Eric L. Morgan

Short Curriculum Vitae

22 January 2005

Academic Rank:  Professor of Biology

Ph.D. (1973), Zoology (Aquatic Ecology), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).

B.S. (1964) and M.S.(1969), Biology (Physiological Ecology), Middle Tennessee State University.

Certified International Open Water Diver- PADI Dive School, Cookeville, TN.

Research Interest:

Automated Biomonitoring and Remote Biosensing, Ecological Toxicology, Aquatic Toxicology, Watershed/Water Resource Management, Ecological Risk Assessment. Recent research projects include:

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Remote Biosensing Study
• Implementing Remote Real-time Biosensing in Watershed Management: Historical Perspectives (1970 to 2005)
• Remote Automated Biosensing, New Generation Platform

Over thirty-five years experience in biological monitoring and environmental sciences, focusing on new methods in automated biomonitoring and remote biosensing for water resource management. Served as director and principal investigator of applied environmental research and development for industry, government and academics, responsible for program design, implementation and management. Developed test protocols and databases; evaluating technical and scientific information for regulatory compliance. Major project areas include technological developments and applications of remote, automated biosensing systems for real-time assessments in environmental quality management plans, aquatic ecological assessments and compliance monitoring, toxicity testing for contaminant reduction and evaluation, ecological risk assessments and environmental audits.

Cairns, J., Jr., Hall, J. W., Morgan, E. L., Sparks, R. E., Waller, W. T., and Westlake, G. F. 1974.  The Development of an Automated Biological Monitoring System for Water Quality Management.  A symposium of the 7^th  Annual Conference on Trace Substance in Environmental Health, Proceedings published in Trace Substances in Environmental Health VII.  34-40 pp

Morgan, E. L., Eagleson, K. W., and Herrmann, R. 1978.  Biological Water Quality Monitoring from Remote Stations and NOAA-GOES Satellite.  Proceedings of the 4^th Joint Conf. on Sensing of Environmental Pollutants.   Amer. Chem. Soc., New Orleans, LA, 6-11 November 1977, pp. 885-887.

Morgan, E. L. and K. W. Eagleson.  1978.  Resource Management by Remote Biological Water Quality Monitoring and Satellite Data Retrieval.  Proceedings of Surface Mining and Fish/Wildlife Needs in the Eastern United States Conference.  Sponsored by West Virginia Univ. and Eastern Energy and Land Use Group.  U.S.F.W.S., Harpers Ferry, W.V. Morgantown, WV.  pages 89-92.

Morgan, E. L., Eagleson, K. L., Herrmann, R., McCullough, N. D., Jr. 1979.   Automated Biomonitoring Applications to Remote Water Quality Stations and Satellite Data Retrieval:  New Developments in Achieving Real-time Biosensing for Watershed Management.  Proceedings of the 9^th Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems.  Aerospace Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, San Francisco, CA, July 16-19, 1979.

Morgan, E. L., Herrmann, R., Eagleson, K. W., and McCullough, N. D. 1979.  New Developments in Automated Biosensing from Remote Water Quality Stations and Satellite Data Retrieval for Resource Management.  Proceedings of the 3^rd World Congress on Water Resources, Mexico City, Mexico, 23-27 April. pp. 3534-41.

Morgan, E. L., Eagleson, K. W., Herrmann, R. and McCullough, N. D., Jr. 1979.  Recent Developments in Acquiring Real-time Biological Water Quality Information:  Automated Biomonitoring Applications to Remote Platforms and Satellite Retrieval.  Proceedings of the 5^th Annual W. T. Percora Satellite Hydrology Symposium,  American Water Resources Association, Sioux Falls, SD, June 10-15.

Morgan, E. L., Eagleson, K. W., and Herrmann, R. 1981.  New Developments in Automated Biosensing from Remote Water Quality Stations and Satellite Data Retrieval for Resource Management,  L. R. Beard (Editor), Water for Survival,  Journ. of Hydrology. 51 (1-4): 339-345.

Morgan, E. L. and Young, R. C. 1983.  Automated Biosensing Applications (Using Fish Breathing Responses) in Monitoring Acid Deposition Events:  Proc. 183 Symposium on Surface Mining, Hydrology, Sedimentology, and Reclamation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Nov. 28 - Dec. 2, 1982.   Bull. No.  133, 305-308 pp.

