Danielle Simning

Skilled Biological Scientist focused on aquatic toxicology. Exceptional research skills with demonstrated success in study design and execution. More than 10 years of environmental research experience in academia and private industry. Well-organized and enthusiastic with good communication and problem-solving skills.

• 2021, Phase I Diversity Training – Online, Racial Equity Institute (REI)
• 2020, Supervision Essentials: Supervisor Boot Camp – Online, United Employers Association (EAU) Business Direction HR Counsel
• 2020, Presentation Matters Course, Mississippi State, Ben West
• 2019, Hands-on Workshop for Pulp and Paper Basics, NC State University, Raleigh, NC
• 2018, Introduction to Algae Culture and Testing Workshop, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• 2016, Bioinformatics Intensive Internship, National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM

• Danielle Simning. 2017. Impacts of oil exposure during early life development stages in Sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus) under different environmental factors. MS Thesis Defense, The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Spring, MS
• Danielle Simning. 2017. Enhanced developmental PAH toxicity under adverse environmental conditions in Sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodonvariegatus). Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA
• Danielle Simning. 2016. Synergistic suppression of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor and Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1-α signaling pathways after exposure to oil and hypoxia during early life stages of Cyprinodonvariegatus. Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, MS
• Danielle Simning. 2016. Synergist effects of oil exposures and suboptimal environmental conditions during early life stage development in Sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodonvariegatus). Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, Tampa, FL
• Danielle Simning. 2016. Evidence for competitive inhibition in Cyprinodonvariegatus in response to hypoxia and oil exposures as a function of age. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North American 37th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL
• Danielle Simning. 2015. Impacts of oil exposure during early life development stages in Sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodonvariegatus) under different environmental factors. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North American 36th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT

• Simning, D. The University of Southern Mississippi. (2017). Impacts of Oil Exposure during Early Life Development Stages in Sheepshead Minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus) under Different Environmental Factors [Master's thesis]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.
• Simning, D., Sepulveda, M., De Guise, S., Bosker, T., & Griffitt, R. J. (2019). The combined effects of salinity, hypoxia, and oil exposure on survival and gene expression in developing sheepshead minnows, Cyprinodon variegatus. Aquatic Toxicology, 214, 105234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.105234
• Jones, E. R., Simning, D., Serafin, J., Sepúlveda, M. S., & Griffitt, R. J. (2020). Acute exposure to oil induces age and species-specific transcriptional responses in embryo-larval estuarine fish. Environmental Pollution, 263, 114325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114325
• Rodgers, M. L., Simning, D., Sepúlveda, M. S., De Guise, S., Bosker, T., & Griffitt, R. J. (2020). Publisher Correction: Exposure to oil and hypoxia results in alterations of immune transcriptional patterns in developing Sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus). Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61186-w
• Allmon, E., Serafin, J., Chen, S., Simning, D., Griffitt, R., Bosker, T., De Guise, S., & Sepúlveda, M. S. (2021). The influence of hypoxia on the cardiac transcriptomes of two estuarine species - C. variegatus and F. grandis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 39, 100837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbd.2021.100837