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Ted Henry

 

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Dr Ted Henry

  • Job title: RCUK Academic Fellow, School of Biomedical and Biological Sciences (Faculty of Science and Technology)
  • Address: Room 401, Davy Building, Drake Circus,
    Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
  • Telephone: +44 (0)1752 584658
  • Email: ted.henry@plymouth.ac.uk


Qualifications & background

Education:

2002      Ph.D. Fisheries, emphasis: fish pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA

1998      M.S. Fisheries, emphasis: aquatic toxicology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA

1992      Fisheries Training Program U.S. Peace Corps, South Carolina Aquaculture and Marine Programs International.  Aquaculture/rural community development, U.S. Peace Corps, Peace Corps Volunteer (1992-1994) Seregbene, Togo, West Africa.

1992      B.A. Aquatic Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California.

Professional experience: 

2007-present          RC-UK Academic Fellow- The School of Biomedical and Biological Sciences, Ecotoxicology Research and Innovation Centre, University of Plymouth.  Principal investigator and co-investigator on projects related to the ecotoxicology of contaminants in aquatic organisms.  Lecturer in courses on topics related to pathology, ecotoxicology, physiology, and toxicology.

2004-present          Research Assistant Professor- The University of Tennessee Center for Environmental Biotechnology.  Principal Investigator and co-investigator on projects related to the ecotoxicology of contaminants in aquatic organisms and environments.  Established and direct the Zebrafish Research Facility and supervise students and technicians on research projects. 

2004-present          Research Assistant Professor (2004-2006 Adjunct Assistant Professor) Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, The University of Tennessee.  Collaborate to establish the Center for Wildlife Health including the development of undergraduate course curriculum, graduate research program, seminar series, interdisciplinary collaborations, and outreach objectives.

2002-2004              Postdoctoral Research Associate- University of Georgia, Department of Environmental Health Science, Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory.  Researched the ecotoxicology of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in aquatic environments.  Investigated effects of SSRI drugs on endocrine disruption of Gambusia affinis, and determined effects of single compounds and mixtures on Ceriodaphnia dubia.  U.S. EPA STAR Grant 829006.

1995                         Water Quality, Night Oxygen Monitor- Fish Partners Inc., 17 pond, 160 acre channel catfish farm.  Niland, California.

1992-1994               Fisheries Extension Agent- Togolese Ministry of Rural Development, U.S. Peace Corps.  Togo, West Africa.

1991-1992               Research Diver, Field Assistant- Department of Biology, University of California Santa Barbara.  Catalina Island, California.  Over 500 research dives logged in the Pacific Ocean.

 


Teaching interests

2011               Completion of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LTHE), University of Plymouth.  Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (Spring 2011).

2007-Pres.     RC-UK Academic Fellow, The School of Biomedical and Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, England.  Lecture on various topics in different modules related to physiology, pathology, and ecotoxicology, (undergraduate and postgraduate).  Module leader BIOL 3425 “Animal and Human Health”.  Direct undergraduate and graduate (Mres, Msc) research projects.

2005-Pres.     Research Assistant Professor, Fisheries, Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.  Teach postgraduate/upper division undergraduate course Aquatic Toxicology, WFS 560; EEB 612/BCMB 612; Teach Biological Microscopy and Fish Histology, WFS 560; Teach toxicoses and fish disease components of Wildlife Disease undergraduate curriculum.  Co-developed on-line course ‘Bacterial Diseases of Koi’.

2004               Lecturer- University of Georgia, Department of Environmental Health Science.  Responsible for course development and content, and student evaluation for postgraduate course Aquatic Toxicology EHS 8610. 

2002-2003    Guest Lecturer- University of Georgia, Department of Environmental Health Science.  Postgraduate/undergraduate course ‘Water Pollution’ EHS 4610/6610.

1997-2000    Graduate Teaching Assistant- Department of Fisheries, Auburn University.  Gave 10% of class lectures and taught fisheries graduate students the laboratory ‘Fish Morphology and Physiology’(FAA 644).

