David Buchwalter
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He/Him/His
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Toxicology Building 1211
919-513-1129 [email protected]Bio
Research in the Buchwalter lab focuses on contaminants and other abiotic stressors in freshwater environments. We focus on aquatic insects because of their ecological importance and widespread use as ecological indicators in water quality monitoring programs. Our work examines the differential susceptibilities of species based on their physiological diversity. Interests include trace metal bioaccumulation and trophic transfer, thermal stress and osmoregulation Our lab studies ecological physiology and toxicology in aquatic invertebrates. We try to link different levels of biological organization to better understand how human activities affect aquatic life..We also are studying the bioaccumulation of PFAS as part of NCSU’s Center for Environmental and Health Effects of PFAS.
Awards
2015, Fulbright Senior Scholar
Education
B.S. Zoology University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1989
M.S. Toxicology Oregon State University 1994
Ph.D. Environmental & Molecular Toxicology Oregon State University 2002
Groups
- Biological Sciences and Affiliated Graduate Programs: Biology
- Center for Environmental and Health Effects of PFAS (an NIEHS-funded Superfund Center)
- Center for Human Health and the Environment (CHHE, an NIEHS P30 Center)
- Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Concentration
- Faculty
- Integrative Physiology and Neurobiology
- Biological Sciences and Affiliated Graduate Programs: Toxicology & Environmental Health Sciences
Honors and Awards
- Fulbright Scholar, 2015. University of Otago, New Zealand