Curriculum Vita

­­CURRICULUM VITA

Heiko Lars Schoenfuss

Professor of Anatomy

&

Director, Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory

Department of Biological Sciences,

720 Fourth Avenue South, MS-273

St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN 56301

hschoenfuss@stcloudstate.edu

Education

Ph.D., Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1997 (Zoology).

M.S., School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1997 (Veterinary Anatomy).

B.S., University of Bayreuth, Germany, 1991 (Biology).

Employment

Professor of Aquatic Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, St. Cloud State University, July 2008.

Director, Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory, St. Cloud State University, 2002-present.

Associate Professor of Aquatic Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, St. Cloud State University, August 2005 – June 2008.

Assistant Professor of Aquatic Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, St. Cloud State University, August 27, 2001 – July 2005.

Research Associate, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, University of Minnesota, 1999-2001.

Instructor, Department of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, 1995-97.

Laboratory Instructor, Department of Zoology, Louisiana State University, 1993-97.

Publications

Schultz, M.M., Furlong, E.T., Kolpin, D.W., Werner, S.L., Schoenfuss, H.L., Barber, L.B., Blazer, V., Norris, D.O., Vajda, A.M. Accepted for publication. Distribution of antidepressant pharmaceuticals between water, sediment and fish brain tissue in two effluent-dominated streams in the United States. Environmental Science & Technology.

Hyndman, K.M., Biales, A., Bartell, S.E., Schoenfuss, H.L. 2010. Assessing the effects of exposure timing on biomarker expression using 17ß-estradiol. Aquatic Toxicology 96: 264-272.

Painter, M.R., Buerkley, M.A., Julius, M.L., Vajda, A.M., Norris, D.O., Barber, L.B., Furlong, E.T., Schultz, M.M., Schoenfuss, H.L. 2009. Antidepressants at environmentally relevant concentrations affect predator avoidance behavior of larval fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 28(12): 2677-2684.

Maie, T., Pruette, M.E., Schoenfuss, H.L., Blob, R.W. 2009. Feeding kinematics and performance of Hawaiian stream gobies, Awaous guamensis and Lentipes concolor: linkage of functional morphology and ecology. Journal of Morphology 270: 344-356.

Lee, K.E., H.L. Schoenfuss, L.B. Barber, and R. Kiesling. 2009. Minnesota aquatic ecosystems – summary of completed and current studies 1994-2009. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series, 41 p.

McGee, M.R., Julius, M.L., Vajda, A.M., Norris, D.O., Barber, L.B., Schoenfuss, H.L. 2009. predator avoidance performance of larval fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) following short-term exposure to estrogen mixtures. Aquatic Toxicology 91: 355-361.

Blanksma, C., Eguia, B., Lott, K., Lazorchak, J.M., Smith, M.E., Wratschko, M., Dawson, T.D., Elonen, C., Kahl, M., Schoenfuss, H.L. 2009. Effects of water hardness on skeletal development and growth in juvenile fathead minnows. Aquaculture 286: 226-232.

Lee, K.E., Yaeger, C.S., Jahns, N.D., and Schoenfuss, H.L. 2008. Occurrence of endocrine active compounds and biological responses in the Mississippi River—study design and data, June through August 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 368, 27 p.

Schoenfuss, H.L., Levitt, J.T., Rai, R., Julius, M.L., and Martinovic, D. 2008. Treated wastewater effluent reduces sperm motility along an osmolality gradient. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 56(3): 397-407. DOI 10.1007/s00244-008-9219-1.

Ye, X., H.L. Schoenfuss, N.D. Jahns, A.D. Delinsky, M.J. Strynar, J. Varns, S. Nakayama, L. Helfant, A.B. Lindstrom. 2008. Perfluorinated Compounds in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Fillets from the Upper Mississippi River. Environment International 34(7): 932-938.

Schoenfuss, H.L., S.E. Bartell, T.B. Bistodeau, R.A. Cediel, K.J. Grove, L. Zintek, K.E. Lee and L.B. Barber. 2008. Impairment of the reproductive potential of male fathead minnows by environmentally relevant exposures to 4-nonylphenol. Aquatic Toxicology 86: 91-98.

Cediel, R.A., Blob, R.W., Schrank, G.D., Plourde, R.C., Schoenfuss, H.L.. 2008. Muscle fiber type distribution in climbing Hawaiian gobioid fishes: ontogeny and correlations with locomotor performance. Zoology (Jena) 111(2): 114-122.

Julius, M.L., Stepanek, J., Tedrow, O., Gamble, C., Schoenfuss, H.L. 2007. Estrogen-receptor independent effects of two ubiquitous environmental estrogens on Melosira varians Agardh, a common component of the aquatic primary production community. Aquatic Toxicology 85: 19-27.

Maie, T., H.L. Schoenfuss, and R.W. Blob. 2007. Ontogenetic scaling of body proportions in waterfall-climbing gobiid fishes from Hawai’I and Dominica: implications for locomotor function. Copeia 2007(3): 755-764.

