Carolina Distinguished Professor of Marine and Biological Sciences and Dean Emeritus
School of the Environment
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: 803:777-8997; FAX: 777-5715; E-mail: bccoull@sc.edu

Born: 16 September 1942 - New York, NY
Married: Judith Mapletoft, 3 June 1967
Children: Brent Andrew (b.1970); Robin Lind (b. 1974)

Academic History:

• 1968-1970 Oceanographic Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke Univ. Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC
• 1970-1973 Assistant Professor of Zoology, Clark University, Worcester, MA
• 1973-1986 Associate Professor & Professor, Biology & Marine Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
• 1981 #9; Fulbright-Hayes Senior Research Scholar, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
• 1982-1994 Director, Marine Science Program, University of South Carolina
• 1986-1995 Carolina Research Professor, Biology and Marine Science, Univ. South Carolina
• 1994 #9; Visiting Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• 1995- Carolina Distinguished Professor, Biology & Marine Science, Univ. South Carolina
• 1996-1997 Interim Dean, School of the Environment, University of South Carolina
• 1997 - Dean, School of the Environment, University of South Carolina

• 1982 - Donald S. Russell Award for Excellence in Science & Engineering
• 1990 - Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award
• 1991 - Ada B. Thomas Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award (Inaugural year of award)
• 1993 - Michael J. Mungo Outstanding Teacher Award, (Inaugural year of award)
• 1994 - Who's Who Among America's Teachers (nominated by students)
• 1996 - Outstanding Faculty Volunteer, Office of Community Programs

Selected Publications of Bruce C. Coull

• Russell, J.A., W.H. Peters, N.N. Craig and B.C. Coull. 2005. Chapter 6. Systems and Ecosystems. IN: Sustainability Science and Engineering: Volume 1, Defining Principles, (Martin A. Abraham, Editor), Elsevier Publishing, pp. 117-131
• Staton, J.L. L.C. Wickliffe, L. Garlitska, S.M. Villanueva, B.C. Coull. 2005. Genetic isolation discovered among previously described sympatric morphs of a meiobenthic copepod. J. Crustacean Biology, 25: 551-557
• Jerman, P.L., B.C. Coull, A.W. Elzerman and M.G. Schmidt. 2004. South Carolina Sustainable Universities Initiative. IN: Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change, (P.F. Barlett and G. W. Chase, Editors.). MIT Press, Boston, MA. , pp.243-258.
  
