Date of Birth: 27 October 1964
Place of Birth: Red Bank, New Jersey
 

Office Address
 
 Department of Biology
 The Citadel
 Charleston, SC 29409

 tel: (843) 953-7796
 fax: (843) 953-7264
email: john.weinstein@citadel.edu
 

Education

 Ph.D. Biology, University of South Carolina, 1994
 
M.S. Biology-Coastal Ecology and Environmental Biology, East Carolina University, 1991
 
B.A. Biology, summa cum laude, Rutgers University, 1987
 

Teaching and Research Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, The Citadel, Charleston, SC, 8/00-present.

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological & Earth Sciences, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX, 8/98-5/00.
 
Assistant Professor (Visiting), Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, 8/97-7/98.
 
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 8/95-8/97.
 
Research Assistant Professor, Baruch Institute, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC,   1/95-8/95.
 

Other Professional Experience

Bioassay Laboratory Technician, IT Corporation, Edison, NJ, 1987-1988.
 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Weinstein, J.E. Influence of salinity on the bioaccumulation and photoinduced toxicity of  fluoranthene to an estuarine shrimp and oligochaete. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. In press.

Weinstein, J.E., and D.M. Sanger. 2003. Comparative tolerance of two estuarine annelids to fluoranthene under normoxic and moderately hypoxic conditions.  Marine Environmental Research. 56:637-648.

Weinstein, J.E, D.M. Sanger, and A.F. Holland. 2003. Bioaccumulation and toxicity of fluoranthene in the estuarine oligochaete Monopylephorus rubroniveus.  Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 55:278-286.

Weinstein, J.E. 2002. Photoperiod effects on the UV-induced toxicity of fluoranthene to freshwater mussel glochidia: Absence of repair during dark periods.  Aquatic Toxicology,  59:153-161.

Weinstein, J.E. and K.D. Polk. 2001. Phototoxicity of anthracene and pyrene to glochidia of the freshwater mussel Utterbackia imbecillis.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 20:2021-2028.

Weinstein, J.E.  2001. Characterization of the acute toxicity of photoactivated fluoranthene to glochidia of the freshwater mussel, Utterbackia imbecillis.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.  20: 412-419.

Weinstein, J.E. and J.T. Oris.  1999.  Humic acids reduce the bioaccumulation and  phototoxicity of fluoranthene in fish.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18: 2087- 2094.

Weinstein, J.E., J.T. Oris and D.H. Taylor.  1997.  An ultrastructural examination of the mode of  UV-induced toxic action of fluoranthene in fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas. Aquatic Toxicology  39:1-22.

Weinstein, J.E.  1997.  Fluoranthene-induced histological alterations in oysters, Crassostrea virginica: Seasonal field and laboratory studies. Marine Environmental Research  43:201-218.

Weinstein, J.E.  1996.  Anthropogenic Impacts on Salt Marshes - A Review.  In: Sustainable   Development in the Southeastern Coastal Zone, edited by F.J. Vernberg, W.B. Vernberg, and  T. Siewicki.  The Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine Science, No. 20.  University of South  Carolina Press, Columbia, SC  pp. 135-170.

Weinstein, J.E.  1995.  Seasonal responses of the mixed-function oxygenase system in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica, to urban-derived polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 112C:299-307.

Weinstein, J.E.  1995.  Fine structure of the digestive tubule in the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Journal of Shellfish Research, 14:97-103.

Weinstein, J.E., T.L. West and J.T. Bray.  1992.  Shell disease and metal content of blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, from the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System, North Carolina. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 23:355-362.

Gimperline, P.J., D. Miller, T.L. West, J.E. Weinstein, J.G. Hamilton and J.T. Bray.  1992.  Principal component analysis, trace metals, and blue crab shell disease. Analytical Chemistry 64:523-52.
 

Grants and Awards

Grants Funded

2003  The Citadel Foundation.  Faculty Research Grant.  “Toxicological Assessment of Charleston Stormwater Runoff to Larvae of the Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio” ($2,940 awarded)

2002  The Citadel Foundation.  Presentation of Research Proposal.  Travel to Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23rd Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT for Platform Presentation.  ($1275 awarded).

