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rrent Graduate Students
Navdeep Brar (B.S., UC Davis), thesis research: Characterization of thyroidal endocrine function in Pacific
staghorn sculpin and shiner surfperch in San Francisco Bay
Kenna Koons (B.S., CSU Long Beach), thesis research: Environmental endocrine disruption in southern
California Pacific Sanddab and Hornyhead turbot: gonadal pathologies and circulating sex steroids
Claire Waggoner (B.S., CSU Long Beach), thesis research: Proteomics to develop relevant phenotypic
biomarkers of impacts of environmental organic contaminants in wild English sole residing in southern
California marine environments SEE: Environmental Proteomics page
SEE: 2D-Gel Images--"Calibrators"
Erik Iwanski (B.S., UC Irvine), thesis research: Environmental effects on testicular steroidogenesis and
plasma estrogens in the hornyhead turbot in the urban ocean of southern California
Mark Jamison (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Regulation of IGFBPs by glucocorticoids in the gobiid teleost,
Gillichthys mirabilis –role in somatic growth
Past Graduate Students
Andrew Hamilton, 2008 (B.S., Virginia Tech),
Scott Adams (B.S., U.C. Santa Cruz), Cloning and expression of stress-induced insulin-like growth factor-
binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) in the hornyhead turbot, Pleuronichthys verticalis
Rebecca Hagstrom, 2007 (B.S., CSU Long Beach), Cloning and expression of steroidogenic enzymes in
southern Calfornia flatfish: Possible roles in environmental endocrine disruption of endogenous estrogen
Dawn Petschauer, 2007 (B.S., CSU Long Beach), Studies on environmental steroids and their possible
impacts on the endocrine physiology of Pleuronectifomes in Santa Monica Bay, CA
Jesus A. Reyes, 2006 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Environmental estrogen exposure in flatfishes of the
southern California bight, with special reference to the hornyhead turbot, Pleuronichthys verticalis
Kathleen Sak, 2005 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Molecular and functional characterization of an IGFBP in
an iguanid cell line
Ms. Tiffany Royal, 2005 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Molecular cloning and expression of insulin-like growth
factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in the round stingray, Urobatis helleri
Ms. Maelanie Galima, 2004 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Catch-and-release stress: impacts on the
endocrine physiology of the California sheephead, Semicossyphus pulcher
Lori Berg, 2003 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Potential mediation by the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis
in the anabolic effects of glucose and angiotensin II (Ang II) in a glomerular mesangial cell
James Haigwood, 2002 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach) The Diabetogenic role of pancreatic glucagons and
glucagons-like peptide in the teleost fish, Gillichthys mirabilis
Kameron Schmidt, 2001 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Regulation of the membrane localization of a reptilian
IGFBP and its impact on IGF-mediated cell growth”
Greg Nicholsen, 2001 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Insulin-regulated glucose clearance and transport in the
goby, Gillichthys mirabilis
Mark Skracic, 1999 (B.A., Univ. Southern California), The relationship between sediment contaminants and
the juvenile California halibut, Paralichthys californicus
Julie Roth, 1999 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Association of insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins
(IGFBPs) with catabolic growth inhibition in the goby and assessment of cDNAs amplified in a PCR cloning
strategy
Prakash Desai, 1999 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Cell membrane association of insulin-like growth factor-
binding protein-2 (IGFBP-2) in kidney mesangial cells: Mechansisms and possible role in diabetes-related
kidney disease”
Todd Chapman, 1999 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Ultrastructural analysis of larval otolith development in
the California grunion, Leuresthes tenuis
Salina A. Arope, 1999 (B.A., U.C. Davis), Glucose activated kidney mesangial cells and the possible
regulatory role by insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-2 (IGFBP-2)
Other graduate-level students
Alex Gavrila (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Insulin-regulated glucose transporters in an ectothermic
vertebrate: isolating, cloning, and expression of the GLUT4 transporter in the goby, Gillichthys mirabilis
Robert Flores, (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Mediation by cortisol of diabetes-related symptomatologies in
