Marie E. DeLorenzo


Marine Ecoxicologist
NOAA / National Ocean Service, Charleston, SC

Ph.D., Clemson University

Marie.Delorenzo@noaa.gov

RESEARCH:

Microbial environmental toxicology, physiological ecology, community ecology, food web dynamics, effects and mechanisms of pesticide toxicity, eutrophication, nutrient cycling, bioaccumulation and trophic transfer, mesocosms, coastal resource management

 

Publications:
(* denotes student author)

Finnegan, M.C.*, Pittman, S.*, and M.E. DeLorenzo. 2008. Lethal and sublethal toxicity of the antifoulant compound Irgarol 1051 to the mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. DOI 10.1007/s00244-008-9166-x

 

DeLorenzo, M.E., Keller, J.M., Arthur, C.D.*, Finnegan, M.C.*, Harper, H.E.*, Winder, V.L.*, Zdankiewicz, D.L.* 2008. Toxicity of the antimicrobial compound triclosan and formation of the metabolite methyl-triclosan in estuarine systems. Environmental Toxicology. 23(2):224-232.

 

Serrano, L.*, M.E. DeLorenzo. 2008. Water quality and restoration in a coastal subdivision stormwater pond. Journal of Environmental Management. 88(1):43-52.

 

Overmyer, J.P., Rouse, D.R., Avants, J.K., Garrison, A.W., DeLorenzo, M.E., Chung, K.W., Key, P.B., Wilson, W.A. and Black, M.C. 2007. Toxicity of fipronil and its enantiomers to marine and freshwater non-targets. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B, 42(5): 471-480.

 

DeLorenzo, M.E., J. Fleming* (2008) Individual and mixture effects of selected pharmaceuticals on the marine phytoplankton species Dunaliella tertiolecta. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 55:203-210.

 

Weiner, J.A.*, M.E. DeLorenzo, M.H. Fulton. 2007. Atrazine induced species-specific alterations in the subcellular content of microalgal cells. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 87:47-53.

 

DeLorenzo, M.E., L. Serrano*. 2006. Mixture toxicity of the antifouling compound irgarol to the marine phytoplankton species Dunaliella tertiolecta. J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part B: 41(8):1349-1360.

 

DeLorenzo, M.E., L. Serrano*, K.W. Chung, J. Hoguet, P.B. Key. 2006. Lethal and sublethal effects of the insecticide permethrin on three life stages of the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 64:122-127.

 

Bejarano, A.C., P.L. Pennington, M.E. DeLorenzo, G.T. Chandler. 2005. Atrazine effects on meiobenthic assemblages of a modular estuarine mesocosm. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 50:1398-1404.

 

Emblidge, J.P.*, M.E. DeLorenzo. 2006. Preliminary risk assessment of the lipid regulating pharmaceutical, clofibric acid, to three estuarine species. Environmental Research. 100(2):216-226.



Current Professional Affiliations::
 
 
Research Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences Department & affiliation with US Dept. Commerce, NOAA, National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Marine Ecotoxicology Branch, Charleston, SC
 
 Graduate Faculty, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, Graduate Program in Marine Biology and Master's of Environmental Studies Program
 
 Graduate Faculty, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences Program
 
 President Elect, Southeastern Estuarine Research Society
 
 Vice President, Carolina's Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)