1996-1998    Graduate Teaching Assistant- Fisheries Summer Camp, Department of Zoology and Forestry, North Carolina State University.  Rougemont, NC.  Taught 25-30 senior and junior level undergraduate fisheries students water quality testing procedures.

1996               Graduate Teaching Assistant- Department of Fisheries, Auburn University.  Assisted with organization of laboratory activities and field exercises for graduate course ‘The Ecology and Management of Riverine Ecosystems’.

 


Grants & contracts

RESEARCH

Research Grants (cumulative total as PI or co-PI: ~$2.9 million (US and UK combined)):

Title

Investigators

Source/agency

Amount

1.       Relating aluminum concentrations in GRSM streams with accumulation of aluminum in fish otoliths to enhance fish management

Henry TB, Connolly M, Schwartz JS

JT Tanner Fellowship

 

$10,000

2.       Reference methods for managing the risk of engineered nanoparticles (MARINA): large-scale collaborative project

Handy RD, Henry TB (UoP component)

European Union FP7

£390,000 (UoP)

~9,000,000€

3.  Sublethal effects of manufactured nanoparticles on fish: bioenergetics, brain, and behavior

R. Handy PI

co-PIs: TB Henry

K. Sloman, R. Williamson,

UK NERC

(2009-2012)

£486,205

4.  Assessment of transgenerational effects of ionizing radiation in zebrafish

TB Henry PI;

co-PIs: A. Jha; W. Langon; R. Jeffries

IAEA; Marine Institute, University of Plymouth

(2008-2011)

£68,310

5.  Effects of atmospheric deposition on water quality in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

R.B. Robinson; J.S. Schwartz; Henry TB

U.S. EPA

(2006-2009)

$197,980

6.  IVIS Lumina Biophotonic Imaging System (equipment grant)

Ripp SA, Sayler GS, Patterson S, Henry TB

DoD- Department of the Army (2007-2008)

$126,100

7.  Development of transgenic zebrafish as bioreporters of estrogenic contaminants

Henry TB PI

UT ISSE CEB

2005-2009

$135,000

8.  Investigating chronic toxicity and bioaccumulation of microcystins in freshwater fish using toxicogenomics and histopathology

Henry TB PI

co-PIs: S.W. Wilhelm; R. Strange; G. Sayler

DOC, NOAA, Coastal Oceans Program (ECOHAB) (2006-2010)

$436, 976

9.  Ecotoxicology of underivatized fullerenes (C60) in fish:

Henry TB PI

co-PIs: F. Menn, R. Compton, G. Sayler

U.S. EPA-STAR

(2007-2010)

$396,807

10.  A bioluminescent bioreporter to detect off-flavor compounds in channel catfish

Henry TB PI;

co-PI: J. Sanseverino

U.S. DA SBIR

(2006)

$75,000

11.  The toxicity of acid mine drainage mixing zones to warmwater fishes

Henry TB (GRA)

co-PI E.R. Irwin

U.S. National Biol Service (1996)

$17,941

 

Research Grant Proposals Currently in Review:

1.      Associations between manufactured nanoparticles (nC60 and TiO2-NPs) and pharmaceutical chemicals and the effects of wastewater disinfection processes

Sayler GS, Henry TB, He Q, Compton RN, Park JW

NSF (Aug 2011- July 2013)

$227,739

2.      Tiered bioassays to streamline long-term PAH toxicity assessment of Deepwater Horizon oil spill affected sites

Sayler GS, Fleming JT, Layton AC, Henry TB

NSF (Sept 2011-Sept 2014)

$404,538

3.      Development of autonomous bioluminescent (lux) transgenic zebrafish (Danio rerio) as an in vivo biomonitoring tool to assess the bioavailability of Ah-R mediated xenobiotics in contaminated sediments

Sayler GS, Ripp SA, Henry TB, Park JW, Connolly MC, He Q

NIH R01 (Feb 2011)

$493,712

4. Interactions of nanoparticles (NPs) with co-contaminants: Effects on NP characteristics, fate, and bioavailability in fish.

