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Prof. Robinson's Graduate Research Summary

This document lists the graduate students and their thesis topics that Prof. Robinson has advised or served on committees for over their academic career. It includes 20+ MS and PhD students from 1994-2004 whose theses focused on topics related to heavy metal transport and effects in bivalve molluscs like mussels and clams. It also lists two current PhD students and their proposed dissertation topics, as well as service on committees at other universities from 1993-present on topics related to heavy metals and bivalves.

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Prof. Robinson's Graduate Research Summary

This document lists the graduate students and their thesis topics that Prof. Robinson has advised or served on committees for over their academic career. It includes 20+ MS and PhD students from 1994-2004 whose theses focused on topics related to heavy metal transport and effects in bivalve molluscs like mussels and clams. It also lists two current PhD students and their proposed dissertation topics, as well as service on committees at other universities from 1993-present on topics related to heavy metals and bivalves.

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Graduate Students of Prof.

Robinsons

Graduates: Ms. Diane Lazinsky, MS (September 1994), Fluoranthene transport by plasma proteins in mussels. Mr. Paul Newman, MS (December 1995), Calcium flux in the central mantle of the bivalve mollusc Mercenaria mercenaria. Ms. Lisa McIntosh, MS (June 1997), Circulatory half-lives of hemocytes within the bivalve Mercenaria mercenaria (L.): The relationship among blood cell turnover, cadmium turnover and particle cycling. Dr. P. Satish Nair, Ph.D. (December 1999), Cadmium transport in the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis. Ms. Evelyn Ryan, MS (June 1999), The distribution and elimination of 14C malathion and its metabolites in the common mussel (Mytilus edulis). Ms. Stephanie Carr, MS (June 2001), Demographic analysis of Mytilus edulis populations in Boston Harbor. Mr. Adal Abebe, (Co-advisor with Dr. Manickam Sugumaran, UMass Boston Biology Dept), MS (June 2003), Mytilus edulis histidine-rich glycoprotein as a biomarker. Dr. Timothy J. Ward, Ph.D. (December 2003), Evolution of cadmium tolerance by the freshwater cladoceran, Daphnia Magna: Physiological mechanisms and ecological consequences. Ms. Melissa Gaudette, MS (June 2004), Histidine-rich glycoprotein in Mytilus edulis. Site of synthesis and cadmium induction. Ms. Samantha J. Catanzano (Co-advisor with Dr. Ron Etter, UMass Boston Biology Dept), MS (September 2004), Metal-binding properties of bivalve histidine-rich glycoprotein. Ms. Mingmei Cai, (Co-advisor with Dr. Manickam Sugumaran, UMass Boston Biology Dept), MS (September 2004), The biosynthesis, potential crosslinking and antimicrobial properties of tunichromes. Since arriving at UMass Boston, I have served on the committees of over 20 additional graduate students who have earned their degrees

Current Students: Ms. Erika del Castillio, Ph. D. Candidate, Dissertation proposal entitled: The role of metallothionein in the modulation of oxidative DNA damage in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis L. Ms. Jeanette Mollerleu, Ph. D. student, Dissertation proposal in preparation.

Service on Dissertation/Thesis Committees outside of UMass Boston: Brandeis University Xiaoying He (Ph.D), 1993-1994 MIT/WHOI Maureen Clayton (Ph.D.), 1993-1996 University of Massachusetts Lowell Matthew Staffier (Ph.D.), 1993-1996 University of Massachusetts Lowell Hsien-Chin Hsieh (MS), 1995-1996 Northeastern University Kathryn Roberts (MS), 1998-2002 University of Maryland David VanderWeele (Ph.D.), 1996-present University of Massachusetts Lowell Matthew Woodcock (Ph.D.), 2000-present Tufts University, Medford Steven Untersee (Ph.D.), 2002 - present

(updated 10/06)

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