Resume

• 1973

  Russian

  Spanish

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Zoology

  Texas Tech University

• 1971

  Master of Science (MS)

  Biology

  University of Dayton

• 1967

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  Biology

  University of Dayton

• bowhead whales

  Marine Mammals

  Wildlife

  Cytogenetics

  Steller sea lions

  Molecular Genetics

  Bats

  Biology

  Flow Cytometry

  Higher Education

  Evolutionary Genetics

  Turtles

  Evolutionary Toxicology

  Field Work

  University Teaching

  Environmental Issues

  Mammalogy

  Molecular Systematics

  Ecotoxicology

  Natural Resource Management

  Mitochondrial DNA corroborates taxonomy of the South American chelid turtles of the genera Platemys and Acanthochelys.

  R. A. Mittermeier

  A. G. J. Rhodin

  Huebinger

  R. M.

  Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12: 168-171

  Huebinger

  R. M.

  J. W. Bickham

  A. G. J. Rhodin

  and R. A. Mittermeier. 2013. Mitochondrial DNA corroborates taxonomy of the South American chelid turtles of the genera Platemys and Acanthochelys. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12: 168-171.

  Mitochondrial DNA corroborates taxonomy of the South American chelid turtles of the genera Platemys and Acanthochelys.

  Lacher

  T.E.

  Jr.

  J. Bickham

  C. Gascon

  R. Green

  R.D. Moore

  and M. Mora. 2010. Impacts of contaminants and pesticides on biodiversity and ecosystem structure and function. Pp. 111-145. In: Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues. R.J. Kendall

  T.E. Lacher

  Jr.

  G.P. Cobb

  and S.B. Cox (eds). Taylor and Francis

  Boca Raton

  321 pp.

  Impacts of contaminants and pesticides on biodiversity and ecosystem structure and function.

  Karyological Relationships and Biodiversity of the Pine Voles of Azerbaijan: Differentiation of Species from the Greater and Lesser Caucasus Mountains.

  Kuliev

  G. N.

  and J. W. Bickham. 2010. Karyological Relationships and Biodiversity of the Pine Voles of Azerbaijan: Differentiation of Species from the Greater and Lesser Caucasus Mountains. Occasional Papers

  Museum of Texas Tech University 291:1-14.

  Karyological Relationships and Biodiversity of the Pine Voles of Azerbaijan: Differentiation of Species from the Greater and Lesser Caucasus Mountains.

  A population genetic analysis of the potential for a crude oil spill to induce heritable mutations and impact natural populations.

  Cronin

  M. W.

  and J. W. Bickham. 1998. A population genetic analysis of the potential for a crude oil spill to induce heritable mutations and impact natural populations. Ecotoxicology

  7:259-278.

  A population genetic analysis of the potential for a crude oil spill to induce heritable mutations and impact natural populations.

  Empirical comparison of single nucleotide polymorphisms and microsatellites for population and demographic analyses of bowhead whales.

  Morin

  P.A.

  Archer

  F.I.

  Pease

  V.L.

  Hancock-Hanser

  B.L.

  Robertson

  K.M.

  Huebinger

  R.M.

  Martien

  K.K.

  Bickham

  J.W.

  George

  J.C.

  Postma

  L.D.

  Taylor

  B.L.

  2012. Empirical comparison of single nucleotide polymorphisms and microsatellites for population and demographic analyses of bowhead whales. Endangered Species Research 19

  129-147.

  Empirical comparison of single nucleotide polymorphisms and microsatellites for population and demographic analyses of bowhead whales.

  Insights into the evolution of longevity from the bowhead whale genome.

  Keane

  M.

  J. Semeiks

  A. E. Webb

  Y. I. Li

  V. Quesada

  T. Craig

  L. B. Madsen

  S. van Dam

  D. Brawand

  P. I. Marques

  P. Michalak

  L. Kang

  J. Bhak

  H.-S. Yim

  N. V. Grishin

  N. H. Nielsen

  M. P. Heide-Jørgensen

  E. M. Oziolor

  C. W. Matson

  G. M. Church

  G. W. Stuart

  J. C. Patton

  J. C. George

  R. Suydam

  K. Larsen

  C. López-Otín

  M. J. O'Connell

  J. W. Bickham

  B. Thomsen

  J. P. de Magalhães. 2015. Insights into the evolution of longevity from the bowhead whale genome. Cell Reports 10:112–122.

