Kersten Wheeler Marine Scientist B.S. in Biology/Geology, Mississippi State University M.S. in Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi – Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) kwheeler@vims.edu (804) 684-7485 312 Byrd Hall

Duties/specialties:

• Laboratory manager of the Disease Ecology Laboratory. 

• Research activities include making scientific assessments of various pathogens of fish and shellfish using culture techniques, histological assessments, and standardized assays.

• Maintaining all laboratory animals, equipment and supplies.
  

Publications:  

• Wheeler, K., J.D. Shields and D.M. Taylor. 2007. Pathology of Hematodinium sp. infections in snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio) from Newfoundland, Canada. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 95: 93-100
  

• Wheeler, K. N., Heard, R. W., Stark, C.C.  2002.  (Proceedings of the 53^rd annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute). A preliminary study of the summer feeding habits of juvenile Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) from open and protected beaches of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Shields