Office: NU 208
Office Phone: (609) 771-2876
Research Lab: CH 149
Lab Phone: (609) 771-2675
EM Facility: CH 140
e-mail: lovett@tcnj.edu
Vitae for Donald L. Lovett
RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED
Phi Kappa Phi, The College of New jersey.
2001. Student-Faculty Research Scholarship.
Faculty Mentor. Modulation
of ATPase enzyme level and activity in the blue crab during
acclimation to salinity
change. $400 (awarded to student Joseph Burgents).
Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research. 1998. Faculty Mentor.
Osmoregulatory modulation
of Na+,K+-ATPase activity
in crab gills by methyl farnesoate. $700 (awarded to student
Michael Verzi).
The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole,
MA. 1998 MBL Associates
Fellowship. Principal Investigator.
Modulation of Na+,K+-ATPase by methyl farnesoate.
$2,500. (declined).
Phi Kappa Phi, The College of New Jersey.
1998. Student-Faculty Research Scholarship.
Faculty Mentor. Osmoregulation
in crabs. $400 (awarded to student Michael Verzi).
The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole,
MA. 1997. John O. Crane Fellowship
and Esther and Joseph Klingenstein
Fellowship. Principal Investigator. Methyl farnesoate
and polyamine modulation
of crustacean Na+,K+-ATPase. $9,130.
National Science Foundation Research Opportunity
Award. 1997. Co-principal
Investigator with D.W. Borst,
NSF IBN-93-19206. The regulation of crustacean
development and reproduction.
$7,500.
National Science Foundation Research Experience
for Undergraduates. 1997.
Co-principal Investigator
with D.W. Borst, NSF IBN-93-19206. The regulation of
crustacean development and
reproduction. $3,000.
Council for Undergraduate Research Summer Opportunity
for Research (CURSOR).
1993. Principal Investigator
with Jason Faris (student). In vitro effect of polyamines on
kinetics of Na+/K+-ATPase
from the gill of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. $3,150.
New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium Development
Grant. 1990. Principal
Investigator. Mechanisms
of osmoregulatory response in gills of the blue crab. $7,496.
Lake Forest College Summer Research Grant.
1989. Principal Investigator. Shoreline
avoidance in Diaptomus leptopus.
$1,750,
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program. 1985-88.
Co-Principal Investigator with D.L.
Felder. Ontogeny of feeding
habits and of gut structure and function in the white and brown
shrimp. $81,747,
USL Foundation Development Research Grant.
1983-84. Co-Principal Investigator with
D.L. Felder. Evaluation
of rotifer Brachionus plicatilis as a substitute for Artemia in feeding
larvae of Macrobrachium
rosenbergii. $1,000.
PUBLICATIONS (*-indicates student co-author)
Lovett, D.L., M.P. Verzi*, P.D. Clifford*, and D.W. Borst. 2001.
Hemolymph levels of methyl
farnesoate increase in response
to osmotic stress in the green crab, Carcinus maenas.
Comp. Biochem Physiol.
A. 128:299-306.
Lovett, D.L. 1999. A metamorphosis in teaching biology. Biosis
70(1):30-35.
Lovett, D.L., P.D. Clifford*, and D.W. Borst. 1997. Physiological
stress elevates hemolymph
levels of methyl farnesoate
in the green crab, Carcinus maenas. Biol. Bull. 193(2):266-267.
Ogan, J.*, A. Shaub*, D.L. Lovett, and D.W. Borst. 1997. Relationship
of methyl
transferase activity and
methyl farnesoate levels in the spider crab, Libinia emarginata.
Biol. Bull. 193(2):267-268.
Lovett, D.L., and S.A. Watts. 1995. Changes in polyamine levels
in response to acclimation
salinity in gills of the
blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Comp. Biochem.
Physiol.110B:115-119.
Lovett, D.L., D.W. Towle, and J.E. Faris*. 1994. Salinity-sensitive
alkaline phosphatase
activity in gills of blue
crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Comp. Biochem. Physiol.
109B:163-173.
