THEA M. EDWARDS, Ph.D. Department of Biology, University of the South

735 University Ave, Sewanee, TN 37383 931-463-2063, theamedwards@gmail.com

Lab Website and Blog: www.AquaticSafari.org

EDUCATION Ph.D. Biology, 2005, University of Florida, Department of Zoology/Biology, Gainesville, FL. Dissertation directed by Prof. Louis J. Guillette, entitled “Environmental Influences on Mosquitofish Reproduction.”

Masters, 1997, University of Florida, Department of Botany with a minor in Education.

Masters, 1994, University of Florida, Department of Environmental Horticulture.

B.S., 1991, Virginia Tech, Department of Horticulture, Blacksburg, VA

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Research Assistant Professor, 7/14 – present. University of the South, Department of Biology. Teaching: Environment & Development, Field Biology, Cell & Molecular Biology, Intro. Biology.

Scientific Consultant, 2017. National Environmental Law Center, Boston

Fulbright Scholar, 2016. U.S. Department of State. Fish health, water quality, and antibiotic resistance in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.

Assistant Professor, 2/11- 6/14. Louisiana Tech University, School of Biological Sciences. Teaching: Ecology, Ecological Physiology and Epigenetics (animal focus), Endocrine Disruption and Environmental Health, Plant Physiology, Plant Biology, Research Methods.

Research Assistant Professor, 9/09-12/10. Tulane University, co-appointed in Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Pharmacology. Advised by Prof. John McLachlan.

Co-Director, Postdoctoral Fellow, UF-HHMI GATOR1 Science Mentoring Program, 12/06-9/09. University of Florida, Department of Biology. Advised by Prof. Louis Guillette. Teaching: Communicating Complexity in Science, professional development courses for research students.

Postdoctoral Fellow, 7/05-12/06. Environmental Health Sciences, Charlottesville, VA. Advised by Dr. J. Pete Myers.

1 UF-HHMI Group-Advantaged Training of Research (GATOR) was funded from 2006 to 2010 by a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professorship to my advisor, Prof. Lou Guillette. GATOR was a year-long structured research and mentoring experience in which Ph.D. students each mentored two undergraduates in research. I developed and assessed the GATOR program, managed the budget, selected the students, coordinated and taught large parts of the curriculum, built the website, and hosted social and team-building functions for GATOR participants. From this experience, I developed an informed mentoring philosophy and skill set (Edwards et al., 2011).

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT National Academies Undergraduate Education Fellow, National Academies Summer Institute for Undergraduate Education, Morgantown, West Virginia, June 2-7, 2013. Sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Academies. Enhancing student engagement through active learning, scientific practice, and the fostering of classroom diversity.

Schistosoma Species Life Cycle Training Course, Biomedical Research Institute, Rockville, Maryland, May 15-17, 2013. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH-NIAID).

Faculty Mentee in the ADVANCEing Faculty Program, College of Engineering and Science (COES) at Louisiana Tech University, 2011 – 2014. Sponsored by NSF.

Living on Earth III: Social-Ecological Systems Workshop, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, October 23-26, 2012. Sponsored by NSF-EPSCoR.

Science Communication Fellow, Environmental Health Sciences, January – December, 2010. Year-long training and practice in communicating science to the public, reporters, and public policy officials; resulted in 12 editor-reviewed public science education pieces, listed below.

Newcomb College Institute Fellow, Tulane University, 2009-2011. A Tulane University faculty program that supports the higher education of women and fosters faculty-student interaction and research.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (30 published papers; 3 published book chapters; 1 paper in revision; 2

papers in prep). Undergraduate coauthors are underlined.

33. Edwards TM, Mosie IJ, Murray-Hudson M. Mast cells, unexpected occupants in the hepato-pancreas of Okavango tilapia. In prep.

32. Traylor AL, French JD, Matthews JM, Moore BC, Pierce E, Orlando EF, Edwards TM. Dietary phytoestrogens influence development of Xenopus laevis tadpoles. Journal of Experimental Zoology. In prep.

31. Edwards TM, Hamlin H. Reproductive Endocrinology of Environmental Nitrate. Invited review, General and Comparative Endocrinology. In revision.

30. Edwards TM, Morgan HE, Balasca C, Yam L, Roark AM. 2018. Detecting estrogenic ligands in personal care products using a yeast estrogen screen optimized for the undergraduate teaching laboratory. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) 131: e55754. Doi: 10.3791/55754. Open access, https://www.jove.com/video/55754/detecting-estrogenic-ligands-personal-care-products-using-yeast.