Henry TB, co-PIs Handy RD, Rowland SJ

UK NERC Standard proposal (Nov 2010)

£500,274

 

 

 

 

 


Publications

PUBLICATIONS:

[peer-reviewed journal publications, underlined author is a student or RA supervised by TB Henry (PI and corresponding author); * = “in review”]

  1. *Merrifield DL, Shaw BJ, Harper GM, Saoud IP, Davies SJ, Handy RD, Henry TB.  2011.   Ingestion of food containing metal nanoparticles disrupts endogenous microbiota in zebrafish with potential implications on organism health.  (Nanotoxicology, in review). 
  2. *Park JW, Heah TP, Gouffon JS, Henry TB, Sayler GS.  2011.  Global gene expression in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) exposed to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (fluoxetine and sertraline) reveals unique expression profiles and potential biomarkers of exposure.  (Toxicological Sciences, in review)
  3. *Petersen EJ, Whelton AJ, Zhang L, Huang Q, Uddin N, O’Caroll DM, Henry TB, Nguyen T, Holbrook D, Chen KL.  2011.  The potential environmental fate and ecological risks of carbon nanotubes: release pathways, transport, aggregation, sorption, transformations, and ecotoxicity.  (Environmental Science & Technology, in review)
  4. *White C, Davis SJ, Henry TB.  2011.  Malachite green toxicity and effects on reproductive success in zebrafish Danio rerio.  (In review: The Journal of Applied Ichthyology)
  5. Reinardy HC, Teyssie JL, Jeffree RA, Copplestone D, Henry TB, Jha JN.  2011.  Uptake, depuration, and radiation dose estimation in zebrafish exposed to radionuclides via aqueous or dietary routes.  Science of the Total Environment 409:3771-3779.
  6. Henry TB, Petersen EJ, Compton RN.  2011.  Aqueous fullerene aggregates (nC60) generate minimal reactive oxygen species and are of low toxicity in fish: a revision of previous reports.  Current Opinion in Biotechnology 22:533-537.
  7. Handy RD, Al-Bairuty G, Ramsden CS, Boyle D, Shaw BJ, Henry TB.  2011.  Effects of manufactured nanomaterials on fishes: a target organ and body systems physiology approach.  (In Press: Journal of Fish Biology)
  8. Rogers ED, Henry TB, Gouffon JS, McPherson JT, Boyer GL, Sayler GS, Wilhelm GS.  2011.  Global gene expression profiling in larval zebrafish exposed to microcystin-LR and Microcystis reveals endocrine disrupting effects of cyanobacteria.  Environmental Science & Technology 45:1962-1969.
  9. Petersen EJ, Henry TB.  2011.  Methodological considerations for testing the ecotoxicity of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes.  (In press: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry)
  10. Park JW, Henry TB, Menn FM, Compton RN, Sayler GS.  2010.  No bioavailability of 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) when associated with nC60 aggregates during dietary exposure in adult male zebrafish Danio rerio.  Chemosphere 81: 1227-1232. 
  11. Fraser TWK, Reinardy HC, Shaw BJ, Henry TB, Handy RD.  2011.  Dietary toxicity of single walled carbon nanotubes and fullerenes (C60) in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).  Nanotoxicology 5(1):98-108.
  12. Park JW, Henry TB, Ard S, Menn FM, Compton RN, Sayler GS.  2011.  Mixtures of 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) and aqueous C60 aggregates decrease bioavailability of EE2 and change C60 aggregate characteristics.  Nanotoxicology 5(3):406-416.
  13. Bohl RJ, Henry TB, Strange RJ, Rakes PL.  2010.  Electroshock-induced mortality in freshwater fish embryos increases with embryo diameter: a model based on results from 10 species.  Journal of Fish Biology 76:975-986.
  14. Habera JW, Kulp MA, Moore SE, Henry TB.  2010.  Efficiency of AC and pulsed DC electrofishing is comparable in a low conductivity stream.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30:757-766.
  15. Henry TB, McPherson JT, Rogers ED, Heah TP, Hawkins SA, Layton AC, Sayler GS.  2009.  Changes in the relative expression pattern of multiple vitellogenin genes in adult male and larval zebrafish exposed to exogenous estrogens.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Part A Molecular and Integrative Physiology 154:119-126
