Faculty Profile for Dr. David Huffman
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Biography Section
Biography and Education
Ph.D. Zoology 1973 University of New Hampshire, Durham, NHM.S. Biology 1970 Marshall University, Huntington, WV
A.B. Biology 1968 West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Teaching Interests
Scientific Method; (design, analysis & interpretation; skepticism in critical thought);Parasitology (taxonomy, natural history, pathology);
Ornithology (acoustic ID and ecology).
Research Interests
Parasites of aquatic vertebrates (natural history, taxonomy, ecology, pathology); Invasive snails and their parasites;Marine relict, crenobiontic, and stygobiontic parasites.
Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Worsham, M. L., Huffman, D. G., Moravec, F., & Gibson, J. R. (2016). The life cycle of Huffmanela huffmani Moravec, 1987 (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae), an endemic marine-relict parasite of Centrarchidae from a Central Texas spring. Folia Parasitologica, 63(020). https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2016.020
- Harding, S. F., Rodriguez, D., Jackson, J., & Huffman, D. G. (2019). Genetic and morphological variation is associated with differences in cold-water tolerance and geographic expansion among invasive snails (Melanoides tuberculata) in central Texas. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2019.12.20.884866
- Scott, A. E., Calton, S., Huertas Pau, M. del M., & Huffman, D. G. (2019). Hematological indicators of physiological stress as a result of parasitism in blacktail shiner, and conservation implications of invasive trematodes in Texas spring systems. In American Fisheries Society & The Wildlife Society 2019 Joint Annual Conference.
- Ramos, P., Carvalho, R., Rosa, F., Alexandre-Pires, G., Seixas, F., Esteves, A., & Huffman, D. G. (2019). Huffmanela lusitana sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) infecting pouting, Trisopterus luscus (Teleostei: Gadidae) off the Atlantic coast of Portugal. International Journal for Parasitology, 9, 266–273. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.05.010
- Worsham, M. L. D., Julius, E. P., Nice, C., Diaz, P. H., & Huffman, D. G. (2017). Geographic isolation facilitates the evolution of reproductive isolation and morphological divergence. Ecology and Evolution. Ecology and Evolution, 7(23). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3474
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Developmental Leave. 1993
- Award / Honor Recipient: Developmental Leave. 1986
- Award / Honor Recipient: Phi Sigma's Henry Van der Schalie National Research Medal, Phi Sigma. 1975
- Award / Honor Recipient: Phi Sigma Award for Meritorious Graduate Research, University of New Hampshire. 1973
- Award / Honor Recipient: Tuition Scholarship, University of New Hampshire. 1970
Selected Grants
- Huffman, David G. Edwards Aquifer Authority, BioWest & USFWS SMARC. (Funded: 2012). Grant.
- Huffman, David G. Replacement of Ten Aging Laptops in Freeman Teaching Lab, $12340.00. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
- Huffman, David G (Co-Principal), Smith, Dan (Co-Principal). Replacement of Aging Computers in Freeman Teaching Lab and Supple Open Lab, $20848.00. (Funded: 2009). Grant.
- Huffman, David G. Replacement of 10 Aging Laptops and Podium Equipment in Freeman Teaching Lab, $18827.00. (Funded: 2008). Grant.
- Huffman, David G (Co-Principal), Weckerly, Butch (Co-Principal). Replacement of Obsolete Computing Equipment in Freeman Aquatic Biology Teaching Lab, $26869.00. (Funded: 2006). Grant.