Curriculum vitae
Romberg Tiburon Center for
Environmental Studies
San Francisco State University
3152 Paradise Drive, Tiburon, CA 94920
email
aarp@sfsu.edu
Office/voice mail (415) 338-1182
EDUCATION
PhD, MA,
University of California, Santa Barbara, Biology, 1982
BA with honors, Sonoma State University, Biology, 1977
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Director, Romberg Tiburon Center for
Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University 1995 - present
Professor of Biology with tenure, San Francisco State University
1994 - present
Associate Professor of Biology, San Francisco State University 1989
- 1994
Visiting Scientist, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Monterey, CA
1988 - 1989
Assistant Research Biologist and Lecturer, Biology Department,San
Francisco State University 1986 - 1988
Postgraduate Research Biologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1984 - 1986
Postgraduate Research Biologist, University of California, Santa
Barbara 1983 - 1984
SELECTED RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
External Review Committee, San Diego University,
Department of Marine Sciences, 2005
In studio guest and commentator for the SF Exploratorium Web-based
project Origins, 2004
Invited Speaker to the Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for
Minority Participation (LSMAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate Program
Fellow, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, 2004
NSF - Informal Science Education - My Place By The Bay:
Inquiry-based Investigations in Coastal Ecology, co- investigator
with The Bay Area Discovery Museum,
Project Director, NIH Minority Biomedical Research Science (MBRS-SCORE)
at San Francisco State University to fund research facilities to
train minority students. 7/95-12/98
Board of Trustees, Headlands Institute
Board of Trustees, California Academy of Sciences
Board of Governors, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
Science Council and Biology Council Member, College of Science and
Engineering, SFSU
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Biochemical and physiological mechanisms
of animal adaptation to environment
Ecology and physiology of hydrothermal vent organisms
Sulfide tolerance and detoxification in mudflat invertebrates
OCEANOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS
Participant in 8 deep-sea submersible
dives with the R.V. Johnson Sea Link, & US. Navy submarines R.V. Sea
Cliff, R.V. Sea Turtle and the Woods Hole submersible R.V. Alvin
Participant in over 22 oceanographic expeditions, Vessels include
R.V. Point Sur, R.V. Velero, R.V. Melville, R.V. New Horizon, R.V.
Ellen B. Scripps, R.V. Edwin Link, R.V. Atlantis II
POST DOCTORAL AND STUDENT SPONSORSHIP
Post Doctoral
Researchers:
Dr. Stephanie Wohlgemuth, Postdoctoral Associate, University of
Florida, Gainesville, 2001-2003 at San Francisco State University.
Dr. Jaishri Menon, Associate Professor of Biology, William Patterson
College, New Jersey, 1991-1994 at San Francisco State University.
Dr. David Julian, Assistant Professor at the University of Florida,
Gainesville, 1997-1999 at San Francisco State University.
Graduate
students:
Troy Roepke – MA in Physiology 2001. Troy is in the PhD program at
UC Davis' Bodega Marine Laboratory.
Julia Willsie – MA in Marine Biology 1999. Julia is a lecturer in
the Biology Department at Sonoma State University.
John Hernandez - MA in Marine Biology 1999. John was a scholarship
recipient in the NSF - BRIDGE program linking minority students to
Ph.D. granting institutions. John is currently working for the San
Francisco Fire Department.
Vincent Encomio - MA in Physiology 1998. Vincent was a NSF - BRIDGE
student and a MBRS student. He is in the Ph.D. program at University
of Virginia.
Shelley Seto - MA in Physiology 1997. Shelley is currently a high
school science instructor at Piedmont High School.
Mark Bogan - MA in Physiology 1997. Mark is currently enrolled in an
MBA program at the University of Texas.
Wendy Passman - MA in Physiology, 1995. Wendy was a senior intern
from South Hampton University summer 1993 and began her MA program
in fall 1993. Wendy is now in the Ph.D. program at the University of
Massachusetts, Boston.
