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Gaytha Langlois (E) -- Professor
of Ecology, Bryant College, Smithfield, RI.
Ph.D., Biological
Sciences, 1971, University of Rhode Island.
Outside Investigator,
Marine Ecosystems Lab (MERL), University of RI;
Member of Society of
Protozoologists; Chair, RI Aqua Fund Advisory
Commission; Board of
Directors, Audubon Society of Rhode Island.
Author of peer-reviewed
papers in microbial ecology, hazardous waste
management, and distance
learning. Current research focuses on oil
pollution in estuarine
microbial communities.
Please address editorial questions about the Zoology category to langlois@bryant.edu.Bonnie Bain (PR)
-- Research Assistant, Department of
Biological
Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria,
Australia. Ph.D.
Biology (Ecology,
Evolution, and Systematics), 1992, City University
of New York.
Author of several
peer-reviewed papers on pycnogonids (and several
more manuscripts nearing
completion), an informative pycnogonid web site
(http://www.invertebrate.ws/),
and a
book review of a current invertebrate textbook,
co-author of several
papers on
leech biology and a soon-to-be published
description of a new pycnogonid
species. Has been an Assistant
Professor/instructor at several
colleges and
universities both in the USA and Australia and has
taught courses ranging from
Microbiology to Developmental Biology.
Andre Barreto (PR)
-- He teaches Nectology and Scientific Methodology at
UNIVALI ,
Itajai, Brazil. He graduated in Marine Biology,
and obtained both his PhD. and MSc. in Biological
Oceanography (2000 and 1995) at FURG, Rio Grande.
He is the author of peer-reviewed papers dealing
mostly with dolphins.
Homepage: http://www.cttmar.univali.br/~abarreto/
E-mail: abarreto@nupedia.com
Ronaldo Fernandes (PR)
-- Adjunct Professor and Curator of Reptiles, Museu
Nacional/UFRJ, Brazil. Ph.D. Quantitative
Biology, 1995, The University of Texas at
Arlington. Author of several papers in reptile
systematics.
E-mail: ronnie@acd.ufrj.br
Fredric R. Govedich (PR)
-- Research Fellow (postdoc) Biological Sciences,
Monash University.
Ph.D. Biology, 2001, Monash University,
Australia (Thesis Submitted January 2001).
M.Sc. Biology, 1996, Northern
Arizona
University (Thesis Submitted April 1996).
Appeared on the
popular
Australian kids nature TV
show
"Totally Wild" with a segment on the biology of
native leeches.
Maintains the
website: http://www.invertebrate.ws/.
Currently has ten peer-reviewed
publications published or in press, one book, two
book
chapters and several published
abstracts. Currently he has two Honours students
working on a research grant examining the
evolution of parental care in glossiphoniid
leeches. He also volunteers his time to
help educate the public
about leeches, aquatic biology and science in
general.
Homepage: www.invertebrate.ws
John M. Lynch (PR)
-- Affiliate Professor (Institute of Human Origins)
& Lecturer (Barrett Honors
College), Arizona State University. Ph.D.
Zoology, 1993, National University of Ireland
(University College Dublin). Editor of
Vestiges and the Debates before Darwin
(2000),
British Responses to Natural Selection,
1859-1871 (2001) and Creationism and
Scriptural
Geology (pending). Contributor to The
Readers Guide to British History and The
Dictionary of Nineteenth Century British
Philosophers. Author of over 20 scientific
papers in the field of the evolution of cranial
shape in vertebrates.
Homepage: http://www.public.asu.edu/~jmlynch
E-mail: jmlynch@nupedia.com
Antonio Sole-Cava (PR)
-- Antonio Sole-Cava. Professor of Genetics, Rio de
Janeiro Federal University. Ph.D. Marine
Genetics, 1986, University of Liverpool. Head of
the
Molecular Biodiversity Lab . Main lines of
work are the molecular systematics and
biogeography of marine invertebrates, specially
sponges, sea anemones, shrimps and oysters.
Editor of the "Marine Genetics" book (Kluwer
Academic Publishers, 2000), and over 50 articles
in international Journals. Plays the flute and
Volleyball. Hobbies include scuba-diving,
treking, gardening and music.
Homepage: http://www.biologia.ufrj.br/labs/lbdm
Harvey Stuart (PR)
-- Consultant and SAS programmer for scientific,
financial, health and telecommunications
applications on a variety of computer platforms.
Author of 4 publications. Achieved Ph.D. in 1982
but ecologically oriented jobs were in short
supply during the Reagan administration and I made
a career switch to Information Technology. Zoology
and ecology are only hobbies now.
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