Stefan Kools

He got his Ph.D. on March 22, 2006.

Presently he is working at Grondmij/Aquasense, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Dissertation

Project

• Using terrestrial model ecosystems to assess the impact of heavy metals on soil ecological function

Scientific Interests

• Ecotoxicology (influences of toxics on organisms)
• Physiology (toxicology, endocrine systems)
• Ecology (species dynamics, species and community differences, decompostion)

Work at the University of Florida - Department of Zoology (in 1999)

• L.J. Guillette Jr., D.A. Crain, M. Gunderson, S. Kools, M.R. Milnes, E.F. Orlando, A.A. Rooney and A.R. Woodward, 2000. Alligators and endocrine disrupting contaminants: A current perspective. Am. Zool.40:438-452.
• M.P. Gunderson, D.S. Bermudez, T.A. Bryan, D.A. Crain, S. Degala, T.M. Edwards, S. Kools, M.R. Milnes, A.R. Woodward and L.J. Guillette Jr., 2002.Temporal and spatial variation in plasma thyroxine (T₄) concentrations in juvenile alligators collected from Lake Okeechobee and the northern Everglades. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.21(5): 914-921.