29. Edwards TM, Hamlin H, Green S, Freymiller H, Thurman J, Guillette LJ. 2017. Nitrate induces a type 1 diabetic profile in alligator hatchlings. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Chemistry 147: 767-775. Doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.09.052.

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28. Lambert MR and Edwards TM. 2017. Hormonally-active phytochemicals and vertebrate

evolution. Evolutionary Applications “Evolutionary Toxicology” Special Issue (Invited) 00:1–14, doi: 10.1111/eva.12469.

27. Hamlin H, Edwards TM, McCoy J, Cruze L, Guillette LJ. 2016. Environmentally relevant concentrations of nitrate increase plasma testosterone concentrations in female American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). General and Comparative Endocrinology. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.04.023.

26. McCoy KA, Roark AM, Boggs ASP, Bowden JA, Cruze L, Edwards TM, Hamlin HJ, Cantu TM, McCoy JA, McNabb NA, Wenzel AG, Williams CE, Kohno S. 2016. Integrative and comparative reproductive biology: from alligators to xenobiotics. General and Comparative Endocrinology, doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.03.026.

25. Samuni-Blank M, Izhaki I, Gerchman Y, Dearing MD, Karasov WH, Trabelcy B, Edwards T, Arad Z. 2014. Taste aversion from fleshy fruits containing glucosinolates: seed predator versus seed disperser. PLoS ONE 9(11): e112505. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112505.

24. Morgan HE, Dillaway D, and Edwards TM. 2014. Estrogenicity of soybeans (Glycine max) varies by plant organ and developmental stage. Endocrine Disruptors 2:e28490-1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/endo.28490.

23. Edwards TM, Miller HD, Toft G, Guillette LJ. 2013. Seasonal reproduction of male Gambusia

holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) from two Florida lakes. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 39(5):1165-1180. Doi: 10.1007/s10695-013-9772-z.

22. Schug TT, Abagyan R, Blumberg B, Collins T, Crews D, DeFur P, Dickerson S, Edwards TM, Gore A, Guillette LJ, Hayes T, Heindel J, Moores A, Patisaul HB, Tal T, Thayer K, Vandenberg L, Warner J, Watson C, vom Saal FS, Zoeller RT, O’Brien KP, Myers JP. 2012. Designing endocrine disruption out of the next generation of chemicals. Green Chemistry. Doi: 10.1039/c2gc35055f.

21. Hinther A, Edwards TM, Guillette LJ, Helbing CC. 2012. Influence of nitrate and nitrite on

thyroid hormone-responsive TRβ or RLKI and stress-associated HSP30 or CAT expression in cultured Rana catesbeiana tadpole tail fin tissue. Frontiers in Toxicogenomics 3:51. Doi: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00051.

20. Edwards TM, Smith BK, Watts DL, Germain-Aubrey CC, Roark AM, Bybee SM, Cox CE,

Hamlin HJ, Guillette LJ. 2011. Group-Advantaged Training of Research (GATOR): A Metamorphosis of Mentorship. BioScience 61(4): 301-311.

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19. Edwards TM, Toft G, Guillette LJ. 2010. Seasonal reproduction in female Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) from two Florida lakes. Science of the Total Environment 408(7): 1569-1576.

18. Crain DA, Janssen SJ, Edwards TM, Heindel J, Ho SM, Hunt P, Iguchi T, Juul A, McLachlan JA, Schwartz J, Skakkebaek N, Soto AM, Swan S, Walker C, Woodruff TK, Woodruff TJ, Giudice LC, Guillette LJ. 2008. Female reproductive disorders: the roles of endocrine- disrupting compounds and developmental timing. Fertility and Sterility 90(4): 911-940. Paper was translated into a lay document by Heather Sarantis, sponsored by the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) in Bolinas, California, http://www.healthandenvironment.org/?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=550

17. Hamlin HJ, Moore BC, Edwards TM, Larkin ILV, Boggs A, High WJ, Main KL, Guillette LJ Jr. 2008. Nitrate-induced elevations in circulating sex steroid concentrations in female Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baeri) in commercial aquaculture. Aquaculture 281(1-4): 118-125.

