CURRICULUM VITAE

John T. Landahl

Born May 29, 1946, Washington, D.C.

Education

Ph.D., Zoology, University of Washington, 1985. Dissertation topic: Patterns of distribution of Mytilus edulis, their causes, and their effects on the co-occurring fauna of a sand-gravel beach.

M.S., Zoology (nonthesis; topic: Evolution of human aggressive and sex-role behavior), University of Washington, 1973.

B.A. with Honors, Biological Sciences (Ecology), Cornell University, 1968.

Academic history

Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1973 to 1985.

Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1968-1969 (left graduate school to perform alternative service).

Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, summer, 1968.

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1966-1968.

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, summer, 1966.

Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, California, 1964-1966.

Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1960-1964.

Recent employment history

Computer Specialist, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, Seattle, Washington, Oct., 1993 to May, 1998.

Physiologist, Environmental Conservation Division, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, Seattle, Washington, January, 1979 to August, 1981; February, 1982, to September, 1982; January, 1983 to Sept., 1993.

Awards

1998.  NMFS Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Service as a Member of the Target Architecture Team.

1996.  NMFS Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Service as a Member of the Information Management Charter Team.

1995.  NMFS Certificate of Recognition for High Level of Performance.

1995.  NMFS Certificate of Recognition for Participating in Charter Teams Helping to Reshape the Future of the National Marine Fisheries Service.

1994.  NOAA Fifteen-Year Service Award.

1989.  NOAA Certificate of Recognition as a member of the Environmental Conservation Division in recognition of outstanding individual and collective contributions in furthering NOAA's mission.

Skills

Expertise in: Java software architecture; system architecture and strategic planning for information systems; Web development using HTML and  XML, Java; relational database design and Oracle database administration; TCP/IP networking; system administration of Unix, Windows 2000 Professional, and Macintosh platforms.  Proficiency with SAS, SPSS, GLIM, EGRET, Together Control Center, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft FrontPage, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Scholarships

Research Fellowship, Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, Washington, summer, 1974.

Telluride Association Scholarships, 1966-1968.

Deep Springs Scholarships, 1964-1966.

Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Ecological Society of America

Selected recent publications

2002.  Landahl, J.  The @Home — Attbi Adventure.  Seattle, WA:  InfoStrategist.com.  ISBN 0-9702545-4-7.

2002.  Landahl, J.  Intranets:  The Hidden Face of the Web.  Seattle, WA:  InfoStrategist.com.  ISBN 0-9702545-3-9.

2001.  Landahl, J.  Pascal and the Early Success of the Macintosh Microcomputer.  Seattle, WA:  InfoStrategist.com.  ISBN 0-9702545-1-2.

2000.  Landahl, J.  Seattle Scenes:  A Digital Picture Postcard Collection (CD-ROM).  Seattle, WA:  InfoStrategist.com.

2000.  Landahl, J.  A Technical Writer's HTML Template for RocketEditions. Seattle, WA:  InfoStrategist.com.  ISBN 0-9702545-0-4.

2000.  McCain, B.B., D.W. Brown, S.-L. Chan, J.T. Landahl, W.D. MacLeod, Jr., M.M. Krahn, C.A. Sloan, K.L. Tilbury, S.M. Pierce, D.G. Burrows, and U. Varanasi. National Benthic Surveillance Project: Pacific Coast. Organic Chemical Contaminants, Cycles I to VII (1984-90).  U.S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-40, 121 p.

1998.  Johnson, L. L., Landahl, J. T., Kubin, L. A., Horness, B. H., Myers, M. S., Collier, T. K. and Stein, J. E.  Assessing the effects of anthropogenic stressors on Puget Sound flatfish populations.  Neth. J. Sea Res. 39:125-137.

1997.  Landahl, J. T., L. L. Johnson, T. Collier, J. Stein, and U. Varanasi. 1997.  Approaches for determining effects of pollution on fish populations of Puget Sound.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126:519-535.

1996.  Landahl, J. T., and O. P. Olson.  Lines of defense against data errors:  lessons learned from the National Benthic Surveillance Program.  Poster presentation at ECO-INFORMA '96, Orlando, FL, Nov. 4-7, 1996.

