formerly University of Missouri-Rolla

 

Environmental Research
Center
201 Butler-Carlton Hall
1401 N. Pine St.
Rolla, MO 65409
573-341-6908
erc@mst.edu

Yue-wern Huang
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences(573) 341-6589 Fax: (573) 341-4821
huangy@mst.edu

 

Education

PhD  University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1998
MSc Biology, National Taiwan Normal University.1988
BABiology, National Taiwan Normal University.1986

 

Biography

2006 - Present   Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2000 - 2006Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR)
1998-2000Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry,
Michigan State University
1997-1998Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology,
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
1994-1997Research Assistant, Department of Zoology,
UM-Madison
1990-1992Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology,
National Taiwan Normal University
1985-1986Biology Teacher,
Tong-Shi Junior High School, Yuan-lin Country, Taiwan

 

Honors and Awards

1998John Jefferson Davis Fund Summer Scholarship for Research Excellence, Dept. of Zoology of University of Wisconsin
1996Sea Grant Institute Travel Support, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
1994John Jefferson Davis Fund Travel Award, Dept. of Zoology of University of Wisconsin

 

Publications

In print and in press:

1. Yue-wern Huang, Jacob R. Phillips**, and Loretta Hunter*.  2007. Human exposure to medical, dietary, and environmental estrogens.  Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry 89:141-160.

2. Yue-wern Huang, David J. Hoffman, and William H. Karasov.  2007.  Oxidative stress induced in PCB-exposed northern leopard frogs, Rana pipiens.  Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A 70:676-681. 

3. Mauricio Solis*, Chihchin Liu*, Janet Bandeff, Paul Nam, Dev Niyogi, and Yue-wern Huang.  2007.  Occurrence of organic chemicals in two rivers inhabited by Ozark hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 53:426-434.

4. Mauricio E. Solis* and Yue-wern Huang.  2007.  Hematology and serum chemistry of Ozark and Eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis).  Herpetologica 63:285-292.

5. Loretta Hunter*, Gary Gadbury, and Yue-wern Huang.  2007.  Atrazine exposure and breast cancer incidence: an ecologic study of Missouri counties.  Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry (In press)

6. Weisheng Lin*, Yue-wern Huang, Xiao-Dong Zhou, and Yinfa Ma.  2006.  In Vitro toxicity of silica nanoparticles in human lung cancer cells.  Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 217: 252-259.

7. Weisheng Lin*, Yue-wern Huang, Xiao-Dong Zhou, and Yinfa Ma.  2006.  Toxicity of cerium oxide nanoparticles in human lung cancer cells.  International Journal of Toxicology 25: 451-457.

8. Yue-wern Huang, Jason Matthews, Kirsten Fertuck, and Tim Zacharewski.  2005.  Use of Xenopus laevis as a model for investigating in vitro and in vivo endocrine disruption in amphibians.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24: 2002-2009.

9. Junnan Chen*, Yue-wern Huang, Guanshu Liu, Zahra Afrasiabi, Ekkehard Sinn, and Yinfa Ma.  2004.  The anticancer activity and the mechanism study of 1,2 naphthoquinone thiosemicarbazone and its metal derivatives against MCF-7 human breast cancer cells.  Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 197:40-48.

In review:

10.  Weisheng Lin*, Xiao-Dong Zhou, Yinfa Ma, and Yue-wern Huang.  2007.  In Vitro oxidative stress and DNA damage induced by nano- and micro-sized ZnO particles in human lung epithelial cells. (In review)

11.   Weisheng Lin*, Isaac Stayton*, Yue-wern Huang, Xiao-Dong Zhou, and Yinfa Ma.  2007.  Cytotoxicity and Cell Membrane Depolarization induced by aluminum oxide nanoparticles in Human Lung Epithelial Cells A549.  Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry.  (In revision).

12.   Rong Shi*, Nuran Ercal, Robert S. Aronstam, and Yue-wern Huang.  2007.  N-acetylcysteine amide protects H9c2 cardiomyocytes from doxorubicin-induced toxicity. European Journal of Pharmacology. (In revision)

Advising

2007 - Present.Xi Yu, MS student, Missouri S & T Biological Sciences.
2007 - Present.Chuan-Chin Huang, MS student, Missouri S & T Biological Sciences. 
2007 - Present.Jenny Wang, PhD student, Missouri S & T Chemistry (co-adviser). 
2003 - Present.Weisheng Lin, PhD student, Missouri S & T Chemistry (co-adviser).
2004 - Present.Bethany K. Williams, PhD student, UM-Columbia Biological Sciences (co-adviser).
2006 - Present.Janet Bandeff, MSc of Michigan Technological University.  Research Specialist.

 

Teaching

  • Techniques in Applied and Environmental Biology 475 (team taught, course coordinator)
  • Problems in Applied and Environmental Biology 402 (team taught, course coordinator)
  • Environmental Toxicology 370
  • Cell Biology 211 (team taught)
  • General Ecology 251
  • Senior Seminar 310 (A & B sections)
  • Graduate Seminar 410
  • Special Problems 300