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Richard S. Halbrook
Associate Professor

Office: 253B Life Science II
Phone: 618-453-6946
email: rhalbroo@siu.edu

Education: Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Courses taught: ZOOL 469 (Wildlife Techniques), BIOL 532 (Wildlife Toxicology)

Areas of interest: Wildlife Toxicology, Population Dynamics

Dr. Halbrook's research interests include the design, implementation, and validation of biomarker-based biomonitoring capabilities, the application of wildlife toxicological methods in ecological risk assessments. Dr. Halbrook has used wildlife toxicological methods to study effects of environmental contaminants on river otter and muskrat populations and has used the starling, great blue heron, and mink in ecological risk assessment and monitoring during environmental remedial investigations. His current research includes evaluation of contaminant burdens and health of Illinois mink, development and validation of mink habitat models for use in ecotoxicological studies, and monitoring starlings as an indicator species of contaminant affects on avian species.

For more information on my research program, please see my lab webpage.

Recent Publications

Straub CL, Maul JD, Halbrook RS, et al. 2007. Trophic transfer of polychlorinated biphenyls in Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, Illinois, United States. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 52: 572-579.

DeGarady, C.J. and R.S. Halbrook. 2006. Using anurans as bioindicators of PCB contaminated streams. Journal of Herpetology 40:127-130

Orr, T.B., S.M. Meister, R.S. Halbrook. 2004 Density and sediment organic matter content as potential confounding factors in sediment toxicity tests with Hyalella azteca. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 23:371-378

Russell J.S., Halbrook R.S., Woolf A., French J.B., Melancon M.J. 2004 Blarina brevicauda as a biological monitor of polychlorinated biphenyls: Evaluation of hepatic cytochrome P450 induction. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23:1867-1873.

Arenal C.A., Halbrook R.S., Woodruff M. 2004. European starling (Sturnus vulgaris): Avian model and monitor of polychlorinated biphenyl contamination at a Superfund site in southern Illinois, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23:93-104.