Biology and Marine Biology

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Amanda Kahn Dickens

Education

2008 Ph.D. Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC

2004 M.S. Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC

2002 B.S. Biology and Marine Science, Minor in Chemistry, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL

2000 A.S. Biology and Chemistry, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ

2000 A.A. Theater and Dance, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ

Appointments

Present Full time Lecturer, UNCW Department of Biology and Marine Biology

2012-Present Research Associate, Aquatic Ecology Lab, UNCW Center for Marine Science

2014 Instructor, Cape Fear Academy, Wilmington, NC

2014 Chemist, Envirochem Analytical Laboratories, Inc. Wilmington, NC

2011- 2014 Part-time Faculty UNCW Department of Biology and Marine Biology

2010 Research Associate, Biological Oceanography Laboratory, UNCW

2009-2011 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Publications: Peer- Reviewed

Mallin, M, Dickens, A.K., McIver, M. In Review. Pollution of a CAFO–influenced creek-

Assessing chronic vs. acute pollution responses

Kahn, A.E., Beal, J.L., Durako, M.J. 2013. Diurnal and tidal variability in the photobiology of the

seagrass Halophila johnsonii in a riverine versus marine habitat. Estuaries and Coasts. 36:

430-443.

Kahn, A.E., Cahoon, L.B. 2013. Phytoplankton productivity in the surf zone of sandy beaches in

North Carolina, USA. Estuaries and Coasts. 35: 1393-1400.

Trevathan, S.M., Kahn, A.E., Ross, C. 2011. Effects of short term hypersalinity exposure on the

susceptibility to wasting disease in the subtropical seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Plant

Physiology and Biochemistry. 49: 1051-1058.

Lauer, N.T., Yeager, M., Kahn, A.E., Dobberfuhl, D.R., Ross, C. 2011. The effects of short term

salinity exposure on the sublethal stress response of Vallisneria americana Michx.

(Hydrocharitaceae). Aquatic Botany. 95: 207-213.

Kowalczuk, P., Cooper, W.J., Durako, M.J., Kahn, A.E., Gonsior, M., Young, H. 2010.

Characterization of dissolved organic matter fluorescence in the South Atlantic Bight