flame retardant, BDE-99, in Atlantic killifish
EPA Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division | Narragansett, RI 2018 – Present
– Student volunteer
– Mentor: Dr. Diane Nacci
– Projects: Multigenerational effects of dietary exposure to BDE-99 in Atlantic killifish;
Toxicity of fish embryos to polar and non-polar fractions of weathered oil
EPA Clinical Research Branch | Chapel Hill, NC 2016 – 2018
– Contract research associate
– Mentor: Dr. Shaun McCullough
– Project: Developing and using an organotypic airway model to assess the response to inhaled toxicants
Hollings Marine Laboratory | Charleston, SC 2013 – 2016
– M.S. student in College of Charleston Graduate Program in Marine Biology
– Mentors: Dr. Satomi Kohno and Dr. Louis J. Guillette, Jr.
– M.S. Thesis: Investigating estrogenic activity of the dispersant Corexit 9500 in the American alligator and
diamondback terrapin
National Institute for Basic Biology | Okazaki, Japan Summer 2015
– NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) and JSPS Summer Program
– Mentor: Dr. Taisen Iguchi
– Projects: Molecular cloning of estrogen receptors from the diamondback terrapin and in vitro transactivation by
the dispersant Corexit 9500; Toxic effects of Corexit 9500 on water flea Daphnia magna
Maryville College | Maryville, TN 2011 – 2012
– Undergraduate senior study
– Mentor: Dr. Drew Crain
– B.S. Thesis: Effects of enrofloxacin on the gastrointestinal tract in metamorphosing Xenopus laevis tadpoles
USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies | Catalina Island, CA Summer 2012
– Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) at the University of Southern California
– Mentor: Dr. Karla Heidelberg
– Project: Effects of temperature on the health and associated microbial communities of the gorgonian corals of
Southern California
LEADERSHIP AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 PTX Social Committee Co-Chair | University of California, Davis 2019 – Present

STEM for Girls Planning Committee | University of California, Davis 2018 – Present

Teaching Assistant | William Blount High School, Maryville, TN Fall 2016

Teaching Assistant | College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 2014 – 2016

– BIO312L: Molecular Biology Lab
– BIO412: Capstone in Molecular Biology
– BIO321L: General and Comparative Physiology Lab
– BIO342L: Oceanography Lab
Student Representative | College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 2014 – 2016
– Graduate Program in Marine Biology Faculty-Student Relations Committee

Undergraduate Student Mentor | Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC Summer 2014

– NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program at Fort Johnson, SC
Lab Assistant | Maryville College, Maryville, TN Fall 2012
– Lab organization and teaching assistant for Comparative Vertebrate Zoology

Team Captain | Maryville College Cross Country, Maryville, TN Fall 2012

Tutor | Maryville College, Maryville, TN 2010 – 2012

– Introductory Statistics and Inferential Statistics
Lab Assistant | Maryville College, Maryville, TN Fall 2011
– Lab organization and teaching assistant for Principles of Organismal Biology

PUBLICATIONS
Accepted Publications
Faber SC, McNabb NA, Ariel P, Aungst ER, McCullough SD. 2020. Exposure effects beyond the epithelial barrier:
Transepithelial induction of oxidative stress by diesel exhaust particulates in lung fibroblasts in an organotypic
human airway model. Toxicological Sciences. 177(1): 140-155.
McNabb NA, Bernhard MC, Brunell A, Lowers RH, Katsu Y, Spyropoulos DD, Kohno S. 2020. Oil dispersant Corexit
9500 is weakly estrogenic, but does not skew the sex ratio in Alligator mississippiensis. Journal of Applied
Toxicology. 40(2): 245-256.
Williams CE, McNabb NA, Brunell A, Lowers RH, Katsu Y, Spyropoulos DD, Kohno S. 2018. Feminizing effects of
exposure to Corexit-enhanced water-accommodated fraction of crude oil in vitro to sex determination in Alligator
mississippiensis. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 265: 46-55.
Toyota K, McNabb NA, Spyropoulos DD, Iguchi T, Kohno S. 2017. Toxic effects of chemical dispersant Corexit 9500
on water flea Daphnia magna. Journal of Applied Toxicology. 37(2): 201-206.
McCoy KA, Roark AM, Boggs ASP, Bowden JA, Cruze L, Edwards TM, Hamlin HJ, Cantu TM, McCoy JA, McNabb
NA, Wenzel AG, Williams CE, Kohno S. 2016. Integrative and comparative reproductive biology: From
alligators to xenobiotics. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 238: 23-31.

Manuscripts in Preparation
McNabb NA, Williams CE, Parrott BB, Spyropoulos DD, Miyagawa S, Iguchi T, Kohno S. Molecular cloning of
estrogen receptors from the diamondback terrapin and in vitro transactivation by the dispersant Corexit 9500.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Oral Presentations
McNabb NA, Guillette LJ, Spyropoulos DD, Kohno S. Assessing Estrogenic Activity of the Dispersant Corexit 9500 in
Two Aquatic Reptiles, the American Alligator and Diamondback Terrapin. SETAC World Congress/North America
Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. November 2016.

McNabb NA, Guillette LJ, Spyropoulos DD, Kohno S. Potential Impacts of Oil Dispersant Corexit on Aquatic
Environments: Disrupting Sex Determination in the American Alligator and Diamondback Terrapin. East Carolina
University Research in Progress Seminar Series, Greenville, NC. March 2016. (Invited Speaker)

McNabb NA, Williams CE, Guillette LJ, Spyropoulos DD, Kohno S. Investigating Effects of Corexit and CWAF on Sex
Determination in the American Alligator. Alligator Research & Management Symposium, Georgetown, SC. March 2016.

