DUML Bookhout 302
Box: 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd.
Beaufort, NC 28516
252-504-7625
Fax: 252-504-7648

Research Interests:

• Impact of non-point source contaminants on reproductive development and capacity of invertebrates in the north carolina estuarine research reserve.
• Effects of antifoulants on non-target invertbrate species.

Education:

• Ph.D. (Environmental Toxicology), 2007. Duke University, Durham, NC
• MS in Education, 1999. State University of New York at Potsdam. Potsdam, NY
• BA in Biology, 1997. State University of New York at Potsdam. Potsdam, NY

Bio:
I am currently doing postdoctoral research on the effects of four commonly used cotton pesticides on various blue crab life stages. I will be attending NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine this fall.

Publications:

• Oberdorster, E., Romano, J.A., and McClellan-Green, P.D. 2005.  The neuropeptide APGWaimde as a Penis Morphogenic Factor (PMF) in gastropod mollusks.  Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 28-32.
• Aldridge, J.E., Flaherty, M.M., Gibbons, J.A., Kreider, M.L., Romano, J.A., and Levin, E.D. 2003. Heterogeneity of Toxicant Response:  Sources of Human Variability.  Toxicological Science. 76: 3-20.
• McClellan-Green, Patricia, Jocelyn Romano, and Eva Oberdorster. (in review) Does gender really matter in contamnant exposure? A case for invertebrate risk assessment.
• Romano, Jocelyn, McClellan-Green, Patricia, and Daniel Rittschof. (in review) Comparison of Imposex Induction in Ilyanassa obsoleta by Three Tin Compounds.
• Aldridge, J.E., Flaherty, M.M., Gibbons, J.A., Kreider, M.L., Romano, J.A., and E.D. Levin. Heterogeneity of Toxicant Response: Sources of Human Variability. Toxicological Science. Accepted July 17, 2003.