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Dr. Hugh Hammer
Director, Aquatic Science and Aquaculture Education
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EDUCATION |
2006 Ph.D. Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Title of Dissertation: "Determination of dietary protein, carbohydrate, and lipid requirements for the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus fed formulated feeds."
1998 M.S. Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Title of Thesis: "Developmental expression of digestive enzymes in Procambarus clarkii (Girard 1852) (Crustacea: Decapoda)."
1992 B.S. Biology (major) Chemistry (minor) and General Sciences (minor), Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
2006 Adjunct Faculty at Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL teaching Marine Aquaculture Summer Course
2004 Visiting Scientist (Fall, 2004): Texas A&M Experimental Station, Port
Aransas, Texas. Nutritional requirements of sea urchins.
2001-Present Program Manager and Aquaculture Instructor of Aquaculture
Education and Development Center (AEDC), Science Division, Gadsden State
Community College, Gadsden, AL
Introduction to Aquaculture (FHS 101)
Water Chemistry for Aquaculture (FHS 102)
Aquaculture Hatchery/Pond Management (FHS 114)
Biology and Diseases of Aquaculture Species (FHS 112)
Aquaculture Practicum I (FHS 140)
Aquaculture Practicum II (FHS 141)
1998 Visiting Scientist USCGC Polar Sea Cruise. "Drugs from the Sea"
Collected and catalogued marine invertebrates for secondary metabolite research.
1995-2000 Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Biology and School of Health Related Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Biology Lab (BY 103L)
Human Physiology Lab (BY 116L)
Human Anatomy Lab (BY 115L)
Gross Anatomy for Surgical Assistants (SA330)
Gross Anatomy for Nurse Anesthesia (NA601)
Neuroanatomy for Surgical Assistants (SA331)
Guest lecturer for Human Anatomy (BY 115)
Guest lecturer for Cell Biology (2 lectures) (BY330)
1994 Shrimp Pathology Certificate, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
1993-1995
Research laboratory supervisor, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory,
Ocean
Springs, Mississippi.
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RESEARCH INTERESTS |
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES |
Florida Aquaculture Association
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
International Association of Astacology
Crustacean Society
World Aquaculture Society
US Aquaculture Society
American Tilapia Association
Alabama Fisheries Association
Alabama Association of Catfish Producers
Sigma Xi
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PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE |
2007 Participated in "Renew the Coosa" Environmental Clean up
2006 Organized and Facilitated Workshop to Promote "Hooked on Fishing Not on Drugs (HOFNOD) project for Alabama Department of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries
2006 Organized and facilitated a 5-day workshop "Advanced Recirculating Aquaculture" for K12 Teachers
2006 Presentation to Gadsden Civitan Club
2005 Presentation to Alabama Agriscience Teachers Convention
2004 Presentation to Gadsden Rotary Club
2004 Presentation to Gadsden Master Gardeners
2004 Presentation to Gadsden Lion’s Club
2004 Presentation to Gadsden Kiwanis Club
2004 Presented and assisted in the facilitation of K12 teacher workshop "Building and Using Recirculating Aquaculture Systems for Classroom Instruction." Auburn University.
2004 Organized and moderated the Aquatic Education Section of the Alabama Fisheries Association meeting.
2001-Present Annual visitation of over 1000 persons to GSCC Aquaculture Education and Development Center for educational/recreational activities.
2001-Present Professional aquaculture consulting for more than 300 voluntary hours.
2001-Present Taught over 300 classroom hours in K-12 biology classrooms.
2001-Present Community workshops entitled "Freshwater Shrimp Aquaculture," "Backyard Koi Ponds," "Breeding Tilapia in the Classroom," "Recreational Pond Management," "Water Chemistry for Aquaculture."
2001-Present Volunteer instructor for regional Earth Day activities in Birmingham and Anniston.
2003 K-12 Teacher Workshop "Using Aquascience as a Teaching Tool" for "Alabama Science in Motion."
2002-Present Volunteer instructor and Coordination for Etowah and St. Clair County "Ground Water Festivals."
2001-2003 Facilitated annual high school teacher workshop entitled "Growing Fish in Recirculating Systems Workshop and Curriculum Development." (4 years)
2002 Taught workshop "Introduction to Home Aquariums" for Gift to Gadsden through First United Methodist Church, Gadsden.
