Dr. Andrea Johnson has joined the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's faculty as a Research Assistant Professor affiliated with the LMRCSC program.  She completed her BS in marine science at the University of Miami and her MS in Marine Science at the University of South Florida and earned her doctoral degree at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Johnson joins UMES having previously worked as a marine biologist for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources in Charleston, SC, a research biologist for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and as a research assistant for the National Marine Fisheries Service, Beaufort Laboratory, in Beaufort, NC.

 Her primary research interests are in marine fisheries with a focus on physiology, endocrinology and overall fish health.  Most recently, her research has focused on the health status of Atlantic menhaden, an important estuarine-dependent species, in several major estuarine systems in North Carolina.  She has also studied the reproductive physiology of red grouper and conducted age and growth studies on several species of reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico. She is currently conducting research on the biology and life history of large monkfish (Lophius americanus) in cooperation with the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Population Medicine     College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University       2004

M.S. Marine Science               University of South Florida                                                             1987

B.S. Marine Science                University of Miami                                                                        1984

Publications

Johnson, A.K., Levine, J.F.,  Harms, C.A., and J.McHugh Law (in prep). A comparative study of the health indices of Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) during residency in three estuaries of North Carolina.  Submission for Journal of Aquatic Animal Health.

Johnson, A.K., Levine, J.F., Harms, C.A., and J.McHugh Law (in prep). Multi-tiered health assessment of Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) in the Pamlico River, North Carolina (fall 2001 and 2002).

Johnson, A.K., Levine, J.F., Harms, C.A., and J.McHugh Law (in prep). Hypoxia-induced immune response in Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus.  Submission for Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology.

Johnson, A.K., Harms, C.A., Levine, J.F. and J.McHugh Law (2006).  A quantitative real-time RT-PCR assay to measure TGF-β mRNA and its correlation with hematologic, plasma chemistry and organo-somatic indices responses in triamcinolone-treated Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus.  Developmental and Comparative Immunology.

Hood, P. and A.K. Johnson (2000).  Age, growth, and the reproductive biology of red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) from the eastern Gulf of Mexico.  Fishery Bulletin 98: 723-735

Hood, P. and A.K. Johnson (1999).  Age, growth, and reproductive biology of vermilion snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens) from the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin 97: 828-841.

Johnson, A.K., P. Thomas, and R.R. Wilson, Jr. (1998).  Seasonal cycles of gonadal development and plasma sex steroid levels in Epinephelus morio, a protogynous grouper in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of fish Biology 52: 502-518.

Hood, P.B. and A.K. Johnson. 1997. A study of the age structure, growth, maturity schedules and fecundity of gray triggerfish (Balistes capriscus), red porgy (Pagrus pagrus), and vermilion snapper(Rhomboplites aurorubens) from the eastern Gulf of Mexico. MARFIN Final Report. Florida MarineResearch Institute, Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Johnson, A.K., and P. Thomas (1995).  Seasonal changes in gonadal histology and sex steroid hormone levels in the protogynous hermaphrodite, Epinephelus morio.  In Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish.

Hood, P. and A.K. Johnson (in press).  Age, growth, and the reproductive biology of gray triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) from the eastern Gulf of Mexico.  Submission for Gulf of Mexico Science.

National/International Symposia

"Seasonal changes in gonadal histology and sex steroid hormone levels in the protogynous hermaphrodite, Epinephelus morio" Poster presentation at the "5th International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish" July 2 to 8, 1995 , University of Texas , Austin , Texas .

"Red grouper reproductive physiology" Presented at the 125th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society in a Symposium entitled: "Life History, Assessment, and Management of Florida's Marine Fish and Invertebrates", August 27 to 31, 1995 .