Lovett, D.L. 1991. Review of Functional Morphology of Feeding
and Grooming in Crustacea,
B.E. Felgenhauer, L. Watling,
and A.B. Thistle (eds). Crustacean Issues, Vol. 6, F.R.
Schram (ed.). A.A. Balkema,
Rotterdam. Quarterly Review of Biology 66:214.
Lovett, D.L. and D.L. Felder. 1990. Ontogenetic change of enzyme
distribution and midgut
function in developmental
stages of Penaeus setiferus. Biol. Bull. 178:160-174.
Lovett, D.L. and D.L. Felder. 1990. Ontogenetic change in digestive
enzyme activity of larval
and postlarval white shrimp
Penaeus
setiferus. Biol. Bull. 178:146-159.
Lovett, D.L. and D.L. Felder. 1990. Ontogeny of kinematics in
the gut of Penaeus setiferus.
J. Crustacean Biology
10:53-68.
Lovett, D.L. and D.L. Felder. 1989. Ontogeny of gut morphology
in the white shrimp
Penaeus setiferus.
J. Morphology 201:253-272.
Lovett, D.L., and D.L. Felder. 1989. Application of regression
techniques to studies of relative
growth in crustaceans. J.
Crustacean Biology 9:529-539.
Felder, D.L. and D.L. Lovett. 1989. Relative growth and sexual
maturation in the estuarine
ghost shrimp Callianassa
jamaicense Schmitt. J. Crustacean Biology 9:540-553.
Lovett, D.L., and D.L. Felder. 1988. Evaluation of rotifer Brachionus
plicatilis as a substitute
for Artemia
in feeding larvae of Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Aquaculture
71:331-338.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS (*-indicates student co-author)
Burgents, J.E.*, and D.L. Lovett. 2001. Is the increase
in Na+,K+-ATPase activity observed during
hyperosmoregulation in the
blue crab Callinectes sapidus due to stimulation of translation?
Am. Zool. 421(5):
in press [abst]
Verzi, M.P.*, and D.L. Lovett. 1999. An immunological
analysis of the Na+,K+-ATPase
protein in the blue crab,
Callinectes
sapidus, during osmoregulation. Am. Zool. 39(5):66A.
Verzi, M.P.*, J.T. Ogan*, D.L. Lovett, and D.W. Borst. 1998.
Change in methyl farnesoate
levels in response to hemolymph
osmolality in the green crab Carcinus maenas.
Am. Zool. 38(5):
102A.
Verzi, M.P.* and D.L. Lovett. 1998. Osmoregulatory modulation
of gill Na+,K+-ATPase
activity from the blue crab
Callinectes
sapidus by endogenous compounds. Bull. N.J.
Acad. Sci.
43(1):21.
Lovett, D.L., P.D. Clifford*, and D.W. Borst. 1997. Hypoosmotic
stress causes sustained
elevation of methyl farnesoate
levels in the green crab Carcinus maenas. Am. Zool.
37(4):86A.
Ogan, J.*, A. Shaub*, D.L. Lovett, and D.W. Borst. 1997. Methyl
farnesoate (MF) levels
and the mandibular organ
(M0) activity in the spider crab, Libinia emarginata. Am. Zool.
37(5):150A.
Megjugorac, N.J.*, and D.L. Lovett. 1997. The microvasculature
within gills of the blue crab
Callinectes sapidus is
a network of ducts extending from a newly-discovered gland.
Bull. N.J. Acad. Sci.
42(1):17.
Stevenson, V.A.*, and D.L. Lovett. 1995. A new gland in the
blue crab, Callinectes sapidus:
A new model of secretion
delivery? Am. Zool. 35(5):113A.
Muller, E.M.*, E. Terrill*, and D.L. Lovett. 1995. Further studies
of the effect of
polyamines on the activity
of Na+,K+-ATPase from gills of the blue crab, Callinectes
sapidus.
Am. Zool. 35(5):75A.
Gallagher, M. *, and D.L. Lovett. 1994. In vitro effects
of polyamines on reaction kinetics of
Na+,K+-ATPase from the gills
of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Bull. N. J. Acad.
Sci. 39(1):27.
