Faculty Member

Nikolaos V. Schizas, PhD    (Curriculum Vitae)

Associate Professor: Molecular Invertebrate Biology
PhD - University of South Carolina, 1999.

Department of Marine Sciences
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
PO Box 9000
Mayagüez, PR 00681-9000

Tel. (787) 899-2048 Ext. 242, 225
Fax (787) 899-5500
Email: nikolaos.schizas@upr.edu, nschizas@gmail.com
Homepage: Schizas Lab Web Site
Office: Magueyes Marine Laboratories

Research

• I have a broad interest in the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that are responsible for the observed level of genetic variation within and among marine species.  My research approach combines empirical and computational tools to address questions at the population and species level.

Current Projects:

• Biogeography of marine taxa
• Copepod ecology and evolution
• Maxillopod phylogeny
• Mitochondrial genome evolution
• Anthropogenic effects on the distribution of marine taxa
• I encourage potential students and other researchers with similar interests to contact me for further information about these projects.

Courses

• CMOB 8676 Systematics of Marine Invertebrates
• CIMA 6618 Biological Oceanography
• CMOB 8998 Special Topics: DNA data analysis

Publications

• Carlos Prada, Nikolaos V Schizas, Paul M Yoshioka (2008). Phenotypic plasticity or speciation? A case from a clonal marine organism. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:47
• Torres-Pratts H, NV Schizas (2007). Meiofaunal colonization of decaying leaves of the red mangrove Rhizophora mangle, in southwestern Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science, 43 (1): 127-137.
• Schizas NV, TC Shirley (2006). Apolethon hippoperus (Copepoda, Harpacticoida)- a new species from southeastern Alaska. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 26 (3): 341-354
• Schizas NV, Coull BC, Chandler GT, Quattro JM (2002). Sympatry of distinct mitochondrial lineages in a copepod inhabiting estuarine creeks in the southeastern USA. Marine Biology 140: 585-594
• Schizas NV, Chandler GT,Coull BC, Klosterhaus SL Quattro JM (2001). Differential survival of three mitochondrial lineages in a marine copepod exposed to a mixture of pesticides. Environmental Science and Technology. 35: 535-538
• Steinbachs J, Schizas, NV, JWO Ballard (2001). Efficiencies of genes and accuracy of tree-building methods in recovering a known Drosophila genealogy. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 6: 606-617
• Staton JL, Schizas NV, Chandler GT, Coull BC, Quattro JM. (2001). Ecotoxicology and Population Genetics: The Emergence of 'Phylogeographic and Evolutionary Ecotoxicology'. Ecotoxicology 10:217-222
• Schizas NV, Street GT, Coull BC, Chandler GT, Quattro JM (1999). Molecular population structure of the benthic copepod Microarthridion littorale along the Southeastern and Gulf coasts of the United States. Marine Biology 135: 399-405
• Schizas NV, Street GT, Coull BC, Chandler GT, Quattro JM (1997). An efficient DNA extraction method for small metazoans. Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology 6: 381-383.
• Schizas, NV and TC Shirley. (1996) Seasonal changes in structure of an Alaskan intertidal meiofauna assemblage. Marine Ecology Progress Series 133: 115-124.