Paula Dehn

Current Position
      Professor and Chair, Dept of Biology, Canisius College, NY

Degrees/Institutions
      A.B., M.A., Depauw University; Ph.D. University of South Florida

Research Interests
      Environmental toxicology/physiological ecology of Marine & Freshwater systems

Grant Funding 
       NSF, NIH, HHMI, AZUR, Merck/AAAS, Cummings Foundation

Recent Publications

• Morales*, F., R. Garcia,* N. Wohlschlag, and P.F. Dehn. 1989. Cytotoxic and post isolation recovery time responses of juvenile catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) primary hepatocytes to mercury chloride. Alternative methods in Toxicology: In Vitro Toxicology-New Directions, vol. 6. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. pp. 213-220.

• McNeela* P. & P.F. Dehn. 1993. An automated kinetic microassay for lactate dehydrogenase using a microplate reader. J. Tissue Culture Methods 15:19-22.

• Allen*, S., J.M. Shea*, T. Felmet*, J. Gadra*, & P.F. Dehn. 2001. A kinetic microassay for glutathione in cells plated on 96 well microtiter plates. Methods in Cell Science 22:305-312.

Teaching Interests
     Marine Biology & Ecology, Environmental Physiology, Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Health

Activities Related to Undergraduate Research

• Editor TASCA - publication of the Collegiate Academy of Texas Academy of Science (1984-1989)

• Mentor for undergraduate Canisius Earning Excellence Program students (1989-present),

• Canisius HHMI Research students (1991-present)

• Merck/AAAS students (1997-1999)

• CUR Summer Fellow (1992)

• NIH-MBRS and MARC (1983-1989) Research Students

• Organizer of Canisius Undergraduate Research Colloquia (1996-present)

• reviewer for NSF

• external reviewer for Biology program at MercyHurst College.