SHERRY LYNN TAMONE

Curriculum vitae

Address:

University of Alaska Southeast

Department of Natural Sciences

11120 Glacier Highway

Juneau, AK 99801

Telephone:

(907) 796-6599

Fax:

(907) 796-6447

Email:

sherry.tamone@uas.alaska.edu

Education:

Ph.D Endocrinology; University of California Davis; 1993
B.S. Biochemistry; San Francisco State University; 1984

PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Alaska Southeast	August 1999-present.
Assistant Professor of Marine Biology; University of Alaska Fairbanks, Juneau Center for School of Fisheries and Ocean Science	August 2001-present
Lecturer, Sonoma State University	January 1996-May 1999
Lecturer, Santa Rosa Community College	September 1998-May 1999
USDA Postdoctoral Researcher, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis.	April 1993-September 1995
California Sea Grant Trainee, Bodega Marine Laboratory, UCD	1988-1993
Teaching Assistant, Physiological Adaptations of Marine Organisms	Spring 1991
AAUS Research SCUBA Diver,	1988-present
Teaching Assistant, Physiological Chemistry, University of California, Davis	1997-1998
Senior Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Division of Physiology and Biomedicine	1982-1986

SCIENTIFIC
AFFILIATIONS

American Association for the Advancement of Science

The Crustacean Society

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

Bodega Marine Sciences Association

Phi Sigma Society

RESEARCH AWARDS
AND HONORS

California Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship Award, 1991-1992; 1992-1993
California Sea Grant Traineeship
Aubrey Gorbman Best Student Paper Award, Honorable Mention, American Society of Zoologists, 1992.
Jastro-Shields Research Scholarship Award, University of California, Davis; 1990-1991; 1991-1992.
Humanities Graduate Research Award, University of California, Davis, 1988-1989; 1989-1990.
Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award

GRADUATE STUDENTS

My students conduct research and obtain degrees in the fields of Fisheries as well as Marine Biology. Their projects relate to my research that encompasses crustacean physiology and specifically deals with the endocrine regulation of growth and reproduction.

1. Jacqueline Mitchell, M.S. Fisheries. Hormonal regulation of reproduction in Bering Sea snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio. Expected graduation date Dec 2004

2. Jamie Thomton, M. S. Marine Biology. Reproductive biology of Dungeness crab, Cancer magister. Expected graduation date May 2005

GRADUATE COMMITTEES: I currently serve as an advisor on the follow graduate committees

1. Ron Heinz, Ph.D. Fisheries. University of Alaska Fairbanks Influence Of Carcasses On The Lipid Dynamics Of Juvenile Steelhead (Onchorynchus mykiss) In Sashin Creek, Alaska
2. Joel Webb, M.S Fisheries University of Alaska Fairbanks: Effect Of Temperature On Reproductive Biology Of Snow Crab, Chionoecetes opilio
3. Cadie Buckley, M.S. Fisheries University of Alaska Fairbanks: Physiological Difference Between Two Species Of Southeast Alaskan Kelp.
4. Jonathon Warrenchuck, M.S. Fisheries 2001, University of Alaska Fairbanks: The effect of wind chill on the snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio.
5. Zachary Hoyt, M.S. Fisheries 2003, University of Alaska Fairbanks:Movement of the golden king crab (Lithodes aquaspinus)

Curriculum vitae

University of Alaska Southeast

last modified 6/18/05 (SLT)