2002  S.C. Sea Grant Consortium.  Impact of Mosquito Control Agents on Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes spp., and Hard Clams, Mercenaria mercenaria: Preliminary Laboratory Assessment ($10,000 awarded).

2002  The Citadel Foundation.  Faculty Research Grant.  “Phototoxicity of Mosquito Control Agents on Grass shrimp, Palaemonetes spp., and Hard Clams, Mercenaria mercenaria ($2,730 awarded).

2001  The Citadel Foundation. Faculty Research Grant.  “Effect of Salinity Variation on the Photoactivated Toxicity of Fluoranthene to the Larvae of the Tidewater Silverside, Menidia beryllina, the Oyster, Crassostrea virginica”. ($2,900 awarded).

2001  The Citadel Foundation.  Faculty Development Grant.  “Physiology for Physiology and Biology Teachers (NSF Short Courses for College Teachers)”.  ($1,154 awarded).

2001  The Citadel Foundation. Publication of Research – Request for Payment of Page Charges. “Phototoxicity of anthracene and pyrene to glochidia of the freshwater mussel, Utterbackia imbecillis”  ($600 awarded).

2000  The Citadel Foundation.  Presentation of Research Proposal.  Travel to Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 22nd Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD for Poster Presentation.  ($898 awarded).

2000  The Citadel Foundation.  Faculty Research Grant.  “Effect of Ultraviolet Light on Fluoranthene Toxicity in Oyster Early Life Stages”.  ($1,500 awarded).

2000  The Citadel Foundation.  Publication of Research Proposal.  Page Charges for “Characterization of the Acute Toxicity of Photoactivated Fluoranthene to Glochidia of the Freshwater Mussel, Utterbackia imbecillis”.  ($600 awarded).

2000  The Citadel Foundation.  Presentation of Research Proposal.  Travel to Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21st Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN for Platform Presentation.  ($707 awarded).

1999 Texas A&M University-Commerce. Faculty Research Mini-Grant. “Effect of Varying UV Intensity on the Phototoxicity of Three Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Freshwater Mussel Glochidia”  ($426 for laboratory supplies).

1999 Texas A&M University-Commerce.  Faculty Research Mini-Grant. “Characterization of the Response of Juvenile Freshwater Mussels to Phototoxic Fluoranthene at Varying Levels of UV Light” ($354.70).

1998  Texas A&M University-Commerce. Faculty Research Mini-Grant. “Assessment of the Effects of Phototoxic Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on the Early Life Stages of Freshwater Mussels” ($500 for HPLC supplies).

1998  Texas A&M University-Commerce. Faculty Research Grant. "Assessment of the Effects of Phototoxic Fluoranthene and its Major Photomodification Product to the Early Life Stages of Freshwater Mussels" ($5,000 for analytical super-microbalance).

1992  South Carolina Wildlife Federation. "The Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Effects of  Urban-derived Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the American Oyster, Crassostrea virginica"   ($1,000 awarded)
 

Proposals Submitted

2001   S.C. Sea Grant Consortium. “Impact of Mosquito Control Agents on the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes spp., and Hard Clams, Mercenaria mercenaria.”  Principle Investigators – J.E. Weinstein (The Citadel), A.H. Ringwood, L. Coen, N. Hadley (Marine Resources Research Institute). (requested $244,348; not funded).

2001   S.C. Sea Grant Consortium. “Expression of Proteins in Grass Shrimp After Chronic Exposure to Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons” Principle Investigators – P. S. Glas and J.E. Weinstein (The Citadel). (requested $77,885; not funded).

2001  U.S. Geological Survey. Competitive Grants Program.  “Hazard Assessment of Photoactivated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Stormwater Runoff to Freshwater Mussels”.  Principle Investigators – J.E. Weinstein (The Citadel) and T.A. Abrahamson (USGS, Columbia, SC).  (requested $207,332; not funded).
 
2001   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  EPA Star-LI Grant. “Biological Criteria of  Reference Conditions for Assessing Organismal and Ecological Health Across Estuarine  Strata” Principle Investigators – A.H. Ringwood, D.M. Sanger, A. Lewitus (Marine  Resources Research Institute), and J.E. Weinstein (The Citadel). (total requested  $973,760, Citadel subcontract $52,000; not funded).