  Insights into the evolution of longevity from the bowhead whale genome.

  Rinner

  B. P.

  C. W. Matson

  A. Islamzadeh

  T. J. McDonald

  K. C. Donnelly

  and J. W. Bickham. 2011. Evolutionary toxicology: contaminant-induced genetic mutations in mosquitofish from Sumgayit

  Azerbaijan. Ecotoxicology 20:365-376.

  Evolutionary toxicology: contaminant-induced genetic mutations in mosquitofish from Sumgayit

  Azerbaijan.

  Bioenergy Sustainability in China: Potential and Impacts

  Zhuang

  J.

  R. W. Gentry

  G. Yu

  G. S. Sayler

  and J. W. Bickham. 2010. Bioenergy Sustainability in China: Potential and Impacts. Environmental Management 46: 525-530.

  Bioenergy Sustainability in China: Potential and Impacts

  Eco-environmental impact of bioenergy production.

  Bickham

  J. W.

  and M. A. Thomas. 2010. Eco-environmental impact of bioenergy production. Journal of Resources and Ecology 1: 110-116.

  Eco-environmental impact of bioenergy production.

  Diploid-triploid Mosaicism and Tissue Ploidy Diversity within Platemys platycephala from Suriname.

  Bickham

  J. W. and B. G. Hanks. 2009. Diploid-triploid Mosaicism and Tissue Ploidy Diversity within Platemys platycephala from Suriname. Cytogenetics and Genome Research 127:280–286

  Diploid-triploid Mosaicism and Tissue Ploidy Diversity within Platemys platycephala from Suriname.

  Genotoxicity in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) from a PAH-contaminated Superfund site on the Elizabeth River

  Virginia.

  Jung

  D.

  C. W. Matson

  L. B. Collins

  G. Laban

  H. M. Stapleton

  J. W. Bickham

  J. A. Swenberg

  R. T. Di Giulio. 2011. Genotoxicity in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) from a PAH-contaminated Superfund site on the Elizabeth River

  Virginia. Ecotoxicology 20:1890-1899.

  Genotoxicity in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) from a PAH-contaminated Superfund site on the Elizabeth River

  Virginia.

  In Situ Evidence for the Effects of Contaminants on Amphibian Populations in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

  California

  USA

  Sparling

  D. W.

  D. Cowman

  G. M. Fellers

  L. McConnell

  T. Lacher

  C. W. Matson

  and J. Bickham. 2014. In Situ Evidence for the Effects of Contaminants on Amphibian Populations in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

  California

  USA. Ecotoxicology DOI: 10.1007/s10646-014-1375-7.

  In Situ Evidence for the Effects of Contaminants on Amphibian Populations in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

  California

  USA

  Evolutionary Toxicology and Population genetic effects of chronic contaminant exposure on marsh frogs (Rana ridibunda) in Sumgayit

  Azerbaijan.

  Matson

  C. W.

  M. M. Lambert

  T. J. McDonald

  R. L. Autenrieth

  K. C. Donnelly

  A. Islamzadeh

  D. I. Politov

  and J. W. Bickham. 2006. Evolutionary Toxicology and Population genetic effects of chronic contaminant exposure on marsh frogs (Rana ridibunda) in Sumgayit

  Azerbaijan. Environmental Health Perspectives 114:547-552.

  Evolutionary Toxicology and Population genetic effects of chronic contaminant exposure on marsh frogs (Rana ridibunda) in Sumgayit

  Azerbaijan.

  Evolutionary toxicology

  Shugart

  L. R.

  C. W. Theodorakis

  and J. W. Bickham. 2010. Evolutionary toxicology. Pp. 320-362. In: Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation and Management. DeWoody

  J. A.

  J. W. Bickham

  C. H. Michler

  K. M. Nichols

  O. E. Rhodes

  and K. E. Woeste (eds.). Cambridge University Press

  New York

  374 pp.

  Evolutionary toxicology

  DNA damage and fin erosion in cichlids from an oil production facility in Guatemala.

  Theodorakis

  C. W.

  J. W. Bickham

  K. C. Donnelly

  and T. J. McDonald. 2012. DNA damage and fin erosion in cichlids from an oil production facility in Guatemala. Ecotoxicology 21:496–511.

  DNA damage and fin erosion in cichlids from an oil production facility in Guatemala.

