Curriculum vitae MIGUEL A. MORA ZACARIAS

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8393-0216

Dept. of Ecology and Conservation Biology Ph: (979) 845-5775 Texas A&M University Mobile: (979)-255-3396 College Station, Texas 77843-2258 E-Mail: mmora@tamu.edu

A. PERSONAL INFORMATION

1. Education

1990-1992. Postdoctoral Fellow, Michigan State University. 1990. Ph.D. Ecology, University of California, Davis (UCD). 1984. M.S. Ecology, University of California, Davis. 1977. B.S. Biochemical Engineering, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico, D.F.

Certified Engineer License No. 482868.

2. Current Appointments

2020-Date Professor, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

2017-2020 Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Programs. Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

2007-2020 Professor, Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

2007-Date Professor (joint appointment), Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, TAMU.

2003-Date Adjunct Professor, Intercollegiate Faculty of Toxicology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

1999-Date Adjunct Professor, Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

3. Previous Employment

2000-2007 Field Station Leader and Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, College Station, TX.

1993-2000 Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Biological Survey, National Biological Service, and U.S. Geological Survey, College Station, TX.

1995-2007 Adjunct Professor, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 1990-1992 Research Associate, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and Pesticide

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Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. 1991-1992 Consultant, Ropes & Gray Attorneys at Law (Boston, MA). 1989-1990 Postgraduate Research Associate, Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine, UCD. 1987-1988 Research Assistant, California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System,

School of Veterinary Medicine, UCD. 1983-1984 Department Head, Subdelegacion de Ecología, Secretaria de Desarrollo Urbano

y Ecologia, Jalisco, Mexico. 1983 Museum Technician, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, UCD. 1978-1980 Laboratory Supervisor, Direccion de Fauna Silvestre, Secretaria de Agricultura y Recursos Hidraulicos, Mexico City. 1975-1980 Instructor of Biochemistry (Profesor Asignatura A), Department of

Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City.

B. RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

1. Chapters in Books

Lacher, Jr. TE, J Bickham, C Gascon, R Green, RD Moore, and M Mora. 2010. Impacts of Contaminants and Pesticides on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Structure and Function. P 111- 145, in Kendall R. et al. Eds. Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminants and Biodiversity Issues. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, FL.

Mora, M.A., J. Garcia, M.P. Carpio-Obeso, and K. King. 2003. Contaminants without borders: A regional assessment of the Colorado River delta ecosystem. P 1125-1134, in D.J. Rapport, W.L. Lasley, D.E. Rolston, N.O. Nielsen, C.O. Qualset, and A.B. Damania (eds.) Managing for Healthy Ecosystems, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida USA.

Quensen III, J.F., J.M. Tiedje, S.A. Boyd, C. Enke, R. Lopshire, J. Giesy, M. Mora, R. Crawford, and D. Tillitt. 1992. Evaluation of the suitability of reductive dechlorination for the bioremediation of PCB-contaminated soils and sediments. In: Soil decontamination using biological processes. pp. 91-100.

2. Articles in Refereed Journals (*Texas A&M Students, #Corresponding author)

a. In Review Oregel-Zamudio, E. 1,2*, Dioselina Alvarez-Bernal1, Marina Olivia Franco-Hernandez2, Rene Buelna-

Osben2, and Miguel Mora3. Bioaccumulation of PCBs and PBDEs in fish from lake Chapala,

Mexico. Toxics.

b. In Press

Al-Badran, A. A*., M. Fujiwara, M. Mora, D. Gatlin. 2021. The adverse effects of

phenylpyrazole fipronil on juvenile white shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14651-6.

Sabin, E*. and M. A. Mora. 2021. Ecological risk assessment of the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) in the South Texas Plains

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Ecoregion. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management.

c. Published

Mora, M.A., C. Sandoval*, R. Taylor. 2021. Metals and metalloids in feathers of Neotropic

Cormorants (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) nesting in Lake Livingston and Richland Creek, Texas, USA. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. doi: 10.1007/s00128-021-03161-3.

Hidalgo, C*., M. A. Mora, J. L. Sericano, B. D. Mutch, P. W. Juergens. 2021. Persistent organic pollutants in eggs from South Texas Aplomado falcons. Environmental

Pollution. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115685. Mora, M. A., S. Heath, M. Bohannon, W. Bowerman IV. 2020. Organochlorine pesticides

and polychlorinated biphenyls in American Oystercatchers nesting along the Texas Gulf Coast. Waterbirds 43:00-00.

Torres-Poché, Z*., M. A. Mora#, T. W. Boutton, M. E. Morrow. 2020. Diet sources of the endangered Attwater’s prairie-chicken in the Gulf coastal prairie: Evidence from δ13C, δ15N, and Bayesian mixing models. Ecosphere. 11(10):e03269.doi:10.1002/ecs2.3269.

Al-Badran, A. A.*, M. Fujiwara, M. A. Mora. 2019. Effect of insecticides, fipronil and imidacloprid, on the growth, survival, and behavior of brown shrimp Farfantepenaeus aztecus. PLoS ONE 14(10): e0223641. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223641.

Sandoval, C*, M. A. Mora#, J. Sericano, R. R. Rech. 2019. Persistent organic pollutants in livers and Hg in feathers of Neotropic cormorants (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) from the Trinity River Watershed (Texas, USA). Archives of Environmental Contamination

and Toxicology, 76:405-413. DOI: 10.1007/s00244-018-00596-4. Al-Badran A. A.*, M. Fujiwara, D. M. Gatlin III, M. A. Mora. 2018. Lethal and sub-lethal

effects of the insecticide fipronil on juvenile brown shrimp Farfantepenaeus aztecus. Scientific Reports 8:10769 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-29104-3.

Ertl, H. M.*, M. A. Mora#, D. E. Boellstorff, D. Brightsmith, K. Carson. 2018. Potential Effects of Neonicotinoid Insecticides on Northern Bobwhites. Wildlife Society Bulletin

42:649-655; DOI: 10.1002/wsb.921. Schmude, E.*, H. M. Ertl, R. J. Taylor, M. A. Mora#. 2018. Using Feathers to Evaluate

Adverse Effects of Metals on Northern Bobwhites (Colinus Virginianus) in Texas. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 75:87-95. DOI: 10.1007/s00244-018-0520-3.

González, D*., D. Alvarez Bernal, M. A. Mora, H. R. Buelna Osben, J. R. Ruelas Insunza. 2018. Biomonitoreo de metales pesados en plumas de aves acuáticas residentes del Lago de Chapala, Mexico. Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental. 34 (2) 215-224. DOI: 10.20937/RICA.2018.34.02.03.

Ertl, H. M.*, M. A. Mora#, D. J. Brightsmith, J. A. Navarro-Alberto. 2018. Potential Impact of Neonicotinoid Use on Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) in Texas: A Historical Analysis. PLoS One 13 (1): e0191100. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191100.

Entwistle, C.*, M. A. Mora, R. Knight. 2018. Estimating coastal wetland gain and losses in Galveston County and Cameron County, Texas, USA. Integrated Environmental

Assessment and Management 14:120-129, (DOI) - 10.1002/ieam.1973.

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Telesford-Checkley, J.M.*, M.A. Mora#, T.J. Gentry, T.J. McDonald, D.E. Boellstorff. 2017. Impacts of Heronries on Water Quality as Evaluated through Escherichia coli and Fecal Sterol Analyses. Water Environment Research. 89:508-518, doi:10.2175/WERD1600299.1

Telesford-Checkley, J. M.*, M. A. Mora#, W. E. Grant, D. E. Boellstorff, T. L. Provin. 2017. Estimating the contribution of nitrogen and phosphorus to watersheds by colonial nesting waterbirds. Science of the Total Environment 574:1335- 1344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.043.

Maldonado, Alejandra R.*, Miguel A. Mora, José L. Sericano. 2017. Seasonal differences in contaminant accumulation in Neotropical migrant and resident songbirds. Archives of

Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 72:39-49. DOI: 10.1007/s00244-016- 0323-3.

Rodríguez-Jorquera, Ignacio A., Pablo Siroski, Winfred Espejo, Jorge Nimptsch, Paloma Gusso Choueri, Rodrigo Brasil Choueri, Claudio A. Moraga, Miguel Mora, Gurpal S. Toor. 2017. Latin American Protected Areas: Protected from Chemical Pollution?" Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 13:360-370. DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1839.

Yuwei Xie, Pu Xia, Hui Wang, Hongxia Yu, John P. Giesy, Yimin Zhang, Miguel A. Mora, and Xiaowei Zhang. 2016. Effects of captivity and artificial breeding on microbiota in feces of the red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis). Scientific Reports 6:33350, DOI: 10.1038/srep33350

Telesford-Checkley, J.M.*, Miguel A. Mora#, Diane E. Boellstorff, and Tony L. Provin. 2016. An Evaluation of the Contribution of Macro- and Microelements from Colonial Nesting Waterbirds to Surface Water. Journal of Environmental Quality 45:1705-1712. DOI: 10.2134/jeq2016.01.0019.

Lastiri-Hernandez M.A., M.A. Mora, D. Alvarez-Bernal. 2016. Valoraciòn económica del Lago de Chapala: Método costo de viaje. Revista Científica Ecociencia 3:39-59. ISSN: 1390-9320.

