Dr. Andreas Fahlman Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Science & Engineering, Life Sciences Office: Harte Research Institute 118, Office Phone: (361) 825-3489, Email: andreas.fahlman@tamucc.edu Education PhD, Carleton University, 2000. BS, Hawaii Pacific University, 1996. Professional Employment Assistant Professor, Texas A&M Corpus Christi. (September 2011 - Present). Research Specialist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. (October 2009 - August 2011). Ran a research program to study the mechanics of lung collapse in breath-hold diving mammals. Senior Research Associate, Naval Medical Research Center. (October 2008 - September 2009). Investigated the natural adaptations in marine mammals that help prevent Decompression Sickness Senior Research Associate, Global Diving Research. (January 2008 - September 2008). Ran a company that studied diving physiology Research Associate, University of British Columbia. (September 2004 - December 2007). Performed research and taught graduate and undergraduate classes Postdoctoral fellow, University at Buffalo. (May 2004 - August 2004). Employment contract as a post-doctoral fellow studying the physiological effects of diving in humans Post-doctoral fellow, University at Birmingham. (April 2002 - March 2004). Employed as a post-doctoral fellow to conduct physiological research in penguins Post-doctoral fellow, Stellnbosch University. (April 2001 - March 2002). Conducted physiological research in humans Graduate Research Assistant, Naval Medical Research Institute. (January 1998 - October 2000). Helped with diving research Graduate Research Assistant, Carleton University. (September 1996 - December 1997). Conducted research in a research laboratory Laboratory Assistant, Chaminade University. (September 1994 - May 1996). Assisted in a research laboratory Professional Memberships Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology TEACHING
Teaching Experience BIMS 4396, DIS: Lung Mechanics in Cows BIOL 3430, PHYSIOLOGY BIOL 4319, MARINE MAMMALS BIOL 4396, DIS: Cetacean Pulmonary Research BIOL 4590, SPECIAL TOPIC: Marine Mammal Physiology BIOL 5102, GRADUATE DEFENSE SEMINAR BIOL 5310, PHYSIOLOG ADAPTATIONS IN ANIMA BIOL 5393, THESIS RESEARCH BIOL 5394, THESIS SUBMISSION BIOL 5396, DIS: Pulmonary Function Testing Techniques BIOL 5590, SPECIAL TOPIC: Marine Mammal Physiology BIOL 5940, PROJECT RESEARCH MARB 5102, GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR MARB 5392, THESIS PROPOSAL MARB 5393, THESIS RESEARCH MARB 5394, THESIS SUBMISSION MARB 5596, DIS: Applied Stastics MARB 5940, THESIS PROJECT RESEARCH MARB 6102, GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR MARB 6310, PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPT IN ANIMALS MARB 6392, DISSERTATION PROPOSAL MARB 6590, SPECIAL TOPIC: Marine Mammal Physiology MARB 6596, DIS: Method Development to Determine the Absorption Spectra of Human Blood MARB 6940, DISSERTATION PROJECT RESEARCH Publications Refereed Journal Articles SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES van der Hoop, J., Fahlman, A., Hurst, T., Rocho-Levine, J., Shorter, A., Moore, M. (2014). Behavioural modification reduces metabolic effect of tag attachment in bottlenose dolphins. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 4229-4236. Fahlman, A., Tyack, P., Miller, P., Kvadsheim, P. (2014). How man-made interference might cause gas bubble emboli in deep diving whales. Focused-review. Frontiers Aquatic Physiology, 5(13), 1-6. Fahlman, A., Tyack, P. L., Miller, P. J., Kvadsheim, P. H. (2014). How man-made interference might cause gas bubble emboli in deep diving whales. Frontiers Physiology, 5. 10.3389/fphys.2014.00013 Van Bonn, W., Dennison, S., Cook, P., Fahlman, A. (2013). Gas bubble disease in the brain of a living California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Frontiers Physiology, 4(5), 1-6. Kvadsheim, P., Miller, P., Tyack, P., Sivle, L., Lam, F.-P., Fahlman, A. (2012). Estimated tissue and blood N2 levels and risk of decompression sickness in deep-, intermediate- and
