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 & 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, Part C. 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 & 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. 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. 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