Torres, Z.*, Miguel A. Mora, Robert J. Taylor, and Dioselina Alvarez-Bernal. 2016. Tracking metal pollution in Lake Chapala: concentrations in water, sediments, and fish. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 97:418-424. DOI 10.1007s00128-016-1892-6.

Álvarez-Bernal, D., Marcos A. Lastiri-Hernández, Héctor R. Buelna-Osben, Silvia M. Contreras- Ramos, Miguel A. Mora. 2016. Vermicompost as an alternative of management for water hyacinth. Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental 32 (4):425-433. DOI: 10.20937/RICA.2016.32.04.06.

Mora, M.A., Durgin, B.E.*, Hudson, L.B.*, Jones, E. 2016. Temporal and Latitudinal Trends of p,p’- DDE in Eggs and Carcass of North American Birds from 1980-2005. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 35:1340-1348. DOI: 10.1002/etc.3360.

Torres, Zaria*, Mora, Miguel#, Taylor, Robert, Alvarez-Bernal, Dioselina, Buelna, Hector, Hyodo, Ayumi. 2014. Accumulation and Hazard Assessment of Mercury to Waterbirds at Lake Chapala, Mexico. Environmental Science & Technology, 48, 6359−6365. DOI:10.1021/es4048076

Watkins, Crystal D.*, Kirk O. Winemiller, Miguel A. Mora, Bowen Du, C. Kevin Chambliss, Bryan W. Brooks, David Phalen. 2014. Assessment of Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Health Indicators in Relation to Domestic Wastewater Discharges in Suburbs

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of Houston, USA. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 93:13-18. Alvarez-Bernal, D. Salvador Ochoa-Estrada, Miriam Arroyo-Damian, Héctor Rene Buelna-

Osben, Rodrigo Moncayo-Estrada, Miguel Mora. 2013. Assessment of water quality of drains from irrigation district in a semiarid agricultural zone. International Journal

of Agronomy and Agricultural Research 3:7-15. Mora, M.A., W. E. Grant, L. Wilkins*, Hsiao-Hsuan Wang. 2013. Simulated effects of

reduced spring flow from the Edwards Aquifer on population size of the fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola). Ecological Modelling 250:235-243.

Parkes, M.L.*, M. A. Mora#, and R. A. Feagin. 2012. Using Scale, Cover Type, and GIS to Evaluate Nuisance Cattle Egret Colony Site Selection. Waterbirds 35:56-63.

Engelman, Catherine A.*, William E. Grant, Miguel A. Mora, Marc Woodin. 2012. Modelling effects of chemical exposure on birds wintering in agricultural landscapes: The western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) as a case study. Ecological Modelling 224:90-102.

Mora, M.A., J. L. Sericano, C. Baxter*. 2012. Swallows as Indicators of Environmental Pollution of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin: Are Persistent Organic Pollutants a Concern? Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 62:512-518, DOI: 10.1007/s00244-011-9718-3.

Mora MA, Baxter C*, Sericano JL, Montoya AB, Gallardo JC, Rodríguez-Salazar JR. 2011. PBDEs, PCBs, and DDE in eggs and their impacts on Aplomado falcons (Falco

femoralis) from Chihuahua and Veracruz, Mexico. Environmental Pollution. 159:3433- 3438, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2011.08.025.

Mora, M.A., B. Brattin, C. Baxter*, and J. W. Rivers. 2011. Regional and interspecific variation in Sr, Ca, and Sr/Ca ratios in avian eggshells from the USA. Ecotoxicology

20:1467- 1475, doi: 10.1007/s10646-011-0703-4. Phalen, D.N., M. L. Drew, B. Simpson, K. Roset, K. Dubose, and M. Mora. 2010.

Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica in cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) chicks from central Texas: Prevalence, serotypes, pathogenicity and epizootic potential. Journal Wildlife Diseases 46:379-389.

Brumbaugh WG, Mora MA#, May TW, Phalen DN. 2010. Metal exposure and effects in voles and small birds near a mining haul road in Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 170:73-86, doi: 10.1007/s10661- 009- 1216-y.

Cobos, VM, Mora MA#, Escalona G, Calme S, Jiménez J. 2010. Variation in plasma cholinesterase activity in the clay-colored robin (Turdus grayi) in relation to time of day, season, and diazinon exposure. Ecotoxicology 19:267-272, doi: 10.1007/s10646- 009- 0409-z.

Sitzlar, M. A*, M. A. Mora#, J. A. Fleming, F. W. Bazer, J. W. Bickham, C Matson. 2009. Potential effects of environmental contaminants on P450 aromatase activity and DNA damage in swallows from the Rio Grande and Somerville, Texas, USA. Ecotoxicology

18:15-21. Mora, M. A. 2008. Organochlorine pollutants and stable isotopes in resident and migrant

passerine birds from northwest Michoacán, Mexico. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 55:488-495.

Mora, M. A., A. B. Montoya, P. W. Juergens, M. C. Lee, A. Macías-Duarte, R. Rodríguez- Salazar, A. Lafón-Terrazas. 2008. Persistent Environmental Pollutants in Eggs of

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Aplomado Falcons from Northern Chihuahua, Mexico, and South Texas, USA. Environment International 34:44-50.

Pisani, J. M.*, W. E. Grant and M. A. Mora#. 2008. Simulating the impact of cholinesterase- inhibiting pesticides on non-target wildlife in irrigated crops. Ecological Modelling

210:179-192. Mora, M.A., R. Taylor, and B. Brattin. 2007. Potential ecotoxicological significance of

elevated concentrations of strontium in eggshells of passerine birds. The Condor

109:199-205. Mora, M.A., R.S. Skiles, and M. Paredes. 2007. Further assessment of environmental

contaminants in avian prey of the peregrine falcon in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 52:54-59.

Cobos, V.M.*, M.A. Mora, and G. Escalona. 2006. Inhibición de colinesterasa plasmática en el zorzal pardo (Turuds grayi), expuesto a diazinón en cultivos de papaya maradol en Yucatán, Mexico. Revista de Toxicologia 23:9-14.

Mora, M.A., D. Musquiz*, J.W. Bickham, D.S. MacKenzie, M.J. Hooper, J. Szabo, and C.W. Matson*. 2006. Biomarkers of exposure and effects of environmental contaminants on swallows nesting along the Rio Grande, Texas, USA. Environmental Toxicology and

Chemistry 25:1574-1584. Phalen, D.N., M.L. Drew, C. Contreras, K. Roset, and M. Mora. 2005. Naturally occurring

secondary nutritional hyperparathyroidism in cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) from central Texas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41:401-415

Mora, M.A., T.W. Boutton, and D. Musquiz*. 2005. Regional variation and relationships between the contaminants DDE and selenium and stable isotopes in swallows nesting along the Rio Grande and one reference site, Texas, USA. Isotopes in Environmental

and Health Studies 41:69-85. Maruya, K.A., K.L. Smalling, and M.A. Mora. 2005. Residues of Toxaphene in insectivorous

birds (Petrochelidon spp) from the Rio Grande, Texas. Archives of Environmental

Contamination and Toxicology 48:567. Mora, M.A. 2004. (Book Review) Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology, Second Edition.

Ecological Engineering 22:213-214. Mora, M.A. 2003. Heavy metals and metalloids in egg contents and eggshells of passerine

birds from Arizona. Environmental Pollution 125:393-400. Mora, M.A., J. Rourke, S. Sferra, and K. King. 2003. Environmental contaminants in surrogate

birds and insects inhabiting southwestern willow flycatcher habitat in Arizona. Studies

in Avian Biology 26:168-176. Mora, M.A., R. Skiles, B. McKinney, M. Paredes, D. Buckler, D. Papoulias, and D. Klein.

2002. Environmental contaminants in prey and tissues of the peregrine falcon in the Big Bend Region, Texas, USA. Environmental Pollution 116:169-176.

Garcia-Hernandez, J., K.A. King, A.L. Velasco, E. Shumilin, M.A. Mora, and E.P. Glenn. 2001. Selenium, selected inorganic elements, and organochlorine pesticides in bottom material and biota from the Colorado River delta. Journal of Arid

Environments 49:65- 89. Mora, M.A., D. Papoulias, I. Nava, and D. R. Buckler. 2001. A comparative assessment of

contaminants in fish from four resacas of the Texas, USA-Tamaulipas, Mexico border region. Environment International 27:15-20.

Frank, D.S.*, M.A. Mora#, J.L. Sericano, A.L. Blankenship, K. Kannan, and J.P. Giesy.

