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Dr. John Weinstein, Major
Associate Professor
Department of Biology

The Citadel
171 Moultrie Street
Charleston, SC 29409

office: 216 Duckett Hall
phone: (843) 953-7796
FAX: (843) 953-7264
email: john.weinstein@citadel.edu

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate	Graduate
General Biology I (BIOL 101) F03 General Biology II (BIOL 102) S04 Human Anatomy & Physiology I (BIOL 317) F03 Human Anatomy & Physiology I Lab (BIOL 318) S04, S06 Human Anatomy & Physiology II (BIOL 327) F03 Human Anatomy & Physiology II Lab (328) S04 Mammalian Physiology (BIOL 403)	Aquatic Toxicology (BIOL 621) S06

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Degrees:

• B.A., Biology, Rutgers University
• M.S., Biology, East Carolina University
• Ph.D., Biology, University of South Carolina

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Research Interests:
My research interests are in the field of environmental toxicology, especially as it concerns the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on aquatic organisms. Previously, I have investigated the use of certain mixed-function oxygenase system enzymes as biomarkers of PAH contamination in oysters and ecological factors associated with UV-induced toxicity of PAHs in fish. Currently, I am assessing the effects of UV-induced PAH toxicity on the larvae of freshwater and estuarine bivalves.

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Publications:

• Weinstein, J.E. 2003. Influence of salinity on the bioaccumulation and photoinduced toxicity of fluoranthene to an estuarine shrimp and oligochaete. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 22(12):2932-2939.
• Weinstein, J.E. & D.M. Sanger. 2003. Comparative tolerance of two estuarine annelids to fluoranthene under normoxic and moderatly hypoxic conditions. Marine Environmental Research. 56:637-648.
• Weinstein, J.E., D.M. Sanger, A.F. Holland. 2003. Bioaccumulation and toxicity fo fluoranthene in the estuarine oligochaete Monopylephorus rubroniveus. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 55:278-286.
• Weinstein, J.E. 2002. Photoperiod effects of the UV-induced toxicity of fluoranthene to freshwater mussel glochidia: absence of repair during dark periods. Aquatic Toxicology. 59:153-161.
• Weinstein, J.E., K.D. Polk. 2001. Phototoxicity of anthracene an pyrene to chochidia of the freshwater mussel Utterbackia imbecillis. Envirtonmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 20(9):2021-2028.
• Weinstein, J.E. 2001. Characterization of the acute toxicty of photoactivated fluoranthene to glochida of the freshwater mussel, Utterbackia imbecillis. Envirtonmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 20(2):412-419.
• Weinstein, J.E., J.T. Oris. 1999. Humic acids reduce the bioaccumulatoin and photinduced toxicity of fluoranthene to fish. Envirtonmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 18(9):2087-2094.
• Weinstein, J.E., J.T. Oris, D.H. Taylor. 1997. An ultrastructural examination of the mode of UV-induced toxic action of fluoranthene in the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas. Aquatic Toxicology. 39:1-22.
• Weinstein, J.E. 1997. Fluoranthene-Induced Hostological Alterations in Oysters, Crassostrea virginica: seasonal field and laboratory studies. Marine Environmental Research. 43(3):201-218.
• Weinstein, J.E. 1995. Fine structure of the digestive tubule of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea Virginica (Gmelin, 1791). Journal of Shellfish Research. 14(1):91-103.

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