Associate Professor
Department of Biology
The University of Mississippi

Contact:
E-mail: sdsurney@olemiss.edu
Telephone: (662) 915-7452
FAX: (662) 915-5144

Education:
Ph.D., 1990, University of Tennessee
M.S., 1982, Florida State University
B.S., 1978, Florida Atlantic University

Selected Publications:

Olsen, S.R., Rutherford, L.R., and D'Surney (1999). DNA sequence analysis of select RAPD products amplified from the Micropterus salmoides genome. Submitted to Molecular Ecology.

Deardorff, T.L., Rodgers, J.H.Jr., Felder, D.P., and D'Surney, S.J. (1999). A multifaceted investigation of the aquatic ecosystems near a bleached and unbleached kraft mill. Manuscript in preparation. Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Environmental Fate and Effects of Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents, November 10-13 1997, Rotorua, New Zealand. Accepted, SETAC press.

D'Surney, S.J., Eddy, L.P., Felder, D.P., Rodgers, J.H. Jr., and Deardorff, T.L. (2000). Assessment of the impact of a bleached kraft mill effluent on a South-Central USA river. Toxicity Assessment 15:

Felder, D.P., D'Surney, S.J., Rodgers, J.H. Jr., and Deardorff, T.L.(1999). An assessment of a receiving aquatic environment near an unbleached kraft mill. Ecotoxicology 7: 313-324.

D'Surney, S.J., Olsen, S.R., Rutherford, L.R., and Lee, S.-Y. (1998). The applicastion of PCR-RAPDs and transgenic markers to distinguish walleye populations in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Freshwater Fisheries, report no. 166.

D'Surney, S.J., and Olsen, S.R. (1997).The application of PCR-RAPDs and transgenic markers to distinguish walleye populations in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Freshwater Fisheries, report no. 160.

Rutherford, L.R., D'Surney, S.J., Olsen, S., and Wong, J. (1997). RAPD analysis of Florida, Northern, and Mississippi populations of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides): Polymorphic DNA marker and Similarity Index comparisons. Submitted to Heredity.

D'Surney, S.J., Rutherford, L., and Olsen, S. (1995). Assessment of genetic intergradation of Florida and Northern Largemouth Bass in Mississippi using DNA fingerprinting. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Freshwater Fisheries, Report # 146.

D'Surney, S.J. (1994). Assessment of genetic intergradation of Florida and Northern Largemouth Bass in Mississippi using DNA fingerprinting. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Freshwater Fisheries, Report # 137.

Theodorakis, C.W., D'Surney, S.J. and Shugart, L.R. (1994). Detecting genotoxic insult as DNA strand breaks in fish blood cells by agarose gel electrophoresis. Env. Tox. and Chem. 13:1023-1031.

D'Surney, S.J., Tschaplinski, T.J., Edwards, N.T., McLaughlin, S.B., and Shugart, L.R. (1993). Effects of enhanced UV-B radiation on DNA and UV absorbing compounds of two soybean cultivars. J. Env. Exp. Botany, 33: 347-356.

D'Surney, S.J., Theodorakis, C.W., Russell, P.H., Arroyo-Colon, D., and Shugart, L.R. (1993). Analysis of chromatin structure in blood cell nuclei of medaka, bluegill sunfish. and mosquitofish. Compendium of the Fourth Annual Carcinogenicity Research Review, U.S. Army Biomedical Research and Development Laboratory, April 1992, Ceresville Mansion, Ceresville MD.

Theodorakis, C.W., D'Surney, S.J., Farkas, W.L., McCarthy, J.F. and Shugart, L.R. (1992). A comparative study of the sequential development of various biomarkers in bluegill sunfish exposed to PCB, PAH, and heavy metal contaminated sediment. Ecotoxicology 1: 45-73.

D'Surney, S.J. and Popp, R.A. (1992). Oxygen association-dissociation and stability analysis on an alpha and beta globin gene mutant in the mouse. Genetics 132, 545-551.

Shugart, L.R., D'Surney, S.J., Gettys-Hull, C., and Greeley, M.S. Jr. (1991). Biological (Molecular and Cellular) Markers of Toxicity: Final Report. Oak Ridge National Laboratory M-1845; Environmental Sciences Division Publication No. 3550.(/P>

Shugart, L.R., McCarthy, J.F., D'Surney, S.J., Greeley, M.S. Jr., and Hull, C.G. (1990). Molecular and cellular markers of toxicity in the Japanese Medaka Oryzias latipes. Compendium of the Third Annual Carcinogenicity Research Review, U.S. Army Biomedical Research and Development Laboratory, August 14-15, 1990, Frederick MD.

D'Surney, S.J. and Popp, R.A. (1990). Changes in alpha-globin gene expression in mice of two alpha-globin haplotypes during development. Biochem. Genetics 28:

Popp, R.A., D'Surney, S.J. and Wawrzyniak, C.J. (1987). Changes in expression of murine alpha and beta globin genes during development. Prog. Clin. Res. 251: 81-89. 445-457.

D'Surney, S.J. and DeKloet, S.R. (1985). Biochemical characterization of lysozymes present in selected species of anatid birds. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 81b: 1063-1065.