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2001. Persistent organochlorine pollutants in eggs of colonial waterbirds from Galveston Bay and east Texas, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

20:608-617. Wainwright, S.E.*, M.A. Mora#, J.L. Sericano, and P. Thomas. 2001. Chlorinated

hydrocarbons and biomarkers of exposure in wading birds and fish of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

40:101-111. Mora, M.A., L. L. Laack, M.C. Lee, J. Sericano, R. Presley, P.R. Gardinali*, L. R. Gamble,

S. Robertson, and D. Frank.* 2000. Environmental contaminants in blood, hair, and tissues of ocelots from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, 1986-97. Environmental

Monitoring and Assessment 64:477-492. Mora, M.A. and J.M. Miller.* 1998. Foraging flights, reproductive success, and organochlorine

contaminants in cattle egrets nesting in a residential area of Bryan, Texas. Texas Journal

of Science 50:205-214. Mora, M.A. and S.E. Wainwright.* 1998. DDE, mercury, and selenium in biota, sediments,

and water of the Rio Grande-Rio Bravo Basin, 1965-1995. Reviews of Environmental

Contamination and Toxicology 158:1-52. Corson, M.S.*, M.A. Mora, and W.E. Grant. 1998. Simulating cholinesterase inhibition in

birds caused by dietary insecticide exposure. Ecological Modelling 105:299-323. Mora, M.A., M.C. Lee, J.P. Jenny, T.W. Schultz, J.L. Sericano, and N.J. Clum. 1997.

Potential impacts of environmental contaminants on recovery of the Aplomado falcon in south Texas. Journal of Wildlife Management 61:1288-1296.

Mora, M.A. 1997. Transboundary pollution: persistent organochlorine pesticides in migrant birds of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Environmental Toxicology and

Chemistry 16:3-11. Mora, M.A. 1997. Feeding flights of Cattle Egrets nesting in an agricultural ecosystem.

Southwestern Naturalist 42:52-58. Mora, M.A. 1996. Organochlorines and trace elements in four colonial waterbird species

nesting in the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. Archives of Environmental Contamination

and Toxicology 31:533-537. Mora, M.A. 1996. Congener-specific polychlorinated biphenyl patterns in eggs of aquatic

birds from the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

15:1003-1010. Clark, D.R. Jr., A. Moreno-Valdez*, and M.A. Mora. 1995. Organochlorine residues in bat

guano from nine Mexican caves 1991. Ecotoxicology 4:258-265. Verbrugge, D.A., J.P. Giesy, M.A. Mora, L.L. Williams, R. Rossman, R. A. Moll, and M.

Tuchman. 1995. Concentrations of dissolved and particulate polychlorinated biphenyls in water from the Saginaw River, Michigan. Journal of the Great Lakes Research

21:219-233. Giesy, J.P., W.W. Bowerman, M. A. Mora, D.A. Verbrugge, R. A. Othoudt, J.L. Newsted,

C.L. Summer, R.J. Aulerich, S. J. Bursian, J.P. Ludwig, G.A. Dawson, T.J. Kubiak, D.A. Best, & D.E. Tillitt. 1995. Contaminants in fishes from Great Lakes-influenced sections and above dams of three Michigan rivers: III. Implications for health of bald eagles. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 29:309-321.

Mora, M.A. and D. W. Anderson. 1995. Selenium, boron, and heavy metals in birds from the Mexicali Valley, Baja California, Mexico. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination

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and Toxicology 54:198-206. Mora, M.A. 1995. Residues and trends of organochlorine pesticide and polychlorinated

biphenyls in birds from Texas, 1965-1988. National Biological Survey, Fish and

Wildlife Research 14, 26pp. Giesy, J.P., D.A. Verbrugge, R. A. Othout, W.W. Bowerman, M. A. Mora, P.D. Jones, J.L.

Newsted, C. Vandervoort, S.N. Heaton, R.J. Aulerich, S. J. Bursian, J.P. Ludwig, M. Ludwig, G.A. Dawson, T.J. Kubiak, D.A. Best, and D.E. Tillitt. 1994. Contaminants in fishes from Great Lakes-influenced sections and above dams of three Michigan rivers. I: Concentrations of organo chlorine insecticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxin equivalents, and mercury. Archives of Environmental Contamination and

Toxicology 27:202-212. Giesy, J.P., D.A. Verbrugge, R. A. Othout, W.W. Bowerman, M. A. Mora, P.D. Jones, J.L.

Newsted, C. Vandervoort, S.N. Heaton, R.J. Aulerich, S.J. Bursian, J.P. Ludwig, G.A. Dawson, T.J. Kubiak, D.A. Best, and D.E. Tillitt. 1994. Contaminants in fishes from Great Lakes-influenced sections and above dams of three Michigan rivers. II: Implications for health of mink. Archives of Environmental Contamination and

Toxicology 27:213-223. Verbrugge, D.A., J.P. Giesy, M. Mora, L.L. Williams, R. Crawford, R. Moll, R. Rossman

and L.Tuchman. 1993. Concentrations of dissolved and particulate PCBs in the Saginaw River: As determined by filtration and XAD-2 resin extraction. In: H. Fiedler, H. Frank,O. Hutzinger, W. Parzfall, A. Riss, and S. Safe (Eds.). Organohalogen Compounds; Emission Control, Transport and Fate and Environmental

Levels and Ecotoxicology. Vol. 14, pp. 125-128. Federal Environmental Agency, Austria.

Mora, M. A., H. Auman, J. P. Ludwig, J. P. Giesy, D. A. Verbrugge, and M. E. Ludwig. 1993. Polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorinated insecticides in plasma of Caspian Terns: Relationships with age, productivity, and colony site tenacity in the Great Lakes. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 24:320-331.

Mora, M. A. 1992. Habitat use by foraging Cattle Egrets in the Mexicali Valley, Baja California. Wilson Bulletin 104:142-148.

Mora, M. A. 1991. Organochlorines and breeding success in Cattle Egrets from the Mexicali Valley, Baja California, Mexico. Colonial Waterbirds 14:127-132.

Mora, M. A. and D. W. Anderson. 1991. Seasonal and geographical variation of organochlorine residues in birds from northwest Mexico. Archives of Environmental

Contamination and Toxicology 21:541-548. Mora, M. A. 1989. Predation by a Brown Pelican at a mixed species heronry. Condor

91:742- 743. Mora, M. A., D. W. Anderson, and M. E. Mount. 1987. Seasonal variation of body

condition and organochlorines in wild ducks from California and Mexico. Journal of Wildlife Management 51: 132-141.

Pena, A., M. Mora, and N. Carrasco. 1979. Uptake and effects of several cationic dyes on yeast. Journal of Membrane Biology 47:261-284.

Fuchs, F. and M. Mora. 1976. Incidencia de residuos de plomo en mollejas de patos. Subsecretaria Forestal y de la Fauna, Revista Bosques y Fauna 13 (5):36-40.

Mora, M. A. 1973. Estudio sobre el movimiento de la paloma de alas blancas. Subsecretaria Forestal y de la Fauna, Revista Bosques y Fauna, 10 (6):45-56.

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3. Monographs, Reports, and Extension Publications

Mora, M.A., Torres, Z. 2014. A Stable Isotope Approach to Determine Differences and Similarities in Carbon and Nitrogen Sources in the Diet of Attwater’s Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) in Texas. Report to the U.S. Geological Survey, 29pp.

Telesford, J.*, A. Maldonado*, M. Mora. 2013. Ellison Creek Reservoir: PCBs Assessment. Report to the Water Resources Institute and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. 40 pp.

Baxter, C. 2009 (publication by undergraduate student). Flame retardants in Texas cliff swallows. Explorations 1:15-21. (Texas A&M Undergraduate Journal).

Brumbaugh, William, Miguel A. Mora, and Thomas W. May. 2008. Assessment of Metals Exposure and Sub-Lethal Effects in Voles and Small Birds Captured Near the DeLong Mountain Regional Transportation System Road, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska, 2006. National Park Service Report.

Brumbaugh, W., Linder, G., Little, E., May, T., Mora, M. 2005. Review of Exponent DMTS Fugitive Dust Risk Assessment. Columbia Environmental Research Center Report to National Park Service, Western Arctic Parklands. http://www.dec.state.ak.us/spar/csp/docs/reddog/ra_comm_usgs_9-8-05.pdf

Mora, M.A. 2005. Environmental contaminants in livers of Attwater’s prairie chicken found dead at the Attwater’s Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge and surrounding counties, Texas. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Report.

Custer, CM., Custer, TW., Gerould, S., Henny, CJ., Hothem, RL., Longcore, JR., Melancon, MJ., and Mora, MA. 2005. Swallow Research in the USGS contaminant biology program. White Paper. U.S. Geological Survey.

Mora, M.A. 2003. Environmental contaminants in avian prey of the peregrine falcon in the Big Bend region, Texas, 2001. National Park Service Report.

Mora, M.A. 2002. Environmental contaminants in surrogate bird species and insects inhabiting southwestern willow flycatcher habitat in Arizona. Final Report to the Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix, AZ.

Mora, M.A. 2000. Environmental contaminants in surrogate bird species and insects inhabiting southwestern willow flycatcher habitat in the lower San Pedro River and Roosevelt Dam, Arizona. Report to the Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix, AZ.

Mora, M.A. and S. Wainwright. 1998. Environmental Contaminants in Biota of the Rio Grande Basin: A GIS Approach. Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey.

Mora, M.A. and S. Wainwright. 1997. Environmental Contaminants in Biota of the Rio Grande Basin: A Review of Status and Trends. Final report to the Biomonitoring for Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) program of the Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey. 291 pp.