Jeffrey Judd - MA in Marine Biology 1993. Jeff recently completed
his Ph.D. in Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley and will be a
post-doc at UCSC.
Leslie King - MA in Physiology 1992. Leslie won an award for the
Best Student Poster Award at the 1992 meeting of the American
Society of Zoologists. Leslie is currently a biology laboratory
coordinator and instructor at USF.
David Julian - MA in Physiology 1991. David received his Ph.D. in
physiology at UCSF, came back to San Francisco State University to
do a post doc at the Romberg Tiburon Center, and now is an Assistant
Professor at University of Florida, Gainesville.
Rachel Eaton - MA in Marine Biology 1990. Rachel teaches at Acalane
High School in the East Bay.
Jon Levitt - MA in Physiology 1990. Jon is currently in the Ph.D.
Program in immunology at Baylor College.
Bonnie M. Hansen - MA in Physiology 1989. Bonnie is teaching science
at Burton High School in San Francisco.
Undergraduate
and high school students who have worked in my lab:
Sierra Laidman (HSstudent) 1999
Wendy Passman 1993
hahyar Mansour 1990
Sara Taylor 1998
Susan Wieting 1993
Leslie Aiken 1990
Oscar Lang (HS student) 1998
Jennifer Manika 1993
Kelly Riordan 1990
Karina Mathisen 1996
Pam Gelman 1992
Mary Freshet 1990
Susan Wieting 1995
Olivia Delacroix 1991
Scott Culbertson 1988
Samara Green 1995
Rick Christensen 1991
Sheila Oberto 1987
Andrew Tauscher 1994
Laura Shumate 1990
Valerie Vandever 1987
COURSES TAUGHT
Adaptations to Coastal Environments
Seminar - B863, 1991
Animal Physiology - B630, 1996, 94, 93, 91, 90, 89, 87, 86
Animal Physiology Laboratory - B631, 1996, 94, 93 (2 sections), 91,
90, 89, 87, 86
Current San Francisco State University Physiological Research
Seminar, 1991, 1988
Ecological Physiology - B855, 1988
Ecological Physiology Laboratory - B877, 1988
Guest Lecturer, Oceanography 1997, 1998, 1999
Hydrothermal Vents Seminar - B863.02, 1987
Introductory Biology 230 Laboratory, 1987, 1986
Introductory Biology 230 Lecture, 1992, 1990
Life with Sulfide Seminar - B863, 1994
Marine Invertebrate Physiology - lecture and laboratory B560, 1987
Marine Physiology - Moss Landing Marine Laboratories MS173, 1989
Nature Study - B300 general education course, 1995, 1999
GRANT AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Research Grants
NOAA/OTS/CI-CORE . Establishment of a Prototype
Monitoring Station at the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental
Studies. 10/01/04-9/30/05. $285,650
Yosemite Channel Wetland Restoration Plan, State Parks. principal
investigator. 10/01/03-5/30/05. $116,188
NSF - Functional and Physiological Ecology, co-principal
investigator, “A second look at sulfide toxicity: intracellular
inclusions, mitochondrial damage and cell death in sulfide-adapted
annelids.” David Julian, lead PI, 09/04-08/07, $359,489
EPA-STAR, co-principal investigator, “Integrative indicators of
ecosystem condition and stress across multiple trophic levels in the
San Francisco Estuary.” 1/99-9/02, $881,062 (Arp and Julian
subproject, $106,164)
NIH - Minority Biomedical Research Science (MBRS-SCORE), Project
Director (1995-2000) with 14 principal investigators. Funded
continuously since 1995, annual awards totaling approximately
$16,000,000.
NIH - MBRS-SCORE, principal investigator, "Cellular effects of
chronic, low level hydrogen sulfide exposure." 1/01-12/02, $363,289
NIH - MBRS-SCORE, principal investigator, "Mechanisms of sulfide
toxicity." 1/95-1/98, $145,332
NSF - Research at Undergraduate Institutions grant renewal from
Functional and Physiological Ecology, principal investigator.
