CURRICULUM VITA
Assistant
Professor of Anatomy
Department
of Biological Sciences,
720
Fourth Avenue South, MS-273
St.
Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN 56301
hschoenfuss@stcloudstate.edu
Ph.D., Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, 1997 (Zoology).Dissertation Topic:Metamorphosis of the Hawaiian
Stream Goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni:
A Structural, Functional, and Behavioral Analysis.Advisor:Dr. J. M. Fitzsimons.
Associate
Professor of Anatomy, Department of Biological Sciences, St. Cloud State
University,
August
2005 – present.
Assistant
Professor of Anatomy, Department of Biological Sciences, St. Cloud State
University,
August
2001 – August 2005.
March
1999 - August 2001.
September
1998 - March 1999.
January
1995 - December 1997.
"Human
Anatomy & Physiology.
"Human
Anatomy & Physiology, Laboratory".
August
1993 - July 1997.
"Introductory
Zoology", 1996-97
"Ichthyology",
Fall 1995, 96.
"Introductory
Zoology", 1994-95
"Introductory
Biology", Fall 1993.
Blob, R.W., R. Rai, M.L. Julius and H. L.
Schoenfuss. 2006. Functional diversity in extreme
environments: effects of locomotor style and substrate texture on the waterfall
climbing performance of Hawaiian gobiid fishes. Journal of Zoology, Royal Society of London 268: 315-324.
Schoenfuss, H.L. and R. W. Blob. In Press. The importance of functional morphology for fishery
conservation and management: applications to Hawaiian amphidromous fishes. Bulletin of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Julius, M.L., R.W. Blob and H.L.
Schoenfuss. 2005. The survival of Sicyopterus
stimpsoni, an endemic
amphidromous Hawaiian gobiid fish, relies on the hydrological cycles of
streams: evidence from changes in algal composition of diet through growth
stages. Aquatic Ecology 39: 473-484.
Schoenfuss, H.L. 2005. Marine Mammals: Research Programs. In: Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Ed. M. Nuttall.
New York: Routledge, 3 vol. pp. 1250-1255.
Schoenfuss,
H. L., M. L. Julius and R. W. Blob.
2004. Colonization of a recent,volcanically formed freshwater
habitat: an example of primary succession. Ichthyological Exploration of
Freshwaters 15(1):
83-90.
Schoenfuss,
H.L. 2003. The need for novel approaches in
assessing the biological impact of biologically active compounds. In: Proceedings of the 3rd
International Conference on Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
In Water, R. Masters
(ed.), Minneapolis, MN, March 19-21, 2003, pp. 103-121.
Martinovic,
D., P.W. Sorensen and H.L. Schoenfuss.
2003. Low levels of
water-borne estrogen suppress androgen levels and the ability to male fathead
minnow to reproduce in the competitive spawning scenario. In:
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on
Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals In Water, R. Masters (ed.), Minneapolis, MN, March 19-21, 2003, pp.
125-133.
Fitzsimons,
J. M., H. L. Schoenfuss, and T. C. Schoenfuss.1997.Significance of unimpeded
flows in limiting the transmission of parasites from exotics to Hawaiian stream
fishes.Micronesica30: 117-125.
2005: US
Environmental Protection Agency. Science to Achieve Results (STAR). Developing Rapid Assessment Tools to Evaluate the Biological
Effects of Complex and Biologically Active Chemical Mixtures. Schoenfuss, H.L., L.B. Barber, D.
Norris, M.L. Julius. $599,640 for
3 years.
National
Institute for Water Resources.
Assessing the Ecotoxicology of alkylphenol mixtures across the aquatic
food chain. Schoenfuss, H.L., M.L.
Julius, L.B. Barber. $63,000 for 2
years.
Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency. Determining the Endocrine Disrupting Effects of
Alkylphenols (APs) on the Reproductive Competence of Fishes: Phase 2, Field Studies. Schoenfuss, H.L., K.E. Lee, L.B.
Barber. $63,000 for 1.5 years.
2004: USGS
Water Resources Center. Assessing
the Ecotoxicology of 4-Nonylphenol, an Ubiquitous Environmental Estrogen, in
Two Organismal Bioassays.
Schoenfuss, H.L., M.L. Julius, K. Lee, L.B. Barber. $38,000 for 2 years.
Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency.
Determining the Endocrine Disrupting Effects of Alkylphenols (APs) on
the Reproductive Competence of Fishes in Biologically Relevant Laboratory and
Field Studies. Schoenfuss, H.L.,
K.E. Lee, L.B. Barber. $50,000 for
1 year.
2003: Sea
Grant College Program. Assessing
whether exposure to low levels of estrogens whose actions mimic that of
effluent from a Great Lakes sewage plant treatment plants poses a threat to
fish reproductive health.
Sorensen, P.W. and H.L. Schoenfuss. $113,513 for 2 years, plus 2.5 graduate research
assistantships.
Research
Corporation of the University of Hawaii.
The Effects of Feeding Habits and Flow Rates on In-Stream Distribution
of Indigenous Hawaiian Freshwater Gobies.
Schoenfuss, H.L., R.W. Blob and M.L. Julius. $13,177 for one year.
2002: Research
Corporation of the University of Hawaii.
The role of the primary producer community in sustaining populations of
indigenous Hawaiian freshwater fishes.
Schoenfuss, H.L., R.W. Blob and M.L. Julius. $12,000 for one year.
US
Geological Survey. A
histopathological investigation of fathead minnow reproductive tissues. Schoenfuss, H.L. and M.L. Legatt. $7,500 for six months (plus approx.
$15,000 in laboratory equipment).
2001: Research
Corporation of the University of Hawaii.
