Eileen D. Grogan

Saint Joseph's University
Department of Biology
5600 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395
E-mail: egrogan@sju.edu


Office Hours


Research Interests/Objectives:

an integrative approach to the study of chondrichthyan evolution. Emphasis is placed on the functional and developmental morphology of the cranium, suspensorium and the immune and vascular systems.

Education

Washington CollegeB.S. in Biology
Univ. DelawareGraduate Studies
Adelphi UniversityM.S. in Biology
College of William and Mary,
School of Marine Science,
Virginia Inst. Marine Sci.
Ph.D. in Marine Science

Dissertation Title:
The Structure of the Holocephalan Head and the Relationships of the Chondrichthyes


Membership in Professional Societies:



Publications and Lectures

1997. (in press) Grogan E.D. and R. Lund. "Soft Tissue Pigments of the Upper Mississippian Chondrenchelyid, Harpagofututor volsellorhinusI (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) From the Bear Gulch Limestone, Montana, USA.", Journal of Paleontology

1997. (Invited paper in review) Lund, R. and E.D. Grogan. "Relationships of the Chimaeriformes and the Basal Radiation of the Chondrichthyes.", Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Chapman and Hall.

1996. (in press) Musick, J.A., J.C. Defosse, S. Wilk, D. McMillan, and E.D. Grogan. Historical Comparison of the Structure of Demersal Fish Communities Near a Deep- Sea Disposal Site in the Western North Atlantic. J. Marine Env. Engg. 00:1-23.

1996. Grogan E.D. and R. Lund. "A Reevaluation of the Higher Systematics of Chondrichthyes." ASIH/AES Meetings; New Orleans

1996. Grogan, E. D. "Sharks, jaws, and naughty bits. Where do the chimaerids fit in?" Invited lecture, Naturalist Forum, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences; 8 May

1996. Lund, R. and E.D. Grogan. "The Relationships of the Holocephali." Invited lecture, Dinofest International Symposium; April 18-21, Arizona State University.

1995. Grogan E.D. and R. Lund. "Revelations and cautions concerning soft tissue pigments in Bear Gulch Fossil Fishes." ASIH/AES Meetings; Edmonton, Canada

1995. Grogan E.D. and R. Lund. "Pigment patterns, soft anatomy, and relationships of Bear Gulch Chondrichthyes (Namurian E2b, Lower Carboniferous, Montana, USA)." International Symposium on the Evolution of Primitive Fishes; Paris, France

1994. Grogan, E. D. "Chimaerids. Are They Just Mythical Monsters or the Lost and Forgotten Relations of Sharks? Invited lecture, Adelphi University Biology Dept. Lecture Series.

1994. Grogan, E. D. "A Redescription of the Suspensorium of Heteropetalus elegantulus and its Implications for the Primitive Condition within the Chondrichthyan Basal Complex." ASIH/AES Meetings; Los Angeles, CA

1993. Grogan, E. D. "What Is A Holocephalan Anyway? Why.... An Ethmoid Canal?" ASIH/AES Meetings; Austin, TX

1992. Musick, J.A., J.C. Defosse, and E.D. Grogan. Fish Assemblages at a Deep-Water Sewage Disposal Site (DWD-106). A final Contract Report Submitted by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary to the National Marine Fisheries Service. Sandy Hook, N.J. 43pp, 4 appendices.

1992. Grogan E.D. and R. Lund. "Paraselachii (Lund 1977), White Marrow and the Question of Holocephalan/Selachian Relationships." ASIH/AES Meetings; Champagne-Urbana, IL

1992. Grogan E.D. and R. Lund. " Autodiastylic Suspensoriums in Paleozoic Chondrichthyes." ASIH/AES Meetings; Champagne-Urbana, IL

1991. Grogan, E. D. "The Evolution of Vertebrate Immune Systems." Invited lecture, Graduate and Medical School Lecture Series Medical College of Virginia, Department of Anatomy, Richmond, Virginia

1991. Grogan, E.D. and R. Lund. "Human Cells React to Factors of Elasmobranch Origin. " Copeia 2:402-408.

1990. Grogan, E.D. and R. Lund. "A Culture System for the Maintenance of Shark and Stingray Immunocytes." J. Fish Biology 36:633-642

1989. Grogan, E. D. "Similar In Vitro Reactivity of Human and Elasmobranch Cells to Conditioned Media." ASIH/AES Meetings; San Francisco, CA

1989. Grogan, E. D. "The Applications of Tissue Culture Methodology to Captive Fish Biology." ASIH/AES Meetings; San Francisco, CA

1988. Grogan, E. D. "Characterizing the Blood of Chondrichthyes: An Analysis with Phylogenetic and Immunologic Implications.", Masters Thesis Seminar, Adelphi University, School of Arts and Sciences, Biology Department, Garden City, N.Y.

1988. Grogan, E. D. "Elasmobranch Immunity." Invited lecture, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Microbiology Division Seminar Series, Jackson, MS

1988. Grogan, E. D. "The Elasmobranch Immune System: Preliminary Observations and Methods of Analysis." ASIH/AES Meetings; Ann Arbor, MI


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