	Alex Ford

CV and Publications

CV and Publications

Academic

1993-1996 - University of Plymouth, England, UK - BSc Biological Sciences

1996-1997 - University of Wales Swansea, UK - MSc Environmental Biology

2001-2004 - Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK- PHD "Endocrine disruption and intersexuality in the amphipod, Echinogammarus marinus"

Work

1997-1998 - Nature Conservation Officer - City and County of Swansea Wales

1998-1999 - Pollution Control Officer - City and County of Swansea Wales

1999-1999 - Expedition Leader - Green and Loggerhead Turtle Conservation - Northern Cyprus

1999-2001 - Senior Research Assistant investigating "Epibenthic Diversity of the North Sea"- University of Wales Swansea, UK

2001-2004 - Part-time Lecturer in Environmental Biology - Napier University, Scotland

2004-2006 - Lecturer in Marine Biology and Ecotoxicology - Napier University, Scotland

2006- 2008- Principal Investigator in Marine Ecology and Ecotoxicology - Environmental Research Institute (Thurso), UHI Millennium Institute

2008- to date- Senior Lecturer in Marine Zoology - University of Portsmouth, England, UK.

Reviewer for the following journals:

Advances in Experimental Biology; Aquatic Ecology; Aquatic Toxicology; Biological Invasions; Ecotoxicology; Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; Invertebrate Biology; Invertebrate Reproduction and Development; Journal of Crustacean Biology; Journal of Morphology; Journal of Plankton Research; Marine Biology; Oikos; Technology and Environmental Chemistry.
Research Grants
-      NERC Standard Research Grant, £509,000. Differential gene expression in normal and intersex crustaceans: New horizons for investigating pollution, parasitism and climate change (2009-2012).
-      NERC Molecular Facilities Grant, £8000. Transcriptomic 454 analysis of normal and intersex amphipods. (2008-2009).
-       UHI Millennium Institute Studentship, £60,000. Endocrine disruption in Crustacea: Linking genes to physiology. (2007-2010).
-       British Council, £1000. Population level effects of intersexuality in amphipods. (2006,2007).
-       Carnegie Trust for Scottish Universities, £2000. Intersexuality in Cave amphipods (2007)
-       Carnegie Trust for Scottish Universities, £2000. Intersexuality in Gammarus minus (2005)
-       British Ecological Society, £2500. Intersexuality in Gammarus minus (2005)
Publications