2001-2002 Team-taught AP Biology-Dual Enrollment for Gadsden High School.
2000 High school teacher workshop in Human Anatomy.
2000 High school teacher workshop for Project LIFE through NSF GK-12.
1999 Volunteered 12 contact hours in OT and Medical School Gross Anatomy.
1998-2001 Senator, Graduate Student Association (GSA) University of Alabama at Birmingham.
1997 Tutored UAB athletes for BY 115 and BY 116.
1996-2000 Volunteered over 300 contact hours in BY115 help sessions.
1996 Presentation to Talladega College, MARC program. "A preliminary survey
of digestive enzymes in juvenile red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii
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PROFESSIONAL HONORS |
2007 Keep Etowah County Beautiful Environmental Award for Outstanding Service to Environmental Causes.
2005 Honorary State of Alabama FFA Degree for exemplary service to the FFA and educational community.
2000 Outstanding Student Award, Sea Urchin Aquaculture Meeting, Sardinia, Italy ($500 cash prize).
2000 Alabama Academy of Science, Best Student Paper presentation in the biological sciences section ($25 cash prize).
2000 NSF GK-12 Teaching Fellowship ($18,000 annual stipend and $10,500 annual educational allowance).
1999 Sigma Xi Graduate Student Research Day, 1999; Third place for best paper (cash prize $100).
1997-98 Outstanding Graduate Student Department of Biology, University of
Alabama at Birmingham.
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SOURCES AND LEVEL OF SUPPORT |
Research and Education
2007 Awarded Education Grant from Coosa Valley RC&D Council "Promoting the Education of Citizen Anglers through HOFNOD" Amount. $3,500.
2005-2007 Awarded USDA Secondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grant "Enhancing Technical Competency Through Pathways in Aquatic Science." Principal Investigator. Amount $32,811.
2003 Awarded Appalachian Regional Commission Grant "Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Rural Alabama Farmers through the Aquaculture of Alternative Species." $200,000. This grant was denied by GSCC as matching funds for this grant were cut from GSCC AEDC operational budget by Alabama Legislature fiscal year 2003-2004.
2002-2004 Awarded AACC/NSF "GSCC Aquatic Mentorlinks Grant" AACC-NSF-0207. Principal Investigator. Amount $9,500.
2001-2004 Co-Principal Investigator and Project Manager NSF ATE Grant "Strengthening Aquatic Science Programs in Secondary Schools and Community Colleges." $370,876
2002 Awarded USDA Challenge Grant "Cage Culture of Tilapia in North-Central Alabama." Co-Principal Investigator. Amount $2,450.
1999 Awarded Alabama Academy of Science Grant in Aid of Research. $125 for "Digestive enzymes in the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus."
1995 Awarded Alabama Academy of Science Grant in Aid of Research
$250 for "Dietary and Developmental Expression of Digestive Enzymes in the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii."
1995 Awarded Sigma Xi Research Grant $350 for "Dietary and developmental expression of digestive enzymes in the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii."
2000 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Housing waiver for meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
2000 Awarded Graduate Student Association Travel Grant $100 to attend Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
1999 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Housing waiver for meeting in Denver, Colorado.
1999 Alabama Academy of Science $35 to atttend meeting in Athens, Alabama.
1997 Awarded Graduate Student Association Travel Grant $100 to attend Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting in Albequerque, New Mexico.
1996 Awarded $100 from Aquaculture America to attend Aquaculture America meeting in Dallas, TX.
1996 Awarded Graduate Student Association Travel Grant $100 to attend 1996
American Society of Zoologist meeting in Washington D.C.
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PUBLICATIONS |
Watts, R.J., S.A. Watts, H.S. Hammer, M.S. Scott and T.R. Nagy. (in press). Validation of dual-energy X-ray absorptometry (DXA) to predict body composition of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. J. World Aqua. Soc.