shallow diving toothed whales during exposure to naval sonar. Frontiers Physiology, 3(125), 1-14. Dennison, S., Fahlman, A., Moore, M. J. (2012). The use of diagnostic imaging for identifying abnormal gas accumulations in cetaceans and pinnipeds. Frontiers Physiology, 3(181), 1-8. Fahlman, A. (2012). The physiological consequences of breath-hold diving in marine mammals: the Scholander legacy. Frontiers Physiology, 3(473), 1-3. Dennison, S., Moore, M. J., Fahlman, A., Sharpe, S., Harry, H., Hope, J., Niemeyer, M., Lentell, B. (2011). Bubbles in live stranded dolphins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279, 1396-1404. Hooker, S., Fahlman, A., Aguilar de Soto, N., Dernaldo de Quiros, Y., Brubakk, A. (2011). Deadly diving? Physiological and behavioural management of decompression stress in diving mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279, 1041-1050. Moore, M. J., Arruda, J., Cramer, S., Dennison, S., Montie, E., Fahlman, A. (2011). Hyperbaric computed tomography shows deeper lung collapse in seals and dolphin. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, 2390-2397. Fahlman, A., Loring, S., Ferrigno, M., Moore, C., Early, G., Niemeyer, M., Lentell, B., Wenzel, F., Joy, R., Moore, M. R. (2011). Inflation and deflation pressure-volume loops in breath-hold diving marine mammals. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, 3822-3828. Non-Refereed Journal Articles Presentations Fahlman, A., Wilson, R., Svärd, D.A.S., C., Rosen, D., Trites, A. (2014). Activity as a proxy to estimate metabolic rate and to partition the metabolic cost of diving vs. breathing in pre- and post-fasted Steller sea lions. Aquatic Biology, 18(175-184). van der Hoop, J., Moore, M., Fahlman, A., Bocconcelli, A., George, C., Jackson, K., Miller, C., Morin, D., Pitchford, T., Rowles, T., Smith, J., Zoodsma, B. (2014). Behavioral impacts of disentanglement of a right whale under sedation and the energetic cost of entanglement. Marine Mammal Science, 30(1), 282-307. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.12042/abstract Fahlman, A., Johnson, S., Haulena, M., Fravel, V., Moore, M., van Bonn, W. (2014). Inflation and deflation pressure-volume loops in anesthetized pinnipeds; how compliant are the airways? Frontiers Aquatic Physiology, 5(433), 1-7. Moore, M., Arruda, J., Cramer, S., Dennison, S., Montie, E., Fahlman, A. (2011). Hyperbaric computed tomography shows deeper lung collapse in seals and dolphins. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, 2390-2397. Fahlman, A., Bostrom, B. L., Dilllon, K. H., Jones, D. (2011). The genetic component of the forced diving bradycardia response in mammals.. Frontiers Aquatic Physiology. Gonzalez, L. (Author & Presenter), Moore, M. (Author), Dennison-Gibby, S. (Author), Trites, A. (Author), Rosen, D. (Author), Haulena, M. (Author), Waller, N. (Author), Neale, T. (Author), Thom, S. R. (Author), Fahlman, A. (Author), "Blood microparticles in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias
jubatus): a new method for diagnosing decompression stress in marine mammals," Biennial meeting, The Society for Marine Mammalogy, Dunedin New Zealand. van der Hoop, J. (Author & Presenter), Fahlman, A. (Author), Hurst, T. (Author), Shorter, A. (Author), Moore, M. (Author), "Metabolic and kinematic effects of tag attachment in Tursiops truncatus.," Biennial meeting, Society for Marine Mammalogy, Dunedin New Zealand. Hickmott, L. (Author & Presenter), van der Hoop, J. (Author), Rayment, W. (Author), Slooten, L. (Author), Guerra, M. (Author), Fahlman, A. (Author), Brown, M. (Author), LeRoi, D. (Author), Perryman, W. (Author), Miller, B. (Author), Moore, M. (Author), "New Zealand sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus): From an eye in the sky, to insights in the abyss, a multi-disciplinary study of the sperm whales of Kaikoura Canyon.," Biennial meeting, Society for Marine Mammalogy, Dunedin New Zealand. Brodsky, M. (Author & Presenter), Rocho-Levine, J. (Author), Austin, T. (Author), Kleinhenz, D. (Author), Levine, G. (Author), Fahlman, A. (Author), "Pulmonary function testing (PFT) is a group of non-invasive and minimally invasive tests that provide valuable information about anatomic and physiologic function with applications throughout the field of marine mammal science. These tools yield quantitative, experimentally derived data about metabolism, dive physiology, gas kinetics, disease, and health. PFT, including spirometry, capnography (exhaled O2 and CO2 levels), and esophageal pressure measurements, was performed with six Atlantic bottlenose dolphins at Dolphin Quest, Oahu. Data was collected using a custom-built, fleisch type pneumotachometer, an esophageal balloon catheter, differential pressure transducers, amplifiers, and a fast response gas analyzer, integrated through an A/D converter to a laptop computer running Labchart. The system was calibrated bi-directionally, for both volume and flow rate, against a Hans Rudolph linear pneumotachometer and a Meriam Laminar Flow Element. 