Professional Experience
1989 - present: Professor of Biological Sciences, Louisiana Tech University
1983 - 89: Associate Professor, Louisiana Tech University
1978 - 83: Assistant Professor, Louisiana Tech University
1978 - 79: Research Associate, University of Texas Marine Laboratory

Associated Activities
1990 - 92: Editor, Proceedings of Louisiana Academy of Sciences
1987 - 89: President, Gulf Estaurine Research Society
1984 - 85: Vice-President, Gulf Estuarine Research Society

Grants and Contracts
1995: Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund. $24,000
1992: Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund . $60,000
1993: Louisiana Catfish Research Board, $12,000
1987: National Marine Fisheries Service, $48,000
1986: Stone Container Corporation, $18,0 00
1982: Louisiana Bd. of Regents Research and Development, $48,000
1982 : Continental Forest Industries, $6,000
1980: Continental Can Company, $8,00 0
1980: National Science Foundation, $8,000

Selected Publications
1997. A biological and fisheries Profile for Black Drum. Louisiana DWLF Special Publication
1992. Infrared detection of fish startle responses. Digest of Southern Biomed.Engineering Conference 11:138-139
1991. Age-linked changes in salinity tolerance of spotted seatrout. J. Fish Biology 39:505-514
1990. Population dynamics of black drum in the Gulf of Mexico. Proc. La Academy of S cience 53:5-12
1989. An In Vitro radiolabel uptake viability assay for Oncho cerca microfilariae. J. Parasitology 75(1):142-144
1988. Population structur e and genetic variation in red drum. Contrib. in Marine Science, Supp. to Vol 30 :49-56
1987. Population structure of red drum and spotted seatrout: biochemical variation and genetic subdivision.     Copeia 3: 682-695
1985. Survey of population characteristics for red drum and spotted seatrout in Louisiana. Gulf Research Reports 8(1): 1-8
1983. Time course of osmotic adaptation with respect to blood osmolarity in red drum. Contrib. in Marine Sci. 26:165-177
1981. Least-cost swimming speeds and transportation costs in some pelagic estuarine fishes. Fisheries Research 1(2):117-128
1979. Oxygen consumption, energy expendi ture, and growth of red snapper. Trans. American Fisheries Society 4:35-52
1 978. Spawning of red snapper (lutjanus campechanus) in captivity. Aquaculture 15 :301-302
1976. Effects of dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide on gas exchange partitioning in salamanders. Physiol. Zoology 48:348-359