Williams, L.L., M.A. Mora, and D. Verbrugge. 1992. Analysis of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in muscle and egg tissues of fish and birds. Standard Operating Procedure, Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and Pesticide Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Giesy, J.P., M.A. Mora, and W. Bowerman. 1992. Relative toxic potential of PCBs and DDT and its’ metabolites on fish-eating birds of the southern California Bight. An Opinion

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issued to Mr. P. Galvani, Ropes and Gray, Boston, MA. Mora, M.A. and D. Verbrugge. 1991. Analysis of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in

blood plasma of birds. Standard Operating Procedure, Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and Pesticide Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. 16 pp.

Mora, M.A., J.P. Giesy, and W. Bowerman. 1991. Relative importance of DDE and dieldrin in eggshell thinning in wild birds. A report issued to P. Galvani, Ropes and Gray, Boston, MA.

Mora, M.A., J.P. Giesy, and W. Bowerman. 1991. Contribution of various sources to environmental levels of DDT/DDE in the Los Angeles Harbor/Palos Verdes Shelf. A report issued to P. Galvani, Ropes and Gray, Boston, MA.

Giesy, J.P., M.A. Mora, and W. Bowerman. 1991. Food habits of and wildlife hazard assessment for peregrine falcons, bald eagles, and brown pelicans of the southern California Bight. A report issued to P. Galvani, Ropes and Gray, Boston, MA.

Mora, M. A. 1990. Organochlorines, Reproductive Success, and Habitat Use in Birds from Northwest Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California Davis, Davis, CA.

Mora, M. A. 1984. Seasonal and Geographical Variation of Organochlorines in Waterfowl from California and Mexico. MS Thesis, University of California Davis, Davis, CA.

Mora, M.A. 1977. [Study of the effects of some cationic dyes on K+ transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae] Estudio del efecto de algunos colorantes cationicos en el transporte de K+ en Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BS Thesis, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico, D.F.

4. Book Reviews, Other Articles, Notes, U.S. Government Publications

Mora, M.A., B. Durgin and E. Jones. 2014. Fifty Years After Silent Spring: Temporal and Latitudinal Trends of DDE in North American Birds Over the Last Three Decades. 26th Internat Ornithol Congr, Ornithol Science, Japan.

Mora, M.A. and G. Cobb. 2004. 24th Annual Meeting in North America: Austin was fun, wasn’t it? SETAC Globe 5:1-9.

Mora, M.A. 2000. [The biologist’s role in the development of the field of ecotoxicology in Mexico]. In Spanish. El papel del biologo en el desarrollo de la ecotoxicologia en Mexico. Boletin Cuauhtli 6:11-14. CIPAMEX, Mexico, D.F.

5. Talks, Abstracts, and Other Papers Presented

a. Invited Talks/General Talks

Over 170 personal presentations at regional, national, and international venues: See expanded list at the end of this file.

Summary Presentations

Invited

Offered Seminars at Universities

Plenary Talks

Conference Moderator

International 9 28 5 5 8

National 5 37 19 11

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Regional (Texas)

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b. Conference Proceedings

SETAC (North America and Europe) annual meeting proceedings: 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015-2019. North American Ornithological Conference, International Ornithological Congress, and American Ornithologists Union meeting proceedings: 1991, 2006, 2008, 2014, and 2016. Abstracts from the Wildlife Society National Conference: 1999, 2005, 2007, 2009. Abstracts from the SACNAS annual conference: 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018. Mora, M.A. et al. 1999. International aspects of ecosystem contamination problems in

wildlife of the Colorado delta region. Report No. 24, UC Genetic Resources Conservation Program Report Series. International Congress on Ecosystem Health, Sacramento, CA.

Giesy, J.P., P.D. Jones, M. Mora, J.L. Newsted, D.A. Verbrugge, R. Aulerich, S. Bursian, C. Summers, J.P. Ludwig, M.J. Ludwig, T.J. Kubiak, D.A. Best, G.T. Ankley, K.B. Lodge, D.E. Tillitt, K. Stromberg, and S. Tanabe. 1991. The use of TEFs for understanding the toxicology of complex mixtures of chlorinated hydrocarbons in fish and wildlife of the Great Lakes. In.: Dioxin '91 abstracts, p.24.

Giesy, J.P., P.D. Jones, M. Mora, J.L. Newsted, D.A. Verbrugge, R. Aulerich, S. Bursian, J.P. Ludwig, M.J. Ludwig, T.J. Kubiak, D.A. Best, G.T. Ankley, K.B. Lodge, D.E. Tillitt, K. Stromberg, and S. Tanabe. 1991. Relative concentrations of coplanar PCB, chlorinated dibenzo-dioxin (PCDD) and dibenzofuran (PCDF) congeners in fish and wildlife of the North American Great Lakes and their relationships with observed effects. In.: Dioxin '91 abstracts, p.63.

6. GIS Databases

Mora, M.A. 2001. A geographic Information System Database for Environmental Contaminants in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin, 1965-1997. U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO. (CD-ROM). http://gcmd.nasa.gov/records/GCMD_usgs_brd_cerc_riogrande.html

7. Awards, Special Recognitions

2020 ADVANCE Diversity Champion, Dean of Faculties, TAMU. 2018 Fellow, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2016 COALS Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Diversity 2016 Distinguished Member recognition, SACNAS Board of Directors 2013 Distinguished Scientist National Award, SACNAS 2013 Certificate of Appreciation for Service in the SETAC World Council, 2009-2013 2012 Diversity Service Faculty Award, Texas A&M University 2010 SETAC Presidential Citation for Exemplary Service

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2009 Founding Member, Texas A&M University SACNAS Student Chapter 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Certificate of Appreciation for advancing underrepresented

minority students in STEM. 2007 Fellow, American Ornithologists’ Union (American Ornithological Society). 2006 USGS, BRD, Star Award. In recognition of outstanding efforts and dedication to the

goals and the mission of the U.S. Geological Survey. 2006 USGS. Central Region Diversity Award. In recognition of efforts to

foster and encourage diversity. 2005 USGS, BRD, Star Award. For demonstrated outstanding success in representing the

USGS in the private sector and professional societies. 2004 Certificate of Appreciation in recognition for service in the SACNAS Board of

Directors 2004 Honorary Member, Science Advisory Board, Instituto Tecnologico de Jiquilpan,

Jiquilpan, Michoacán, Mexico. 2003 USGS, BRD, Star Award. For demonstrated outstanding success in representing the 2001

USGS in the private sector and professional societies. Elective Member, American Ornithologists’ Union.

1982 Distinguished Student Fellowship, UCD, 9/82-8/83 1985 CONACYT (Mexico) Fellowship for Ph.D. studies,1/85-9/87 1981 CONACYT Fellowship for M.S. studies, 9/81-8/82 1981 Fellowship from Fauna Silvestre for M.S. studies, 1981

8. Editorships, Editorial Boards, Reviewing Activities for Journals

2009-Date Associate Editor for Avian Ecotoxicology, Ecotoxicology. 2010 Guest Associate Editor, the Southwestern Naturalist 1994-1996, 2007-2012 - Editorial Board Member, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

2003-2016 Editorial Board Member, Chemosphere. 2002-2007 Editorial Board Member, Environmental Pollution. 1990-Date Reviewer for: National Science foundation, Environmental Toxicology and

Chemistry, Environmental Science and Technology, PLos One, Ecotoxicology,

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Ecotoxicology and

Environmental Safety, Journal of the Great Lakes Research, Chemosphere,

Journal of Field Ornithology, The Condor, Environmental Pollution,

Environmental Practice, Environment International, Ecological Engineering,

Ecological Modelling, Science of the Total Environment, Ecological Indicators,

Texas Journal of Science, United States Department of Agriculture, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Geological Survey, Studies in Avian

Biology, Wilson Bulletin, Journal of Wildlife Diseases, Ciencias Marinas,

Turkish Journal of Zoology. 2008 Judge of student posters. 6th annual pathways to the Doctorate symposium,

Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX. 2000-2016 Judge for best student oral and poster presentation awards. Annual meetings of

the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS, Atlanta, Anaheim, Albuquerque, Austin, Denver, Tampa, Kansas City, Salt Lake City, San Jose CA, Seattle WA, San Antonio TX, Los Angeles,

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CA, Washington, DC, Long Beach, CA). 2007 Judge for best student poster presentations award, annual meeting of the

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe, Porto, Portugal.

2003 Participated in the review of 1500 abstracts and in preparation of the technical program for the annual meeting of SETAC, Austin, TX.

2002 Participated in the review of 1500 abstracts and in preparation of the technical program for the annual meeting of SETAC, Salt Lake City, UT.

1998 SETAC special awards judge, 49th International Science and Engineering Fair, in Fort Worth, Texas.

1990, 1995, 2001-2005 - Judge for best student poster awards, Annual meetings of SETAC North America (Washington, DC, Vancouver, Portland, Salt Lake City, Baltimore).

