• Effect of a sudden reduction of salinity on different larval developmental stages of sea urchins, sand dollars and seastars
• Effect of mixed algal diets on growth, development and biochemical composition of larvae and juveniles of two edible sea urchins
• Effect of carotenoids and nucleotides on egg and larval production of edible sea urchins
• Population dynamics, reproduction and the commensal crab relationship of the sand dollar Mellita isometra along the coast of Georgia
• Effect of pollutants on egg size and larval development of sand dollars and brittle stars
• Growth of echinoderm larvae on natural and artificial diets
• Population dynamics and meiofaunal abundance in Georgia salt marshes
• Invasive and non invasive techniques to estimate population density of fiddler crabs

•  In bold, completed a Masters in my lab or elsewhere, * published article, **published article, in med school, completed Ph.D., MD, veterinarian or a Chiropractor
• Forty one of 70 students:  If you are a past student and would like to be included in this list or inform me of your present occupation please email me at georges@georgiasouthern.edu

For all undergraduate research projects students will

• carry out laboratory and/or field work
• learn to, take photographs of microscopic organisms using a microscope,
•  use a scanner, prepare oral presentations and posters using powerpoint, and develop web pages
• write a proposal for internal funding (e.g. COUR)
• turn in a written project report in Scientific Journal format
• give an oral or poster presentation organized by the Biology department
• present a poster at a national scientific meeting
• depending on the time spent on the project, generally a year, and the quality of the research, students have the possibility of being an author on a scientific paper.

PUBLICATIONS with undergraduate/graduate students

• George, S.B., Carlson, Michelle., Regassa, L. 2010. Shell use by juvenile fiddler crabs of Uca pugnax and U. pugilator.  Journal of  Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.  396: 35-41.
• George, S.B., Fox, Colleen, Wakeham, S.G. (2008) Fatty acid composition of larvae of the sand dollar Dendraster excentricus (Echinodermata) might reflect FA composition of the diets Aquaculture 285: 167-173
• George, SB, Devoc Walker (2007) Short-term fluctaution in salinity is beneficial to Dendraster excentricus larvae  Journal of experimental and marine Biology and ecology. 349: 113-130.
• Schiopu, D. SB George and J. Castell (2006) Effect of single and mixed algal diets on larval growth and fatty acid composition of the sand dollar Dendraster excentricus.  Journal of experimental and marine Biology and ecology  328:47-75.
• Schiopu, D. SB George.  (2004) Effect of salinity and algal diet on larval growth of the sand dollar Mellita isometra  Invertebrate Reproduction and Development: 45:69-82
• George, SB, Shaun Boone. (2003). Consequences of the ectosymbiont crab Dissodactylus mellitae on egg production in the sand dollar Mellita isometra Journal of experimental and marine Biology and ecology. 294: 235-255.
• George, SB, J.M. Lawrence, A.L. Lawrence, J. Smiley. (2001) The role of carotenoids on egg quality  and development in the sea urchin Lytechinusvariegatus Aquaculture 199: 353-369.
• George SB, Lawrence JM, Lawrence AL, Ford J  (2000) Fertilization and development of eggs of the sea urchin Lytechinus  variegatus maintained on an extruded feed. J World Aquacult Soc 31,  232-238.

• Friday Harbor laboratories, University of Washington
• Savannah State University
• Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah Georgia
• University of South Florida

• Are you interested in marine research?? Are you looking for an internship? IS your GPA >3.0? Would you like to see a very beautiful part of the US. I travel to Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington in the summer (June -July) to do research and will take interested students along. Go to the FHL web site for details on how to get  internships of  $2500 during the summer, plus free boarding, air fare, and lots more. Or be a research apprentice during the summer June 11 to July 31st (see picture gallery).

• Not interested in going West? Stay on the East coast; Skidaway Institute of Oceanography also offers internships to qualified students in the summer. $800 sometimes greater. Summer months