EDUCATION
Doctorate of Philosophy
Marine Science
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelors of Science
Major: Marine Science and Biology
Minor: Classics and Chemistry
University of Miami
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
August 2022 - Current: Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts
August 2019 – July 2022: Postdoctoral Research Associate, NOAA - SWFSC and University of Massachusetts Amherst, San Diego, California. – Dr. Nick Wegner and Dr. Lisa Komoroske
Jan. 2015 – Aug. 2020: Graduate Research Assistant, Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, Texas. – Dr. Andrew Esbaugh
Sep. 2016 – Aug. 2018 Environmental Educator R/V Katy, Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, Texas.
April 2018: Guest Lecturer, Physiology of Fishes, Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, Texas. – Dr. Andrew Esbaugh
Aug. 2014 – Jan. 2015: Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
June 2013 – May 2014: AmeriCorps Member, City Year, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Aug. 2012 – June 2013: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. – Dr. Danielle McDonald
May 2012 – Aug. 2012: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Anatomy, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi. – Dr. D. Vetter
AWARDS
2020 – Research Associateship, National Research Council
2018 – Lund Continuing Student Fellowship; The University of Texas Marine Science
2018 – Advance Training Program for Antarctic Research – Fellow; National Science Foundation
2017 – Student Support Award; Southern Association of Marine Laboratories
2017 – Best Student Presentation Award; Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology
2016 – Student Support Award; Southern Association of Marine Laboratories
2016 – East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Fellow – Taiwan; National Science Foundation
2015 – CCA Scholarship; Coastal Conservation Association, Texas
2015 – Student Travel Award; Society of Experimental Biology
2014 – Recruitment Fellowship; Office of Graduate Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Fisheries Society
Coastal Conservation Association
Society for Experimental Biology
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
The Oceanography Society
PUBLIC SERVICE
2015 - 2019, Volunteer, Outboard Motor Fishing Tournament, Port Aransas, Texas
2014 - 2019, Volunteer, Deep Sea Roundup Fishing Tournament, Port Aransas, Texas
2017, Alumnus Resource Advisor, NSF: East Asia Pacific Summer Institutes – Taiwan, Washington D.C.
2015 - 2017, Scientist, Summer Science Youth Program, Port Aransas, Texas
PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS
2018, McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Metabolic Cost of Temperature
WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, INVITED TALKS
Oral Presentation
2022, 22nd Annual Trinational Sardine and Small Pelagics Forum; San Diego, California
2022, Invited Speaker, USGS EESC Lunch and Learn Seminar Series; Virtual
2021, Invited Speaker, Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, New York
2021, 21st Annual Trinational Sardine and Small Pelagics Forum; San Diego, California
2018, 13th International Congress on the Biology of Fishes; Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2017, Society of Experimental Biology Annual Meeting; Gothenburg, Sweden.
2017, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting; New Orleans, Louisiana
2016, Invited Speaker, Department of Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica; Taipei, Taiwan.
2016, 12th International Congress on the Biology of Fish; San Marcos, Texas
2012, University of Mississippi Medical Center Summer Symposium; Jackson, Mississippi.
Poster Presentation
2019, International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry; Ottawa, Canada
2016, Summer Institutes Taiwan Poster Forum; Hsinchu, Taiwan.
2015, Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting; Prague, Czech Republic.
2013, Research Creativity and Innovation Forum; Coral Gables, Florida.
Attendance
2021, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology; Virtual
2015, Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting; Port Aransas, Texas.
GRANTS & CONTRACTS
“Determining the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Fish Species that Live in Dynamic Estuaries,” National Science Foundation. Award Number: 1614168. $5,400. (06/15/2016 – 05/31/2017). Principal Investigator.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
Lonthair, J., Dichiera, A.M., Esbaugh, A.J. 2020. Mechanisms of Acid-Base Regulation Following Respiratory Alkalosis in Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A.
Lonthair, J., Hwang, P.P., Esbaugh, A.J. 2020. Impacts of hypercapnia on the early life stages of the orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides. ICES Journal of Marine Science.
Cartolano, M.C., Gancel, H.N., Lonthair, J., Wood, C.M., McDonald, M.D. 2019. Pulsatile urea excretion in Gulf toadfish: the role of circulation serotonin and additional 5-HT receptors. Journal of Comparative Physiology Part B.
Lonthair, J., Ern, R., Esbaugh, A.J. 2017. The early life stages of an estuarine fish, the red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), are tolerant to high pCO2. ICES Journal of Marine Science.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
Lonthair, J.K., Wegner, N.C., Fangue, N.A., Komoroske, L.M. 2021. Impacts of Temperature Acclimation on the Physiology of Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax). 21st Annual Trinational Sardine and Small Pelagics Meeting; January 2021, San Diego, California / Virtual
Lonthair, J., Esbaugh, A.J. 2019. Plasticity of Acid-Base Regulatory Mechanisms in an Estuarine Teleost. International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry; August 2019, Ottawa, Canada.
Lonthair, J., Dichiera, A., Allmon, E., and Esbaugh, A.J. 2018. Metabolic Compensation to a Respiratory Alkalosis in a Marine Teleost. International Congress on the Biology of Fishes; July 2018, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Lonthair, J., Esbaugh, A.J. 2017. The Development and Plasticity of Two Key Mechanisms in Acid Excretion in a Marine Teleosts. Society of Experimental Biology Annual Meeting; July 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Lonthair, J., Hwang, P.P., Esbaugh, A.J. 2017. Impacts of elevated CO2 exposure to early life stages of two estuarine species with differing life histories. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology; January 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lonthair, J., Ern, R., Esbaugh, A.J. 2016. Sensitivity of an estuarine species, red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), to ocean acidification. International Congress on the Biology of Fishes; June 2016, San Marcos, Texas.
Lonthair, J., Esbaugh, A.J. 2015. The Development of Acid-Base and Ion Regulatory Pathways in Sciaenops ocellatus. Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting; July 2015, Prague, Czech Republic.
Vetter, D.E., Lonthair, J. 2013. Development and function of local cochlear steroidogenic pathways – A cochlear HPA-like signaling system. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting; November 2013, San Diego, California.
PREVIOUS GRANTS
National Science Foundation: 1614168