9. Grants

Graduate Fellowships secured for students

Source Year Short Title WFSC 2020 Undergraduate Research Fellowship (Andrew Austin) OGAPS 2019 Excellence Fellowship (Lark Heston) COALS 2017 Lechner Excellence Fellowship (Chelsea Hidalgo) OGAPS 2017 Graduate Diversity Fellowship (Chelsea Hidalgo) COALS 2015 Quail Research, Undergrad Award (Zack Johnson) COALS 2015 Tom Slick Fellowship to Zaria Torres COALS 2014 Cyanobacteria and aquatic birds (J. Ferguson) COALS 2014 Excellence fellowship (Hannah Baldwin) NSF-TAMU 2014-2015 LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (Chris Sandoval)

NSF-TAMU 2011-2012 LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (Zaria Torres) Office of Graduate Studies

2009-2011 Graduate Diversity Fellowship (Alejandra Maldonado)

Office of Graduate Studies

2009-2011 Pathways to the Doctorate Fellowship (Amanda Flynn)

Office of Graduate Studies

2009-2011 Pathways to the Doctorate Fellowship (Judlyn Telesford)

Alfred P. Sloan 2009-2011 Minority PhD program (Alejandra Maldonado) Foundation Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

2009-2011

Minority PhD program (Martha Agudelo)

Office of Graduate Studies

2008-2009 Pathways to the Doctorate Fellowship (Vipul Saxena)

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

2009 Minority PhD Program (James Stephenson)

Office of Graduate Studies

2008 Graduate Diversity Fellowship (Avier Montalvo)

General Grants

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2020 Untargeted screening of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances in environmental matrices. Co-Pis Yina Liu and Anthony Knap, College of Geosciences. T3-Grants Program, $35,000.

2018 Assessing the impacts of POPs on wildlife in the Lerma-Chapala watershed (A contribution to Mexico’s action plan for reducing and preventing hazards of POPs to biota and humans). TAMU-CONACYT program. $24,000.

2018 Visiting Scientist Award. Programa “Jimenez de la Espada” SENECA Foundation, Province of Murcia, Spain. $ 9,445.

2017 Neuhaus-Shepardson Faculty Development Grant, TAMU, COALS. $2,000. 2015 Evaluating the impacts of Hg pollution on aquatic birds of Chapala Lake, Mexico. CIIDIR,

Jiquilpan, Michoacan, CONACYT, Mexico. Sabbatical award, $15,000. 2013 Course development. Graduate Certificate in Natural Resource Policy. COALS Distance

Education. Co-Pi with R. Lopez, M. Sifuentes, and T. Lacher. $40,000. 2014-2015, Impacts of neonicotinoid insecticides on northern bobwhite populations in Texas.

Quail Research Initiative, Texas Parks and Wildlife. $ 75,000. 2013-2014, A comparative assessment of the potential impacts of harmful algal blooms on

aquatic birds from Lake Taihu, China, and Brazos River lakes in central Texas, USA. TAMU-NSFC, $ 24,876.

2014 Ellison Creek PCBs source study. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. $ 20,000.

2013 An assessment of the potential impacts of agricultural pesticides and persistent organic pollutants on neotropical birds during migration. TAMU-CONACYT program. $ 24,000.

2011-2012, Using δ13C and δ15N stable isotopes to determine differences and similarities in C and N sources in the diet of captive-reared and post-release endangered Attwater’s Prairie Chickens in Texas. U.S. Geological Survey. $ 86,000.

2011 An assessment of mercury contamination in fish and wildlife of Lake Chapala: implications for human and environmental health. TAMU-CONACYT. Co-PI D Alvarez Bernal. $ 23,700.

2007-2010, Monitoring and managing roosting sites for Rafinesque’s big-eared bats (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) on Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Geological Survey, L. Lomas, USFWS Collaborator. $ 59,374.

2005-2007, Assessment of impacts and stresses on the Edwards-Trinity springs ecosystem in Hays County, Texas. Central Region Integrated Science Partnership U.S. Geological Survey. $ 56,250.

2005-2007, An assessment of the potential for metal bioaccumulation in terrestrial biota in the vicinity of the Red Dog Mine Haul Road, Alaska. National Park Service. Co-PIs B. Brumbaugh, T. May, E. Little, G. Linder, USGS, CERC. $ 250,000.

2004-2006, Why do egrets and herons nest in urban environments? Establishing causality and associated health hazards. USFWS Science Support Program, U.S. Geological Survey. $ 158,410.

2004-2007, An assessment of the potential effects of persistent organochlorine pollutants and heavy metals on Aplomado falcon populations in south Texas and Mexico. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. $ 96,850.

2004-2005, Environmental Health in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Multidisciplinary USGS program. U.S. Geological Survey. $ 247,000.

2003-2007, Development and use of simulation models for predicting effects of environmental

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contaminants on wildlife. U.S. Geological Survey. $ 125,000. 1999-2002, Endocrine disruptor studies along the Rio Grande. U.S. Geological Survey.

$100,000. 2001-2005, Evaluation of behavioral modification in enhancing post-release survival of

captively-reared Attwater’s prairie chicken. U.S. Geological Survey, $300,000. 2001 Environmental contaminants in potential prey of peregrine falcons in trans-boundary

protected areas in the Big Bend Region. Friends of Big Bend National Park. $ 20,000. 2000-2001, Potential Contamination along the Lower San Pedro River, Arizona, near

southwestern willow flycatcher habitat. Bureau of Reclamation, $95,000. 1999 Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program. A GIS approach to evaluate

environmental contaminants and their impacts on biota of the Rio Grande Basin. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, $ 28,000.

1998 Screening for the presence and effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in fish-eating birds of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division. $ 20,000.

1998 Exposure and effects of organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, and heavy metals on ocelots of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. $ 7,700.

1997-1998. Assessing potential effects of contaminants on reproduction of the peregrine falcon in Big Bend National Park. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division. $ 20,000.

1997-1998, Screening for endocrine-disrupting chemicals in fish and aquatic birds using Lower Rio Grande Valley resacas. Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division. $ 17,000.

1995-1996, A framework for assessing the adverse effects of environmental contaminants on biota of the Lower Rio Grande Basin. National Biological Service. $ 86,500.

1993-1995, Environmental impacts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and chlorinated insecticides on the Aplomado falcon and ocelot of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. $ 10,000.

1993-1994, Evaluation of environmental contaminants in wildlife of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. $ 10,000.

1991-1992, PCBs in plasma of Great Lakes fish-eating Birds. Co-PIs J. P. Giesy and J. P. Ludwig. National Audubon Society, $ 25,000.

1990-1991, Methods for the rapid, sensitive, inexpensive screening of environmental samples for planar, halogenated hydrocarbons. Michigan Great Lakes Protection Fund. Co-PI John P. Giesy. $ 115,128.

1990-1991, A Study of the Lower Saginaw River and Adjoining Saginaw Bay: PCBs and Trace Metals. U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office. Co-PI John P. Giesy. $125,207.

1989-1990, Habitat use and the accumulation of pesticides in Cattle Egrets at the Mexicali Valley, Baja California: The role of irrigation. UC Dissertation/Thesis Grant. $ 1,500

1986 Environmental dynamics of agricultural pollutants and their impacts on wildlife species in northwest Mexico. University of California Consortium on Mexico and the United States, $ 12,000.

1987 Jastro-Shields Graduate Research Award, UCD, $ 1,500. 1986 Jastro-Shields Graduate Research Award, UCD, $ 1,500.

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1987-1989, Fee-offset grant for Doctoral candidates, UCD, $ 5,000.

C. TEACHING, MENTORING, AND ADVISING

1. Courses Taught

▪ 2009-2021 -Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation (WFSC 304, Spring Semester. (spring and fall semesters in 2020).

▪ 2008-2011, 2013, 2016, 2018-2019 -Wildlife Ecotoxicology (WFSC 639/689), Fall semesters.

▪ 2019 WFSC 457, Wildlife Ecotoxicology (Fall Semester). ▪ 2019, Wildlife ecotoxicology with a focus on Latin America. 8 hs short course.

Offered at the biennial meeting of SETAC Latin America, Cartagena, Colombia. ▪ 2015, 2017 Ecological Risk Assessment (WFSC 689, 627), Fall semester (Odd

years). ▪ 2015, The ecology and pollution of wetlands using Chapala Lake as an example.

Graduate course, 2 Hs/week (Jan-July 2015). Offered while on Development Leave at the Centro Interdisciplinario para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR), Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico.

▪ 2012, 2014–Wetland Ecology and Pollution (WFSC 628), TAMU. ▪ 2011 -Ecotoxicology. Intensive 30 h course given at the Interdisciplinary Research

Center for Industrial and Rural Development (CIIDIR), Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Jiquilpan, Michoacan. 7 graduate students participated, January 2011.

▪ 2009-2011 (Spring); 2011-2016 (Fall). WFSC 489 Wildlife Ecotoxicology ▪ 1995, 2002, 2004.Graduate seminar in ecotoxicology, Texas A&M University ▪ 2003. Use of simulation models in ecotoxicology (40 hs). Co-taught with Dr. W

Grant, TAMU, CIAD, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. ▪ 1991,1995,1996. Principles of ecotoxicology, 40 hrs ea. Universidad Autonoma de

Yucatan, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte Matamoros, and Instituto de Limnologia Guadalajara, Mexico

▪ 1976-1980. Biochemistry, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, (2 semesters per year including laboratory sessions).

2. Guest lectures/Teaching Assistantships

• 2020 ALEC 624. Grant writing course. Shared experiences in grant writing. • 2019 ALEC 422, Cultural pluralism in Agriculture. • 2017 WFSC 304, Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation. • 2016-2019 – Spring semester, guest lecture on Wildlife Ecotoxicology of Pesticides.