Barber, L.B., K.E. Lee, D. Swackhamer and H.L. Schoenfuss. 2007. Response of Male Fathead Minnows Exposed to Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent, Effluent Treated with XAD8 Resin, and an Environmentally Relevant Mixture of Alkylphenol Compounds. Aquatic Toxicology 82: 36-46.

Schoenfuss, H.L. and R. W. Blob. 2007. The importance of functional morphology for fishery conservation and management: applications to Hawaiian amphidromous fishes. Bulletin of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 3: 125-141.

Bistodeau, T.J., L.B. Barber, S.E. Bartell, R.A. Cediel, K.J. Grove, J. Klaustermeier, J.C. Woodard, K.E. Lee and H.L. Schoenfuss. 2006. Larval exposure to environmentally relevant mixtures of alkylphenolethoxylates reduces reproductive competence in male fathead minnows. Aquatic Toxicology 79: 268-277.

Julius, M.L., and H.L. Schoenfuss. 2006. Phylogenetic reconstruction as a broadly applicable teaching tool in the biology classroom. Journal of College Science Teaching July/August 2006: 40-45.

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, London 268: 315-324.

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, vol. 3: 1250-1255 (ed.: M. Nuttal). Routledge, vol. 3. New York, USA.

Schoenfuss, H.L. and R.W. Blob. 2003. Kinematics of waterfall climbing in Hawaiian freshwater fishes (Gobiidae): vertical propulsion at the aquatic-terrestrial interface. Journal of Zoology 261:191-205.

Fitzsimons, J.M., McRae, M.G., H.L. Schoenfuss, and R.T. Nishimoto. 2003. Gardening behavior in the amphidromous Hawaiian fish Sicyopterus stimpsoni (Osteichthyes: Gobiidae). Ichthyological Explorations of Fresh Water 14(2): 185-191.

Schoenfuss, H.L. 2003. The need for novel approaches in assessing the biological impact of biologically active compounds. In: Proceedings of the 3^rd International Conference on Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals In Water, R. Masters (ed.), Minneapolis, MN, March 19-21, 2003, pp. 103-121.

Schoenfuss, H.L., J.T. Levitt, G. Van Der Kraak and P.W. Sorensen. 2002. Ten week exposure to treated sewage effluent discharge has small, variable effects on reproductive behavior and sperm production in goldfish. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 21(10): 2185-2190.

Schoenfuss, H.L., Martinovic, D. and Sorensen, P.W. 2001. Effects of exposure to low levels of water-borne 17b-estradiol on nest holding ability and sperm quality in fathead minnows. Water Resources Update 120: 49-55.

Levitt, J.T., H.L. Schoenfuss and I.R. Adelman. 2001. Possible effects of endocrine disrupting compounds on walleye, Stizostedion vitreum, near the Metro Sewage Treatment Plant, Saint Paul, MN. In: Proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference on Pharmaceutics and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Water, D. Guth (ed.), Minneapolis, MN, October 9-11, 2001, pp. 191-202.

Schoenfuss, H.L. 1999. The bowhead whale larynx: physical constraint and adaptation. Secondary Adaptation to Life in Water II, E. Hoch and N. Bonde, eds. Copenhagen, Denmark, ISBN 87-88114-22-8, pp. 61-62.

Schoenfuss, H.L. 1997. A. F. J. K. Mayer: Anatomy of the eye of the cetaceans: An annotated translation. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Sciences 75: 1-38.

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. Micronesica 30: 117-125.

Schoenfuss, H.L., T.A. Blanchard and D.G.K. Kuamo’o. 1997. Metamorphosis in the cranium of postlarval Sicyopterus stimpsoni, an endemic Hawaiian stream goby. Micronesica 30: 93-104.

Schoenfuss, H.L. and D.J. Hillmann. 1996. Laryngeal adaptations and mechanisms of sound production in the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus. Secondary Adaptations to Life in Water, J.-M. Mazin, P. Vignaud, and V. de Buffrenil, eds. Poitiers, France, pp.43-45.

Elected Offices, Awards, Professional Activities (past 5 years)

2009 Member, Peer Review Committee, National Institute of Environmental Health.

2008 Member, Science Advisory Board on Emerging Contaminants. US EPA.

Fellow, Institute on the Environment (ION). University of Minnesota.

Member, ASTM Online Toxicity Monitoring Task Group.

2007 President, Midwest Division of the Society for Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry.

Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award, St. Cloud State University.

Student Advisor of the Year Award - St. Cloud State University 2007.

Faculty Research Award - St. Cloud State University 2007.

Host of Emerging Contaminant Stake-holder meeting, October 2008, St. Cloud, MN.

2006 Organizer of the Midwest Division Meeting of the Society for Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, St. Cloud, MN, March 2006.

2005 Committee member, Outstanding Scholar Award, American Association of Veterinary Anatomists.

Memberships

Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB),

Division of Vertebrate Morphology

International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM)

American Association of Veterinary Anatomists (AAVA)