16. Guillette LJ Jr. and Edwards TM. 2008. Environmental Influences on Fertility: Can We Learn

Lessons from Studies of Wildlife? Fertility & Sterility 89(2 Suppl): e21-4. 15. Hamlin HJ, Edwards TM, Moore BC, Main KL, Guillette LJ Jr. 2007. Stress and its relation to

endocrine function in captive female Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baeri). Environmental Science 14(3): 129-39.

14. Edwards TM and Guillette LJ. 2007. Reproductive characteristics of male mosquitofish (G.

holbrooki) from nitrate-contaminated springs in Florida. Aquatic Toxiology 85(1): 40-47. 13. Guillette LJ, Edwards TM, Moore BC. 2007. Alligators, Contaminants and Steroid Hormones.

Environmental Science 14(6): 331-347. 12. Edwards TM and Myers JP. 2007. Environmental Exposures and Gene Regulation in Disease

Etiology. Environmental Health Perspectives 115(9): 1264-1270. Paper reprinted in 2008 in Ciencia and Saude Coletiva 13(1): 269-281. Paper appeared as the

inaugural “Article of the Month” on the Children’s Environmental Health Network in March 2008, http://www.cehn.org/science_aom.htm.

11. Kristensen T, Edwards TM, Kohno S, Baatrup E, Guillette LJ. 2007. Fecundity, 17β-estradiol

concentrations and expression of vitellogenin and estrogen receptor genes throughout the ovarian cycle in female eastern mosquitofish from three lakes in Florida. Aquatic Toxicology 81:245–255.

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10. Edwards TM, McCoy KA, Barbeau T, McCoy MW, Thro JM, and Guillette LJ. 2006. Environmental context determines nitrate toxicity in Southern toad tadpoles (Bufo terrestris). Aquatic Toxicology 78: 50-58.

9. Edwards TM, Thompson HD, Guillette LJ. 2006. Water Quality Influences Growth and

Reproduction in Female Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) from Eight Florida Springs. Environmental Health Perspectives 114, Supplement 1: 69-75.

8. Edwards TM, Moore BC, Guillette LJ. 2006. Reproductive Dysgenesis in Wildlife – A

Comparative View. International Journal of Andrology 29: 109-121. 7. Milnes MR, Bermudez D, Bryan T, Edwards TM, Gunderson MP, Larkin I, Moore BC, Guillette

LJ. 2006. Contaminant-induced feminization and demasculinization of non-mammalian vertebrate males in aquatic environments. Environmental Research 100(1): 3-17.

6. Guillette LJ and Edwards TM. 2005. Is Nitrate an Ecologically Relevant Endocrine Disruptor in

Vertebrates? Integrative and Comparative Biology 45 (1): 19-27. 5. Edwards TM, Gunderson MP, Milnes MR, Guillette LJ. 2004. Gonadotropin-induced

testosterone response in peripubertal male alligators. General and Comparative Endocrinology 135: 372-380.

4. Gunderson MP, Bermudez DS, Bryan TA, Degala S, Edwards TM, Kools SAE, Milnes MR,

Woodward AR, Guillette LJ. 2004. Variation in sex steroids and phallus size in juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) collected from 3 sites within the Kissimmee-Everglades drainage in Florida (USA). Chemosphere 56: 335-345.

3. Heath JA, Frederick PC, Edwards TM, Guillette LJ. 2003. Reproductive physiology of free-living

white ibises (Eudocimus albus) in the Florida Everglades. General and Comparative Endocrinology 133: 118-131.

2. Toft G, Edwards TM, Baatrup E, Guillette LJ. 2003. Disturbed sexual characteristics in male

mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) from a lake contaminated with endocrine disruptors. Environmental Health Perspectives 111: 695-701.

1. Gunderson MP, Bermudez DS, Bryan TA, Crain DA, Degala S, Edwards TM, Kools SAE, Milnes

MR, Guillette LJ. 2002. Temporal and spatial variation in plasma thyroxine (T4) concentrations in juvenile alligators collected from Lake Okeechobee and the Northern Everglades, Florida, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21: 914-921.

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Book Chapters (3 total)

BC3. Edwards TM, Iguchi T, Guillette LJ. Jr. 2013. Genes to Ecosystems: Viviparous Fishes and Endocrine Disruption. In: Viviparous Fishes II. Edited by Mari Carmen Uribe and Harry J. Grier. New Life Publications, Homestead, Florida. Pages 13-30.

BC2. Orlando EF, Davis WP, Edwards TM, Sulkowski DF, Toft G, and Guillette LJ Jr. 2005.