Applied Conservation Medicine VSCS 948- 302, School of Veterinary Medicine. • 2015-2016 – Introduction to wildlife and fisheries conservation (WFSC 101). • 2014 – Principles of ecotoxicology and impacts of contaminants on birds. 10 hr lectures

provided to Chinese students at the School of the Environment, Nanjing University,

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China. • 2013 –Impacts of Pesticides on Neotropical migrant birds. Applied Conservation

Medicine (VSCS 948-302), TAMU, Guest lecture. • 2011 -Ecotoxicology of Hg and Pb: Impacts on fish and wildlife, Guest lecture, VIBS 404

Honors/619 Food Toxicology, Veterinary School, TAMU • 2011 -Environmental sampling in ecotoxicology and case studies, Guest Lecturer, PHEO

605, Chemical Hazard Risk Assessment (2hr, School of Public Rural Health, Fall 2011). • 2009-2019- Spring semester, guest lecture on Wildlife Ecotoxicology, VIBS 670/PHEO

610 (2hr each, School of Public Health). • 2000, 2001 -Special Topics in Sampling and Environmental Monitoring (Guest

Lecturer, Department of Plant Pathology, Texas A&M University). • 1989 -Principles of Biology I, University of California Davis (Teaching assistant) • 1983-1989 -Wildlife Ecotoxicology, University of California Davis (Teaching assistant) • 1989 -Museum Science, University of California Davis (Teaching Assistant).

3. Course or Curriculum Development Ecological Risk Assessment (WFSC 627)

Wetland Ecology and Pollution (WFSC 628) Wildlife Ecotoxicology (WFSC 639)

Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation (WFSC 304)

4. Other Contributions to Teaching: Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee, WFSC, COALS, TAMU (2017- 2020).

5. Special Research Recognitions • 2016. Research on migratory birds highlighted in “Alianzas en Investigación” pamphlet

published by Texas A&M University. “Birds of a Feather” by K. B. Socol, pp. 10-13. ▪ 2010. YouTube blurb on my Research on Aplomado falcons, EarthSky Communications,

Inc. Austin, TX, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hW07FQFM90. ▪ 2009. Podcast La Clara Voz de la Ciencia, EarthSky Communications, Inc. Austin, TX,

August 3, 2009, http://www.earthsky.org/spanish/interviewpost/la- humanidad/el-dr- mora-habla-sobre-su-contribucion-para-el-mejoramiento-del- medio-ambiente. Interview broadcasted in 200 U.S. Radio Stations, 1 in Spain, 3 in Puerto Rico, and 1 in northern Mexico.

▪ 2007. Short biography profiled in book “Latinos in Science, Math, and Professions” by • E. Newton, pp 159-160, 2007, Facts on File, Inc, New York. • 2004- Professional career highlighted in SACNAS web page:

http://www.sacnas.org/biography/Biography.asp?mem=154&type=2 • 2004.Professional career highlighted in University of Michigan web page:

http://www.umich.edu/~meldi/4_profiles_minprof.html.

6. Advising: Committee Member M.S. Students

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2017-2020 Victor Cobos May Mathematics 2016-2019 Victor Alcantar, CIATEJ, Monterrey, Mexico 2014-2015 Keith White WMHS 2013-2015 Natalie Craig WFSC (DE Program) 2012-2015 Xin Zhang WMHS 2011-2013 Haley Wasson, ESSM (DE program) 2011-2012 Morriah Cowden WFSC (DE Program) 2011-2012 George Umphres WFSC 2010-2013 Melvin Woody WFSC 2007-2010 Eleanor H. Tittle WFSC 1994-1996 Michael Corson WFSC 1993-1994 Elena Pedersen WFSC

Ph.D. Students 2020- Emily Waddell Marine Biology, Texas A&M Galveston 2019- Yu Umeki Marine Biology, Texas A&M Galveston 2019 Pablo Sanchez Virosta University of Turku, Finland (Role: Opponent, PhD

Defense). 2018- Ernesto Oregel Zambrano CIIDIR, IPN, Jiquilpan, Michoacán, Mexico 2018 Jhon Jairo López Perea Universidad Castilla La Mancha, Spain

(International committee member) 2018 Laura Monclus Anglada Universitat de Barcelona, Spain (International Committee member) 2015-2019 Ali Abdulameer Al-Badran WFSC 2014-2016 Vanessa Muñiz Universidad de Campeche, Mexico 2010-2012 Erik Plata Chemistry 2010-2011 Maria Galvan Duran Chemistry 2010-2016 Emily Rose Biology 2010-2016 Mark Hutchinson WFSC 2008-2019 Martha S Agudelo, WFSC 2008-2009 Sepp Haukebo WFSC 2004-2008 Gilvan T Yogui Oceanography 2002-2005 Jorge M Pisani WFSC 2002-2006 Laura Rivera, Universidad de Baja California, Mexico 2000-2006 Victor Cobos Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Mexico 1999-2002 Melissa Parker WFSC 1998-2000 Michael Goldstein WFSC 1998-1999 William J. Rogers WFSC 1998-2001 Hyun-Min Hwang Oceanography 1997-2000 June Soo Park Oceanography 1993-1996 Bernardo Garcia Oceanography 1993-1996 Piero Gardinali Oceanography

7. Advising: Major Advisor

Undergraduate Students

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2020 WFSC Students: Andrew Austin, Carson Fronefield. 2019 WFSC Students: Victoria Cruz, Jon Timmons, Mark Solana, Greg Hughes, Matthew Vadjos, Logan

Lancaster, Allison Pullin 2015 WFSC Students:

Sara Stephens Omar Elhassan Kelly Persinger Zach Johnson 2014 WFSC Students:

Jennina Jenzen, Elaine Ross, Sara Stephens, Omar Elhassan, Ally Pike, Kaitlyn Williams, Kurt Fleisher, Kelly Persinger, Christen Warkoczewski, Cecilia Fonseca, Lilianna Wolf, Jessica Ferguson, Kaitlin Thomas, Faith Byrd.

2013 WFSC Students: Charles Holder, Cassandra LaFleur

2012 WFSC Students: Laura Siffring, Callie Farrell, Brittany Srilla.

2011 Bradley Kuecker WFSC 2009 Russell Bueton WFSC 2007-2009 Catherine Baxter Chemistry 2008 Rene Valdéz WFSC 1999 Michael Actkinson WFSC 1996 Alice Fuller WFSC 1994 Julie Miller WFSC

M.S. Students

2019- Lark Heston. (MS Thesis: An ecological risk assessment of the impacts of PFAS on wildlife near the Brayton Fire Training Facility).

2017-2019 Chelsea Hidalgo. (MS Thesis: Status and trends of persistent organic pollutants in eggs of Aplomado falcons from south Texas.

2017-2018 Kimberly Warren (Distance Ed). 2015-2018. Natalie Craig (Distance Ed). 2015-2016 Clare Entwistle (MS Thesis: Estimating net gains and losses of coastal

wetlands in Galveston County and Cameron County, TX) 2014-2015 Deisy Gonzalez (CIIDIR, Jiquilpan, Mich. Mexico), Co-Chair. (MS

Thesis: Tres especies de aves acuaticas como bioindicadores de la contaminacion por metals pesados del Lago de Chapala).

2014-2016 Hannah Baldwin. (MS Thesis: Impact of neonicotinoid insecticide use on Northern bobwhite in Texas).

2014-2017 Erik Schmude. (Distance Ed) Professional Paper: Using Feathers to Evaluate Adverse Effects of Metals on Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) in Texas

2013-2017 Chris Sandoval. MS Thesis: Persistent Organic Pollutants in Neotropic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) nesting along the Trinity River, Texas.

2013-2019 Beth Sabin (Distance Ed). Ecological risk assessment of neonicotinoid insecticides on northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) in south Texas Plains.

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2012-2013 John Jordan (Distance Ed). Professional Paper: A Review of Impacts of Persistent Organic Pollutants on Polar Bears.

2011-2013 Glynda Mercier (Distance Ed). Professional paper: Using Phytotechnology to Remove Total Suspended Sediments and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Edwards Aquifer

2010-2013 Jennifer Laird, (Distance Ed). Professional Paper: Bioaccumulation and Oxidative Stress in the Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) Tissues, Exposed to Polyvinylpyrrolidone Coated Nanosilver and Silver Nitrate.

2009-2011 Crystal Watkins (co-chair with K. Winemiller), Thesis: Assessment of mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) downstream of domestic wastewater effluents in the bayous of Harris County, Texas.

2009-2010 Lacy Hudson, Non-thesis. Professional Paper. An analysis of the latitudinal variations of DDE indicated by residues in North American Birds

2008-2011 James Stephenson, Non-Thesis, Professional Paper: Student career experience program at Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery, South Carolina.

2007-2009 Leann Wilkins, Co-Chair with W. Grant. Use of simulation models for predicting impacts of human population growth on recovery and survival of the fountain darter in the San Marcos River and Springs, Texas.

2004-2007 Catherine Engelman (co-Chair with W. Grant), Thesis: Ecotoxicological Simulation Modeling: the effects of agricultural chemical exposure on borrowing owls wintering in south Texas cotton fields.

2004-2007 Michael Parkes (co-Chair with W. Grant). Thesis: Residential cattle egret colonies in texas: geography, reproductive success and management.