Morgan, E. L., and Eagleson, K. W. 1983.  Remote Biosensing Employing Fish as Real-time Monitors of Water Quality.  International Commission on Remote Sensing and Data Transmission for Hydrology:  Proc. Internat. Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Remote Sensing, XVIII Gen. Assem. Internat. Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Hamburg, Fed. Repub. Germany, August 18-25, 1983.

Morgan, E. L, and Young, R. C. (1984a). Automated Fish Respiratory Monitoring System for Stream Acidification Episode Assessment. Verh. Internat. Limnol. 22:1432-1435.

Morgan, E. L., and Young, R. C. (1984b). Automated Multispecies Biomonitoring: Advances in Real-time Water Quality Surveillance. The Biosphere: Problems and Solutions. T. N. Veziroqlu, ed., Elsevier Sci Publ., Amsterdam, pp.297-301.

Morgan, E. L., et al. (1984). Automated Multispecies Biomonitoring Employing Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates of Various Trophic Levels. Freshwater Biological Monitoring. Freshwater Biological Monitoring, D. Pascoe and B. W. Edwards, eds, Pergemon Press, Oxford, pp.75-80.

Morgan, E. L., and Eagleson, K. W. (1985). Remote Biosensing Employing Fish as Real-time Monitors of Water Quality. Hydrological Applications of Remote Sensing and Remote Data Transmission. B. E. Goodison, ed., Publ. No. 145, Internat. Asso. Hydrological Sci., Washington, pp.235-243.

Morgan, E. L., et al. (1986). Linking Automated Biomonitoring to Remote Platforms with Satellite Data Retrieval in Acidified Streams Impacts of Acid Rain and Deposition on Aquatic Biological Systems. B. G. Isom, S. D. Dennis, and J. M. Bates eds., ASTM STP 928. American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, pp. 84-91.

Morgan, E. L., et al. (1987). Developing Automated Multispecies Monitoring for Contaminant Detection. Wat. Sci. Tech. 19(11):73-84.

Morgan, E. L., et al. (1988a). Developing a Portable Automated Biomonitoring System for Aquatic Hazard Evaluation. Functional Testing for Hazard Evaluation. J. Cairns, Jr., and J. R. Pratt, eds. ASTM STP 988, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, pp.120-127.

Morgan, E. L. et al. (1988b). Developing Portable Computer-automated Biomonitoring for a Regional Water Quality Surveillance Network. Automated Biomonitoring: Living Sensors as Environmental Monitors. Gruber and J. Diamond, eds., Ellis Horwood, Ltd., Chichester, England, pp.127-41

Morgan, E. L., et al. (1989a). A Toxicity Test Protocol for Mature Bivalve Mussels Using Automated Biological Monitoring. Proceed. Nat. Resear. Conf. Pesticides in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environment. D. L. Weigmann, ed., Va. Water Resour. Resear. Center, VPI&SU, Blacksburg, May 11-12, 1989. pp. 259-264.

Morgan, E. L., et al. (1989b). Monitoring Real-time Biological Responses to Water quality Events from Remote Stations with Satellite Linkage. Remote Data Transmission. A. I. Johnson and R. Paulson, eds., IAHS Publ. No. 178, Internat. Asso. Hydrological Sci., Inst. of Hydrology, Wallingford, UK.

Morgan, E. L., et al. (1991). Remote Biosensing Applications in Environmental Assessment. Environmental Auditor 2(4):213-227.

Morgan, E. L., and Waller, W. T. (1993). Detecting Aquatic Ecosystem Change on Regional Scales: A proposed integrated Remote-automated biosensing GIS based network. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Am. 73(4). (abstract).

Morgan, E. L., et al. (1995). Stress Detection in Bivalve Mollusk Using Non-invasive Bioelectric Monitoring of Myoneural Behavior. 2nd World Congress of Soc. Environ. Toxicol. and Chem., Global Environmental Protection: Science, Politics, and Common Sense. Nov. 5-9, 1995, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. (Abstract)

Eggleton, M. A., Morgan, E.L., and Pennington, W. L. (1996). Effect of Liming on an Acid-sensitive Southern Appalachian Stream. Restoration Ecology 4(3): 247-263.

Allen, H.J.,Waller W.T., Acevedo M.F., Morgan, E.L., Dickson, K.L., and Kennety, J.H. (1996). Minimally Invasive Techniques to Monitor Valve-movement Behavior in Bivalves. Environ. Tech. 17:501-507. 

Hunsaker, C.T., Dickson, K.L., Waller, W.T., and Morgan, E.L. (1997). Watershed/Regional Assessment and In-stream Monitoring. Biomonitoring and the Environment . Robin Zimmer et al. Editors. Special Publication, Water Environment Federation, Alexandria, VA.pp 61-102.