Mosquitofish as Sentinels of Exposure to Environmental Androgens and Estrogens. In: Viviparous Fishes. Edited by Mari Carmen Uribe and Harry J. Grier. New Life Publications, Homestead, Florida. Pages 435 – 453.

BC1. Guillette LJ Jr, Orlando EF, Gunderson M, Milnes MR, and Edwards TM. 2000. Aquatic

wildlife as sentinels for endocrine disruption: an update. In: Endocrine Disruptors in the Marine Environment: Impacts on Marine Wildlife and Human Health. Edited by S. De Guise. The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME and the Marine Environmental Research Institute of the University of Connecticut.

Technical Reports

Edwards TM, McCoy K, Barbeau T, and Guillette LJ. 2004. Effects of Nitrate/Nitrite on Two Sentinel Species Associated with Florida’s Springs. A Technical Report Provided to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, funded by FDEP Agreement No. S0028.

GRANTS PENDING

2018 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program. Summer funding to build collaborations in Okavango fisheries research and participate in student mentoring at Rhodes University in South Africa, the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, and the Kamutjonga Inland Fisheries Research Institute in Namibia. ($18,000).

FUNDED GRANTS ($373,710 to date) 2016-2017 McCrickard Faculty Development Fund, Sewanee. Collaborations in water and

wastewater. Co-PI with five collaborators ($17,800). 2016 Assoc. Colleges of the South, Faculty Grants, 2016. Using a recombinant yeast

assay to teach laboratory skills in the undergraduate classroom. Co-PI with A. Roark ($14,270).

2016 Coypu Foundation, Chicago, IL. Biomonitoring of Water Quality in Botswana's Okavango Delta. PI: T. Edwards ($13,264).

2016 Fulbright Scholarship, United States State Department. Biomarkers for Tracking Pollution in Botswana's Okavango Delta. ($60,000)

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2015 Collaborative for Southern Appalachian and Place-Based Studies. Learning from Yale’s Sustainable Food Program. PI: T. Edwards, Co-PI: M. Preslar ($3,651).

2013-2016 Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund, Research and Development Program, Research Competitiveness Subprogram (RCS). Chemical Ecology of Phytoestrogens and Phytogestagens. PI: T. Edwards ($98,100). RCS funding rate was 15.3% in 2013.

2013 Supervised Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE), supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Louisiana Board of Regents (Louisiana Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)). Ecological Regulation of Schistosomiasis Snail Hosts. PI: T. Edwards ($4,500).

2011-2012 Louisiana EPSCoR Pfund, supported by NSF and the Louisiana Board of Regents. Distribution and Physiology of Phytoestrogens. PI: T. Edwards ($11,000).

2011-2012 NSF Biological Resource Collections Program. CyberFlora Louisiana: Project to digitize all 1.1 million herbarium specimens in Louisiana's 15 herbaria and make them available online in a combined statewide database. I directed and completed digitization of Louisiana Tech’s 125,000 specimens. (PIs: T. Sasek, L. Urbatsch, S. Darwin, R. Miller, and A. Lasseigne. $25,000 of the total budget of $498,979).

2010 Tulane-Newcomb Fellows Competitive Grant Program. Pathways to Careers in Biological Research, a workshop for women undergraduates. PIs: B. Moore and T. Edwards ($1,520).

2002-2003 Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Springs Initiative. Effects of Nitrate Contamination on Two Sentinel Species Associated with Florida's Springs. PIs: T. Edwards and L. Guillette ($86,000).

AWARDS 2017 Sewanee Faculty Research Grant ($4406) 2017 Mellon Globalization Forum Summer Stipend for Course Development ($1,500) 2015 Sewanee summer stipend for student research assistant Robert Corey ($2,750) Mellon Globalization Forum Summer Stipend for Course Development ($1,000) 2014 Sewanee Lectures Committee, funding for an invited speaker ($2,150) 2013 Louisiana Tech ADVANCE Career Networking Award ($2,000) 2012 – 2014 Herbert McElveen Term Endowed Professorship, Louisiana Tech ($7,500) 2012 Louisiana Board of Regents. Travel Grants for Emerging Faculty ($1,200) 2011 Student Technology Fee Board, Louisiana Tech. Equipment Support for Teaching

Ecology. PIs: B. Moore, T. Edwards, and J. Yule ($12,523). 2011 College of Applied and Natural Sciences Travel Grant, Louisiana Tech ($1,276) 2010 Gordon Research Conferences Travel Grant ($1,300)

CURRENT PROJECTS Edwards TM. Developing tilapia as models for studying endocrine effects of nitrate.