Jones, W.J., M.L. Powell, V.K. Gibbs, H.S. Hammer, S.A. Watts, A.L. Lawrence and J.M. Lawrence. (submitted). Evaluation of the effect of dietary zinc, iron, and manganese supplementation on growth and survival of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus. Proceedings of the 12th International Echinoderm Conference, Durham, New Hampshire
Hammer, H.S., M.L. Powell, V.K. Gibbs, W.T. Jones, S.A. Watts, A.L. Lawrence, J.M. Lawrence, and L.R. D’Abramo. (submitted). Effect of dietary menhaden oil and soy oil on consumption, somatic growth and gonad production of the sea urchin, Lytechinus variegatus. Proceedings of the 12th International Echinoderm Conference, Durham, New Hampshire.
Gibbs, V.K., M.L. Powell, H.S. Hammer, W.T. Jones, S.A. Watts, A.L. Lawrence and J.M. Lawrence. (submitted). The effects of dietary phospholipids and cholesterol on growth and organ production in the sea urchin, Lytechinus variegatus. Proceedings of the 12th International Echinoderm Conference, Durham, New Hampshire.
Powell, M.L., W.T. Jones, V.K. Gibbs, H.S. Hammer, J.M. Lawrence, A.L. Lawrence and S.A. Watts. (submitted). Effect of dietary calcium, magnesium and phosphorus on growth of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus. Proceedings of the 12th International Echinoderm Conference, Durham, New Hampshire.
Hammer, H.S., Watts, S.A., Lawrence, A.L., and Lawrence, J.M., Desmond, R.A. (2006) The effect of dietary protein on consumption, survival, growth and production of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus. Aquaculture 254, 483-495.
Hammer, H.S., Hammer, B.W., Watts, S.A., Lawrence, A.L., Lawrence, J.M. (2006) The effect of dietary protein and carbohydrate concentration on the biochemical composition and gametogenic condition of the sea urchin Lytechinus varieagatus. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 334, 109-121.
Hammer, B.W., Hammer, H.S., Watts, S.A., Desmond, R.A., Lawrence, J.M., and Lawrence, A.L. (2004) The effect of dietary protein concentration on feeding and growth of small Lytechinus variegatus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). Marine Biology, 145, 1143-1157.
Hammer, H.S., Bishop, C.D., and Watts, S.A. (2004). Characterization of three digestive enzymes in the crayfish Procambarus clarkii. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, 74(1), 47-59.
Hammer, H.S., Bishop, C.D., and Watts, S.A. (2000). Activities of three digestive enzymes during development in the crayfish Procambarus clarkii Girard (Crustacea: Decapoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 20(4) 614-620.
Hammer, H.S., Stuck, K.C. and Overstreet, R.M. (1998). Infectivity and pathogenicity of Baculovirus penai (bp) in cultured larval and postlarval pacific white shrimp, Penaeus vannamei, related to the stage of viral development. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 72, 38-43.
Powell, M.L., Hammer, H.S. and Watts, S.A. (1998). Observations of claw loss in two crayfish ponds. J. World Aquaculture 29(4), 485-490.
In Preparation
Abstracts of Papers and Posters Presented at Meetings
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PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS ATTENDED |
2007 Alabama Fisheries Association, Gulf Shores, AL
2007 World Aquaculture Society Meeting, San Antonio, TX
2006 US Freshwater Shrimp and Prawn Growers Association Meeting, Nashville, TN
2006 USDA SPEC Grants Meeting, Atlanta, GA
2006 Alabama Fisheries Association, Gulf Shores, AL
2005 US Aquaculture Society, New Orleans, LA
2005 Alabama Fisheries Assocation, Auburn, AL
2004 Regional Aquarist Workshop, Sarasota, FL
2004 World Aquaculture Society, Honolulu, Hawaii.
2004 Alabama Fisheries Association, Gulf Shores, Alabama.
2004 NSF Mentorlinks and ATE meeting, Washington, D.C.
2003 US Aquaculture Association, Louisville, Kentucky.
2003 NSF Mentorlinks and ATE meeting, Washington, D.C.
2003 NSF ATE Regional Meeting, Huntsville, AL.
2003 Florida Aquaculture Association, Florida Tropical Fish Farmers Association, Public Aquarium Marine Fish Health Seminar meetings, Tampa, Florida.
2003 Alabama Fisheries Association, Auburn, Alabama.
2002 NSF ATE meeting, Washington, D.C.
Alabama Fisheries Association meeting, Gulf Shores, Alabama.