• Scott, W. S., D. Edwards, R. J. Feller, B. C. Coull. 2003. Mixed-model splines for environmental time series. Environmetrics, 14: 641-649
• Staton, J. L., B. E. Taylor, N. V. Schizas, R. Wetzer, T. C. Glenn and B. C. Coull . 2003. Mitochondrial gene diversity of Skistodiaptomus mississippiensis in impoundments of the upper coast plain near Aiken, South Carolina, USA. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 158: 215-231
• Bixby, J. A., J. R. Carpenter, P. L. Jerman and B. C. Coull. 2003. Ecology on Campus: Service learning in introductory environmental courses. J. College Science Teaching, 32: 327-331
• Schizas, N. V., B. C. Coull, G. T. Chandler, and J. M. Quattro. 2002. Sympatry of distinct mitochondrial DNA lineages in a copepod inhabiting estuarine creeks in the southeastern USA. Marine Biology, 140: 585-594
• Staton, J.L., N. V. Schizas, S. K. Klosterhaus, R. J. Griffitt, G. T. Chandler and B. C. Coull. 2002. Effect of salinity variation and pesticide exposure on an estuarine harpacticoid copepod, Microarthridion littorale (Poppe) in the southeastern United States. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 278: 99-108
• Coull, B. C. and G. T. Chandler. 2001. Benthos (Meiobenthos). IN: Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, (J. H. Steele, K, K. Turekian and S. A. Thorpe, Editors), Academic Press, London, pp. 705-711
• Schizas, N. V., G. T. Chandler, B. C. Coull, S. L. Klosterhaus, and J. M. Quattro. 2001. Differential survival of three mitochondrial lineages of a marine benthic copepod exposed to a pesticide mixture. Environmental Science and Technology, 35: 535-538
• Staton, J. L., N. V. Schizas, G. T. Chandler, B. C. Coull and J. M. Quattro. 2001. Ecotoxicology and population genetics: the emergence of 'Phylogeographic and evolutionary ecotoxicology.' Ecotoxicology, 10: 217-222
• Kovatch, C. C., N. V. Schizas, G. T. Chandler, B. C. Coull and J. M. Quattro. 2000. Tolerance and genetic relatedness of three meiobenthic copepod populations exposed to sediment-associated contaminant mixtures: role of environmental history. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 19: 912-919
• Coull, BC. 1999. Role of meiofauna in estuarine soft-bottom habitats. Australian Journal of Ecology, 24: 327-343.
• Kovatch CE, Chandler GT, Coull BC. 1999. Utility of a full life-cycle copepod bioassay approach for assessment of sediment-associated contaminant mixtures. Marine Pollution Bulletin,38: 692-701
• Schizas NV, Street GT, Coull BC, Chandler GT, Quattro JM. 1999. Molecular population structure of the marine benthic copepod Microarthridion littorale along the southeastern and Gulf coasts of the United States. Marine Biology,135(3): 399-405.
• Street GT, Coull BC, Chandler GT, Sanger DM (1998). Predation on meiofauna by juvenile spot Leiostomus xanthurus(Pisces) in contaminated sediments from Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 170: 261-268.
• Chandler GT, Coull BC, Schizas NV, Donelan TD. 1997. A culture-based assessment of the effects of Chlorpyrifos on multiple meiobenthic copepods using microcosms of intact estuarine sediments. Environmental Toxicololgy & Chemistry, 16(11): 2339-2346.
• DiPinto LM, Coull BC. 1997. Trophic-transfer of sediment-associated polychlorinated biphenyls from meiobenthos to bottom-feeding fish. Environmental Toxicololgy & Chemistry, 16(12): 2568-2575.
• Schizas NV, Street GT, Coull BC, Chandler GT, Quattro JM. 1997. An efficient DNA extraction method for small metazoans. Molecular Marine Biology & Biotech. 6(4):383-385.
• Keegan BF, Lambshead PJD, Coull BC, Overcash M, Nolan C (eds). 1997. Change in Marine Benthos: The case for Long-Term Studies. Ecosystems Research Report, No. 16., EUR 16965, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, 200pp.
• Marshall K, Coull BC. 1996. PAH effects on removal of meiobenthic copepods by juvenile spot (Leiostomus xanthurus: Pisces). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 32:22-26.
• Coull BC, Greenwood JG, Fielder DR, Coull BA. 1995. Subtropical Australian juvenile fish eat meiofauna: experiments with winter whiting (Sillago maculata) and observations on other species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 125:13-19.
• Chandler GT, Coull BC, Davis JC. 1994. Sediment and aqueous-phase Fenvelarate effects on meiobenthos: Implications for sediment quality criteria. Marine Environmental Research, 37:313-327.
• DiPinto LM, Coull BC, Chandler GT. 1993. Lethal and sublethal effects of the sediment-associated PCB Aroclor 1254 on a meiobenthic copepod. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 12:1909-1918.
• Coull BC, Chandler GT. 1992. Pollution and Meiofauna: Field, laboratory and mesocosm studies. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Reviews, 30:191-271.
• William-Howze J, Coull BC. 1992. Are temperature and photoperiod necessary cues for encystment in the marine benthic harpacticoid copepod Heteropsyllus nunni Coull? Biological Bulletin, 182:109-116.
• Coull BC. 1990. Are members of the meiofauna food for higher trophic levels? Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 109:233-246.
• Coull BC. 1985. Long term variability of estuarine meiobenthos: An 11 year study. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 24: 205-218.
• Hicks GRF, Coull BC. 1983. The ecology of marine meiobenthic harpacticoid copepods. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Reviews, 21:380-389.

• 2004 -2005 NOAA (CICEET), “Utility of meiobenthos for risk assessment of low-level crude oil……., “    $119,864 (GT Chandler & BC Coull, Co-PI’s).

• 2003-2004 National Fish & Wildlife Foundation,  “ Promoting Sustainable Conservation”,  $100,000 (BC Coull, & PL Jerman, Co-PI’s)

• 2003 Columbia Community Foundation,  “K-12 Teacher Education in Natural History”, $7000, (BC Coull  & R Mancke Co-PI’s)

• 2002 -2006 SCANA Corporation, “Distinguished Lecturer in Natural History”, $350,000

• 2002-2005 V Kann Rasmussen Foundation,  “Distinguished Lecturer in Natural History”, $225,000

• 2002-2004 NOAA (Sea Grant), “A crossed-linked copepod life cycle and molecular genetic assay for...fipronil”,  $116,824 (J Staton, GT Chandler, JM Quattro, BC Coull, Co-PIs).

• 2002-2003 Center for Humans & Nature,  “SC Low Country Humans and Nature”, $40,000

• 2001-2004 Donnelley Family Trusts, “SC Humans and Nature Program and Rediscovery the Naturalists”   $260,000

• 2000-2002 NOAA (Sea Grant), “An estuarine nematode model to investigate the genetics of toxicology," $119,824 (J Staton, GT Chandler, JM Quattro, BC Coull, Co-PIs).

• 1999-2005 Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust, “Environmental and health effects of nuclear accidents: Chernobyl, Ukraine” $188,000.

• 1999-2005 V Kann Rasmussen Foundation,  "S.C. Sustainable Universities Initiative: Working for our Common Future." BC Coull, State Project Director, ($3.7 million state wide; $1.8 million USC portion).

• 1998-2001 EPA, "Sediment contaminant effects on genetic diversity: new approaches using DNA analysis of meiobenthos." $372,462 (BC Coull, GT Chandler, JM Quattro, Co-PI's).

• 1998-1999 NOAA (Sea Grant), "A molecular genetics-based bioassay of sediment contaminant effects on benthos." $117,200 (GT Chandler, BC Coull, Co-PIs).

• 1997-2001 Department of Energy (DOE),  "Analysis of genetic changes in organisms inhabiting contaminated environments." $260,000 (RH Sawyer & BC Coull, Co-leaders).