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Edwards TM, Mosie IJ. Ecophysiology of three tilapia species in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.

Edwards TM, Mosie IJ. Antibiotic resistance in bacterial communities of the Okavango Delta.

Brock, J, Moore BC, Mosie IJ, Murray-Hudson M, Mosepele K, Edwards TM. Phthalates and pesticides occurring in water sampled from Botswana’s Okavango Delta.

Edwards TM, Moore BC, Mosie IJ, Murray-Hudson M, Mosepele K. Heavy metals in tilapia sampled from Botswana’s Okavango Delta.

Edwards TM, Corey R, Cantu T, Moore BC, Guillette LJ. Pathology of pansteatitis in the gonads of South African tilapia collected from polluted and reference sites.

Edwards TM, McCarthy M. Effect of seven environmentally relevant doses of bisphenol A, genistein, or estradiol on green bean growth and reproduction, following exposure during germination only.

STUDENT MENTORSHIP Graduate Students – Graduate Advisor (Louisiana Tech) 1. Stephen Ledbetter, Masters, nonthesis, 2015. 2. Alexis Traylor, Masters thesis, August 2014. Dietary phytoestrogens alter Xenopus

development. Went on to graduate training in veterinary medicine. 3. Jacenta Matthews, Masters, nonthesis, May 2014. Went on to Pharmacy School 4. Raghu Vamsi Vuyyuru, Masters thesis, February 2014. Estrogenic activity in the

reproductive organs of Iris and Pinus species. 5. Brittany Clark, Masters, nonthesis, May 2013. Went on to become a Physician’s Assistant 6. Sunita Maharjan, Masters, nonthesis, May 2013. Graduate Students – Committee Member (Louisiana Tech) 1. Michele Klunk, Masters thesis in Biology, August 2014. 2. Daniel French, Masters thesis in Biology, May 2014. 3. Wilson Hood, Masters thesis in Forestry, May 2013. 4. Brian Byrd, thesis Masters thesis in Forestry, August 2013. 5. Jennifer Cooper, Masters nonthesis in Biology, May 2013. 6. Lewis Moore, Masters nonthesis in Biology, May 2012. Accepted to PhD program at UGA Undergraduate Research Students (48 total)1. Luke Stallings (Sewanee), 2017 2. Carrie Martin (Sewanee), 2017 3. Rebecca Salustri (Sewanee), 2017 4. Ashley Malpica (Sewanee), 2015-2016 5. Robert Corey (Sewanee), 2015 6. Ansley McDurmon (Sewanee), 2015 7. April Adams (La Tech), 2014

8. Stephen Green (La Tech), 2013-2014. Went to medical school.

9. Nathan Parks (La Tech), 2013-2014 10. Christy Okosodo (La Tech), 2013-2014 11. Stephen Ledbetter (La Tech), 2013 12. Hannah Goertz (La Tech), 2012- 2013 13. Howard Morgan (La Tech), 2011 - 2013.

Went to medical school.

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14. Anjana Tamrakar (La Tech), 2012. 15. J. Gene LaGrone (La Tech), 2011 - 2012. 16. Santi Grossi (La Tech), 2011. 17. Ricketa Turner (La Tech), 2011. 18. Mitchell McCarthy (La Tech), 2011 –

2012. 19. Yogesh Ghimire (La Tech), 2011 - 2012. 20. Jessica Casey (La Tech), 2011. 21. Andy Zellinger (Tulane), 2010. 22. Darneka Lewis (Xavier and Tulane),

2010. 23. Anna Whalen (Tulane), 2009 - 2010. 24. Jenna Harty (UF), 2009 – 2010. Went

to medical school. 25. Haley Freymiller (UF), 2008 - 2010.

Went to dental school. 26. Rachele Degraff (UF), 2007 - 2008. 27. Koo Chung (UF), 2003 - 2005. Went to

graduate school. 28. Chad Mackman (UF), 2003 – 2004.

Went to medical school. 29. Scott Schultz (UF), 2003. Went to

medical school. 30. Sarah Tynes (High School – Internship)

(UF), 2003. 31. Tricia Bardis (UF), 2003. 32. Jaime Joyce (UF), 2002 – 2003.