1995.  Johnson, L. L., J. T. Landahl, B. H. Horness, and K. Kardong.  Chemical contaminants, fishing pressure, and population growth of Puget Sound English sole (Pleuronectes vetulus).  Proceedings Puget Sound Research '95, Vol. 2, pp. 686-698.

1994.  Johnson, L. L. and J. T. Landahl. Chemical contaminants, liver disease, and mortality rates in English sole (Pleuronectes vetulus).  Ecological Applications 14:59-68.

1994.  Meador, J. P., R. C. Clark, P. Robisch, D. Ernest, J. Landahl, U. Varanasi, S-L. Chan, and B. McCain.  National Benthic Surveillance Project: Pacific Coast. Analysis of elements in sediment and tissue Cycles I to V (1984-88).  U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-16, 206 pp.

1993.  Landahl, J. T. and L. L. Johnson.  Contaminant exposure and population growth of English sole in Puget Sound:  The need for better early life history data.  Am. Fish. Soc. Symp 14:117-123.

1992.  McCain, B.B., S-L. Chan, M.M. Krahn, D.W. Brown, M.S. Myers, J.T. Landahl, S. Pierce, R.C. Clark, Jr., and U. Varanasi.  Chemical contamination and associated fish diseases in San Diego Bay.  Environ. Sci. & Tech. 26:4:725-733.

1991.  Gronlund, W.D., S-L. Chan, B.B. McCain, R.C. Clark, Jr., M.S. Myers, P.D. Plesha, J.E. Stein, D.W. Brown, J.T. Landahl, M.M. Krahn, W.L. Reichert and U. Varanasi.  Multidisciplinary assessment of pollution at three sites in Long Island Sound.  Estuaries 14:299-305.

1991.  Myers, M.S., J.T. Landahl, M.M. Krahn, and B.B. McCain.  Relationships between hepatic neoplasms and related lesions and exposure to toxic chemicals in marine fish from the U.S. West Coast.  Environ. Health Perspect. 90:7-15.

1990.  Myers, M.S., J.T. Landahl, M.M. Krahn, L.L. Johnson and B.B. McCain.  Overview of studies on liver carcinogenesis in English sole from Puget Sound; evidence for a xenobiotic chemical etiology I: pathology and epizootiology.  The Sci. of the Total Environ. 94:33-50.

1990.  Landahl, J. T., B. B. McCain, M. S. Myers, L. D. Rhodes, and D. W. Brown.  Consistent associations between hepatic lesions in English sole (Parophrys vetulus) and polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons in bottom sediment.  Environmental Health Perspectives 89: 195-203.

1989.  McCain, B.B., S-L. Chan, M.M. Krahn, D.W. Brown, M.S. Myers, J.T. Landahl, S.M. Pierce, R.C. Clark, Jr., and U. Varanasi.  Results of the National Benthic Surveillance Project (Pacific Coast):  1987.  In Proc. Oceans '89 , IEEE, Washington, DC, pp. 590-596.

1988.  Landahl, J. T.  Sediment-level fluctuation in a mussel bed on a protected sand-gravel beach.  Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 26: 255-267.

1988.  Myers, M. S., L. D. Rhodes, M. M. Krahn, B. B. McCain, J. T. Landahl, S.-L. Chan, and U. Varanasi.  Liver carcinogenesis in English sole from Puget Sound: the importance of neoplasia-associated hepatic lesions as indicators of contaminant exposure.  Pp. 633-646 in Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting on Puget Sound Research. Seattle, WA: Puget Sound Water Quality Authority.

1988.  Schiewe, M. H., J. T. Landahl, M. S. Myers, P. D. Plesha, F. J. Jacques, J. E. Stein, B. B. McCain, D. D. Weber, S.-L. Chan, and U. Varanasi.  Relating field and laboratory studies: cause-and-effect research. pp. 577-584 in Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting on Puget Sound Research. Seattle, WA:  Puget Sound Water Quality Authority.