the gobiid teleost, Gillichthys mirabilis : role of metabolism and somatic growth”
Navdeep Brar (B.S., UC Davis), thesis research: Characterization of thyroidal endocrine function in Pacific
staghorn sculpin and shiner surfperch in San Francisco Bay
Kenna Koons (B.S., CSU Long Beach), thesis research: Environmental endocrine disruption in southern
California Pacific Sanddab and Hornyhead turbot: gonadal pathologies and circulating sex steroids
Claire Waggoner (B.S., CSU Long Beach), thesis research: Proteomics to develop relevant phenotypic
biomarkers of impacts of environmental organic contaminants in wild English sole residing in southern
California marine environments SEE: Environmental Proteomics page
SEE: 2D-Gel Images--"Calibrators"
Erik Iwanski (B.S., UC Irvine), thesis research: Environmental effects on testicular steroidogenesis and
plasma estrogens in the hornyhead turbot in the urban ocean of southern California
Mark Jamison (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Regulation of IGFBPs by glucocorticoids in the gobiid teleost,
Gillichthys mirabilis –role in somatic growth
Past Graduate Students
Andrew Hamilton, 2008 (B.S., Virginia Tech),
Scott Adams (B.S., U.C. Santa Cruz), Cloning and expression of stress-induced insulin-like growth factor-
binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) in the hornyhead turbot, Pleuronichthys verticalis
Rebecca Hagstrom, 2007 (B.S., CSU Long Beach), Cloning and expression of steroidogenic enzymes in
southern Calfornia flatfish: Possible roles in environmental endocrine disruption of endogenous estrogen
Dawn Petschauer, 2007 (B.S., CSU Long Beach), Studies on environmental steroids and their possible
impacts on the endocrine physiology of Pleuronectifomes in Santa Monica Bay, CA
Jesus A. Reyes, 2006 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Environmental estrogen exposure in flatfishes of the
southern California bight, with special reference to the hornyhead turbot, Pleuronichthys verticalis
Kathleen Sak, 2005 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Molecular and functional characterization of an IGFBP in
an iguanid cell line
Ms. Tiffany Royal, 2005 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Molecular cloning and expression of insulin-like growth
factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in the round stingray, Urobatis helleri
Ms. Maelanie Galima, 2004 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Catch-and-release stress: impacts on the
endocrine physiology of the California sheephead, Semicossyphus pulcher
Lori Berg, 2003 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Potential mediation by the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis
in the anabolic effects of glucose and angiotensin II (Ang II) in a glomerular mesangial cell
James Haigwood, 2002 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach) The Diabetogenic role of pancreatic glucagons and
glucagons-like peptide in the teleost fish, Gillichthys mirabilis
Kameron Schmidt, 2001 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Regulation of the membrane localization of a reptilian
IGFBP and its impact on IGF-mediated cell growth”
Greg Nicholsen, 2001 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Insulin-regulated glucose clearance and transport in the
goby, Gillichthys mirabilis
Mark Skracic, 1999 (B.A., Univ. Southern California), The relationship between sediment contaminants and
the juvenile California halibut, Paralichthys californicus
Julie Roth, 1999 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Association of insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins
(IGFBPs) with catabolic growth inhibition in the goby and assessment of cDNAs amplified in a PCR cloning
strategy
Prakash Desai, 1999 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Cell membrane association of insulin-like growth factor-
binding protein-2 (IGFBP-2) in kidney mesangial cells: Mechansisms and possible role in diabetes-related
kidney disease”
Todd Chapman, 1999 (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Ultrastructural analysis of larval otolith development in
the California grunion, Leuresthes tenuis
Salina A. Arope, 1999 (B.A., U.C. Davis), Glucose activated kidney mesangial cells and the possible
regulatory role by insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-2 (IGFBP-2)
Other graduate-level students
Alex Gavrila (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Insulin-regulated glucose transporters in an ectothermic
vertebrate: isolating, cloning, and expression of the GLUT4 transporter in the goby, Gillichthys mirabilis
Robert Flores, (B.S., C.S.U. Long Beach), Mediation by cortisol of diabetes-related symptomatologies in
the gobiid teleost, Gillichthys mirabilis : role of metabolism and somatic growth”