  16. Bohl RJ, Henry TB, Strange RJ, Rakes PL.  2009.  Effects of electroshock on cyprinid embryos: implications for threatened and endangered fishes.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138:768-776.
  17. Neff KJ, Schwartz JS, Henry TB, Robinson RB, Moore SE, Kulp MA.  2009.  Physiological stress in native southern brook trout during episodic acidification of streams in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 57:366-376.
  18. Handy RD, Henry TB, Scown TM, Johnson BD, Tyler CR.  2008.  Manufactured nanoparticles: their uptake and effects on fish- a mechanistic analysis.  Ecotoxicology 17:287-314.
  19. Henry, TB, and MC Black.  2008.  Survival and development of western mosquitofish exposed to the SSRI fluoxetine HCl.  Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxciology 54:325-330.
  20. Henry TB, MC Black.  2007.  Acute toxicity of mixtures of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors to Ceriodaphnia dubia.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26:1751-1755.
  21. Henry TB, F Menn, JT Fleming, J Wilgus, RL Compton, GS Sayler.  2007.  Attributing the toxicity of aqueous C60 nano-aggregates to tetrahydrofuran decomposition products in larval zebrafish by assessment of gene expression.  Environmental Health Perspectives 115(7):1059-1065.
  22. Henry TB, JM Grizzle.  2006.  Electroshocking-induced mortality of fish in waters of different conductivity.  Journal of Fish Biology 68:747-758.
  23. Henry TB, JM Grizzle.  2004.  Survival of largemouth bass, bluegill, and channel catfish embryos after electroshocking.  Journal of Fish Biology 64:1206-1216.
  24. Henry TB, JM Grizzle, CE Johnston, JA Osborne.  2004.  Susceptibility of ten fish species to electroshock-induced mortality.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:649-654.
  25. Henry TB, MC Black, J Wook-Kwon, KL Armbrust.  2004.  Acute and chronic toxicity of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors to Ceriodaphnia dubia.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23:2229-2233.
  26. Henry TB, JM Grizzle.  2003.  Electroshocking-induced injuries in newly transformed juvenile fish.  Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 15:147-157.
  27. Grizzle JM, TB Henry, I Altinok.  2003.  Lack of effect of electroshocking on the susceptibility of rainbow trout to enteric redmouth disease.  Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 15:87-91.
  28. Henry TB, JM Grizzle, MJ Maceina.  2003.  Electrofishing-induced mortality of four fish species during posthatching development.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:299-306.
  29. Henry TB, JM Grizzle, MJ Maceina.  2001.  Comparison of in-water voltage gradients produced by electrofishing boats.  Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 55:138-145.
  30. Dolan C, LE Miranda, TB Henry.  2002.  Electrofishing for crappies: electrical settings influence immobilization efficiency, injury, and mortality.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22:1442-1451.
  31. Henry TB, ER Irwin, JM Grizzle, WG Brumbaugh, ML Wildhaber.  2001.  Gill lesions and death of bluegill in an acid mine drainage mixing zone.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 20:1304-1311.
  32. Henry TB, ER Irwin, JM Grizzle, ML Wildhaber, WG Brumbaugh.  1999.  Acute toxicity of an acid mine drainage mixing zone to juvenile bluegill and largemouth bass.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 128:919-928.

Books edited and authored book chapters:

Biotechnology Risk Assessment: Minding & Managing the Threats Around Us.  American Chemical Society; Editors: Ripp SA, Henry TB.  (In press)

  •  Petersen EJ, Henry TB.  Ecotoxicity of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes: a critical review of the evidence for nano-size effects.  In Biotechnology Risk Assessment: Minding & Managing the Threats Around Us.  American Chemical Society; Editors: Ripp SA, Henry TB.  (In Press)