Dr. D. Bruce Conn, Professor of Biology and Dean School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences

Science Building, Room 301 Telephone: (706) 236-1756 Fax: (706) 238-7855 E-mail: bconn@berry.edu Degrees Earned: B.S., Lee University, 1977 (Biology), with Honors M.S., Morehead State University, 1980 (Invertebrate Zoology & Entomology) Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1984 (Invertebrate Zoology & Parasitology)

Selected Professional Activities:

President (2008-2009), American Society of Parasitologists
President (1998-1999), American Microscopical Society
President (1999-2000), Southeastern Society of Parasitologists
Executive Committee (1995-1997), Tennessee Academy of Science

Associate Editor, Journal of Parasitology
Editorial Board , Parasitology Research
Editorial Board, Acta Parasitologica

Editorial Board, Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Journal Business Manager, Invertebrate Biology

Museum Associate, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1999-Present)

Selected Publications:

• Conn, D. B., S. E. Simpson, D. Minchin, and F. E. Lucy.  2008.  Occurrence of Conchophthirus acuminatus (Protista: Ciliophora) in Dreissena polymorpha (Mollusca: Bivalvia) along the River Shannon, Ireland.  Biological Invasions 10:149-156.
• Conn, D. B., and Z. Swiderski.  2008.  A standardized terminology of the embryonic envelopes and associated developmental stages of tapeworms (Platehelminthes: Cestoda).  Folia Parasitologica 55: 42-52.
• Conn, D. B.  2008.  Tropical veterinary parasites at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology.  Animal Biodiversity and Emerging Diseases: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1149: 20-22.
• Conn, D. B., J. Weaver, L. Tamang, and T. K. Graczyk.  2007.  Synanthropic flies as vectors of Cryptosporidiumi and Giardia among livestock and wildlife in a multispecies agricultural complex.  Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 7: 643-652.
• Conn, D. B. 2000. Atlas of Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, Second Edition. John Wiley & Sons., Inc., New York. 320 pp. (Original 1991
  Edition;honored by the Association of American Publishers, 1991
  Awards for Excellence in Publishing.)
• Conn, D. B. 2000. Bridging the knowledge gap: Science and society working together
  for environmental understanding. In: Beck, G. G. and Litteljohn, B., editors,
  Voices for the Watershed: Environmental Issues in the Great Lakes-
  St. Lawrence Drainage Basin. McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal,
  Canada. 208 pp.
• Conn, D. B. 1999. Ultrastructure of the embryonic envelopes and associated maternal
  structures of Distoichometra bufonis (Platyhelminthes: Cestoidea:
  Nematotaeniidae). Acta Parasitologica 43: 4-10.
• Conn, D. B., and D. A. Conn. 1995. Experimental infestation of zebra mussels,
  Dreissena polymorpha (Mollusca: Bivalvia), by metacercariae of
  Echinoparyphium sp. (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). Journal of Parasitology
  81: 304-305.
• Conn, D. B. 1994. Cestode infections of mammary glands and female reproductive
  organs: Potential for vertical transmission? Journal of the Helminthological
  Society of Washington 61: 162-168.
• Conn, D. B., R. A. Lutz, Y. P. Hu, and V. S. Kennedy. 1993. Guide to the
  Identification of Larval and Postlarval Stages of Zebra Mussels Dreissena spp.
  and the Dark False Mussel, Mytilopsis leucophaeata. New York Sea Grant
  Institute, Stony Brook. 22 pp.