"Sulfide detoxification mechanisms of the epithelia of Urechis caupo."
2/93-2/96, $283,000
NSF - Functional and Physiological Ecology grant for participant
costs for the symposium "Life with Sulfide" held at the 1993 meeting
of the American Society of Zoologists, principal investigator.
11/93, $3,000
NSF-RUI grant from Regulatory Biology, principal investigator.
"Sulfide tolerance and detoxification in Urechis caupo." 2/90-2/93,
$166,500
NSF-RUI Sabbatical Supplement from Regulatory Biology, principal
investigator. "Sulfide tolerance and detoxification in Urechis caupo."
1992, $25,000
The Cottrell Foundation, principal investigator. "The in vitro
biochemical inter-actions between hemoglobins and toxic sulfides."
9/88-9/90, $17,131
Student Training and
Support Grants
MSEIP, United States Department of
Education; principal investigator. Project Transquest, a unique and
exciting field-based program designed to inspire minority high
school students in the City of San Francisco to consider careers in
science and engineering. 1/01/04 - 12/31/04. $49,705.
NSF - Informal Science Education – “My Place By The Bay:
Inquiry-based Investigations in Coastal Ecology,” co-principal
investigator with The Bay Area Discovery Museum 10/02 - 10/06,
$1,500,000
NIH - Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC); co-principal
investigator; 6/95-5/00, $2,400,000
NIH - UCD/San Francisco State University Bridges to the Future;
co-principal investigator; 9/92-8/94, $322,000
NIH - CCSF/San Francisco State University Bridges to the
Baccalaureate Degree; co-principal investigator; 10/93-9/95,
$294,000
US Dept. Ed., GAANN; co-principal investigator; 9/94-8/97,
$1,200,000
NSF grant to Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement, principal
investigator; 7/90-12/92, $76,346
NSF-College Science Instrumentation Program, co-principal
investigator; 9/88-9/90, $95,070
Programmatic and
Facilities Grants
NSF - Field Stations and Marine
Laboratories Program. “Genetic Data Collection Capability for the
Romberg Tiburon Center, San Francisco State University,"
11/04-10/07, $121,605
W.M. Keck Foundation award “Construction of a modern teaching
laboratory at the Romberg Tiburon Center,” 2002, $500,000
Marin Community Foundation award “Information Technology Classroom
at the Romberg Tiburon Center,” 2002, $250,000
Compton Foundation award “Bay Conference Center Solar Installation
at the Romberg Tiburon Center,” 2002, $110,000
NSF - Field Stations and Marine Laboratories Program. “Environmental
Monitoring System for the Romberg Tiburon Center,” 10/01-9/02,
$75,000
NSF - Field Stations and Marine Laboratories Program. “The Romberg
Tiburon Center Animal Care and Experimental Aquaculture System,”
10/99-9/00, $99,798
Compton Foundation award “Alternate energy use of bay water at the
Romberg Tiburon Center,” 2002, $91,000
NSF Field Stations and Marine Laboratories Program. “Upgrade of the
Scientific Capabilities of the Romberg Tiburon Center’s Research
Vessel,” 12/97-11/00, $99,000
NSF Field Stations and Marine Laboratories Program. “Student and
Visiting Scientist Housing for the Romberg Tiburon Center,”
5/97-4/00, $100,000
NSF Academic Research Infrastructure. “Renovation of the Romberg
Tiburon Center,” 9/96-8/01, $1,587,000
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
(an asterisk indicates a student author)
Wohlgemuth, S.E. Arp A.J. and D.
Julian. Rapid induction and disappearance of electron-dense
organelles following sulfide exposure in the marine annelid
Branchioasychis americana. In submission.
 Julian
D, Statile J, Roepke T and Arp AJ. 2005. Sodium nitroprusside
potentiates H2S-induced contractions in body wall muscle from a
marine worm. Biological Bulletin, accepted pending revision.