McNabb NA, Guillette LJ, Spyropoulos DD, Kohno S. Investigating Estrogenicity and Developmental Effects of the
Dispersant Corexit in the American Alligator. Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Tampa, FL. February 2016.

McNabb NA, Miyagawa S, Iguchi T, Spyropoulos DD, Guillette LJ, Kohno S. Investigating Estrogenicity of Oil
Dispersant Corexit EC9500A in the American Alligator and Diamondback Terrapin.
– SICB Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. January 2016.
– 63rd NIBB Conference: Environment to Bioresponse, Okazaki, Japan. December 2015. (Selected Presentation)
– College of Charleston Student Research Colloquium, Charleston, SC. November 2015.

McNabb NA, Guillette LJ, Spyropoulos DD, Kohno S. Effects of Developmental Exposure to the Oil Dispersant Corexit
EC9500A on Sex Determination of the American Alligator.
– Yokohama City University Special Seminar, Yokohama, Japan. July 2015. (Invited Speaker)
– SC Alligator Workshop, Charleston, SC. March 2015.

McNabb NA, Crain DA. Effects of the Antibiotic Enrofloxacin on the Gastrointestinal Tract and Intestinal Flora in
Metamorphosing Xenopus laevis tadpoles. MC Natural Sciences Symposium, Maryville, TN. November 2012.

Poster Presentations
McNabb NA, Clark BW, Kirby I, Bishop J, Champlin D, Jayaraman S, Nacci DE, Whitehead A. Physiological and
Molecular Outcomes of Dietary Exposure to the Flame Retardant, BDE-99, in the Atlantic Killifish (Fundulus
heteroclitus). SETAC North America 40th Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, CA. November 2019.

McNabb NA, Vitucci ECM, Smith HJ, McCullough SD. Context Matters: Using an Organotypic Airway Model to Assess
the Response to Inhaled Toxicants.
– Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 2018.
– NCSOT Annual Meeting, Research Triangle Park, NC. October 2017.
– Gordon Research Seminar and Gordon Research Conference on Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity,
Andover, NH. August 2017.

McNabb NA, Miyagawa S, Iguchi T, Spyropoulos DD, Guillette LJ, Kohno S. Investigating Estrogenicity and
Developmental Effects of Corexit in the American Alligator and Diamondback Terrapin. 63rd NIBB Conference:
Environment to Bioresponse, Okazaki, Japan. December 2015.

McNabb NA, Spyropoulos DD, Guillette LJ, Kohno S. Effects of Corexit 9500 on Sex Determination in the American
Alligator and Diamondback Terrapin. JSPS Summer Program Poster Session, Sokendai University, Japan. June 2015.

McNabb NA, Guillette LJ, Kohno S. Effects of Corexit as a Potential Endocrine Disruptor on Sex Determination of the
American Alligator.
– Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX. February 2015.
– SICB Annual Meeting, West Palm Beach, FL. January 2015.

McNabb NA, Guillette LJ, Kohno S. Corexit 9500 as a Potential Endocrine Disruptor on Sex Determination of the
American Alligator. College of Charleston Student Research Symposium, Charleston, SC. September 2014.
McNabb NA, Guilette LJ, Kohno S. Effects of the Dispersant, Corexit 9500, on Sex Determination in the American
Alligator. MUSC Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences Program Annual Student Research Open House,
Charleston, SC. July 2014.

McNabb NA, Holm JB, Wright SC, Heidelberg KB. Effects of Temperature on the Health and Associated Microbial
Communities of the Gorgonian Corals of Southern California.
– Natural Sciences Symposium, Maryville College, Maryville, TN. November 2012.
– SURE Poster Session, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. July 2012.

FELLOWSHIPS AND FUNDING

NIEHS Environmental Health and Toxicology Pre-doctoral T32 Training Grant 2019 – 2020
Fumio Matsumura Memorial Fellowship Spring 2019
SICB Charlotte Mangum Student Support Award Spring 2016
Graduate School Study Abroad Grant, College of Charleston Fall 2015
Biology Department Travel Grant, College of Charleston Fall 2015
Graduate Program in Marine Biology Travel Grant, College of Charleston Fall 2015
Graduate Student Association Travel Award, College of Charleston Fall 2015
National Science Foundation EAPSI Fellowship Summer 2015
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Summer Fellowship Summer 2015
Marine Biology Graduate Student Association Travel Award, College of Charleston 2014 & 2015
Marine Genomics Fellowship, College of Charleston 2013 – 2015

HONORS AND AWARDS

Exemplary Senior Study, Maryville College Fall 2012
– Undergraduate research project deemed in the top 10% of such projects
First Place Poster Presentation, MC Natural Sciences Symposium Fall 2012
A. Randolph Shields Award, Maryville College Spring 2012
– Senior biology major with the most outstanding four-year record in biology
Maryville College Dean’s List 2009 – 2012
– Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2012
Presidential Scholarship, Maryville College 2008 – 2012
– Highest academic scholarship awarded at Maryville College
– Requirements: Maintain 3.25 GPA and tutor for four semesters

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Society of Toxicology (SOT), Student Member 2020 – Present
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Student Member 2016 – Present
Society of Toxicology (SOT), Associate Member 2017 – 2018
Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (SICB), Student Member 2014 – 2015