33. Rich Lufkin (UF), 2003. 34. Scott Watson (UF), 2002 – 2003. Went

to dental school. 35. Kelly April (UF), 2002 – 2003. Went to

graduate school. 36. Fred Norris (UF), 2002 – 2003. 37. Maria Paredes (UF), 2002 – 2003.

Went to pharmacy school. 38. Lisa Choe (UF), 2001 – 2003. Went to

medical school. 39. John Matt Thro (UF), 2001 – 2003. 40. Rebecca Emrich (UF), 2001 – 2003.

Went to graduate school. 41. Hilary Thompson (UF), 2000 – 2003.

Went to graduate school. 42. Donnell Bowen (UF), 2002. Went to

medical school. 43. Elisabeth Kuehlem (UF), 2002. 44. Annie Heffernan (UF), 2000 - 2002.

Went to medical school. 45. Paree Taslimi (UF), 2001. 46. Laura Patterson (UF), 2001. Went to

graduate school. 47. Chinenye Echeazu (UF), 2001. Went to

medical school. 48. Gina Long (UF), 2000 - 2001.

EDITOR-REVIEWED PUBLIC SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS Found at http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/Members/tedwards, published by Environmental Health News.

1. Edwards TM. 2010. Vaccines less effective in kids exposed to PCBs. 2. Edwards TM. 2010. Three contaminants linked to skewed thyroid hormones in infants. 3. Edwards TM. 2010. Arsenic collects in top soil, contaminating rice, reducing yield. 4. Edwards TM. 2010. Flame retardants linked to longer time to get pregnant, finds

California study. 5. Edwards TM and Hessler W. 2010. Breastmilk “teaches” immune system to ward off

allergens in mice. 6. Edwards TM. 2010. Soy formula affects reproductive development in mice. 7. Edwards TM. 2010. Plastic nanoparticles can move from mom to baby through

placenta.

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8. Edwards TM. 2010. Health, ecosystem effects of rotenone ignored. 9. Edwards TM. 2010. Story misses bigger picture of nitrate exposure, cancers. 10. Edwards TM. 2010. Obesogens left out of article on causes of childhood obesity. 11. Edwards TM. 2010. Don't omit health effects of pesticide. 12. Edwards TM. 2010. Significance of dioxin understated.

In 2009, I contributed to Barrett J, Gonzalez S, Sarantis H, Varshavsky J. 2009. Girl, Disrupted: Hormone Disruptors and Women’s Reproductive Health. Report published by Collaborative on Health and the Environment, Bolinas, California, based on Crain et al., 2008, which I co-authored.

Edwards TM. August 2008. Chemicals in Sewage Sludge: Health and Ecological Effects. Prepared for a course called “Improving Wastewater Treatment”, offered by the Florida Environmental Health Association.

Edwards TM. Late summer 2005. Fertilizer, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The Strainer, a newsletter produced by Current Problems, Inc. and Adopt a River in Gainesville, Florida. p. 3-4.

Edwards TM. Spring 2005. Pesticides in Our Water. The Strainer, a newsletter produced by Current Problems, Inc. and Adopt a River in Gainesville, Florida. P. 4

INVITED PRESENTATIONS: 2017 Beyond Eutrophication – Is Nitrate an Endocrine Disruptor? Warnell School of Forestry

and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, November 9, 2017. 2017 Emerging Science in Crocodile Health. Annual meeting of the South African Crocodile

Industry Association (SACIA). Pretoria, South Africa, August 10-11, 2017. 2017 Granulated Mast Cells, An Unexpected Occupant In Tilapia Hepato-Pancreas. 18th

International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology (ICCE18), Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, June 4-9, 2017.

2016 When Fish Change Sex. “Do Follow” Research Series, University of Botswana, Maun, Botswana. April 2016.

2015 A Metamorphosis of Mentorship - how students develop independence in research. University of the South Center for Teaching, Sewanee, TN, February 24, 2015.

2014 Gambusia, a Wild Sentinel for Endocrine Disruption, IV Symposium on Viviparous Fishes, Morelia, Mich. México, November 3-5, 2014.

2012 Endocrine Disruption of Plants and Ecosystems, Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors, Mount Snow Resort, Vermont, June 2012.

2008 Ecology Meets Medicine: Research in Endocrine Disruption. Department of Biology, University of North Florida, November 14, 2008.

2008 Ecological Impacts of Endocrine Disruptors. The Florida Water Resource Conference, Endocrine Disruptors Workshop. Organized by the Florida Section of the American Water Works Association. Tampa, Florida, May 5, 2008.

