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To the internet community,
     I am at present a post-doctorate researcher at the
University of California, Irvine in the Department of
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Although I would consider
myself as a "Physiological Ecologist", I am seeking
employment and experience elsewhere, particularly in more
applied aspects of the biological sciences to "broaden my
horizons" within the academic world. My future ambitions and
interests lie in gaining experience in more environmentally
oriented issues such as pollution monitoring/environmental
toxicology/environmental impact assessment etc. within the
marine environment. I am a UK citizen and have been working
in the USA for the last four years on a J-1 and now an H-1B
visa. I would be most grateful of any information of job
oppurtunities, training etc., that you may know of. A copy
of a recent CV follows.
     Happy holidays
                       Tim Johnson


                              
                              
                      CURRICULUM VITAE
                              
                    Timothy Paul Johnson
                              
                              
PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth         2nd April 1966

Nationality           British

Marital Status        Single

Current Address       Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
                                 Biology, The University of California,
                                 Irvine CA92717, USA.
Telephone                714-824-4585
Telefax                     714-824-2181
E-mail                       INTERNET: TPJOHNSO@UCI.EDU


EDUCATION

1984-1987    B.Sc at Liverpool University in Marine Biology.

1985-86       Ellis prizes for courses in Freshwater Biology,
                    Animal Behaviour and Sociobiology, and
                    Parasitology.

1985-86       Bromley Undergraduate Scholarship.

1986-87      Department of Marine Biology (Isle of Man);
                   project- an electrophoretic survey of queen
                   scallop (Chlamys opercularis L.) stocks in the
                   Northern Irish Sea.
                   Result - 1st Class Honours.

1987-1991  NERC research student at The Gatty Marine
                   Laboratory, St Andrews, supervised by Prof. I.A.
                  Johnston. Thesis: "The effects of temperature on
                  the energetics and mechanics of fish muscle
                  contraction". Submitted on 14th November 1990.
                  Result - PhD awarded on 17th January 1991


PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

1986          Research Assistant at the Llandegai Biology Unit
                  of the CEGB (Central Electricity Generating Board)
                  surveying planktonic and benthic communities in
                  Lake Trawsfynnd, North Wales.

1990         Post-doctorate at the University of St Andrews
                sponsored by Shell Inc. (Nov-Dec, 1990).

Present     Postdoctorate Researcher in the Department of
                 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of
                 California, Irvine, California, USA.



FIELD EXPERIENCE

   -  Participant in the Expedition, ANTARKTIS VII/4 (Epos
      leg 3) of RV Polarstern in Jan-Mar 1989 to the Eastern
      Weddell Sea (Antarctica)

   - Reef fish studies at the Pacific Gamefish Research
     Foundation, in Kailua Kona, Hawaii (Dec 1989-Jan 1990)

   - Environmental impact survey for California Transport
     department on the endangered species Cyprinodon
     macularius (desert pupfish) in conjunction with Allan Schoenherr
     (Fullerton College).

   - Qualified scuba diver

   - Extensive herpetological studies in the Mohave desert


TECHNIQUES

   High speed video analyses, muscle mechanics (isometric,
   isotonic, oscillatory work), starch and polyacrylamide
   gel electrophoresis, IEF, affinity chromatography, HPLC,
   histochemistry, electrophysiology, electron microscopy.


PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Teaching in undergraduate courses:
                              
1991-1993    Limnology and Freshwater Biology. "Desert Aquatic
                     Ecosystems: Exploitation and conservation."
1991-1993    Environmental ethics. "The Antarctic: Science and
                     sovereignty."
1992            Muscles and movement. "Scaling: the effects of
                    body size on muscle function and locomotory
                    activity."
1991-1993   Undergraduate research. Supervising five research
                    students.

Grant preparation (co-author):

   National Science Foundation, Physiological Processes
   Program. "Physiological Basis of Metabolism and Activity:
   The Thermal Dependence of Muscle Function." Awarded to
   A.F. Bennett, June 1991 ($330K).

Reviewer for:

   Journal of Experimental Biology, American Journal of
   Physiology.


CONFERENCES AND INVITED LECTURES
                              
1992      Society for Experimental Biology, Lancaster
             Meeting (two papers);- 1) The effects of body size
             on power output of fast-glycolytic muscle fibres
             isolated from the hind-limb of the lizard
             Dipsosaurus dorsalis. By T.P. Johnson, S.J. Swoap,
             A.F. Bennett, R.K. Josephson. 2) Muscle properties
            and the generation of swimming movements.By I.A.
            Johnston, M. Davies, M.E. Anderson, T.P. Johnson.

