Biology and Marine Biology

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Carmelo R. Tomas

Center for Marine Science

University of North Carolina Wilmington

5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane

Wilmington, NC 28409

Phone: 910-962-2385

Fax: 910-962-2410

E-mail [email protected]

Education:

American International College B.A. Biology 1964
University of Rhode Island, B.S. Botany 1971
University of Rhode Island Ph.D. Biological Sciences 1977

Appointments

2004-present Professor, Dept. of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina
Wilmington, NC.
1999-2004 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North
Carolina, Wilmington, NC
1986-1999 Research Scientist, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and
Wildlife Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL
1982-1986 Head of Marine Botany, Zoological Station, Naples, Italy
1980-1982 Marine Scientist, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI, Kingston, RI
1979-1980 Fulbright Hays Fellow – Zoological Station, Naples, Italy
1977-1979 Research Associate, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI, Kingston, RI (Post
Doctoral Fellow)
1971-1977 Research Assistant and Doctoral Student, GSO, URI, Kingston, RI
I. Pertinent Publications (Partial list of 82 total)

1. Anke Kremp, Pia Tahvanainen, Wayne Litaker, Bernd Krock, Sanna Suikkanen, Chui Pin

Leaw, Carmelo Tomas. 2013. PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS, MORPHOLOGICAL

VARIATION, AND TOXIN PATTERNS IN THE ALEXANDRIUM OSTENFELDII

(DINOPHYCEAE) COMPLEX: IMPLICATIONS FOR SPECIES BOUNDARIES AND

IDENTITIES. Jour. Phycology DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12134

2. Holland, W. C., Litaker, R. W., Tomas, C. R., Kibler, S. R., Place, A. R., Davenport, E. D.

& Tester, P. A. Differences in the toxicity of six Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) species

measured using an in vitro human erythrocyte lysis assay. Toxicon (2013) 65:15-33.

3. Avery O. Tatters, Ryan M. Van Wagoner, Jeffrey L.C. Wright, Carmelo R. Tomas. 2012. Regulation

of spiroimine neurotoxins and hemolytic activity in laboratory cultures of the dinoflagellate

Alexandrium peruvianum (Balech & Mendiola) Balech & Tangen. Harmful Algae (in press)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2012.07.002

4. David G. Borkman, Theodore J. Smayda, Carmelo R. Tomas, Robert York, Wendy Strangman, Jeffrey

L.C. Wright. 2012. Toxic Alexandrium peruvianum (Balech and de Mendiola) Balech and

Tangen in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island (USA). Harmful Algae 19: 92-100.

5. Tomas, C.R., van Wagoner, R., Tatters, A.O., White, K. D., Hall, S., Wright, J.L.C. (2012)
   Alexandrium peruvianum (Balech and Mendiola) Balech and Tangen a new toxic species for coastal
   North Carolina. Harmful Algae 17: 54-63.


6. Howard, M. D. A., Jones, A.C., Schnetzer, A., Countway, P., Kudela, R., Chia, P., Charon, D.,
   Tomas, C.R., (2012). Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Cochlodinium fulvescens (Dinophyceae), a
   Potentially Harmful Dinoflagellate from California Coastal Waters. J. Phycol.


7. Van Wagoner, R. M., Misner, I., Tomas, C. R. Wright, L. C., (2011). Occurrence of 12 –
   Methylgymoddimine in a spirolide-producing dinoflagellate Alexandrium peruvianum and the
   biogenic implications. Tetrahedron Letters 52:4243-4246.