ENMIN ZOU, PH. D.

Associate Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, LA 70310

em.zou@nicholls.edu

Tel: 985-448-4711/4700

Education:

Tulane University, Department of Ecology, Evolution,

and Organismal Biology, New Orleans, LA

Doctor of Philosophy, Fall 1994 - Spring 1999

East China Normal University, Department of Biology, Shanghai, China

Bachelor of Science, Fall 1982 - Spring 1986

Professional Experiences:

Associate Professor, Nicholls State University, Department of Biological Sciences, August, 2006 - Present 

Assistant Professor, Nicholls State University, Department of Biological Sciences, August, 2001 - July, 2006

Post-doctoral Fellow, The University of California at Davis, Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Health and Department of Environmental Toxicology, 1999 - 2001

Lecturer, Suzhou University of Science and Technology (formerly the Suzhou Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Protection), Department of Environmental Protection, 1991 - 1994

Recent Publications (*Undergraduate Author and ^#Graduate Author Mentored by Zou):

Hudson-Davies, R. and Zou, E. (2011) Polybrominated diphenyl ethers disrupt molting in neonatal Daphnia magna. Submitted.

Felterman*, M and Zou, E. (2011) The exogenous methyl farnesoate does not impact ecdysteroid signaling in the crustacean epidermis in vivo. Aquaculture 317: 251-254.

Zou, E. (2010) Aquatic Invertebrate Endocrine Disruption. In: Breed M.D. and Moore J., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, volume 1, pp. 112-123. Oxford: Academic Press. (Invited book chapter)

Meng#, Y. and Zou, E. (2009) Impacts of molt-inhibiting organochlorine compounds on epidermal ecdysteroid signaling in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, in vitro. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part C 150: 436-441.

Meng^#, Y. and Zou, E. (2009) A molecular biomarker for disruption of crustacean molting: the N-acetyl-b-glucosaminidase mRNA in the epidermis of the fiddler crab. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 82: 554-558.

Zou, E. (2009) Effects of hypoxia and sedimentary naphthalene on the activity of N-acetyl-b-glucosaminidase in the epidermis of the brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 82: 579-582.

Toups*, E. A. and Zou, E. (2009) Epidermal collagenase activity and its induction by 20-hydroxyecdysone in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Curr. Zool. 55: 75-80.

Hotard*, S. and Zou, E. (2008) The activity of glutathione S-transferase in the hepatopancreas is not influenced by the molting cycle in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 81: 242-244. [Covered by the science news magazine Biotech Business Week 2008 (September 15), Page 645 and Pharmacy Choice website: http://www.pharmacychoice.com/news/article.cfm?Article_ID=99070]

Ye^#, R. and Zou, E. (2008) Hypoxia does not promote naphthalene bioaccumulation in the brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 57: 307-312.

Zou, E. and Stueben*, B. (2006) Acute exposure to naphthalene reduces oxyregulating capacity of the brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, subjected to progressive hypoxia. Mar. Biol. 149: 1411-1415.

Zou, E. (2005) Impacts of xenobiotics on crustacean molting: the invisible endocrine disruption. Integr. Comp. Biol. (formerly Am. Zool.) 45: 33-38.

Zou, E. and Bonvillain*, R. (2004) Chitinase activity in the epidermis of the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, as an in vivo screen for molt-interfering xenobiotics. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part C 139: 225-230.

Zou, E. and Bonvillain*, R. (2003) Effects of all-trans-and 9-cis-retinoic acids on blood glucose homeostasis in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part C 136: 199-204.

Zou, E. (2003) Current status of environmental endocrine disruption in selected aquatic invertebrates. Acta Zool. Sin. 49: 551-565.

Zou, E. and Matsumura, F. (2003) Long-term exposure to b-HCH promotes transformation and invasiveness of MCF7 human breast cancer cells. Biochem. Pharmacol. 66: 831-840.

Zou, E. and Fingerman, M. (2003) Endocrine disruption of sexual development, reproduction and growth in crustaceans: current perspectives. Curr. Top. Pharmacol. 7: 69-80.

Hatakeyama, M., Zou, E., and Matsumura, F. (2002) Comparison of the characteristic of estrogenic action patterns of b-HCH and heregulin b1 in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. J. Biochem. Mol. Toxicol. 16: 209-219.

Zou, E., Hatakeyama, M., and Matsumura, F. (2002) Foci formation of MCF7cells as an in vitro screening method for estrogenic chemicals. Environ. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 11: 71-77.

Hatakeyama, M., Tessier, D. M., Dunlap, D. Y., Zou, E., and Matsumura, F. (2002) Mechanism of estrogenic action of b-HCH through activation of c-Neu/ErbB2 in MCF7 human breast carcinoma cells. Environ. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 11: 27-38.

Zou, E. and Fingerman, M. (2000) External features of an intersex fiddler crab, Uca pugilator (Bosc, 1802) (Decapoda, Brachyura). Crustaceana 73: 417-423.

Zou, E. and Fingerman, M. (1999) Patterns of N-acetyl-b-glucosaminidase isoenzymes in the epidermis and hepatopancreas and induction of N-acetyl-b-glucosaminidase activity by 20-hydroxyecdysone in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part C 124: 345-349.

Zou, E. and Fingerman, M. (1999) Effects of exposure to diethyl phthalate, 4-tert-octylphenol, and 2,4,5-trichlorobiphenyl on activity of chitobiase in the epidermis and hepatopancreas of the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part C 122: 115-120.

Zou,E. and Fingerman, M. (1999) Effects of estrogenic agents on chitobiase activities of the epidermis and hepatopancreas of the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 42: 185-190.

Zou, E. and Fingerman, M. (1999) Chitobiase activities in the epidermis and hepatopancreas of the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, during the molting cycle. Mar. Biol. 133: 97-101.

Zou, E. and Fingerman, M. (1997) Effects of estrogenic agents on molting of the water flea, Daphnia magna. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 38: 281-285.

Zou, E. and Fingerman, M. (1997) Synthetic estrogenic agents do not interfere with sex differentiation but do inhibit molting of a cladoceran, Daphnia magna. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 58: 596-602.

Zou, E. (1997) Effects of sublethal exposure to zinc chloride on the reproduction of the water flea, Moina irrasa (Cladocera). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 58: 437-441.

Zou, E., Du, N., Lai, W. (1996) The effects of severe hypoxia on lactate and glucose concentrations in the blood of the Chinese crab, Eriocheir sinensis (Crustacea: Decapoda). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part A 114: 105-109.

Zou, E., Du, N., Lai, W. (1995) The effects of mass, temperature and thermal acclimation on the respiration rate of the Chinese crab, Eriocheir sinensis. Zool. Res. 16: 49-58.

Zou, E. (1995) Chronic toxicity of cadmium and copper to the water flea, Moina irrasa. China Environ. Sci.15: 157-160.

Zou, E. and Bo, S. (1994) Acute toxicity of cadmium, copper and zinc to the water flea, Moina irrasa. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 52: 742-748.

Zou, E., Du, N., Lai, W. (1993) The effects of progressive hypoxia on the respiration rate of the Chinese crab, Eriocheir sinensis. Zool. Res. 14: 327-334.