Curriculum Vitae: Tara A. Duffy
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education
2010: Ph.D. SoMAS, Stony Brook University (Marine and Atmospheric Sciences)
2004: B.S. University of Dayton (Environmental Biology)
2003: Scottish Association for Marine Science at Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban, Scotland
Dissertation Research
In my dissertation work, I examined the patterns of local adaptation in a marine fish at a fine spatial
scale and identified the genetic mechanisms that contribute to several life history traits. I am interested in the
mechanisms of sex determination in fishes and I focused on a species with both genetic and temperature-dependent sex
determination. Additionally, I investigated how local adaptation in the form of sex determination mediates the response to
environmental endocrine disruptors. I also addressed the mechanisms contributing to differences in intrinsic growth
rates among populations of fish over a steep environmental cline and how these mechanisms of growth were altered in
response to strong artificial selection.
Publications
Santiago S, Perez K, Duffy TA, Sabatino SJ, Hice LA, Munch SB and Conover DO. In Press, Ecology Letters. Response of multiple traits to a moratorium after strong selective fishing.
Hice LA, Duffy TA, Munch S, and Conover DO. 2012. Spatial scales of adaptive genetic variation in the ocean: divergent patterns among traits. Ecology Letters 15:568-575.
McElroy A, Clarke C, Duffy T, Cheng B, Gondek J, Fast M, Cooper K, and White L. 2012. Interactions between hypoxia and sewage-derived contaminants on gene expression in fish embryos. Aquatic Toxicology 108:60-69.
Mach M, Sbrocco EJ, Hice L, Duffy TA, Conover DO and Barber P. 2011. Regional differentiation And post-glacial expansion of the Atlantic silverside, Menidia menidia, an annual fish with high dispersal potential. Marine Biology 158: 515-530.
Duffy TA, Picha ME, Won ET, Borski RJ, McElroy ME and Conover DO. 2010. Early ontogenetic aromatase expression in Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia) populations with genetic and temperature-dependent sex determination. J Experimental Zoology-part A. 313: 421-431.
Conover D, Duffy T and Hice L. 2009. The covariance between genetic and environmental influences across ecological gradients: reassessing the evolutionary significance of countergradient and cogradient variation. Year in Evolutionary Biology. 1168: 100-129.
Duffy T, Conover D and McElroy A. 2009. Variable susceptibility and response to estrogenic chemicals in Menidia menidia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 380: 245-254.
Hurst T and Duffy T. 2005. Activity patterns in northern rock sole are mediated by temperature and feeding history. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 325 (2): 201- 213.