2003-2005 Megan Sitzlar. Thesis. P-450 aromatase alterations and DNA damage as avian pollution biomarkers in cliff and cave swallows breeding near the Rio Grande Region, Texas.

1999-2003 Daniel Musquiz. Thesis: Cave and cliff swallows as indicators of exposure and effects of environmental contaminants on birds from the Rio Grande, Texas.

1996-1998 Susan Wainwright. Thesis: Screening for environmental contaminants and endocrine disruption in wildlife from from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas: an ecological and biomarker approach.

1995-1999 Donell Frank. Thesis: Chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, and dioxins in colonial nesting waterbirds of Galveston, Bay, Texas.

Ph.D. Students

2010-2017 Zaria Torres, Dissertation: Mixing ecology and toxicology in bird studies:

Using stable isotopes for predicting diets and evaluating metal toxicity in aquatic birds.

2009-2018 Alejandra Maldonado, Dissertation: Elucidating accumulation of persistent organic pollutants in neotropical migratory birds.

2009-2014 Judlyn Telesford, Dissertation: Assessing Avian Contribution of Escherichia coli and Nutrient Loads to Watersheds

8. Visiting Scholars

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2014 Xiaowei Zhang, Professor, Nanjing University, China. 2014 Jorge Navarro, Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Merida, Yucatán, Mexico. 2011-2012 Martín Pereda Solís, Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Durango,

Mexico. 2007 Virag Kertesz, Research Scientist, Department of Zoology and Ecology,

Szent István University, Hungary. 2005, 2009 Victor Cobos, Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida

Yucatan, Mexico

D. SERVICE

1. Professional

a. Offices and Committees – Professional Organizations

Memberships

• American Ornithological Society (2016-Present). Fellow since 2007. • International Ornithologists’ Union, (2015-Present) • American Association for the Advancement of Science (1986-1990, 2001-2019). • Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (1981-Present). Fellow since

2018. • American Ornithologists’ Union (1981-2016) • Cooper Ornithological Society (1985-2016) • Sigma Xi (1982-Present) • Colonial Waterbirds (1988-Present) • Southwestern Association of Naturalists (1994-2014) • Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (Life and

Friend of the Society Member, 1998-present). Life-time member, 2020. • The Wildlife Society (1997-2007, 2018-2019). • Wilson Ornithological Society (1992-2004)

Offices

2002-2004, 2014-2016, Member Board of Directors SACNAS (elected). 2009-2013 Board Member, SETAC World Council (elected) 2008-2010 Member Board of Directors, SETAC North America (elected). 2006 Immediate Past Chair, Wildlife Toxicology Working Group, The Wildlife

Society. 2005 Chair, Wildlife Toxicology Working Group, The Wildlife Society. 2004 Chair-Elect, Wildlife Toxicology Working Group, The Wildlife Society

Committees (Governance, Ad Hoc)

2015-2016 Member, Bylaws Committee, SACNAS

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2014-2018 Member, Distinguished Awards Committee, SACNAS 2014-2016 Member, Strategic Planning Task Force, SACNAS 2011 SETAC Mexico Focus meetings Program Committee Member, Merida, Yucatán, Mexico. 2011-2013 Chair, Membership Committee, SETAC World Council 2011 Co-Chair, Nominations Committee, SACNAS. 2002-2009 Chair, Nominations Committee, SACNAS. 2002-2008 Member, By Laws Committee, SACNAS. 2002-2008 Member, Geosciences Committee, SACNAS. 2006 Member of selection committee for SEEDS (Strategies for Ecology, Education, Development, and Sustainability) student field trips. Ecological Society of America. 2005 At-large Member, SETAC North America Meetings Committee. 2003-2007 SACNAS Representative to the AAAS Section Committee on the “Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering”. 2003 Co-Chair, Program Committee, SETAC Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. 2001 Member, 11th annual meeting Organizing Committee, SETAC Europe, Madrid, Spain. 2001-2004 Member, Ethnic and Gender Diversity Committee, The Wildlife Society. 2001-2003 Member, Awards and Fellowships Committee, SETAC. 2000 Member, 21st annual meeting Organizing Committee, SETAC, Nashville, Tennessee. 1999-2002 Co-Chair, International Programs Committee, SETAC. 1999-2005 Member, Southwestern Association of Naturalists Membership Committee. 1997-99 Member, International Programs Committee, SETAC. 1997 Member, American Ornithologists’ Union Membership Committee.

b. NSF and EPA Panels, Reviewing Activities for Government Agencies and Universities

2016- Member CONACYT Registry of Credited Peer-Reviewers 2016 Committee Member, Academic Program Review, Earth Systems Science Program, School of Natural Resources, University of California Merced. 2016 Panel member, NSF International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program, Washington, DC. 2014 Member of the Committee of Visitors (COV) for the NSF Office of International and Integrative Activities (OIIA), International Science and Engineering (ISE), Washington, DC. 2013 Panel member, NSF International Research Experiences for Students (IRES)

program, Washington, DC. 2013 Panel member, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Washington, DC 2012 Panel member, STAR Fellowship program, EPA, Washington, DC. 2011-2012 SPRINGER, Search Committee Member for Editor in Chief of 3 journals:

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, and The Environmentalist.

2005 Member of the NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network) Design Committee, National Science Foundation.

2005 Member, National Research Grade Evaluation Panel, U.S. Geological Survey,

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Montreal, Canada. 2004 Member of the Committee on Mustard Processing at Tooele Chemical Agent

Disposal Facility, National Research Council, The National Academies. 2003-2007 Member, External Advisory Board, CEA-CREST (Center for Environmental

Analysis – Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology), California State University, Los Angeles.

2001 Member of Evaluation Committee, Dexter National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Dexter, New Mexico.

2001 Member of the Peer-review Panel (EPA, Bethesda, MD). Competitive graduate environmental study fellowships, STAR (science to achieve results) program.

2000 Member of the Search Committee, EPA Ecology Division Directors: Atlantic Ecology Division Director, Narragansett, RI, and Western Ecology Division Director, Corvallis, OR.

1999 Member, National Research Grade Evaluation Panel, U.S. Geological Survey, Burlington, Vermont.

1997 Member, Regional Research Grade Evaluation Panel, U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia, Missouri.

c. Mentoring

2015- Registered Mentor, National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN). 2000-2019 Student mentor, conversations with scientists and Geosciences program,

SACNAS annual meetings. 1999-2018 Student mentor, SETAC North America annual meetings. 2005 Student Mentor, SEEDS Program, annual meeting of the Ecological Society of

America, Montreal, Canada 2004 Invited speaker, Career Experiences panel, SETAC annual meeting, Portland,

OR. 2004 Member of expert orientation panel, SACNAS annual meeting, Austin, TX.

d. International Activities not Listed Above

2018 Visiting Professor, Toxicology Section, Department of Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Murcia, Spain (3 months) 2015 Visiting Faculty (Development Leave), CIIDIR, IPN, Jiquilpan, Mich, Mexico (8

months). 1997 SETAC representative, 2nd Mexican Congress of Toxicology, Universidad

Autonoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico City.

2. University Service

a. WFSC (ECCB) Department Level 2020 ECCB Awards Committee member 2019 Lecturer Committee 2018-2019 Undergraduate Curriculum Assessment Committee

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2017-2019 WFSC Scholarship Awards Committee 2017-2018 Faculty Advisory Board 2017-2019 Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee 2017-2020 Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Program. 2016-2018 Legacy Committee 2015 Wildlife Curriculum Review Committee 2014- Mentor for Mariana Mateos, Associate Professor 2012-2019 WFSC Distance Education Committee 2010-2016 WFSC Graduate Affairs Committee 2010-2019 WFSC Department representative for the Sloan Foundation’s Minority

Ph.D. Program 2008-2019 A&M Sloan Mentor, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Member, Faculty search committees

2015 Boone and Crockett 2015 Wetland Avian Ecologist 2009 Icthyologist 2008 Mammalogist 2007 Ornithologist 1995 Herpetologist 1994 Fisheries Biologist 1993 Avian Ecologist

b. College Level

2017-2019 Undergraduate Program Council Committee 2017 Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Awards Selection Committee 2013-2015 Member COALS One Health Focus Group. 2009-2014 Hispanic Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment

(HLAE) Faculty Advisor.

c. University Level 2017-2021 Co-Advisor, TAMU SACNAS Student Chapter 2017-2018 Personnel and Welfare Committee, Faculty Senate. 2016 Diversity and Inclusion Task Force 2016-2021 Committee on Academic Freedom, Responsibility, and Tenure. 2016 Reviewer, Diversity Fellowships. 2015-2016 Academic Advisor, Texas A&M University SETAC Student Chapter 2015-2016 Recognition and Awards Committee, Faculty Senate 2013-2014 Workplace Climate and Diversity Committee. 2013-2014 Bush Excellence Awards Committee. 2012-2019 Faculty Senator for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Place 13. 2012-2019 NSF AGEP-Transitions Steering Committee, Office of Graduate Studies. 2012 Member, Search Advisory Committee for Dean of Faculties and Associate

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Provost 2012-2014 Academic Civil Rights Investigations Committee (ACRIC). 2010 Reviewer, Merit Fellowship applications. Reviewed 16 applications. 2009-2015 Academic Advisor, Texas A&M University SACNAS Student Chapter

3. Service Awards and Honors

2013 SETAC, World Council award for exemplary service. 2010 SETAC, Presidential citation for exemplary service. 2004 SACNAS, Certificate of Appreciation for serving on Board of Directors and

commitment to Diversity. E. SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

(Includes Students and co-authored presentations. Name of presenter indicated when not presented by Mora)

1. Plenary Presentations

2016 An overview of the impacts of persistent organic pollutants on wildlife in Latin America. Third multidisciplinary congress on applied sciences in Latin America. La Habana, Cuba, December 6-10.

