Graduate Students of Louis E. Burnett
Stewart Edmunds
Thesis Topic/Degree: Hemoglobin oxygen affinity of subadult red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus. M.S. 1994
Additional Degrees: Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina
M.D. Medical University of South Carolina
Richard Cochran
Thesis Topic/Degree: Respiratory responses of salt marsh animals to environmental hypoxia and hypercapnia. M.S. 1995
Current Endeavors: Environmental Specialist 3, Tennessee Dept. of Environment and Conservation, Div. of Water Pollution Control, Watershed Management Program
John Dwyer
Thesis Topic/Degree: Acid-base balance in the oyster in response to air exposure and parasitism. M.S. 1995
Current Endeavors: Assistant to the Director for Program Management, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
John Boyd
Thesis Topic/Degree: Cellular defense mechanisms in oysters in response to environmental hypoxia and hypercapnia. M.S. 1998
Current Endeavors: Environmental/Preparedness Specialist, Scientific and Environmental Associates, Inc.
Libby Willson Farrelly
Thesis Topic/Degree: Respiration in the oyster in response to hypercapnic hypoxia, air exposure and parasitism. M.S. 1999
Current Endeavors: Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Biology, College of Charleston
Tina Mikulski (co-supervisor with Dr. Karen Burnett)
Thesis Topic/Degree: Immune responses of shrimp to bacterial challenges during hypoxia. M.S. 1999
Current Endeavors: Laboratory Technician, National Ocean Service (NOAA), Charleston, SC
Chris Milardo
Thesis Topic/Degree: The Effects of Environmental Variables on the Metabolism of the Protozoan Oyster Parasite Perkinsus marinus M.S. 2001
Steve Allen
Thesis Topic/Degree: Bactericidal activity of hemocytes of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas in conditions simulating hypoxia and air exposure. M.S. 2004
Joe Burgents
Thesis Topic/Degree: The Effects of Hypercapnic Hypoxia on the Clearance and the Distribution of Bacteria in the Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. M.S. 2004
Jennifer Ikerd
Thesis Topic/Degree: Effects of Salinity on the Accumulation of the Bacterium Vibrio campbellii in the Gills of the Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus M.S. 2007.