Office: BHS 514

Email: shawn.gerstenberger@unlv.edu

• B.S. University of Wisconsin-Platteville
• M.S. University of Illinois
• Ph.D. University of Illinois

I completed post-doctoral work at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Preventive Medicine. My expertise in environmental toxicology and reclamation offers opportunities for students to further their knowledge in the areas of environmental transport and fate, human and wildlife health effects, endocrine disruption, and behavioral toxicology.

My currently funded research examines:

• Adverse health effects in Native American populations after the consumption of contaminated fish.
• The deposition, uptake and toxicity of lead from past and present hunting activities in a local wildlife management area
• Developmental, behavioral and endocrine alterations in rodents after exposure to ammonium perchlorate and/or polychlorinated biphenyls
• Determining fish consumption patterns and contaminant profiles in fisherpeople and sport-harvested fish in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area
• Determining hair mercury concentrations in fish consuming Native American populations.

Gerstenberger SL & Divine DD (2006) Lead Shot Deposition and Distribution in Southern Nevada , Journal of the Nevada Public Health Association 3(1): 8-13  

Bernatis J, Gerstenberger SL , and McGaw I (2006). Behavioral Responses of the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister , During Feeding and Hypoxia. Marine Biology 227:1-11

Baldridge MG, Stahl RL, Gerstenberger SL , Tripoli V and Hutz RJ (2004). In utero and lactational exposure of Long-Evans rats to ammonium perchlorate (AP) disrupts ovarian follicle maturation. Reproductive Toxicology 19(2):155-161

Chiu A, Beaubier J, Chiu J, Chan L, Gerstenberger SL (2004). Epidemiologic Studies of PCB congener Profiles in North American Fish Consuming Populations. Journal of Environmental Science and Health 22:13-35

Cizdziel JV and Gerstenberger SL (2004). Determination of Total Mercury in Human Hair and Animal Fur by Combustion Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Talanta 64:918-921.

Osemwengie L and Gerstenberger SL (2004). Levels of Synthetic Musk Compounds in Municipal Wastewater for Potential Estimation of Biota Exposure in Receiving Waters. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 6:1-8.

Gerstenberger SL , Kelly WE, and Cross CL (2004). Environmental concern: The influence of an introductory science class on environmental perceptions. The Journal of Natural Resources and Life Science Education 3:73-76.

Gerstenberger SL (2004). Mercury Concentrations in Migratory Waterfowl Harvested from Southern Nevada Wildlife Management Areas, USA. Environmental Toxicology 19(1):35- 44.

Baldridge MG, Stahl RL, Gerstenberger SL , Tripoli V, and Hutz RJ (2003). Modulation of ovarian follicle maturation in Long-Evans rats exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in utero and lactationally Reproductive Toxicology 17(5):567-573.

Gerstenberger SL and Dellinger JA (2002). PCBs, Mercury and Organochlorine Concentrations in Lake Trout, Walleye, and Whitefish from Selected tribal fisheries of the upper Great Lakes Region. Environmental Toxicology 17:513-519.

Gerstenberger SL and Eccleston B (2002). Development of a Fish Contaminant Monitoring Protocol for Lake Mead, Nevada. Journal of Lake and Reservoir Management 18(2):118-128.

Cross C and Gerstenberger SL (2002). Rana catesbeiana diet. Herpetological Review 33(2):129-130.

Gerstenberger SL and Pearson R (2002). Mercury Concentrations in Bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) Collected from a Southern Nevada, USA, Wetland. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology 69(2):210-218.

Gerstenberger SL and Tripoli V (2001). Developmental Landmarks in Offspring of Rats Exposed Singly, and in Combination to Aroclor 1016 and Levo-Thyroxine. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination Toxicology 67(2):155-162.

Gerstenberger SL, Hansen LG, and Dellinger JA (2000). Concentrations and Frequencies of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in a Native American Population who Consumes Great Lakes Fish. Journal of Toxicology-Clinical Toxicology 38(7):729-746.

Gerstenberger SL, Heilmer I, Smies R, Hutz RJ, Dasmahapatra AK, Dellinger JA and Tripoli V (2000). Minimal Endocrine Alterations in Rodents after Consumption of Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Archives of Environmental Contamination Toxicology 38(4):371-376.

Gerstenberger SL, Gallinet MP and Dellinger JA (1997). Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners and Selected Organochlorines in Great Lakes Region Fish: Lake Superior. Environmental Toxicology Chemistry 16(11):2222-2228.

Gerstenberger SL, Tavris DR, Hansen LK, Pratt-Shelley J and Dellinger JA (1997). Concentrations of Blood and Hair Mercury and Serum PCBs in an Ojibwa Population that Consumes Fish. Journal of Toxicology-Clinical Toxicology 35(4):377-386.

Gerstenberger SL, Gilbert JH and Dellinger JA (1996). Environmental Contaminants and Cholinesterase Activity in the Brain of Fisher (Martes pennanti) Harvested in Northern Wisconsin. Bulletin Environmental Contamination Toxicology. 56:866-872.

Beattie MK, Gerstenberger SL, Hoffman RH and Dellinger JA (1996). Rodent Neurotoxicity Bioassays for Screening Contaminated Great Lakes Fish. Environmental Toxicology Chemistry. 15:313-318.