Joni E. Wright

Education:
Postdoctoral Scholar present
Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Ph.D., Zoology Aug 2022
Department of Biology, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL

M.S., Biology specializing in Marine Vertebrate Physiology Dec 2010
B.S., Marine Biology May 2005
Biology Department, University of West Florida (UWF), Pensacola, FL
Biography:

My research expertise focuses on physiological ecology and molecular evolution of animals using comparative approaches to elucidate how mechanisms employed by animals contribute to an organism’s behavior, as well as the evolution of those adaptations. In the classroom, I utilize pedagogical best-practices to facilitate student learning, as well as build student's scientific competence and self-efficacy. I have experience teaching a variety of biological subdisciplines at multiple higher education institutions.

Selected Publications:

Dodd, W., L. Tang, J. C. Lone, K. Wimberly, C. W. Wu, J. E. Wright, N. Pujol, and K. P. Choe. April 2018. A damage sensor associated with the cuticle coordinates three core environmental stress responses in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 208(4): 1467-1482. 

Pomory, C. M., J. E. Wright, T. F. Dabruzzi, D. Howsden, L. O’Boyle, D. Beddick, W. Bretana, L. Onjukka, C. Somerset, and W. A. Bennett. 2014. Density of Diadema antillarum (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) on live coral patch reefs and dead Acropora cervicornis rubble patches near Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA. Caribbean Journal of Science 48(1): 1-8.

Dabruzzi, T. F., M. L. Wygoda, J. E. Wright, J. Eme, and W. A. Bennett. 2011. Direct evidence of cutaneous resistance to evaporative water loss in amphibious mudskipper (family Gobiidae) and rockskipper (family Blenniidae) fishes from Pulau Hoga, southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 406(1-2): 125-129.

Barreda (Wright), J. E., J. Knudson, D. A. Walker, M. K. Raynolds, A. Kade, and C. Munger. 2006. Biocomplexity of Patterned Ground Data Report, Dalton Highway Expedition, 2001- 2005. University of Alaska Biocomplexity Workshop, Apr 2005, Fairbanks, Alaska.