Dr. Jonathan E. H. Wilson
Director, Baltimore Urban System Initiative and SEMAA
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Morgan State University
1700 E. Coldspring Lane, Baltimore MD 21251

Montebello C-108
(tel) 443-885-3313
jwilson@morgan.edu

Biographical Sketch (cv)

Dr. Jonathan E. H. Wilson is currently the program Director for the Baltimore Urban Systemic Initiative (BUSI) a position he has held since March 1995. Under Dr. Wilson’s leadership, BUSI has successfully catalyzed the systemic educational reform of the Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) with emphasis on science and mathematics reform. Many reform models developed and implemented by BUSI have been adopted and applied system-wide in BCPSS. These include: the Instructional Support Teacher (IST) model, The Informal Science Educational Consortium (ISEC) and the Maryland Functional Mathematics Test (MFMT) Tutorial program. The MFMT Tutorial Program is being implemented after school in schools and in selected housing communities in Baltimore City. Dr. Wilson is also director of SEMAA (Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy). Prior to joining the faculty at Morgan, Wilson served as the Director of the Marine Science Program at Jackson State University in Jackson Mississippi for over 9 years during which time the program became a national model for producing highly qualified minorities in the marine and environmental sciences at both the baccalaureate and graduate levels.

Dr. Wilson is an accomplished science researcher and has published numerous journal articles and book chapters. He has been a science educator for over 25 years, during which he taught a wide variety of science courses at every education level, from elementary up to the doctorial level. He has extensive experience in working with minority students and is dedicated to reducing the under representation of minorities in the sciences. Dr. Wilson is experienced in developing and delivering hands-on, minds-on, content-rich professional development workshops and credit-bearing graduate courses for K-12 teachers. Wilson also co-teach science in selected elementary and middle schools in BCPSS.

Dr. Wilson holds a Ph.D. in Zoology (Marine Ecology) from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, a postgraduate Diploma in Education (Dip. Ed.) and B.Sc. honors in Zoology (with minors in Chemistry and Botany) both from the University of Sierra Leone. He is a member of many professional societies including: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) in which he received the president award for outstanding service as the chair of Diversification and Affirmative Action Committee. Dr. Wilson serves on many boards including the Advisory Board for the NEW PALS project at QEM (Quality Education for Minorities) and the Scientific and Educational Council of the Maryland Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Wilson is married to Adelaide Wilson and they have three daughters : Rhoda, Jonee and Verna.

Research Interest

Aquatic toxicology; responses of various life stages of marine and estuarine invertebrates to pollutants, especially pesticides. The sublethal effects of pollutants on reproduction, development and photophysiology of marine invertebrates. I am particularly interested in embryotoxicity and delayed toxicity of pollutants and the development of short-term predictive toxicity tests for marine invertebrates. Biorhythms in marine organisms;Aquaculture; Histopahology of organic toxicants; Impact of Science and mathematics Enrichment programs on students academic achievement.

Selected Publications

1. Douglass, J. K., Jonathan Wilson and Richard B. Forward, Jr. A Tidal Rhythm in Phototaxis of
   Larval Grass Shrimp (Palaemonetes Pugio). Mar. Behav. Physiol., Vol. 19, 159-173, 1992.
2. Wilson, J.E.H. 1992. Current research activities in the Gulf of Mexico and Future plans, JSU Marine Science Program. In: B.E. Brown, E.A. Erb and G.A. Maul (Eds.) Inter-Americas Sea Marine Science Meeting of U.S. Experts NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-308, P. 125.
3. Wilson, Jonathan, Homziak, Jurij, and Coleman, Richard E., 1993 “Site selection, acquisition, and planning for aquaculture in dredged material containment areas,” Technical Report EL-93-13, U.S.Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS.
4. Wilson, J.E.H., F.K. Wilson and J.K. Douglass, 1994. Tidal and semi-lunar rhythms of larval release in the grass shrimp Palaemonetes from an estuary with diurnal tides. E O S, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (Supplement), Vol. 75, No. 3, P 90.
5. Wilson, J.E.H., P.A. Cunningham, D.W. Evans and J.D. Costlow, Jr. 1995. Using grass shrimp embryos to determine the effects of sediment on the toxicity and persistence of Diflubenzuron in laboratory microcosms, p. 267-287. In J.S. Hughes, G.R. Biddinger and E. Mones {eds.}, Environmental toxicology and risk assessment third volume, ASTM STP 1218. Amer. Soc. Test, Mater., Philadelphia, PA.
6. Wilson, J.E.H., Cunningham, P.A., Evans, D.W., and Costlow, Jr. J.D., “Using Grass Shrimp Embryos to determine the effects of Sediment on the Toxicity and Persistence of Diflubenzuron in Laboratory Microcosms,” Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment - Third Volume, ASTM STP 1218, Jane S. Hughes, Gregory R. Biddinger,and Eugene Mones, Eds., American Society for Testing and materials, Philadelphia, 1995.
7. Wilson J.E.H. 1997. Duration of exposure affects delayed toxicity of diflubenzuron to grass shrimp embryos. A.J. Niimi, J.L. parrott and D.J. Spry (eds). 1997. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop: October 20-22, 1997, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci, pp. 110-116.
8. Wilson: J.E.H: “Age-Specific Sensitivity of Grass Shrimp (Paleomonetes pugio) Embryos to Sublethal concentrations of Diflubenzuron,” Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Modeling and Risk Assessment (Sixth volume). ASTM STP 1317. F. James Dwyer, Thomas R. Doane, and Mark L. Hinman, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, 1997.
9. Wilson, J.E.H., 1997, “The grass shrimp embryo-larval toxicity test: A short-term predictive bioassay,” Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop. J.S. Goudey, S.M. Swanson, M.D. Treisman and A.J. Niimi, Eds., October 7-9, 1996, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2144, pp. 53-65.
10. Wilson, J.E.H., “Developmental Arrest in Grass Shrimp Embryos Exposed to Selected Toxicants,” Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Seventh volume, ASTM STP 1333, E. E. Little, A.J. DeLonay and B. M. Greenberg, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, 1998.
11. Wilson J.E.H., R.B. Forward, Jr., and J.D. Costlow. 1999. Effects of diflubenzuron on the ontogeny of phototaxis by Palaemonetes pugio. Gulf Research Reports.Vol. 11 : 7 – 14.
12. Lee, K., R.C. Prince, C.W. Greer, K.G. Doe, J.E.H. Wilson, S.E. Cobanli, G.D. Wohlgeschaffen, D. Alroumi, T. King, and G.H. Tremblay. 2003. Composition and Toxicity of Residual Bunker C Fuel Oil in Intertidal Sediments After 30 Years. Spill Science $ Technology Bulletin, Vol. *, No. 2 :187 – 199.

Syllabi

1. Biology 531
2. Biology 533