1992      University of California, Scripps Institute
              (invited speaker)

1993      Society for Experimental Biology, Canterbury
              Meeting (poster);- Red muscle power output during
             cruise, burst-and-glide and C-start swimming
             behaviours in largemouth bass (Micropterus
             salmoides). By T.P. Johnson, D.A. Syme, B.C.
             Jayne, G.V. Lauder, A.F. Bennett.
                              
1993      American Society of Zoologists, Los Angeles
             meeting (paper);- The thermal dependence of C-
             start performance in fish: Physiological versus
             biophysical effects. By T.P. Johnson, A.J. Cullum
             and A.F. Bennett.

1994      American Society of Ichthyologists and
              Herpetologists, Los Angeles Meeting (paper): The
              thermal acclimation of burst-speed swimming in
              teleost fish: A comparison of diploid and
              polyploid species. By T.P. Johnson and A.F.
              Bennett.

1994      American Physiological Society (Intersociety
             meeting), San Diego meeting (poster);-
             Significance of polyploidy in the thermal
             acclimation of C-start performance in fish: An
             integrated study of molecular and cellular
             physiology and organismal performance. By T.P.
             Johnson and A.F. Bennett.


PUBLICATIONS
                              
1)  Johnson, T.P., D.A. Syme, B.C. Jayne, G.V. Lauder, and
    A.F. Bennett (1994). Modelling red muscle power output
    during steady and unsteady swimming in largemouth bass
    (Micropterus salmoides): A comparison of in vitro and in
    vivo function. Am. J. Physiol. 36, R481-R488.

2)  Johnson, T.P., S.J. Swoap, A.F. Bennett and R.K.
    Josephson (1993).  Body size, muscle power and
    limitations on burst locomotor performance in the lizard
    Dipsosaurus dorsalis. J. exp. Biol. 174, 199-213.

3)  Swoap, S.J., T.P. Johnson, R.K. Josephson, A.F. Bennett
    (1993).  Temperature, muscle power and limitations on
    burst locomotor performance in the lizard Dipsosaurus
    dorsalis. J. exp. Biol. 174, 185-197.

4)  Johnston, I.A., C.E. Franklin, and T.P. Johnson (1993).
    Recruitment patterns and contractile properties of fast
    muscle fibres isolated from rostral and caudal myotomes
    of the short-horned sculpin. J. exp. Biol. 185, 251-265.

5)  Johnson, T.P., and I.A. Johnston (1991).  Power output
    of fish muscle fibres performing oscillatory work:
    effects of acute and seasonal temperature change. J.
    exp. Biol. 157, 409-424.
                              
6)  Johnson, T.P., and I.A. Johnston (1991).  Temperature
    adaptation and the contractile properties of live muscle
    fibres from teleost fish. J. comp. Physiol. 161, 27-36.

7)  Johnson, T.P., J.D. Altringham, and I.A. Johnston
    (1991).  The effects of Ca2+ and neuromuscular blockers
    on the activation of fish muscle fibres. J. Fish. Biol.
    38, 789-790.

8)  Johnson, T.P., I.A. Johnston, and T.W. Moon (1991).
    Temperature and the energy cost of oscillatory work in
    teleost fast muscle fibres. Pfl�gers. Arch. 419, 177-
    183.

9)  Johnson, T.P., T.W. Moon, and I.A. Johnston (1991).
    Actions of epinephrine on the contractility of fast and
    slow skeletal muscle fibres in teleosts. Fish Physiol.
    Biochem. 9, 83-89.

10) Johnston, I.A., T.P. Johnson, and J.C. Battram (1991).
    Does low temperature limit burst swimming performance in
    Antarctic fish ? In: Second International Conference:
    Biology of Antarctic Fishes (ed. G. di Prisco, B.
    Maresca and B.Tota), pp179-190. Heidelberg: Springer
    Verlag.

11) Crockford, T.C., K.E. Womack, I.A. Johnston, B.J.
    McAndrew, G. Mutungi, and T.P. Johnson (1991).  Inter-
    and intra-specific variation in myosin light chain and
    troponin I composition in fast muscle fibres from two
    species of fish (genus Oreochromis) which have different
    temperature-dependent contractile properties. J. Muscle.
    Res. Cell Motility. 12, 439-446.

In review:

12)    Johnson, T.P. and Bennett, A.F. (1995). The thermal
   acclimation of C-start performance in fish: An integrated
   study of molecular and cellular physiology and organisaml
   performance. J. exp. Biol. (in review).

13)    Johnson, T.P, Cullum, A.J. and Bennett, A.F. (1995).
   The thermal dependence of C-start performance in fish:
   Physiological versus biophysical effects. J. Fish. Biol.
   (in review).

14) Johnson, T.P., Bennett, A.F. and McLister, J.D. (1995).
    Thermal acclimation of fast twitch muscle properties and
    C-start performance in rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus
    mykiss). Can. J. Zool. (in review).