2000    U.S. Geological Survey.  Competitive Grants Program.  “Hazard Assessment of  Phototoxic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Stormwater Runoff to Freshwater Mussels”  Principle Investigators – J.E. Weinstein (Texas A&M – Commerce) and H.C. McWreath (USGS – Fort Worth, TX). ($193,170 requested).

Note:  This proposal was initially selected for funding by the review panel; however, the USGS Competitive Grants Office would not allow the funds to be transferred from  Texas, where the proposal was originally submitted, to South Carolina.

1999  Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.  Advanced Research Program. “Effect of Humic Acids and Particulate Inorganic Matter on PAH Phototoxicity in Freshwater Mussels” ($77,365 requested; not funded)

1999  U.S. Geological Survey Competitive Grants Program.  “Hazard Assessment of Phototoxic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Stormwater Runoff to Freshwater Mussels”      Principle Investigators – J.E. Weinstein (Texas A&M – Commerce) and H.C. McWreath  (USGS – Fort Worth, TX). ($200,079 requested; not funded)

1998  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development. “Assessment of the effects of phototoxic fluoranthene and its major photomodification product to the early life stages of freshwater mussels”  Principle Investigators – J.E. Weinstein (Texas A&M – Commerce) and J.C. Means (Western Michigan University).  ($359,195 requested; not funded).

1997  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Office of Research and Development).            “Assessment of the effects of phototoxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to the early    life stages of bivalved molluscs” Principle Investigators – J.E. Weinstein (Miami      University) and A.F. Holland (Marine Resources Research Institute).  ($103,013      requested; not funded).
 

Conference Participation

Weinstein, J.E., Sanger, D.M., and Holland, A.F. 2003. Toxicity of PAH to the Estuarine Oligochaete Monopylephorus rubroniveus: A “Tail” of Two Tolerances.  Carolinas SETAC Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC.

Weinstein, J.E. 2002. Photoperiod Effects on the UV-induced toxicity of PAH to freshwater  mussel glochidia. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23rd Annual  Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.

Sanger, D.M. and Weinstein, J.E. 2002. Phototoxicity of fluoranthene to an estuarine tubificid oligochaete, Monopylephorus rubroniveus, in water-only and sediment exposures. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23rd Annual  Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.

Weinstein, J.E.  2002.  Ultraviolet light enhances the toxicity of polycyclic aromatic  hydrocarbons to glochidia of the paper pondshell, Utterbackia imbecillis.  American  Malacological Society, 68th Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC.

Weinstein, J.E. 2002. Using a general models approach to teach physiology.  Charleston  Connections Conference. Innovations in Higher Education.  May, 2002. Charleston, SC.

Weinstein, J.E. and K.D. Polk. 2001. Relative phototoxic potency of three PAHs to glochidia of  freshwater mussels. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 22nd Annual  Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Weinstein, J.E. 2000.  Characterization of the acute toxicity of phototoxic fluoranthene to glochidia of the freshwater mussel, Utterbackia imbecillis. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21st Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.

Weinstein, J.E.  2000.  Characterization of the phototoxic potential of fluoranthene to glochidia  of the freshwater mussel, Utterbackia imbecillis. Texas Academy of Science 103rd Annual  Meeting.  Kingsville, TX.

Weinstein, J.E. and J.T. Oris.  1999. Humic acids reduce the bioaccumulation and  phototoxicity of PAH in fish. Texas Academy of Science 102nd Annual Meeting.  Sequin,  TX.

Oris, J.T., A.C. Hatch, J.E. Weinstein, R.H. Findlay, S.A. Diamond, G.A. Burton, and B. Allen.  1998. Modeling site specific phototoxicity of PAH in natural waters: Case study of Lake  Tahoe, California/Nevada, USA. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 19th  Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC.

Oris, J.T., A.C. Hatch, J.E. Weinstein, R.H. Findlay, P.J. McGinn, S.A. Diamond, R. Garrett, W. Jackson, G.A. Burton, and B. Allen. 1998. Toxicity of ambient levels of motorized watercraft emissions to fish and zooplankton in Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada, USA. European Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 8th Annual Meeting, Bordeaux, France.

