Paulinus Chigbu, Ph.D

 

NOAA LIVING MARINE RESOURCES COOPERATIVE SCIENCE CENTER

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE

CARVER HALL

PRINCESS ANNE, MARYLAND 21853-1299

Email: pchigbu@umes.edu Phone: (410) 621-3034; Fax: (410) 651-7739

 

ACADEMIC POSITION (Recent)

·         Associate Professor & Director, NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore.    January 2006 – Present.
·         Associate Professor of Biology & Director, Marine Science Program, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS.  2003 – 2005.
·         Assistant Professor of Biology & Director, Marine Science Program, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS.  1998 – 2003.
Visiting Faculty, Department of Biology, Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina (1996 – 97).

 EDUCATION

        Ph.D., Fisheries.                                  University of Washington, Seattle           1991

        M.Sc. Zoology (Hydrobiology).            University of Benin, Nigeria                   1987

        B.Sc. Zoology (First Class Honors).     University of Benin, Nigeria                   1984

 HONORS/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS (Selected)

·         Research Innovation Award, Jackson State University, 2004-2005.

·         Mason Keeler Endowment for Excellence Fellowship, School of Fisheries, University of Washington (UW), Seattle, 1992 - 1993.

·         Chapman Memorial Scholarship, School of Fisheries, UW, Seattle, 1990.

·         Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Sport Fishing Institute Research Fellowship, 1989 – 1992.

·         Cobb Scholarship, School of Fisheries, UW, Seattle, 1989.

 

PREVIOUS/OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE (Selected)

·         Chair, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Division, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, 2005-2006.

·         Vice Chair, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Division, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, 2004-2005.

·         Director, Marine Science Program, Dept. of Biology, Jackson State University (JSU), 1998 – 2005.

·         JSU Site Coordinator, Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP), 1999 - 2002.

·         JSU Program Coordinator, Office of Naval Research – Interns in Biomolecular Sciences, 2002 - 2005.

·         JSU Program Coordinator, University of Southern Mississippi - Jackson State University Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Minorities in Marine and Coastal Sciences, 2000 - 2003.

·         Project Director, and Co-Principal Investigator, NOAA-NESDIS Environmental Risks Assessment Integrative Systems Approach (ERAISA) Project, Jackson State University, 2002 – 2005.

 

PUBLICATIONS (Selected)

Chigbu, P. & Suchar, V.A. (Submitted).  The isolation and culture of Colurella dicentra from a Mississippi Gulf Coast Estuary.  Aquaculture Research.

Suchar, V.A. & Chigbu, P. (2006).  The Effects of algae species and densities on the population growth of the marine rotifer, Colurella dicentra.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (Accepted).

Chigbu, P. et al.  (2006).  A decision support tool for shellfish management in Mississippi Sound.  Environmental Modeling and Software (Accepted).

Chigbu, P., Gordon, S., & Strange, T. (2005).  Fecal coliform bacteria disappearance

rates in a north-central Gulf of Mexico Estuary.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 65: 309-318. 

Chigbu, P., Gordon, S. & Tchounwou, P.B. (2005).  Seasonal patterns of fecal coliform

bacteria pollution and its influence on closures of shellfish harvesting areas in Mississippi Sound.  International Journal of Environ. Research and Public Health 2(2): 362-373. 

Chigbu, P., Gordon, S., & Strange, T. (2004).  Influence of inter-annual

variations in climatic factors on fecal coliform levels in Mississippi Sound.  Water Research 38(20): 4341-4352.

Chigbu, P. (2004).  Assessment of the Potential Impact of the Mysid Shrimp,

Neomysis mercedis, on Daphnia.  Journal of Plankton Research 26(3): 295-306.

Chigbu, P., Ogle, J.T., Lotz, J.M. & Coleman, E.L. 2002. Some aspects of the culture of

red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus).  Proceedings of the 53rdAnnual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 228-233.

Chigbu, P.  2001. Occurrence and distribution of Salmincola californiensis (Copepoda:

Lernaeopodidae) on Juvenile Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Lake Washington.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 16(4): 615-620.

Chigbu, P.  2000.  Population biology of longfin smelt, and aspects of the ecology of

other major planktivorous fishes in Lake Washington.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 15(4): 543-557.

Chigbu, P., T.H. Sibley, and D.A. Beauchamp.  1998.  Abundance and distribution of

Neomysis mercedis and a major predator, longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) in Lake Washington.  Hydrobiologia 386: 167-182.

Chigbu, P. and T.H. Sibley 1998.  Feeding ecology of longfin smelt (Spirinchus

thaleichthys) in Lake Washington.  Fisheries Research 38: 109-119.

Chigbu, P. and T.H. Sibley 1998.  Predation by longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) on the mysid Neomysis mercedis in Lake Washington.  Freshwater Biology 40: 295-304.

Chigbu, P. and T.H. Sibley.  1996.  Biometrical relationships, energy content and

biochemical composition of Neomysis mercedis in Lake Washington.  Hydrobiologia  337: 145-150.

Chigbu, P. and T.H. Sibley  1994.  Relationship between abundance, growth, fecundity

and egg size in a land-locked population of longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys).  Journal of Fish Biology 45: 1-15.

Chigbu, P. and T.H. Sibley  1994.  Predation by Neomysis mercedis: Effects of

temperature, Daphnia magna size and prey density on ingestion rate and size selectivity.  Freshwater Biology  32: 39-48.

Chigbu, P. and T.H. Sibley  1994.  Diet and growth of longfin smelt and juvenile sockeye salmon in Lake Washington.  Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 25: 2086-2091.

 

 

JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEWS

I have reviewed articles for publication in the:

·               Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

·               North American Journal of Aquaculture                                 

·               Journal of Fish Biology

·               Environmental Toxicology

·               Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences

·               Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

 
Membership of Professional and Scientific Societies

·         American Fisheries Society

·         American Society of Limnology and Oceanography        

·               Mississippi Academy of Sciences