98 individual trials were performed under stimulus control (voluntarily), with dolphins able to terminate participation in a trial at any time. Trials consisted of spirometry and capnography (+/-esophageal pressure measurement), before and after breath holds of varying duration, preand post- physical exertion, and breathing on land (during voluntary beaching). Both spontaneous breaths and forceful expiratory breaths (trained chuffs ) were measured. Preliminary results from this first field trial of the equipment were consistent with the few previously reported results of spirometry and capnography in cetaceans (Olsen 1969; Kooyman 1975, 1981; Van Elk 2001; De Jongh 2006). Not previously reported was the 2 to 5 fold decrease in flow rates and exchanged volumes when the dolphins were beached, despite an observed increase (subjective) in respiratory effort. This pilot study illustrates the feasibility of PFT in marine mammals. The medical and physiological information from PFT can help inform conservation, mitigation and management decisions affecting a wide range of marine mammals including free ranging stocks, stranded and rehabilitating animals, and animals in human care.," Biennial meeting, The Society for Marine Mammalogy, Dunedin New Zealand. Fahlman, A., "Comparative diving eco-physiology; a tool to assess environmental change," Six Flags, Vallejo-California. Fahlman, A., "Comparative diving eco-physiology; a tool to assess environmental change," University of California-Davis, Davis-California. Fahlman, A., "Limits to dive performance and foraging efficiency in marine mammals.," University of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu Hawaii. Fahlman, A., "Lung mechanics in live marine mammals," Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, SICB, Austin. Fahlman, A., "The role of aquariums in conservation research, education and public outreach," Benidorm. (March 2016).
Fahlman, A., "Marine Mammal Physiology:," Bioblau, University of Valencia. (February 2016). Fahlman, A., "Lung function in Walruses," Society for Marine Mammalogy, San Francisco. (December 2015). Fahlman, A., "Respiratory physiology in dolphins as a conservation tool," Bermuda. (September 2015). Fahlman, A., "Comparative respiratory physiology in marine mammals as a tool for animal conservation.," Duke. (August 2015). Fahlman, A., "pecializations for diving animal species.," Human Evolution; Past, present and future, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. (May 9, 2013). Fahlman, A., "Limits to dive performance and foraging efficiency in marine mammals.," University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, HI. (April 2013). Fahlman, A., "Limits to dive performance and foraging efficiency in marine mammals.," Hawaii Pacific University, Kaneohe, HI. (April 2013). Fahlman, A., "Lung collapse in marine mammals.," Department of of Marine Biology, Texas A&M Galveston, TX, USA,, Galveston. (2012). Fahlman, A., "Limits to dive performance and foraging efficiency in marine mammals.," Duke University Marine Laboratory,, Beaufort, NC, USA. (September 2012). Fahlman, A., "Limits to dive performance and foraging efficiency in marine mammals.," The Marine Mammal Center,, Sausalito, CA, USA. (May 2012). Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research Grant Fahlman, Andreas (Co-Principal), Moore, Michael (Principal), Bernaldo de Quiros Miranda, Yara (Co-Principal), "Measuring compartment size and gas solubility in marine mammals," Sponsored by Office Of Naval Research, Federal, $305,309.00. Fahlman, Andreas (Co-Principal), Bernaldo de Quiros Miranda, Yara (Co-Principal), "Measuring compartment size and gas solubility in marine mammals," Sponsored by Texas Research Enhancement Funds-Postdoctoral, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, $25,000.00. Jin, Lei (Principal), Fahlman, Andreas (Principal), "Statistical analysis of physiological data from the respiratory system in cetaceans," Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, $20,000.00. (September 1, 2015 - August 