Eric B. May, Ph.D

Professional Preparation: Education and Training

Undergraduate

Graduate

Current Professional Interests

·        Use of biochemical and metabolic indicators to determine the response of fish to injurious agents or conditions.

·        Serve to develop programs related to determining the effect of environmental damage on resident aquatic organisms.

·        Fish health management approaches for use in aquaculture and wild stocks.

·        Establishment of clinical methods as a means of nonlethal testing of wild and cultured stocks.

Appointments

Distinguished Research Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Living Marine Resource Cooperative Science Center, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 2003 to Present

Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Living Marine Resource Cooperative Science Center, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 2001 to 2003

Associate Professor of Marine Science, Department of Natural Science, University of Maryland Eastern Shore 2000 - Present

State Assistant Unit Leader, Maryland Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Maryland Eastern Shore 1998 to 2000

Adjunct Full Professor, Department of Agriculture, University of Maryland Eastern Shore 1996 to Present

Chief, Aquatic Animal Health Program, State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Interpersonal Agreement, 1993 to 1998

Coordinator, Fish Health/Disease Program, State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Interpersonal Agreement, 1987to 1993

Special Consultant, University of Maryland Marine and Estuarine Environmental Studies Program for Fish Health and Laboratory Use, Baltimore, Maryland, November, 1986 to 1990

Graduate Faculty, Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, College Park, Maryland, 1989 to Present

Coordinator, Aquatic Toxicology Division, Environmental Pathobiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 1984 to 1989

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, July 1983 to 1989

Senior Pathologist, National Aquarium in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, July 1983 to 1996

Resident, Department of Comparative Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 1982 to 1985

Selected Publications

Thompson, J.A., S.G. Hughes, E.B. May, and R.M. Harrell. 2002. Effects of Catch and Release on Physiological Responses and Acute Mortality of Striped Bass. In Catch and Release in Marine Recreational Fisheries. Am. Fish. Soc. Symp.  30:139-143

Alade, J.A., D.K. Sharma, and E.B. May. 2003. Application of goal programming to socioeconomic impacts of fish resource utilization in Maryland coastal bays region. Rev. Bus. Res. 1:238-246

Overton, A.O., F.J. Margraf, C.A. Weedon, L.H. Pieper, and E.B. May, 2003. The prevalence of mycobacterial infections in striped bass in Chesapeake Bay, Fish. Mgt. Ecol. 10:301-308.

A.E. Pinkney, J.C. Harshbarger, E.B. May, and W.L. Reichert, 2004. Tumor prevalence and biomarkers of exposure and response in brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) from the Anacostia River, Washington, DC and Tuckahoe River, Maryland. Environ. Tox. Chem. Volume 23:638-647

Overton, A.S., F. J. Margraf, and E.B. May.  (In Review).   Spatial Heterogeneity of Striped Bass Foraging In The Chesapeake Bay: Predator Responses To A Declining Forage Base. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

Overton, A.S., F. J. Margraf, J.F. Walter, K.H. Ferry, M.E. Mather, and E.B. May.  (In Review).   An Analysis Of Predation And Atlantic Menhaden Exploitation By Striped Bass Along The Us Atlantic Coast. Fisheries Bulletin.

Chen, N., G. Kananen, and E. May. “Characterization of terrestrial lipid biomarkers in recent sediments of a fresh water river (Pocomoke River, MD)”. For Geochemical et Cosmochemica Acta.