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Position Title: Research Ecologist
Email: wsadinski@usgs.gov
Phone: 608.781.6337
Fax: 608.783.6066
Education:
B.A. in Biology, University of Southern Maine (1986)
Ph.D. in Ecology, Penn State University (1991)
Postdoctoral fellow, E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1992-1995) and the University of California, San Francisco (1995-1997)
Related training:
Supervisory Biologist, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (1997-2000)
Senior Project Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy (2000-2001)
Adjunct Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara (1998-2001)
Primary Responsibilities/Activities:
Implement and execute the Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) in the 13 states of ARMI’s Midwest Region and related work regarding amphibian and wetland conservation. These efforts include working with partners and collaborators to study the statuses of amphibian populations in terms of their distribution, abundance, and long-term persistence and as indicators of changed environmental conditions.
Research Interests:
Active Projects:
Select Publications:
Muths E., R.E. Jung, L.L. Bailey, M.J. Adams, P.S. Corn, C.K. Dodd Jr, G.M. Fellers, W.J. Sadinski, C.R. Schwalbe, S.C. Walls, R.N. Fisher, A.L. Gallant, W.A. Battaglin, and D.E. Green. 2005. Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI): A successful start to a national program in the United States. Applied Herpetology 2:355-371
Cleaver, J. E., V. Afzal, L. Feeney, M. McDowell, W. Sadinski, J. P. Volpe, D. B. Busch, D. M. Coleman, D. W. Ziffer, Y. Yu, H. Nagasawa, and J. B. Little. 1999. Increased ultraviolet sensitivity and chromosomal instability related to P53 function in the Xeroderma Pigmentosum Variant. Cancer Research 59, 1102–1108
Sadinski, W.J., G. Levay, M.C. Wilson, J.R. Hoffman, W.J. Bodell, and S.L. Anderson. 1995. Relationships among 32P-postlabeled DNA adducts, micronuclei, and fitness parameters in Xenopus laevis. Aquatic Toxicology 32(4):333-352
Anderson, S.L., W. Sadinski, L. Shugart, P. Brussard, M. DePledge, T. Ford, J. Hose, J.Stegeman, W. Suk, I. Wirgin, and G. Wogan. 1994. Genetic and molecular ecotoxicology: A research framework. Environmental Health Perspectives 102 (Supplement 12):3–8
Sadinski, W.J., and W.A. Dunson. 1992. A multilevel study of effects of low pH on amphibians of temporary ponds. Journal of Herpetology 26(4):413–422
Links:
Amphibian
Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI)
Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative, Midwest Region