Gallagher, M.*, and D.L. Lovett. 1994. Morphology of the "microvasculature"
in gills of the
blue crab, Callinectes
sapidus. Am. Zool. 34(5):97A.
Bloor, J.J.*, and D.L. Lovett. 1994. A re-evaluation of the
histology of gills of the blue crab
Callinectes sapidus:
The "microvasculature" actually is a series of excretory ducts.
Bull. N. J. Acad. Sci.
39(1):26.
Rogalski, L.*, R. Bhattacharya*, M. Kayne, and D. Lovett. 1994.
Ultrastructural
studies
of the freshwater alga Haematococcus
pluvialis, during transition from the vegetative to the
akinete stage. Bull.
N. J. Acad. Sci. 39(1):35.
Lovett, D.L., and J.E. Faris*. 1993. Polyamines affect Na+,K+-ATPase
and alkaline
phosphatase in blue crab
(Callinectes sapidus) gills. Am. Zool. 33(5):31A
Faris, J.E.*, and D.L. Lovett. 1993. Isolation and characterization
of two species of alkaline
phosphatase from the gills
of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Bull. N. J. Acad. Sci.
38(1):15.
Smith, B.E.*, R.F. Ott, Jr.*, and D.L. Lovett. 1993. Polyamines
may modulate both the
acute and acclimation osmoregulatory
response in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus.
Bull. N. J. Acad. Sci.
38(1):15.
Evangelisto, A.*, and D.L. Lovett. 1993. Acclimation changes
in size of osmoregulatory patch
size of gill lamellae in
Callinectes
sapidus reflect changes in Na+/K+-ATPase activity.
Bull. N. J. Acad. Sci.
38(1):15.
Trivedi, D.R.*, and D.L. Lovett. 1993. The putative role of
secretions from glands lining the
branchial vessels of the
blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Bull. N. J. Acad. Sci. 38(1):15.
Lovett, D.L., S.A. Watts, R.F. Ott*, and B.E. Smith*. 1992. Effect
of acclimation salinity on
Na+/K+-ATPase activity and
polyamine concentration in gills of the blue crab, Callinectes
sapidus. Amer.
Zool. 31:58A.
Colella, T.*, and D.L. Lovett. 1992. Use of RNA/DNA ratio to
examine acclimation response
in gills of the blue crab
Callinectes
sapidus. Bull. N. J. Acad. Sci. 37(2):9.
Cannon, A.C.*, and D.L. Lovett. 1992. Acclimation response in
the blue crab Callinectes
sapidus: Change in
size of osmoregulatory patch area on gill lamellae. Bull. N. J. Acad.
Sci.
37(2):9.
REVIEWER FOR SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
The Biological Bulletin
Comparative Biochemistry
and Physiology
Journal of the Marine Biological
Association of the United Kingdom
Hydrobiologia
Journal of Crustacean Biology
Marine Biology
Naturwissenschaften
The Quarterly Review of
Biology
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society for Integrative
and Comparative Biology
The Crustacean Society
American Association
for the Advancement of Science
Council on Undergraduate
Research
Beta Beta Beta National
Biology Honorary (Chapter Advisor)
The College Board
Sigma Xi
Phi Kappa Phi
New Jersey Society
for Histotechnology
CURRICULAR AND PEDAGOGICAL WORK; NATIONAL EXAMS
The College Board, New York, NY
College-Level Examination
Program (CLEP)
Natural Sciences, Development Committee, Chair, 1994-present
Biology, Development Committee, 1994-1999
Advanced Placement
Program (AP)
Biology, Development Committee, 1995-1998
Biology, Faculty Consultant, 1991-present
Biology, Advisory Committee to develop an interactive CD-ROM based study
guide for students, 1998-1999
Biology, Development Committee for the AP Teacher Preparation Course for
Biology, 2001-present
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
Major Field Test (MFT)
Biology, Development Committee, Chair, 1994-present
Praxis National Teacher's
Examination
Biology Beginning Teacher Exam / National Teacher Exam, Development Committee,
1992-1995
Biology and General Sciences Exam, Faculty Consultant, 1991-1992