31, 2016). Fahlman, Andreas (Co-Principal), Moore, Michael (Principal), "Markers of decompression stress of mass stranded/ live caught and released vs. single stranded marine mammals," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $629,349.00. (January 1, 2012 - September 30, 2015). Besonen, Mark (Supporting), Cifuentes, Luis (Principal), Hu, Xinping (Co-Principal), Stunz, Gregory W. (Co-Principal), Wetz, Michael S (Co-Principal), Naehr, Thomas H. (Co-Principal), Fahlman, Andreas (Supporting), Montagna, Paul A. (Supporting), Pollack, Jennifer (Supporting), Hogan, James D (Supporting), Zimba, Paul V. (Supporting), Coffin, Richard (Supporting), "CKD--FUNDED--MRI: Acquisition of Elemental Stable Isotope Chemistry (ESIC) Mass
Spectrometer," Sponsored by U.S. National Science Foundation, Federal, $419,259.00. (October 1, 2013 - September 30, 2014). Fahlman, Andreas (Principal), Van Bonn, Bill (Co-Principal), Loring, Stephen (Co-Principal), "Lung mechanics in marine mammals.," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $76,731.00. (January 1, 2012 - September 30, 2013). Fahlman, Andreas, Tyack, Peter (Co-Principal), Moore, Michael (Co-Principal), Zapol, Warren (Supporting), Austin, Trevor (Supporting), Trumble, Steve (Supporting), "Physiological monitoring in diving mammals," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $454,593.00. (October 1, 2011 - September 30, 2013). Fahlman, Andreas (Principal), Brewer, Melissa (Co-Principal), "Method development to determine the absorption spectra of human blood for later comparison with marine mammal blood," Sponsored by Texas A&M, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, $2,000.00. (September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2013). Fahlman, Andreas (Principal), "Tissue specific glucose metabolism and hypoxia levels in fresh water turtles during diving," Sponsored by Texas Research Development Fund, State, $25,000.00. (June 1, 2012 - May 31, 2013). Fahlman, Andreas (Co-Principal), Moore, Michael (Co-Principal), Tyack, Peter (Principal), "Imaging the Lung under Pressure," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $111,595.00. (October 1, 2009 - September 30, 2011). Fahlman, Andreas (Co-Principal), Trites, Andrew (Principal), Rosen, David (Co-Principal), "Investigating the effect of fasting on the cost of foraging at depth in Steller Sea Lions.," Sponsored by NOAA, Federal, $356,728.00. (October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008). Fahlman, Andreas (Co-Principal), Jones, David (Principal), "Modeling uptake and removal of metabolic and inert gases during breath-hold diving in marine mammals," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $36,500.00. (January 1, 2008 - April 30, 2008). Scholarly and Creative Awards and Honors Department College Research Recognition Award, American Physiological Society. (2007). Recipient of IUPS Travel Award for non US APS Members, American Physiological Society. (2001). The Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Carleton University. (2000). American Chemical Society Hawaii Chapter Undergraduate Research Award, American Chemical Society. (1996). SERVICE Faculty Advisor. Attendee, Meeting, Graduate student committee. (June 2012 - Present). Attendee, Meeting, IACUC. (May 2012 - Present). Committee Chair, Distinguished Speaker Series. (September 2013 - May 2015).
University Attendee, Convocation. (December 2013 - Present). Committee Member, Graduate student committee. (October 2012 - Present). Reviewed animal care protocols, IACUC. (September 2012 - Present). Attendee, Convocation. (December 2012 - September 2015). Professional Consulting Public Committee Member, Research board. (November 2015 - Present). Editor, Associate Editor, Frontiers Aquatic Physiology. (August 2013 - Present). Editor, Journal Editor, PLoS ONE. (September 2010 - Present). Editor, Journal Editor, Frontiers Aquatic Physiology. (August 2010 - January 2013). Government, NOAA. Government, American Institute of Biological Sciences. (2012 - Present). Judge, National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Guest Speaker, Outreach to elementary school. TAMUCC Oyster Reef Restoration. (May 2012 - Present). Guest Speaker, Island Days-TAMUCC. (2012 - Present). Made questions for the challenge, KEDT Challenge. (2012 - Present). Guest Speaker, St Emily's Elementary school. (August 2010 - Present).