Weinstein, J.E. and J.T. Oris.  1997.   Humic Acids Reduce the Bioaccumulation and Phototoxicity of Fluoranthene in Fish. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Weinstein, J.E., J.T. Oris and D.H. Taylor.  1997.  An ultrastructural examination of the mode of  photo-induced toxic action of PAH in fish. ASTM Seventh Symposium on Environmental  Toxicology and Risk Assessment, St. Louis, MO.

Diamond, S.A., M. Barron, D. Cacela, E.E. Little, R.D. Hurtubise, J.T. Oris, and J.E. Weinstein. 1997.  Considerations for the estimation and experimental reproduction of UV radiation dose in natural waters.  ASTM Seventh Symposium on Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment, St. Louis, MO.

Weinstein, J.E. 1996. Fluoranthene-induced histological alterations in oysters, Crassostrea  virginica: Seasonal field and laboratory studies. Society of Environmental Toxicology and  Chemistry 17th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Weinstein, J.E., J.T. Oris, and D.H. Taylor. 1996. Mode of Photo-induced toxic action of PAH in   fish.  Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 17th Annual Meeting,     Washington, DC.

Oris, J.T., J.E. Weinstein, S.E. Walker, and J. Choi. 1996. Mode of photo-induced toxic action of   PAH in vertebrates.  ASTM Annual Meeting, Orlando FL.

Weinstein, J.E. 1995. Histopathology in Crassostrea virginica as an indicator of stress in urbanized estuaries. Southeastern Estuarine Research Society, Marineland, FL.

Weinstein, J.E. 1994. Seasonal responses of the mixed-function oxygenase (MFO) system in oysters, Crassostrea  virginica, to urban-derived polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.  Southeastern Estuarine Research Society, Wilmington, NC.

Weinstein, J.E., T.L. West, and J.T. Bray. 1991. Metal content of healthy and diseased blue   crabs, Callinectes sapidus, from the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System.  NC Society of  Toxicologists. Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC.
 

Service Activities

Texas A&M University – Commerce

1999-2000  Faculty Senate
1999-2000 University Honors Committee
1999-2000  Pre-Professional Committee
1999-2000  Mentorship Program – Greenville (TX) ISD
1999-2000  Search Committee for Biologist (Dept. of Biological & Earth Sciences)
1999   Search Committee for Plant Biologist  (Dept. of Biological & Earth Sciences)
1998-2000 Environmental Science Committee (Dept. of Biological & Earth Sciences)
1998-2000  Faculty Advisor for Student Association for a Greener Environment
2000   Departmental Wildlife Committee
2000   Departmental Computer Committee

The Citadel

2001-2002  Undergraduate Admissions Committee
2001-    Pre-Health Committee
2001-    Scholarship Committee
2001-   Bio-Cid/Tri-Beta Faculty Advisor
2001-    Charleston County Science Partner, Project Inquiry (NSF Curriculum in a Box       Program), Charleston County School District
2002-   Biology Department Webmaster

College of Charleston

2000-   Adjunct Faculty in the Graduate Program in Marine Biology
2002-   Graduate Research Committee for Majbritt Bolton-Warberg (M.S. student)
2002-   Colloquium Committee (chairperson)
 

Peer Reviews

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
National Science Foundation Grants
United States Geological Survey Competitive Grants
National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowships
McGraw-Hill (proposed undergraduate Biometry textbook)
 

Invited Seminars

Fort Johnson Seminar Series, Charleston, SC
Department of Biology, The Citadel, Charleston, SC
Sigma Xi, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX
Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Sciences Division, Austin College, Sherman, TX
Department of Biology, City College of New York, New York, NY
Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Department of Biological & Earth Sciences, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX
Biology Department, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Department of Biology, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
 

Courses Taught

General Biology
Introduction to Environmental Science
Environmental Biology
Human Anatomy & Physiology
Human Physiology
Animal Physiology
Human Biology – Structure and Function
General Physiology
Toxicology
Aquatic Toxicology
Pollution Biology
Marine Biology
 

Professional Societies

Sigma Xi
Society of Environmental Toxicologists and Chemists
Estuarine Research Federation
American Malacological Society
Southeastern Estuarine Research Society
Texas Academy of Sciences (1997-2000)
South Carolina Academy of Sciences (2001-present)
National Association of Biology Teachers

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