Guler, Y., Ford, A.T. (2010). Anti-depressants make amphipods see the light. Aquatic Toxicology, in press.
Jacobson, T., Holmstrom, K., Yang, G., Ford, A.T., Berger, U., Sundelin, B. (2010) Perfluorooctane sulfonate accumulation and parasite infestation in a field population of the amphipod Monoporeia affinis after microcosm exposure, Aquatic Toxicology, In Press, ISSN 0166-445X, DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.01.017.
Ford, A.T. (2009). Intersexuality in Crustacea: An environmental concern? In: ICES. 2009. Report of the Working Group on Biological Effects of Contaminants (WGBEC), 16-20 March 2009, Weymouth Laboratory, UK. ICES CM 2009/MHC:04. 101 pp.
Martins, I., Ford, A.T., Fernandes, T. (2009). Intersexuality incidence, sex ratio fluctuations and intersex reproductive output as factors affecting the temporal variation of intersexed populations of the marine amphipod Echinogammarus marinus. Marine Environmental Research, 68(4), 163-169.
Shields, M.A., Dillon, L-J., Woolf, D.K., Ford, A.T. (2009). Strategic priorities for assessing the ecological impact of marine renewable energy devices in the Pentland Firth (Scotland, UK). Marine Policy, 33, 634-642.
Shields, M., Ford A.T., Woolf, D., (2008). Ecological considerations for tidal energy development in Scotland. 10^th World Renewable Energy Conference. 1010-1015.
Ford, A.T.(2008). Can you feminise a crustacean? Aquatic Toxicology, 88(4), 316-321
Ford, A.T., Sambles C., Kille P. (2008). Intersexuality in crustaceans: genetic, individual and population level effects. Marine Environmental Research, 66(1), 146-148
Yang, G., Kille, P., Ford, A.T., (2008). Infertility in a marine crustacean: Have we been ignoring pollution impacts on male invertebrates?, Aquatic Toxicology, 88(1), 81-87
Ford A. T. & Glazier D.S. (2008). Pesistently high levels of intersexuality in male-biased amphipod populations. Zoology, 111, 401-409.
Sundelin, B., Eriksson Wiklund, A‐K., and Ford, A. T. (2008). Biological effects of contaminants: the use of embryo aberrations in amphipod crustaceans for measuring effects of environmental stressors. ICES Techniques in Marine Environmental Sciences No. 41. 21 pp.
Stone, V, Kinloch, I, Clift, M, Teresa Fernandes, Ford , A, Christofi, N, Alex Griffiths, A & Donaldson, K. (2007c). Nanoparticle Toxicology and Ecotoxicology: The Role of Oxidative Stress. In: Nanotoxicology, (eds.Y. Zhao and HS Nalwa). American Scientific Publishers.
Ford A.T., Read, P.A, Jones T.L., Michino, F., Pang, Y., Fernandes, T.F. (2007b). An investigation into intersex amphipods and a possible association with aquaculture. Marine Environmental Research, 64(4), 443-455.
Ford A.T., Martins, I., Fernandes, T.F. (2007a). Population level effects of intersexuality in the marine environment. Science of the Total Environment. 374, 102-111.
Stone V., Fernandes T. F., Ford A.T. & Christofi N. (2006b). Suggested strategies for the ecotoxicology testing of nanoparticles. MRS proceedings. 895, S1-6.
Ford A.T., Fernandes T.F., Read P.A., Robinson C.D., & Davies I.M. (2006a). Can pollution cause intersexuality in the amphipod, Echinogammarus marinus? Marine Pollution Bulletin. 53, 100-106.
Fernandes, T., Rosenkranz, A., Ford, A., Christofi, N., Stone V., (2006c). Ecotoxicology of Nanoparticles (NPs). SETAC Globe: Learned Discourses Sept – Oct, 43-45.
Lang et al. (2005d). A scoping study to identify hazard data needs for addressing the risks presented by nanoparticles and nanotubes. Edinburgh: Institute of Occupational Medicine. DEFRA report, pp 137.
Ford A.T., Roders-Gray T.P., Davies I.M., Dunn A., Read P.A., Smith J.E., Robinson C.D., & Fernandes T.F. (2005c). Abnormal gonadal morphology in intersex, Echinogammarus marinus (Amphipoda): A possible cause of reduced fecundity? Marine Biology. 148, 913-918.
Ford A.T., Fernandes, T.F. (2005b). Notes on the occurrence of intersex in amphipods. Hydrobiologia. 548(1), 313-318.
Ford A.T., Fernandes, T.F. (2005a). Better the devil you know? A precautionary approach to using Amphipods and Daphniids in endocrine disruptor studies. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 24(5), 1019-1021.
Ford A.T., Fernandes T.F., Rider S.A., Read P.A., Robinson C.D., & Davies I.M. (2004a). Endocrine disruption in a marine amphipod? Field observations of intersexuality and de-masculinisation. Marine Environmental Research. 58, 169-173.
Ford A.T., Fernandes T.F., Read P.A., Robinson C.D., & Davies I.M. (2004b). The costs of intersexuality: A crustacean perspective. Marine Biology. 145, 951-957.
Ford A.T., Fernandes T.F., Rider S.A., Read P.A., Robinson C.D., & Davies I.M. (2003a) Reproduction in the amphipod, Echinogammarus marinus: a comparison between normal and intersex specimens. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 83, 937-940.
Ford A.T., Fernandes T.F., Rider S.A., Read P.A., Robinson C.D., & Davies I.M. (2003b). Measuring sublethal impacts of pollution on reproductive output in marine crustacea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 265, 303-309.
Callaway, R., Alsvag, J., de Boois, I., Cotter, J., Ford, A., Hinz, H., Jennings, S., Kroncke, I., Lancaster, J., Piet, G., Prince, P., and Ehrich, S. (2002). Diversity and community structure of epibenthic invertebrates and fish in the North Sea. - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 59: 1199-1214.
Zühlke, R. & Alvsvåg, J. & Boois, I. de & Cotter, J. & Ford, A. & Hinz, H. & Jarre-Teichmann, A. & Jennings, S. & Kröncke, I. & Lancaster, J. & Piet, G. & Prince, P.: Epibenthic biodiversity in the North Sea. In: Kröncke, I. & Türkay, M. & Sündermann, J. (eds), Burning issues of North Sea Ecology, Proceedings of the 14th International Senckenberg Conference North Sea 2000. Senckenbergiana Maritima, 32: 107-115.

CV and Publications