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Stephen T. Kinsey
Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Department of Biology and Marine Biology
Education:
1992-1996 Florida State University (advisor: W. Ross Ellington) Ph.D. in Biological Science
1988-1991 University of South Florida (advisor: Tom Hopkins) M.S. in Marine Science
1983-1987 Old Dominion University (advisor: Ray Birdsong) B.S. in Biological Sciences
Appointments:
2010-present Graduate Coordinator, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Department of Biology and
Marine Biology
2010-present Assistant Chair, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Department of Biology and Marine
Biology
2009-present Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Department of Biology and Marine Biology
2003-2009 Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Department of Biology and Marine
Biology
1997-2003 Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Department of Biology and Marine
Biology
1996-1997 NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
1992-1995 Research/Teaching Assistant, Florida State University, Department of Biological Sciences
1988-1991 Research Assistant, University of South Florida, Department of Marine Science
1988-1991 Research Assistant, Florida Marine Research Institute
1987-1988 Research Assistant, Old Dominion University, Department of Biological Sciences
Publications (2007-2014; Graduate students in bold):
1. Kelly, K.L., C. Golding, B.R. Locke, and S.T. Kinsey. Structural and functional changes in
the Ca2+ cycling system during growth in fish white muscle. Journal of Theoretical Biology
(submitted).
2. Wilson, W.N., B.L. Baumgarner, W.O. Watanabe, Md Shah Alam, S.T. Kinsey. Effects of
resveratrol on growth and skeletal muscle physiology of juvenile southern flounder.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A (submitted).
3. Baumgarner, B.L., A.M. Nagle, M.R. Quinn, A.E. Farmer and S.T. Kinsey. Dietary
supplementation of β-guanadinopropionic acid (βGPA) reduces whole-body and skeletal
muscle growth in young CD-1 mice. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry (submitted).
4. Priester, C., S.T. Kinsey and R.M. Dillaman. Variations in skeletal muscle structure in
representative orders of fishes: myonuclear, microtubular, and mitochondrial distribution.
Marine Biology (submitted).
5. Jimenez, A.G. and S.T. Kinsey. Energetics and metabolic regulation, In: E. Chang and M.
Thiel, eds, The Natural History of Crustaceans, Vol. 4: Growth, Molting and Physiology.
Oxford University Press (submitted, invited book chapter).
6. Mathew, T.S., R.K. Ferris, R.M. Downs, S.T. Kinsey and B.L. Baumgarner (2014). Caffeine
promotes autophagy in skeletal muscle cells by increasing the calcium-dependent activation
of AMP-activated protein kinase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
(in press).