2007 Is nitrate the next endocrine disruptor? A consideration for Florida's springs. Santa Fe Springs Working Group. High Springs, Florida, March 8, 2007.

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2006 Reproductive variability associated with nitrate exposure in Florida mosquitofish populations. Interdisciplinary Reproductive Biology Group seminar series, hosted by the Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, September 20, 2006.

2006 Why all that pond scum is a bad sign. Seminar series on aquatic animal health, hosted by the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, September 14, 2006.

2005 Nitrate: Beyond Eutrophication. Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, July 15, 2005.

2003 Biological Effects of Nitrate. Florida Springs Conference, Gainesville, Florida. February 2003.

2000 Gonadotropin Induction of Testosterone Synthesis in Alligators from Contaminated and Uncontaminated Lakes. University of Florida Herpetology Club, September 13, 2000.

CONTRIBUTED CONFERENCE TALKS AND POSTERS

Edwards TM, Hamlin H, Green S, Freymiller H, Harty J, Guillette LJ. Nitrate Induces a Type 1 Diabetic Profile in Alligator Hatchlings. Poster: 18th International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology (ICCE18), Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, June 4-9, 2017. Nitrate Induces a Type 1 Diabetic Profile in Alligator Hatchlings. Talk: IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group, Kruger National Park, South Africa. May 2016. Corey R, Moore B, Edwards TM. Pathology of Pansteatitis in the Gonads of South African Fish. Poster: Scholarship Sewanee, Sewanee, TN. April 2015. Edwards TM, Traylor A, Pierce E, Matthews J, French D, Collins H. Dietary isoflavones alter Xenopus tadpole development. Poster: Gordon Conference on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors, Lucca, Italy May 2014. “Estrogens” – Ubiquitous Environmental Signals. Talk: Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), San Francisco, CA. January 2013. Edwards TM. Maharjan S, McCarthy M. Effect of seven environmentally relevant doses of bisphenol A, genistein, or estradiol on green bean growth and reproduction, following exposure during germination only. Poster: Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar (GRS), Mount Snow, VT. June 2012. Edwards TM and Morgan HE. Effects of acid rain on parsley phytoestrogen content and development. Poster: Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Charleston, SC. January 3-7, 2012. Morgan HE and Edwards TM. Phytoestrogen Variation among Organs of Soybeans. Poster: Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Charleston, SC. January 3-7, 2012.

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Edwards TM, McLachlan J. Endocrine Disruption in Plants! Poster: Gordon Conference on Endocrine Disruptors, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, May 30 – June 4, 2010. Edwards TM, Roark AM, Guillette LJ. Mentoring the Next Generation of Scientists. Poster: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) meeting, Seattle, Washington, January 3-8, 2010. Edwards TM. Eutrophication is Environmental Obesity, and Other Stories of Excess. Poster: e.hormone Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2009. Edwards TM, Guillette LJ Jr. UF-HHMI G.A.T.O.R. Program Group Advantaged Training of Research. Poster: United Kingdom-Japan Conference on Endocrine Disruptors, Exeter, England, October 5-8, 2008. Attendance at this conference is by invitation only. Edwards TM, Hyndman KA, Moore BC, Guillette LJ Jr. Trophotaenia: A New Model for the Effects of Nitrate on Pregnancy and Fetal Growth. Poster: Gordon Conference on Endocrine Disruptors, Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, June 2008. Metamorphic Sex Change: Evolutionary Insight for Endocrine Disruption Studies. Talk: Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Orlando, Florida. January 2006. Endogenous androgens and spermatogenesis in wild Gambusia holbrooki. Talk: 15th International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology, Boston, Mass. May 24, 2005. Effect of nitrate on reproduction of Gambusia holbrooki. Talk: Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), New Orleans, LA. January 2004. Edwards TM, McCoy K, Emrich R, Thompson H, Thro JM, and Guillette LJ. The effects of nitrate on amphibian metamorphosis. Poster: e.hormone Conference on endocrine disruptors, New Orleans, October 2003. Seasonal reproductive variation and reduced sperm quality in male Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) collected from contaminated versus reference lakes in Florida. Talk: Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Toronto, Ontario. January 2003. Edwards TM, Gunderson MP, Trindade A, and Guillette LJ. Variation in Gonadotropin-induced testosterone synthesis in juvenile alligators from contaminated and reference lakes. Poster: 16th working meeting of the crocodile Specialist Group, Gainesville, Florida, October 7-10, 2002. Seasonal Reproduction in Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) in two Florida lakes. Talk: Florida Ecology and Evolution Symposium, Archibald Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida. April 2002.

