|  Academic
Qualifications
B.A. Aquatic Biology, University of California Santa Barbara 1992
M.S. Fisheries (Aquatic toxicology) Auburn University, Auburn, AL 1998
Ph.D. Fisheries (Fish Pathology) Auburn University, Auburn, AL 2002
Career History
Fisheries Extension Agent, U.S. Peace Corps, Togo, West Africa 1992-1994
Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 1995-2002
Postdoctoral Fellow (U.S. EPA STAR) University of Georgia 2002-2004
Research Assistant Professor, Dept. Forestry, Wildlife, Fisheries 2004-pres
Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee
RC-UK Academic Fellow, University of Plymouth, Plymouth UK 2007-pres
Professional Experience
Dr. Henry is a researcher in ecotoxicology and fish pathology with appointments
as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee and as
an RC-UK Academic Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences at the University
of Plymouth.
The focus of his current research program is to use global gene expression
analyses to investigate effects of toxicants in model fish and to develop
linkages between mechanisms of toxicity with higher order effects at tissue,
organism, and population levels. In the Center for Environmental Biotechnology,
Dr. Henry established the Zebrafish Research Facility and directs research
investigations with zebrafish, and currently supervises a postdoctoral
research associate, graduate and undergraduate research assistants and
research technicians. Investigations within the Zebrafsih Research Facility
involve numerous molecular techniques, a histology laboratory, and microinjection
of embryos for development of transgenic fish. A significant area of interest
and current research activity of Dr. Henry is investigation of environmenal
stressors on fish in field situations. Current field investigations include
physiological effects of acid deposition on native brook trout in the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, chronic effects of algal toxins (microcystins)
in fish in western Lake Erie, and effects of electric fields on threatened
and endangered stream fishes of Tennessee. As an RC-UK Academic Fellow
at the University of Plymouth, Dr. Henry is working to enhance his ongoing
research on the ecotoxicology of fullerenes in fish at The University
of Tennesse by developing collaborative research projects in nanotoxicology
with colleagues in the UK. At the University of Plymouth Dr. Henry is
a member of the “Ecotoxicology and Stress Biology” research
group and is currently developing research projects related to ecotoxicology
and fish health.
Relevant recent work on nanotoxicology:
- Ecotoxicology of underivatized fullerenes (C60) in fish: EPA-STAR-2006;
$396,807. 2007-2010. Role: PI
- Handy, R. D., T. B. Henry T.B., T. M. Scown, B. D. Johnson, and C.
R. Tyler. 2008. Manufactured nanoparticles: their uptake and effects
on fish- a mechanimstic analysis. Ecotoxciology, In press).
- Henry, T. B., F. Menn, J. T. Fleming, J. Wilgus, R. L. Compton, G.
S. Sayler. 2007. Attributing the toxicity of aqueous C60 nano-aggregates
to tetrahydrofuran decomposition products in larval zebrafish by assessment
of gene expression. Environmental Health Perspectives 115(7):1059-1065.
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