Eggleton, M.A. and Morgan, E.L. 2000. Rainbow Trout(Oncorhynchus mykiss) Production Dynamics and Relations with Abiotic Factors in Two Southern Appalachian Mountain Streams. Jour. Freshwater Ecology 15(2):251-268.

Morgan, E. L., George, D. B., Ososanya, E. T., and Kukreja, A. U. 2004. Using Bivalve Mollusk as Sensors in an Early Warning, Automated Biosensing System for Water Resource Protection. Verh. Internat. Limnol. 29:146-150.

Morgan, E. L.,  Thirunavukkarasu  Ososanya, E. T. (in press). Remote automated biosensing: Using Artificial Intelligence to Detect Fish Breathing Stress in a Coordinated Watershed Monitoring Network.

Amer. Asso. Adv. Sci., Amer. Wat. Resour. Asso., Ecol. Soc. Amer., Internat. Asso. Wat. Qual., Internat. Wat. Resour. Asso., N. Amer. Benthological Soc., Soc. Internat. Limnol., Soc. Environ. Tox. Chem., Soc. Ecological Restoration, etc.

Graduate:  Ecological Toxicology (7060),  Environmental Toxicology (6060),  Physiological Ecology (6650),  Stream Ecology (6670),  Aquatic Toxicology (6050),  Water Resources Management Seminar (6420),  Environmental Biology (6010),    Environmental Physiology.

Under Graduate:  General Zoology for Honor Students (1110H),  Biological Presentations(491),  Biological Communications (3920);  Introduction to Biological Methods (Biol 1000), STEM- for freshman in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (Summer Short-course)

Graduate Students:

Over the past 30 years, I have served as major professor to over 65 graduate students in Biology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Design (co-major professor), and Environmental Engineering.

Phi Sigma Honorary Biological Research Society

Sigma Xi Honorary Scientific Research Society

Beta, Beta, Beta Honorary Biological Society

Fellow, Tennessee Academy of Science;

Cave Research Foundation, Elected Member

Marquis Who's Who in Frontiers Science & Technology

Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering

Marquis Who's Who in the World

Marquis Who's Who in the South and Southeast

Who' s Who in Environmental Registry

Selected Short Courses, Workshops, Invited Lectures, and Expert Witness:

Invited participant to U.S. EPA's Peer Review Committee for selecting proposed EPA Research Centers for Global Environmental Research, June 1992, Washington, D.C.

Invited Lecturer, Workshop on Bioaccumulation of Contaminants, presented before participants at AMOCO Corporate Research Center, Chicago, IL, April 1992.

Invited Seminar, Department of Biological Science and Instruction of Applied Science, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, February 1993. (Topic: Automated Biosensing)

Invited Workshop Participant, Institute of Applied Sciences, University of North Texas, March 1993. (Topic: Remote Biosensing)

Participant, Peer Review Panel in General Ecology for Exploratory Research Centers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1991.

Member, Peer Review Panel in Environmental Biology/Environmental Engineering for Exploratory Research, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1986-present.

Invited Lecturer (with W.W. Eckenfelder), Aquatic Toxicity Reduction in Industrial Effluents, The Center for Professional Advancement, East Brunswick, N.J., May 27-29, 1987.

Invited Lecturer, Pre-Conference Short-Course in Cost-Effective Toxicity Reduction in Industrial Wastewater Management, Water Pollution Control Federal Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri,1985.

Services as scientific and technical proposal reviewer for various organizations and government agencies including DOE, NSF, USGS, F & WS, Sea Grant Program, AWRA, NOAA, and TVA.

Referee for numerous scientific and technical journals such as Science, Freshwater Ecology, ASTM, Water International, Water, Air and Soil Pollution among others.

Extensive experience in testimony as expert witness in federal cases dealing with surface and groundwater problems.

Director, Upper Cumberland Biological Research Station, Tennessee Technological University, 1981-1984.

Director, Environmental Biology Research Program, Tennessee Technological University, 1976-1988

Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1983-1987.

Aquatic Research Center, Franklin, Tennessee, 1991-1997, Chairman, 1997-2002.

Chairman, Young-Morgan and Associates, Inc., Franklin, Tennessee 1987-1991.

Chairman, White's Mill, Inc., Abingdon, Virginia, 1989-2004.

Laboratory Corporation of America, Franklin, Tennessee, 1989-1991.