About the Program

Katy Chung

NOAA/National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research

Address: Hollings Marine Laboratory, NOAA, 331 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412
Phone: 843.460.9740
E-mail: katy.chung@noaa.gov


Education

M.S., 1999, University of Charleston

Research Interests

  • Aquatic toxicology

Current and Planned Research Projects

  • lethal and sublethal effects of pesticides, pharmaceuticals, metals and PAHs in crustaceans, molluscs, and fish
  • sediment toxicity tests utilizing benthic and pelagic aquatic animals
  • effects of pesticides and pharmaceuticals on vertebrate and invertebrate aquatic animal enzyme systems
  • the planning and execution of a Mesocosm-scale oil spill experiment studying the effects of oil and the oil spill dispersant, Corexit 9500, on a salt marsh ecosystem
  • the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on estuarine crustaceans and fish
  • evaluate the effects of contaminants using the Microtox assay

Publications

  • Garcia, R., Chung, K., Key, P., Burnett, L., Coen, L., DeLorenzo, M. 2014. Toxicity of mosquito control insecticides in larval and juvenile Eastern oysters and hard clams, and interactive effects of hypoxia and elevated CO2. Accepted in Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
  • Garcia, R., Chung, K., DeLorenzo, M., Curran, M. 2014. Individual and mixture effects of caffeine and sulfamethoxazole on the daggerblade grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio following maternal exposure. Submitted to Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
  • Key, P.B.; Chung, K.W.; Cooksey, C.; DeLorenzo, M.E.; Fulton, M.H.; Greenfield, D.I.; Greig, T.; Hyland, J.; Pennington, P.L.; Petersen, E.J.; and Wirth, E.F. Assessment of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in a simulated Spartina alterniflora salt marsh ecosystem. 2014. NOAA Technical Memorandum. In Review.
  • P. Key, E. Simonik, N. Kish, K. Chung, M. Fulton. 2013. Differences in response of two model estuarine crustaceans after lethal and sublethal exposures to chlorpyrifos. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B. 48(11):967-973.
  • M. DeLorenzo, P. Key, K. Chung, Y. Sapozhnikova, M. Fulton. 2013. Comparative toxicity of pyrethroid insecticides to two estuarine crustacean species, Americamysis bahia and Palaemonetes pugio. Environmental Toxicology. DOI: 10.1002/tox.21840.
  • DeLorenzo, M., K. Chung, P. Key, M. Fulton. 2012. Mixture toxicity of crude oil and Corexit 9500 to estuarine organisms. International Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering Research. 3(3):161-169.
  • Key, P.B., Chung, K.W., Hoguet, J., Sapozhnikova, Y., DeLorenzo, M. 2011. Toxicity of the mosquito control insecticide phenothrin to three life stages of the grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio). Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B.46(5):426-431.
  • Key, P., P. Pennington, K. Chung, Y. Sapozhnikova, M. Fulton. 2010.  Development and Demonstration of Mysid 2-Generation Test using the Fungicide Prochloraz.  Submitted to USEPA.
  • DeLorenzo, M.E., Pennington, P.L., Chung, K.W., Finnegan, M.C., Fulton, M.H. 2009. Effects of the antifoulant compound, Irgarol 1051, on a simulated estuarine salt marsh ecosystem. Ecotoxicology. 18(2):250-258.
  • Chung, K.W., A.R. Chandler, and P.B. Key.  2008.  Toxicity of carbaryl, diquat dibromide, and fluoranthene, individually and in mixture, to larval grass shrimp,Palaemonetes pugio. J. Environ. Sci. and Health Part B. 43(4):1-7.
  • Chung, K.W., M.H. Fulton, and G.I. Scott.  2007.  Use of the juvenile clam,Mercenaria mercenaria, as a sensitive indicator of aqueous and sediment toxicity.  Ecotox. Environ. Safety.  67:333-340.