selected publications academic article Kelly, E., Petersen, L. H., Huggett, D., & Hala, D. (2023). Reaction thermodynamics as a constraint on piscine steroidogenesis flux distributions. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 287, 111533-111533. Nolen, R. M., Faulkner, P., Ross, A. D., Kaiser, K., Quigg, A., & Hala, D. (2022). PFASs pollution in Galveston Bay surface waters and biota (shellfish and fish) following AFFFs use during the ITC fire at Deer Park (March 17th-20th 2019), Houston, TX. Science of the Total Environment. 805, 150361-150361. Hala, D., Faulkner, P., He, K., Kamalanathan, M., Brink, M., Simons, K., ... Qian, X. (2021). An integrated in vivo and in silico analysis of the metabolism disrupting effects of CPI-613 on embryo-larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C: Toxicology and Pharmacology. 248, 109084-109084. Cullen, J. A., Marshall, C. D., & Hala, D. (2019). Integration of multi-tissue PAH and PCB burdens with biomarker activity in three coastal shark species from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Science of the Total Environment. 650(Pt 1), 1158-1172. Faulkner, P. C., Hala, D., Rahman, M. S., & Petersen, L. H. (2019). Short-term exposure to 12 brackish water has significant effects on the endocrine physiology of juvenile American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 236, 110531-110531. Bacosa, H. P., Kamalanathan, M., Chiu, M., Tsai, S., Sun, L., Labont, J. M., ... Quigg, A. (2018). Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) producing and oil degrading bacteria isolated from the northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS One. 13(12), e0208406-e0208406. Hala, D., Cullen, J. A., Hernout, B., & Ivanov, I. (2018). In silico predicted transcriptional regulatory control of steroidogenesis in spawning female fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Journal of Theoretical Biology. 455, 179-190. Carty, D. R., Hala, D., & Huggett, D. B. (2017). The Effects of Sertraline on Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) Growth and Steroidogenesis. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY. 98(6), 753-757. Hala, D. (2017). In silico predicted reproductive endocrine transcriptional regulatory networks during zebrafish (Danio rerio) development. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 417, 51-60. Petersen, L. H., Hala, D., Carty, D., Cantu, M., Martinovi, D., & Huggett, D. B. (2015). Effects of progesterone and norethindrone on female fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) steroidogenesis. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 34(2), 379-390. Hala, D., Petersen, L. H., Martinovi, D., & Huggett, D. B. (2015). In Silico analysis of perturbed steroidogenesis and gonad growth in fathead minnows (P. promelas) exposed to 17-ethynylestradiol. 61(3), 122-138. Hala, D., & Huggett, D. B. (2014). In silico predicted structural and functional robustness of piscine steroidogenesis. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 345, 99-108. Hala, D., Huggett, D. B., & Burggren, W. W. (2014). Environmental stressors and the epigenome. Drug Discovery Today: Technologies. 12, e3-e8. Overturf, M. D., Overturf, C. L., Carty, D. R., Hala, D., & Huggett, D. B. (2014). Levonorgestrel exposure to fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) alters survival, growth, steroidogenic gene expression and hormone production. Aquatic Toxicology. 148, 152-161. Scrimshaw, M. D., Hala, D., Okiemute, A. E., Cartmell, E., & Lester, J. N. (2013). Removal Processes for Tributyltin During Municipal Wastewater Treatment. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: an international journal of environmental pollution. 224(2), 1400. Thiele, I., Swainston, N., Fleming, R., Hoppe, A., Sahoo, S., Aurich, M. K., ... Palsson, B. (2013). A community-driven global reconstruction of human metabolism. Nature Biotechnology. 31(5), 419-425. Hala, D., Petersen, L. H., Martinovic, D., & Huggett, D. B. (2012). Constraints-based stoichiometric analysis of hypoxic stress on steroidogenesis in fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 215(Pt 10), 1753-1765. Overturf, M. D., Overturf, C. L., Baxter, D., Hala, D. N., Constantine, L., Venables, B., & Huggett, D. B. (2012). Early life-stage toxicity of eight pharmaceuticals to the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 62(3), 455-464. Hala, D., Overturf, M. D., Petersen, L. H., & Huggett, D. B. (2011). Quantification of 2-hydrazinopyridine derivatized steroid hormones in fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) blood plasma using LC-ESI+/MS/MS. Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences. 879(9-10), 591-598. Hala, D., Bristeau, S., Dagnac, T., & Jobling, S. (2010). The unexpected sources of organotin contamination in aquatic toxicological laboratory studies. Aquatic Toxicology. 96(4), 314-318. HALA, D., AMIN, A., MIKLER, A., & HUGGETT, D. B. (2010). A CONSTRAINT-BASED STOICHIOMETRIC MODEL OF THE STEROIDOGENIC NETWORK OF ZEBRAFISH (DANIO RERIO). Journal of Biological Systems. 18(03), 669-685. Ziolko, D., Hala, D., Lester, J. N., & Scrimshaw, M. D. (2009). The effectiveness of conventional trickling filter treatment plants at reducing concentrations of copper in wastewaters. Science of the Total Environment. 407(24), 6235-6241. Hala, D. N., Van Look, K., Holt, W. V., & Jobling, S. (2009). Validation of a method for measuring sperm quality and quantity in reproductive toxicity tests with pair-breeding male fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) Journal. 50(4), e1-e10. Runnalls, T. J., Hala, D. N., & Sumpter, J. P. (2007). Preliminary studies into the effects of the human pharmaceutical Clofibric acid on sperm parameters in adult Fathead minnow. Aquatic Toxicology. 84(1), 111-118. Schulte-Oehlmann, U., Albanis, T., Allera, A., Bachmann, J., Berntsson, P., Beresford, N., ... Wollenberger, L. (2006). COMPRENDO: Focus and approach. Environmental Health Perspectives. 114 Suppl 1(Suppl 1), 98-100. conference paper Hala, D., Huggett, D. B., & Martinovi, D. (2010). In silico predicted essential genes required for zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) steroid hormone production. 487-489.
principal investigator on RAPID: Evaluating the role of pollution monitoring on improving coastal community social well-being following a petrochemical fire and spills into Galveston Bay awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2019 - 2020
teaching activities MARB310 Intro To Cell Biology Instructor MARB406 Life In Extreme Environments Instructor MARB414 Toxicology Instructor MARB482 Seminar Instructor MARB484 Internship Instructor MARB489 Sptp: Extreme Environments Instructor MARB489 Sptp: Extremophiles Instructor MARB491 Hnr: Research Instructor MARB669 Adaptations In Extreme Environ Instructor MARB685 Directed Studies Instructor MARB689 Sptp:toxicology Instructor MARB691 Research Instructor
education and training Ph.D. in Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Brunel University London - (Uxbridge, England, United Kingdom) 2007 M.S. in Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Plymouth University - (Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom) 2002 B.S. in Marine Biology and Oceanography, Bangor University - (Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom) 2001