  Chemical contaminants and their effects in fish and wildlife from the industrial zone of Sumgayit

  Republic of Azerbaijan.

  Swartz C. D.

  K.C. Donnelly

  Arif Islamzadeh

  Gilbert T. Rowe

  William J. Rogers

  Grigoriy M. Palatnikov

  Rafik Kasimov

  Thomas J. McDonald

  Jeffery K. Wickliffe and John W. Bickham. 2003. Chemical contaminants and their effects in fish and wildlife from the industrial zone of Sumgayit

  Republic of Azerbaijan. Ecotoxicology 12:511-523.

  Chemical contaminants and their effects in fish and wildlife from the industrial zone of Sumgayit

  Republic of Azerbaijan.

  The transcriptome of the bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus reveals adaptations of the longest-lived mammal.

  Seim

  I.

  S. Ma

  X. Zhou

  M. V. Gerashchenko

  S.-G. Lee

  R. Suydam

  J. C. George

  John W. Bickham

  and V. N. Gladyshev. 2014. The transcriptome of the bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus reveals adaptations of the longest-lived mammal. Aging 6:879-899.

  The transcriptome of the bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus reveals adaptations of the longest-lived mammal.

  T. R. Gregory

  Smith

  J. D. L.

  Genome

  Smith

  J. D. L.

  J. W. Bickham

  and T. R. Gregory. 2013. Patterns of Genome Size Diversity in Bats (Order Chiroptera). Genome 56: 457–472. dx.doi.org/10.1139/gen-2013-0046

  Patterns of Genome Size Diversity in Bats (Order Chiroptera).

  Honeycutt

  R. L.

  D. M. Hillis

  and J. W. Bickham. Biodiversity discovery and its importance to conservation. Pp. 1-34. In: Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation and Management. DeWoody

  J. A.

  J. W. Bickham

  C. H. Michler

  K. M. Nichols

  O. E. Rhodes

  and K. E. Woeste (eds.). Cambridge University Press

  New York

  374 pp.

  Biodiversity discovery and its importance to conservation.

  Chromosomal Damage in Two Species of Aquatic Turtles (Emys orbicularis and Mauremys caspica) Inhabiting Contaminated Sites in Azerbaijan.

  Matson

  C. W.

  G. Palatnikov

  A. Islamzadeh

  T. J. McDonald

  R. L. Autenrieth

  K. C. Donnelly

  J. W. Bickham. 2005. Chromosomal Damage in Two Species of Aquatic Turtles (Emys orbicularis and Mauremys caspica) Inhabiting Contaminated Sites in Azerbaijan. Ecotoxicology 14:1-13.

  Chromosomal Damage in Two Species of Aquatic Turtles (Emys orbicularis and Mauremys caspica) Inhabiting Contaminated Sites in Azerbaijan.

  World Ocean Council Summit

  WOCsummit 2013 Sustainable Ocean Summit

  Washington

  DC

  Apr. 22-24. Discuss sustainable industry & oceans\r\n\r\nThe World Ocean Council's second SOS will be held in Washington D.C. to further advance leadership and collaboration among the diverse ocean business community in addressing marine environment and sustainability challenges.

  Bickham

  John

  Bickham

  Battelle Memorial Institute

  Texas A&M University

  Purdue University

  Texas A&M University

  International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee

  I serve as a member of the US delegation to the IWC Scientific Committee. My main activity is to participate in the Stock Definition and DNA standing committee

  and the Aboriginal Whaling Management Plan (AWMP) committee. Other committees of intterest to me includethe Environmental (E) committee and the Northern Hemisphere (NH) committee. My main areas of expertise are genetics and stock structure

  and I conduct studies on bowhead whales sponsored by the North Slope Borough of Alaska Department of Wildlife Management

  and the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission and gray whales sponsored by Exxon and Shell.

  International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee

  Texas A&M University

  Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

  College Station TX 77845

  In August 2013 John Bickham was awarded emeritus status in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (WFSC)

  the department in which he worked for 30 years. He retired from WFSC in 2006 and now works as an independent consultant.

  Professor Emeritus

  Texas A&M University

  Principal Scientist

  John Bickham led Battelle’s terrestrial and marine sciences program focusing on environmental issues in the Gulf of Mexico

  Alaska

  Caspian and other FSU regions. He retired from Battelle in 2016.

  Battelle Memorial Institute

  Professor and Director of the Center for the Environment

  Purdue University