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Richard E Connon
Assistant Research Scientist
Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology

Haring Hall 2160
Davis, CA 95616

+1 530 752 3141
reconnon@ucdavis.edu

  

Specialty Focus

Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology

Education

1998 BS (Hons) Environmental Science, Middlesex University, United Kingdom
2003 PhD Ecotoxicology, University of Reading, United Kingdom

Honors and Awards

2009 "Best Publication Award" by SETAC, for best paper in ecotoxicology in 2008
2004 "Best Poster Award", Biological Sciences Fair, University of Reading, School of Biological Sciences. "Molecular and Population Stress Responses of Daphnia magna: Exposure to cadmium.
2003 "Best Poster Award", Biological Sciences Fair, University of Reading, School of Biological Sciences. "Gene Expression and Population Studies in Daphnia magna: Giving biomarkers ecological relevance." Connon R, Hooper H L, Orphanides G, Maund S, Hutchinson T, Sibly, R M, Callaghan A.

Active Research Grants

Principal Investigator, A Systems Biology Assessment of EDCs in the Delta, (Principal Investigator), California Department of Fish and Game

Principal Investigator, Old Standards Versus New Approaches: Defining the Fundamental Niche of Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus), (Principal Investigator), Bureau of Reclamation

Principal Investigator, Physiological Mechanisms Of Environmental Tolerance In Delta Smelt (Hypomesus Transpacificus): From Molecules To Adverse Outcomes, (Principal Investigator), Delta Stewardship Council

Most Recent 10 Publications

  • Link Icon 2012 Connon RE, Geist J, Werner I Effect-Based Tools for Monitoring and Predicting the Ecotoxicological Effects of Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment Sensors (Special Issue: Biosensors),
  • Link Icon 2012 Connon RE, D'Abronzo LS, Hostetter NJ, Javidmehr A, Roby DD, Evans AF, Loge FJ and Werner I Transcription profiling in environmental diagnostics: health assessments in Columbia River basin steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Environmental Science and Technology,
  • Link Icon 2012 Durieux EDH, Connon RE, Werner I, D'Abronzo LS, Fitzgerald PS, Spearow JL and Ostrach DJ. Cytochrome P4501A mRNA and protein induction in the striped bass (Morone saxatilis) Fish Physiology and Biochemistry,
  • Link Icon 2012 Beggel S, Werner I, Connon RE and Geist JP Impacts of the phenylpyrazole insecticide fipronil on larval fish: time-series gene transcription responses in fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) following short-term exposure Science of the Total Environment,
  • Link Icon 2011 Connon RE, Deanovic LA, Fritsch EB, D'Abronzo LS and Werner I Sublethal responses to ammonia exposure in the endangered delta smelt; Hypomesus transpacificus (Fam. Osmeridae) Aquatic Toxicology,
  • Link Icon 2011 Beggel S, Connon RE, Werner I and Geist J Changes in gene transcription and whole organism responses in larval fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) following short-term exposure to the synthetic pyrethroid bifenthrin Aquatic Toxicology,
  • Link Icon 2011 Connon RE, Beggel S, D'Abronzo LS, Geist JP, Pfeiff J, Loguinov AV, Vulpe CD, Werner I Linking molecular biomarkers with higher level condition indicators to identify effects of copper exposures on the endangered delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) Environ Toxicol Chem,
  • Link Icon 2010 Beggel S, Werner I, Connon RE, Geist JP Sublethal toxicity of commercial insecticide formulations and their active ingredients to larval fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) Sci Total Environ,
  • Link Icon 2009 Connon RE, Geist J, Pfeiff J, Loguinov AV, D'Abronzo LS, Wintz H, Vulpe CD, Werner I Linking mechanistic and behavioral responses to sublethal esfenvalerate exposure in the endangered delta smelt; Hypomesus transpacificus (Fam. Osmeridae) BMC Genomics,
  • Link Icon 2008 Heckmann LH, Sibly RM, Connon R, Hooper HL, Hutchinson TH, Maund SJ, Hill CJ, Bouetard A, Callaghan A Systems biology meets stress ecology: linking molecular and organismal stress responses in Daphnia magna Genome Biol,