Menon J.G, *Tauscher, *Willsie and Arp A.J. 2003.
Ultrastructure and functional implications in five vestimentiferans
and a polychaete from sulfidic environments. Invertebrate Biology
122(4):332-344.
Julian D., Statile, J.L., Wohlgemuth, S.E. and Arp A.J. 2002.
Enzymatic hydrogen sulfide production in marine invertebrate
tissues. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 133:105-115.
Arp. A.J. 2001. Hydrothermal vent environments are dynamic, hot, and
toxic. Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Academic press, 1242-1246.
Julian D, *Chang, M.L., *Judd, J.R., and Arp A.J. 2001.
Influence of environmental factors on burrow irrigation and oxygen
consumption in the mudflat invertebrate Urechis caupo. Marine
Biology 139:163-173.
Zierenberg, R.A., Adams, M.W. and Arp A.J. 2000. Life in
Extreme Environments: Hydrothermal Vents. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 97:24, 12961-12962.
Julian D, Gaill F, *Wood E, Arp A.J. and Fisher CR. 1999.
Roots as a site of hydrogen sulfide uptake in the hydrocarbon seep
vestimentiferan Lamellibrachia sp. Journal of Experimental Biology
202, 2245-2257.
Julian D, *Wieting SL, *Seto SL, *Bogan MR and Arp A.J. 1999.
Thiosulfate permeability and elimination in a sulfide-adapted marine
invertebrate. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72(4) 416-425.
Menon, J.G. and Arp A.J. 1998. Ultrastructural evidence of
detoxification in the alimentary canal of Urechis caupo.
Invertebrate Biology 117(4): 307-317.
Julian, D., *Dalia, W. E. and Arp, AJ. 1998. Neuromuscular
sensitivity to hydrogen sulfide in the marine invertebrate Urechis
caupo. The Journal of Experimental Biology 201, 1393-1403.
Julian D., *Passman W.E., and Arp A.J. 1996. Water lung and
body wall contributions to respiration in an echiuran worm.
Respiration Physiology 106:187-198.
Arp, A.J., J.G. Menon and D. Julian. 1995. Multiple
mechanisms provide tolerance to environmental sulfide in Urechis
caupo. American Zoologist 35:132-144.
Menon, J.G. and Arp A.J. 1994. The integument of the marine
echiuran worm Urechis caupo. Biological Bulletin 185:440-454.
Childress, J.J., C.R. Fisher, J.A. Favuzzi, and Arp A.J.
1993. The role of serum sulfide binding in the uptake and transport
of dissolved sulfide by the chemoautotrophic symbiont-containing
clam Calyptogena elongata. Journal of Experimental Biology
179:131-158.
*Eaton, R. and Arp A.J. 1992. Aerobic respiration during
sulfide exposure in the marine echiuran worm, Urechis caupo.
Physiological Zoology 66(1):1-19.
Menon, J.G. and Arp A.J. 1992. Morphological adaptations of
the respiratory hindgut of a marine echiuran worm. Journal of
Morphology 214:1-8.
*Julian, D. and Arp A.J. 1992. Sulfide permeability in the
marine invertebrate Urechis caupo. Journal of Comparative Physiology
B. 162:59-67.
Arp, AJ., *B.M. Hansen, and *D. Julian. 1992. The burrow
environment and coelomic fluid characteristics of the echiuran worm
Urechis caupo from three northern California population sites.
Marine Biology 113:613-623.
*Levitt, J. M. and Arp A.J. 1991. The effects of sulfide on
the anaerobic metabolism of two congeneric species of mudflat clams.
Journal of Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 98B:339-347.
Arp, AJ. 1991. The role of heme compounds in sulfide
tolerance in the echiuran worm Urechis caupo. In: Vinogradov and
Kapp (eds.) Structure and function of invertebrate oxygen proteins.
Springer-Verlag, NY. Symposium contribution.
Arp, AJ., M. Doyle, E. Cera, and S.J. Gill. 1990. Oxygen
binding characteristics of two co-occurring hemoglobins of Riftia
pachyptila. Respiration Physiology 80:323-334.