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Edwards TM, Benson N, and Guillette LJ. Seasonal sperm counts and viability for Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) in two Florida lakes. Poster: Viviparous Fish Meeting, Mexico, March 2002 Edwards TM, Gunderson MP, Orlando EF, and Guillette LJ. Gonadotropin Induction of Testosterone Synthesis in Alligators from Contaminated and Uncontaminated Environments. Poster: e.hormone Conference, New Orleans, October 2000. Edwards TM, Gunderson MP, Orlando EF, and Guillette LJ. Effects of embryonic xenoestrogen exposure on testosterone synthesis in juvenile male alligators. Poster: Gordon Conference on Endocrine Disruptors, Plymouth, New Hampshire, June 2000.

REPRESENTATIVE GUEST LECTURES Fetal Origins of Disease and Epigenetics. Maternal and Newborn Health course for nursing

students. LA Tech University, 3/15/11 and 9/22/11. How the first nine months shape the rest of your life. Human Psychology. La Tech University,

5/13/11. Urban Ecology. Ecology. Tulane University, 11/2/10. Endocrine disruptors and you! Aquatic Toxicology. University of Florida, 4/13/09. Endocrine disruptors: Impact on children and families. Human Development. UF, 1/30/09. Applications of Endocrine Disruption Research. Course on public health. UF, 11/17/08. Developmental Origins of Disease: Prenatal, Perinatal, and Infant Exposures. Biology of

Reproduction. UF, 4/14/08. Environmental Causes of Disease. Environmental Health. UF, 4/7/08. Environmental Contaminants and Health. Contaminants and Culture. UF, 9/4/07. Environmental Contaminants and Health. Honors course on contemporary issues in science. UF,

10/12/06. Reproductive Hormones. Human Sexuality. UF, 9/13/06. Gene Regulation. Molecular Endocrinology. UF, 1/24/06. Air and Water Pollution. Contaminants and Culture. UF, 9/27/05.

REVIEWING ACTIVITIES Associate Editor for the journal Endocrine Disruptors, 2014-present. Reviewer for Granting Agencies: National Science Foundation (NSF) – BIO Directorate, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Basic Research Program, American Diabetes Association Research Funding Program, United States Department of Defense. Reviewer for a technical report on nitrates produced by St. Johns River Water Management District in Florida, September 2005.

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Journal ReviewerAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical

Care Medicine American Naturalist Aquatic Toxicology Archives of Environmental Contamination

and Toxicology Chemosphere Current Zoology Environmental Health Perspectives Environmental Pollution Environmental Research Epigenetics

General and Comparative Endocrinology Hydrobiologia Journal of Fish Biology Journal of Herpetology Journal of Toxicology Reproduction Reproductive Toxicology Royal Society Open Science Science for the Total Environment Theriogenology Turkish Journal of Zoology

COMMITTEES AND REPRESENTATIVE OUTREACH 2017 Promoting sustainability education at Sewanee Elementary School. 2014-2015 Organized the Department of Biology Seminar Series, Sewanee. 2014-2015 Committee to develop the Aquatic Monitoring Plan for Sewanee’s 13,000 acre

campus. 2014-2015 Organized a four-person committee (including the University Chef and Farm

Manager) to develop the Sewanee Sustainable Food Program, modeled after a similar program at Yale University. Involves integrating the Sewanee Farm, on campus composting, and Sewanee Dining in a closed loop system of food production and waste management.

2013-2014 ADVANCEing Faculty Program Steering Committee for the Ropp Lunch Series. 2013 Guest speaker, Girl Scouts. 2012-2014 Experiential Education Committee, College of Applied and Natural Sciences,

Louisiana Tech University. 2012-2013 Building a Nature Explore classroom at a local Montessori elementary school. This

was a service learning project in collaboration with my Plant Biology class at Louisiana Tech. Nature Explore classrooms connect children to nature and the principles of sustainability.

2012 Gordon Research Seminar, Co-Chair for trainee session for the Gordon Research Seminar on Endocrine Disruptors, Mount Snow Resort, Vermont, June 2-3, 2012.

2010 Conference Organizing Committee, International e.hormone conference on Environmental Signaling and Endocrine Disruption, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2010.

2010 Graduate School and Beyond: Pathways to Careers in Science Research. Workshop for undergraduate women, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 18, 2010.