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Faculty & Research
Jan A. Pechenik
Professor
Invertebrate Zoology and Marine Biology
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- 1968-1971 B.A. in Zoology Duke University
- 1971-1975 M.S. in Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- 1976-1978 Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
Positions Held
- Fall 1978 - present Tufts University, Biology Department
- May 1984 Promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
- October 1994 Promoted to Full Professor
- Winter 1976 - Fall 1978 Environmental Research Laboratory, USEPA, Narragansett,
R.I. Marine Biologist. Studies conducted: Effects of No. 2 fuel oil on gastropod
survival, locomotion, and reproduction; Growth and energetics of gastropod and
crustacean larvae exposed to sublethal concentrations of No. 2 fuel oil.
Research Interests
- Environmental and developmental factors influencing length of larval life
and capacity for delayed metamorphosis by larvae of marine invertebrates. Effects
of delayed metamorphosis and other larval stresses on postmetamorphic fitness.
- Understanding the control of metamorphosis in marine gastropods, and the role
of nitric oxide.
- Functional properties of invertebrate encapsulating structures.
- Sublethal effects of pollutants on marine invertebrate reproductive biology.
Memberships and Elected Offices in Professional Societies
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
- American Institute of Biological Sciences
- Program Officer, American Society of Zoologists, Division of Invertebrate
Zoology (January, 1981 - December, 1984)
- Chair, American Society of Zoologists, Division of Invertebrate Zoology (January
1995-December 1997)
Consulting
- Reviewer of grant proposals for National Science Foundation (Biological
Oceanography and Physiological Ecology sections), Sea Grant Program, and government
agencies in Canada and Australia.
- Reviewer of manuscripts for Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology,
Biological Bulletin, Ecology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, and Marine Biology.
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.
Administration
1998-2001; 2006-present Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Program at Tufts University
Science Writing Workshops Presented
- College of Wooster
- Eastern Connecticut State University
- Flinders University (Australia)
- Franklin and Marshall College
- Gordon College
- Harvard University
- Lafayette College
- Long Island University
- Northern Arizona University
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- Plymouth State College
- Simon's Rock of Bard College
- Smith College
- Swarthmore College
- University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
- University of Rhode Island
- University of South Carolina
- Wellesley College
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