Dr. Deborah A. Hutchinson

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Coastal Carolina University
Biology
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2008
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Mailing Address

Coastal Carolina University
Department of Biology
PO Box 261954
Conway, South Carolina 29528
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (843) 349-6462
Fax: (843) 349-2201
dhutchin@coastal.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Old Dominion University, Ecological Sciences, 2006.
M.S., Old Dominion University, Biology, 2001.
B.A., University of San Diego, Biology, 1999.

Previous Positions

2008-2008, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, Arts and Sciences, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Meinwald Group
2007-2008, Research Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University
2006-2008, Post-doctoral fellow, Old Dominion University, Biological Sciences
2004-2005, Graduate Research Assistant, Old Dominion University, Herpetology
2004, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Old Dominion University, Developmental Biology
2003, Instructor, Old Dominion University, Comparative Anatomy of the Chordates
2000-2001, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Old Dominion University, General Biology
2000-2001, Graduate Teaching Assistant (Volunteer), Old Dominion University, Comparative Anatomy of the Chordates
1999-2000, Graduate Research Assistant, Old Dominion University, Herpetology
1998, Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant, University of Washington, Neurobiology
1997, Undergraduate Intern, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Marine Biology

Publications

  • Deborah A. Hutchinson, Alan H. Savitzky, Akira Mori, Jerrold Meinwald, Frank C. Schroeder (2008) Maternal provisioning of sequestered defensive steroids by the Asian snake Rhabdophis tigrinus, Chemoecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00049-008-0404-5, 18 (3), 181-190
  • Deborah A. Hutchinson, Akira Mori, Alan H. Savitzky, Gordon M. Burghardt, Xiaogang Wu, Jerrold Meinwald, Frank C. Schroeder (2007) Dietary sequestration of defensive steroids in nuchal glands of the Asian snake Rhabdophis tigrinus, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0610785104, 104 (7), 2265-2270
  • Deborah A. Hutchinson, Alan H. Savitzky (2004) Vasculature of the parotoid glands of four species of toads, Journal of Morphology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10219, 260 (2), 247-254
  • Alan H. Savitzky, Victor R. Townsend Jr., Deborah A. Hutchinson, Akira Mori (2004) Dermal characteristics, scale row organization, and the origin of macrostomy in snakes, Journal of Morphology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10223, 260 (3), 325

Funding Received

  • American Philosophical Society: Franklin Research Grant (Michaux Fund), $4,500, 2008 to 2009.
  • The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi: Love of Learning, $500, 2007 to 2008.
  • Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology: Grant-in-Aid of Research, $1,000, 2005 to 2006.
  • Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society: Grant-in-Aid of Research, $550, 2005 to 2006.
  • Old Dominion University: Graduate International Travel Award (Porto Alegre, Brazil), $1,000, 2004 to 2005.

Honors and Awards

2008-2009, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis
2008-2009, Who's Who of American Women, Marquis
2005-2006, Dissertation Fellow, Old Dominion University
2005, Emerging Professional of the Year, Student Activities and Leadership, ODU
2005, Best Research Presentation, Biology Graduate Student Organization, ODU
2004-2005, Alumni Association Outstanding Scholar Fellowship, Old Dominion University
2003-2004, Meredith Construction Company Scholarship, Old Dominion University
2003-2004, Virginia S. Bagley Scholarship, Old Dominion University
2003, Outstanding Student Paper in Herpetology, Southeastern Division of ASIH
2003, Student Research Award in Aquatic Biology, Association of Southeastern Biologists
2003, Best Research Presentation, Biology Graduate Student Organization, ODU
2002, Honorable Mention for Best Student Paper in Biology, Virginia Academy of Science
2001-2005, Dominion Graduate Scholar, Old Dominion University
1999-2000, Virginia S. Bagley Scholarship, Old Dominion University

Expertise and Research Interests

I am currently working with Drs. Alan H. Savitzky, Akira Mori, Jerrold Meinwald, Frank C. Schroeder, and Ralph Saporito on sequestered dietary compounds in bufophagous (toad-eating) snakes.

Other Expertise

Morphology of reptiles and amphibians, histology, NMR spectroscopy, HPLC, mass spectroscopy, steroid identification

Memberships

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Asia-Pacific Association of Chemical Ecologists
Association for Southeastern Biologists
Herpetological Society of Japan
Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Southeastern Division of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Union of Concerned Scientists

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Spanish: (Functional, Basic, Basic)

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Anatomy, Biogeography, Biological Sciences, Conservation Biology, Embryology, Endangered Species, Environmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Exotic Species, Life Sciences, Morphogenesis, Morphology, Natural History, Natural Resources, Natural Sciences, Terrestrial Ecology, Vertebrate Zoology.

Additional Terms:

Bufadienolide, Bufo, Bufophagy, Japanese Garter Snake, Nuchal Gland, Parotoid Gland, Rhabdophis, Toad, Toxin Sequestration, Toxinology, Vascularization.

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