Identifying the Factors Responsible for Recruitment and Upstream
Migration in Indigenous Hawaiian Gobies.
Sorensen, P. W., H. L. Schoenfuss, and R. T. Nishimoto. $15,800 for one year.
2000: National
Sea Grant Program. Assessing the
Validity of Vitellogenin as a Biomarker of Endocrine Disruption in Populations
of Fish. Swackhamer, D. L., P. W.
Sorensen, I. R. Adelman, and H. L. Schoenfuss. $300,000 for two years.
1999: USGS
Water Resource Center Grant.
Assessing the effects of endocrine disrupters (EDCs) from a St. Paul
sewage treatment plant on sperm viability and testicular development in fish:
Adding a new dimension to an existing project. Sorensen P.W., H.L. Schoenfuss, I.R. Adelman and D. Swackhamer. $30,000 for two years.
1997: Museum
of Natural Science Research Funds, LSU, $280.
Outstanding
Graduate Student, Museum of Natural Science, LSU.
1996: William
H. Gates Award: Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, LSU.
Phi
Zeta Research Emphasize Day, _?_Best Oral Presentation_?_.
Local
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid-of-research, $300.
McDaniel
Scholarship Award for Zoology Graduate Students.
Translation
Grant, Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife, State of Alaska.
1995: Museum
of Natural Science Research Funds, LSU, $200.
National
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid-of-research, $500.
Graduate
School Travel Grant, $ 150.
2006: Co-organizer
of a day-long research retreat for SCSU research students in the Aquatic
Toxicology Laboratory to the Ney Nature Center.
Advisor
to the Medical Professions Association at St. Cloud State University.
Advisor
to the Graduate Student Organization at St. Cloud State University.
2005: Advisor
to a graduate students presenting at the Midwestern Meeting of the Society for
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Madison, WI, April 2005. The student was awarded best poster
presentation award and was invited to speak at the National meeting at the
society in Baltimore.
Advisor
to the Medical Professions Association at St. Cloud State University.
Advisor
to the Graduate Student Organization at St. Cloud State University.
Co-organizer
of a three-day research retreat for SCSU students at faculty to Iowa Lakeside
Laboratory.
2003: Advisor
to graduate student presenting at the Midwestern Meeting of the Society for
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Stephens Point, WI, March 2003. The student was awarded second place
for her oral presentation.
Advisor
to an undergraduate student giving an oral presentation at the National
Undergraduate Research Council meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2003.
Advisor
to five students participating at SCSU_?_S Research Colloquium.
Biomedical
Sciences advisor in the
Department of Biological Sciences.
2002: Advisor
to one graduate student.
Advisor
to two students participating at SCSU_?_s Research Colloquium.
Co-organizer
of a two-day SCSU student research retreat to Lake Millacs, MN.
2001: Advisor to a student in the Biological
Sciences Summer Undergraduate
Research Program,
University of Minnesota.
Co-advisor
to one graduate student in Fisheries & Wildlife, University of Minnesota.
2000: Advisor
to a student in the Minority Biomedical Research program, University of
Minnesota and the University of Puerto Rico, Cayey.
Paper
presentation judge, Minnesota Science Fair.
1999: Advisor
for Biology Colloquium course, spring semester, University of Minnesota.
Advisor
to a student in the Minority Scholar Development Program, U of MN.
Paper
and oral presentation judge, Minnesota Science Fair.
Elected
Offices, Awards, Professional Activities
2005: Host of the 2006 Midwestern meeting of
the Society for Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry in St. Cloud, MN,
March 20-22, 2006.
Chair
of the Development Committee.
Member of the SCSU Faculty Senate.
2004: Member of the following departmental
committees: Developmental C., Social C, Graduate C.
Member of the SCSU Faculty Senate.
2003: Symposium Organizer at the 3rd
International Conference on Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.
Biological Effects of Biologically Active Compounds. Minneapolis, MN, March 19-21, 2003.
Member
of the following departmental committees: Developmental C., Social C.,
Seminar Series, Population Genetics Search C.
Member of the SCSU Faculty Senate.
2002: Member of the following departmental
committees: Social C., Seminar Series, Anatomy & Physiology Search C.
Member of the SCSU Faculty Senate.
2001: Presented invited lecture in the Evolution
and Development lecture
series at the University of Chicago, IL.
Participation
in a two part workshop on Research Ethics at the University of Minnesota.
Co-organizer
of a workshop on fish dentition at the 6th International Congress on
Vertebrate Morphology, Jena, Germany.
Member
of the SCSU Faculty Senate.
2000: Participation
in the Teaching Enrichment Series at the U of MN.
1997: Outstanding
Graduate Student, Museum of Natural Science, LSU.
President
of the Zoology and Physiology Graduate Student Organization.
Participation
at the 5th Workshop and International Conference on Plastination, University of
Tennessee.
Interim
President of the _?_Biological Sciences Graduate Student Organization_?_.
1996: William
H. Gates Award: Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, LSU.
Phi Zeta Research Emphasize Day, Best
Oral Presentation.
Organizer
of the Seminar Series at the Museum of Natural Science, LSU.
Participation
at the 4th Annual Faculty Development Conference, Southeastern Louisiana
University.
Chairperson,
ZPGSO Subcommittee on Graduate Assistantships, LSU.
1995: Museum
Representative for the Zoology and Physiology Graduate Student Organization (ZPGSO).
Society
for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB),
Division of Vertebrate Morphology
Society
for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
International
Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM)
American
Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists (ASIH)
American
Association of Veterinary Anatomists (AAVA)
American
Association for the Advancement of Science
Society
for Marine Mammalogy