2002 US Aquaculture Association meeting, San Diego, California.
2001 North American Echinoderm Conference, Darling Marine Center, Maine.
World Aquaculture Society, Orlando, Florida.
2001 Society for Integrated and Comparative Biology, Chicago, Illinois.
2000 Echinoderm Aquaculture Workshop, Oristano, Sardinia, Italy.
2000 Society for Integrated and Comparative Biology, Atlanta, Georgia.
2000 Alabama Academy of Science, Birmingham, Alabama.
1999 Society for Integrated and Comparative Biology, Denver, Colorado.
1999 Alabama Academy of Science, Athens, Alabama.
1999 Aquaculture America, Tampa Bay, Florida.
1999 Fifth International Congress of Comparative Physiology and
Biochemistry, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Alabama Academy of Science, Montgomery, Alabama.
1997 World Aquaculture Society, Seattle, Washington.
1997 Society of Integrated and Comparative Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1996 Alabama Academy of Science, Tuskegee, Alabama.
Aquaculture America, Dallas, Texas.
1996 International Association of Astacology, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
1996 American Society of Zoologists, Washington D.C.
1995 Mississippi Academy of Science, Biloxi, Mississippi.
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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE |
-Closed systems design and construction.
-Aquaculture consulting and outreach.
-Experience in 4-yr, 2-yr, and K12 aquaculture instruction.
-Aquaculture course and curriculum design.
-Management of fish/invertebrate pond culture.
-Grant writing, submission, management, completion.
-Transportation of live fish and crustaceans.
-Identification and treatment of aquaculture pathogens.
-Proficient in protein gel electrophoresis (IEF, SDS, 2D).
-Proficient in water chemistry analysis.
-Proficient in spectrophotometry.
-Certified SCUBA and drysuit diver.
-Proficient with Microsoft Office, Systat and Sigmaplot software.
-Species: Lytechinus variegatus, Procambarus clarkii, Macrobrachium
rosenbergii, Litopenaeus vannemei, Oreochromis niloticus, Ictalurus punctatus,
Cryprinius carpio (koi), Oncorhynchus mykiss, Poecillia reticulata, Morone
saxatilis
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REFERENCES |
Dr. Stephen A. Watts, Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35994-1170, 205-934-2045, sawatts@uab.ed
Dr. Addison Lawrence, Professor Shrimp Nutrition, Texas A&M Shrimp Mariculture Research, Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, Port Aransas, TX, 78373, 326-749-4625 Ext. 230, lmciall@ispwest.com
Dr. Louis R. D’Abramo, Professor/Aquaculture Biologist, Associate Director Mississippi Alabama Seagrant Consortium, Mississippi State University, Department of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Box 9690, Mississippi State, MS 39762, 662-325-7492, LDAbramo@CFR.MsState.Edu
Dr. Jim Jolly, Dean of Academics, Gadsden State Community College, P. O. Box 227, Gadsden, AL 35902, 256-549-8256, jjolly@gadsdenstate.edu
Dr. William Falls, Professor Aquaculture and Mentor for NSF Mentorlinks Grant, P. O. Box 1134. Clearwater, FL 34681, 727-786-6811, fishbillfalls@verizon.net
Dave Cline, Extension Aquaculturist, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, Auburn University, Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture, 203-B Swingle Hall, Auburn, AL 36849-5419, 334-844-2874, dcline@aces.edu
P. J. Waters, Agriculture Program Assistant II, Auburn Marine Extension Research Center, 4170 Commanders Dr., Mobile, AL 36615, 251-438-5690, pjwaters@hotmail.com
Claude Reeves, Extension Aquaculturist, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, Wiregrass Research and Extension Center, Dothan, AL 334-693-9065, creeves@aces.edu
Ellen Hause, Program Associate, American Association of Community Colleges, One Dupont Circle, NW Suite 410, Washington, DC 20036, 202-728-0200 Ext. 217, EHAUSE@aacc.nche.edu
Dr. Ken Marion, Biology Department Chairman, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35994-1170, 205-934-4290, kmarion@uab.edu
Dr. Michael Masser, Professor and Extension Fisheries Specialist, Texas A&M Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 102 C Nagle Hall, 2258 TAMUS, College Station, TX 77843, 979-845-7473, mmasser@wfscgate.tamu.edu
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