SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
PENN STATE BEHREND
1 PRISCHAK BUILDING
ERIE PA 16563
Research Interests
Environmental Physiology, Ecotoxicology, Evolutionary Biology
Publications
Metal Accumulation in the Shell and Soft Tissues of Invasive Mysterysnails, International Journal of Applied Research on Biological Invasions - September 8, 2025
Collaborators: Lynne Beaty; Samuel Nutile; Amanda Mullen, Author
Beer and Biology, A Perfect Pairing: Using beer to spread awareness about introduced species, Journal of Extension - February 15, 2025
Collaborators: Samuel Nutile; Sara Stahlman; Lynne Beaty
Avoidance behavior of Hyalella azteca in response to three common-use insecticides, Chemosphere - October, 2023
Collaborators: Miranda Johns, Student Author; Kyle Deloe, Student Author; Lynne Beaty; Sam Nutile
Evaluating the tropic transfer of PCBs from fish to humans; insights from environmental monitoring and physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modeling, Environmental Pollution - August, 2023
Collaborators: Sam Nutile; Olivia Hodgson, Co-Author; Cody Wood; Ashley Russell; Jeremiah Keyes; R Buckanovich
A comparison of activated carbon remediation success in floodplain soils contaminated with DDT and its metabolites using ex situ and in situ experimentation, Environmental Pollution - February, 2022
Collaborators: Amanda Harwood, Co-Author; Samuel Nutile, Co-Author
Sampling for Invasive Mysterysnails: Unraveling the Mystery of These Aquatic Invaders - October, 2021
Collaborators: Lynne Beaty, Co-Author; Samuel Nutile, Co-Author
Field Evaluation and Modeling Approaches Used to Understand the Transport of Pyrethroid Insecticides out of Pennsylvania Vineyards, Research Journal of Environmental Toxicology - May, 2020
Collaborator: Samuel Nutile, Co-Author
Bridging the information gap between science and society: a solution to non-point source pollution?, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management - March, 2020
Collaborators: Samuel Nutile, Co-Author; Megan Solan, Student Author
Bioenergeticsâadverse outcome pathway: Linking organismal and suborganismal energetic endpoints to adverse outcomes, Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry - September 26, 2018
Collaborators: Christopher Goodchild, Primary Author; Matteo Minghetti, Co-Author; Sarah DuRant, Co-Author
Resurrection ecology and its utility in ecotoxicology, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management - 2017
Collaborators: Puni Jeyasingh, Co-Author; Jason Belden, Co-Author
Assessment of biochemical mechanisms of tolerance to chlorpyrifos in ancient and contemporary Daphnia pulicaria genotypes, Aquatic Toxicology - October 17, 2017
Collaborators: Puni Jeyasingh, Co-Author; Jason Belden, Co-Author
Variation in toxicity of a current-use insecticide leaching from potted nursery stock and aquatic health benefits of bioretention cells receiving nursery runoff, Ecotoxicology - 2015
Investigation of insecticide leaching from potted nursery stock and aquatic health benefits of bioretention cells receiving nursery runoff, Environmental Science and Pollution Research - 2014
Education
Ph D, Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University
CERT, Interdisciplinary Toxicology, Oklahoma State University
BS, Zoology, Oklahoma State University