National Science Foundation Funds Science Center for Marine Fisheries

March 19, 2013 - The University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory has received funding from the National Science Foundation for the new Science Center for Marine Fisheries. The center will provide an academic resource for the fishing industry throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Gulf coast region.

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Stephen S. Curran

Phone: 872-4237 or 818-8877
stephen.curran@usm.edu

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564

Education

Ph.D. in Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi (2006)
Dissertation title: Taxonomy and systematics of some freshwater and coastal trematodes from fishes on the Atlantic Rim.
M.S. in Zoology, University of Connecticut (1996)
Thesis title: Some aspects of the biology of Aspidogaster conchicola, a parsite in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from North America.
B.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Connecticut (1992)

Professional Experience

(November 2006–present)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, The University of Southern Mississippi. Responsible for monographing chalcinotrematine haploporid trematodes using morphological taxonomic techniques; examining evolutionary relationships of haploporids using comparison of ribosomal DNA sequence fragments; collecting and examination of trematode parasites; and training graduate students, undergraduates and interns in collection of invertebrates, vertebrates, parasites, and taxonomy.
(December 1996–August 2000)
Research Technician for Dr. Robin M. Overstreet, The University of Southern Mississippi. Responsible for collecting, preserving and identifying various invertebrates, vertebrates and parasites; writing taxonomic papers; presenting research at societal meetings and workshops; investigating various trematode life cycles using infection experiments and molecular analyses; assisting with the development and training of graduate students; assisting Dr. Overstreet with reviewing journal articles (Systematic Parasitology, Comparative Parasitology, Journal of Parasitology, Caribbean Journal of Science); maintaining laboratory and field collecting supplies; assisting visiting scientists with local collections and identifications; working on research boats; and conducting local, national and international field collections.
(June 1993–May 1994)
Research Assistant for Dr. Janine N. Caira, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut.
Responsible for collecting cestodes from sharks and rays; preparing cestodes for histological and microscopic examination; identifying parasites; maintaining alcoholic specimens; and assisting with collections for an NSF funded survey of metazoan parasites of elasmobranchs from the Gulf of California, Summer 1993.
(June 1992–June 1993)
Research Technican for Dr. Robert B. Whitlatch, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut.
Responsible for collecting, preserving and identifying marine invertebrates from deep-sea, continental shelf and estuarine benthic sediment samples.

Research Interests

Taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Digeneans.

Teaching experience

Co-Instructor, The University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (Summer 2007): Marine Invertebrate Biology.
Intern Instructor, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (June-August 2007).
Intern instructor, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (June-August 2003).
Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Connecticut: Animal Parasitology (Spring 1995), Introductory Biology for Majors (Fall 1994).