Powell, M.A. and Arp A.J. 1989. Hydrogen sulfide oxidation by
abundant non hemoglobin heme compounds in marine invertebrates from
sulfide rich habitats. Journal of Experimental Zoology 249:121-132.
Sanders, N.K., Arp A.J, and J.J. Childress. 1988. Oxygen
binding characteristics of the hemocyanins of two deep-sea
hydrothermal vent crustaceans. Respiration Physiology 71:57-68.
Fisher, C.R. Jr., J.J. Childress, Arp A.J, J.M. Brooks, D.
Distil, J.A. Favuzzi, H. Felbeck, R. Hessler, K.S. Johnson, M.C.
Kennicutt, A. Newton, M.A. Powell, G.N. Somero, and T. Soto. 1988.
Microhabitat variation in the hydrothermal-vent mussel Bathymodiolus
thermophilus, at Rose Garden. Deep-Sea Research 35: 1769-1779.
Fisher, C.R. Jr., J.J. Childress, Arp A.J, J.M. Brooks, D.
Distil, J.A. Favuzzi, H. Felbeck, R. Hessler, K.S. Johnson, M.C.
Kennicutt, A. Newton, M.A. Powell, G.N. Somero, and T. Soto. 1988.
Variations in the hydrothermal-vent clam Calyptogena magnifica at
the Rose Garden vent on the Galapagos Spreading Center. Deep-Sea
Research 35:1811-1831.
Fisher, C.R. Jr., J.J. Childress, Arp A.J, J.M. Brooks, D.
Distil, J.A. Favuzzi, S.A. Macko, A. Newton, M.A. Powell, G.N.
Somero, and T. Soto. 1988. Physiology, morphology, and composition
of Riftia pachyptila at Rose Garden in 1985. Deep-Sea
Research.35:1745-1758.
Arp, A.J., J.J. Childress, and R.D. Vetter. 1987. Sulfide
binding protein in the blood of Riftia pachyptila is the
extracellular hemoglobin. Journal of Experimental Biology 128:139.
Arp, A.J. 1986. Sulfide binding by an extracellular
hemoglobin. In. B. Linzen (ed.), Invertebrate Oxygen Carriers.
Springer-Verlag, NY. Symposium contribution.
Arp, A.J., J.J. Childress, and C.R. Fisher Jr. 1985. Blood
gas transport in Riftia pachyptila. In. M.L. Jones (ed.), The
Hydrothermal Vents of the Eastern Pacific: An Overview. Bulletin of
the Biological Society of Washington, No. 6:289-300.
Arp, A.J., and J.J. Childress. 1985. Oxygen binding
properties of the blood of the deep-sea shrimp, Glyphocrangon
vicaria. Physiological Zoology 58(1):38-45.
Arp, A.J., J.J. Childress, and C.R. Fisher Jr. 1984.
Metabolic and blood gas transport characteristics of the
hydrothermal vent bivalve, Calyptogena magnifica. Physiological
Zoology 57(6):648-662.
Childress, J.J., Arp A.J, and C.R. Fisher Jr. 1984. Metabolic
and respiratory characteristics of the hydrothermal vent tube worm
Riftia pachyptila. Marine Biology 83:109-124.
Arp, A.J., and J.J. Childress. 1983. Sulfide binding by the
blood of the hydrothermal vent tube worm Riftia pachyptila. Science
219:295-297.
Terwilliger, N.B., R.C. Terwilliger, and Arp A.J. 1983.
Thermal vent clam (Calyptogena magnifica) hemoglobin. Science
219:981-983.
Arp, A.J., and J.J. Childress. 1981. Blood function in the
hydrothermal vent vestimentiferan tube worm. Science 213:342-344.
Arp, A.J., and J.J. Childress. 1981. Functional
characteristics of the blood of the deep-sea hydrothermal vent
brachyuran crab. Science 214:559-561.
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