2016 Persistent organic pollutants and their impacts on wildlife: a Latin American Perspective. Presented at the special conference “Encuentro Nacional de respuestas al cambio climatico: calidad del aire, mitigacion, y adaptacion”, organized by the Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC) in Mexico City.

2012 An analysis of the latitudinal variation of p,p’-DDE in birds from North America. V AMEQA-SETAC Congress, Aguascalientes, Mexico.

2012 Overview of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. V AMEQA- SETAC Congress, Aguascalientes, Mexico.

2010 Assessing Avian Contribution of E. coli to Texas watersheds. Annual regional meeting of SETAC South Central, Texas Tech Campus, Junction, Texas.

2001 Perspectives of Ecotoxicology in Mexico. Presented at the 4th annual meeting of the Mexican Society of Toxicology, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.

2. Conference Moderator

2020 Session on Wildlife ecotoxicology: Direct and indirect exposure and effects of pesticides in non-target organisms. Co-Chair. SETAC Scicon2 SETAC North America. Virtual Conference.

2019 Session on “Pesticides and metals use and misuse in Latin America: how much do we know about their impacts on wildlife? Biennial meeting of SETAC Latin America, Cartagena Colombia.

2019 Session on “Wildlife toxicology in Latin America: where are we and what are the current challenges?” Biennial meeting of SETAC Latin America, Cartagena Colombia.

2018 Session on “Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology: the intersection between science and policy” (co-Chair), annual meeting of SACNAS, San Antonio, TX.

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2017 Session on “Wildlife Ecotoxicology: Linking exposure to effect cascades”, Annual meeting of SETAC (Soc of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry), North America. Minneapolis, MN.

2017 Session on Wildlife Toxicology, Title: The Dirty Dozen and a few more: status and trends of POPs in wildlife in the Americas. Biannual meeting to SETAC Latin America, Santos, Brazil.

2016 Session on Food habits and foraging. North American Ornithological Conference, Washington, DC.

2015 Session on Wildlife Toxicology: molecular to community effects. SETAC NA Annual meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah.

2014 Two sessions on Wildlife Ecotoxicology at the annual meeting of SETAC NA, held in Vancouver, BC.

2012 Session on Fisheries and Wildlife in a Changing Environment: Lessons learned from current studies. Annual meeting of SACNAS, Seattle, WA.

2011 Session on Wildlife Biology in a changing Environment, Annual meeting of SACNAS, San Jose, CA. 2011 Session on Fate and Effect of Contaminants on Aquatic Systems, SETAC Mexico

Focused Topic Meeting, Merida, Yucatán, Mexico. 2008 Session on long range transport of chemicals in the environment, 5th SETAC World

Congress, Sydney, Australia. 2006 Session on environmental sciences. Annual meeting of SACNAS, Tampa, FL. 2005 Session on environmental sciences. Annual meeting of SACNAS, Denver, CO. 2004 Two sessions on “Pesticides and birds” and “Ecotoxicology of wildlife and endocrine

disruption.” First annual meeting of the Mesoamerican Society of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Chemistry, Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico. 2003 Session on “Pollution of Wetlands”, Annual meeting of SACNAS, Albuquerque, NM. 2002 Session on Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Annual meeting of SACNAS, CA. 2001 Session on Aquatic Toxicology, 4th annual meeting of the Mexican Society of

Toxicology, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. 1999 Scientific session “Ecosystems and Communities”, 46th annual meeting of the

Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Monterrey, NL, Mexico. 1998 Co-chair in scientific session “Chemical impacts on migratory wildlife”, 19th annual

meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Charlotte, NC. 1998 Two sessions at the 9th U.S.-Mexico Border States Conference on Recreation, Parks, and

Wildlife, Tucson, AZ.

3. Invited Seminars

2017 Birds and E. coli: Assessing Wildlife Impacts on Water Quality. Presented at California State University, Northridge.

2016 Hazard Assessment of Metal Concentration to Fish and Wildlife from Lake Chapala, Mexico” presented by Zaria Torres, Department of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas.

2016 Assessment of Contaminant Accumulation in Migratory Songbirds.” presented by Alejandra Maldonado, Department of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas.

2015 Ecotoxicological Investigations with Birds in Mexico. Invited seminar to commemorate

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the World day of the Environment. CIIDIR, Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico. 2015 My research program and results from our mercury study in Chapala Lake. Centro de

Investigacion y Asistencia Tecnica del Estado de Jalisco (CIATEJ), Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

2014 Conservation Ecotoxicology. Presented to the Society for Conservation Biology student association, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

2009 Conservation Ecotoxicology. Presented to the Society for Conservation Biology student association, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

2008 Wildlife Ecotoxicology: A hidden dimension in ecological studies. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University.

2008 Effects of environmental contaminants on wildlife. School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F.

2007 A review of the impacts of environmental contaminants on wildlife: applications to the Yucatan Peninsula. Department of Ecology, School of Biology, University of Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán.

2007 Evaluating impacts of environmental contaminants on wildlife: State of the science. Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

2007 Ecotoxicology: Principles and Applications. Presented to the Undergraduate Student Zoology Club, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station.

2005 Biomarkers of exposure and effects of environmental contaminants on swallows nesting along the Rio Grande. Presented at the MBRS program, Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio.

2004 A decade of contaminants research along the Rio Grande: evaluating threats to endangered species. Presented at the Denver Federal Center, Denver Colorado.

2004 Principles and Techniques in Ecotoxicology. Presented at the Instituto Tecnologico de Jiquilpan, Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico.

2002 Models for predicting impacts of OP and carbamate insecticides on birds in agricultural ecosystems. Presented at the Biological Resources Division, USGS, Reston, Virginia.

2001 Contaminants without borders: wildlife/contaminant interactions of the Colorado River Delta Ecosystem. Presented at the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis.

2001 Contaminant surveys in the Rio Grande. Presented at the meeting of the United States- Mexico Border Field Coordinating Committee, Corpus Christi, TX.

2001 Assessing risks of environmental contaminants to wildlife in agricultural ecosystems. Presented at the Department of Animal Ecology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

1999 Wildlife contaminant issues of the United States-Mexico border. Presented at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Toxicology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

1999 Wildlife contaminant issues of the United States-Mexico border. Presented at The Institute for Environmental and Health Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

1998 An ecosystem assessment of contaminants and their impacts on wildlife with emphasis on endangered species. Presented at the Clemson Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.

1998 Environmental contaminants in wildlife of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Presented at the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College

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Station, Texas. 1998 Trends of contaminants and their impacts on biota of the Rio Grande Basin:

Recommendations for a new integrated biomarker study approach. Presented at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Region 2 Environmental Contaminants meeting, Dallas, Texas.

1997 Persistent organochlorine pesticides in resident and migrant birds of Mexico. Presented at the Second Mexican Toxicology Congress, Mexico City.

1997 Effects of PCBs and organochlorine pesticides on birds. Presented at the Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City.

1997 Environmental contaminants in biota of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin: a review of status and trends. Presented at the Midwest Science Center, Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia, MO.

1995 Trends of organochlorine pesticides and congener-specific polychlorinated biphenyl patterns in aquatic birds of the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. Topics in Ecotoxicology and Conservation Biology Series, University of California Davis, Davis, CA.

1995 An overview of ongoing environmental contaminant research along the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas and Mexico. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office, Albuquerque, NM

1994 Current impacts of environmental contaminants on birds of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Presented at the Department of Biology, University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, TX.

1993 Trends of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in birds from Texas, 1965-1993. Presented at the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

1992 Habitat use and foraging behavior of the cattle egret in northwest Mexico. Presented at the Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

1992 Polychlorinated biphenyls in plasma of Great Lakes Caspian terns: relationships with age, productivity, and colony site fidelity. Presented at the Institute of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.

1991 Pesticides, foraging-habitat use and breeding success of cattle egrets in agricultural ecosystems. Presented at the Department of Biology, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN.

1985 Environmental dynamics of organochlorine pesticides in waterfowl from California and Mexico. Presented at the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA.

4. Technical Presentations

a. Invited

2020 Ecotoxicologia y salud ambiental: las aves como indicadoras en ecosistemas. XII encuentro anual de la red del medio ambiente. Organizada por CIIDIR, Michoacan, Mexico.

2020 Status of environmental risk assessment in Mexico and recommendations. Panel member in forum discussion. Congreso Nacional de Plaguicidas: Ambiente y Salud, organized by CNPAS, Mexico.

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2017 Ecotoxicology applied to bird conservation. Round table discussion. XXIII Congreso Español de Ornitologia, Badajoz, Spain.

2015 An update on the stable isotopes study on the diet of the Attwater’s prairie chicken (by Zaria Torres, PhD Student). Attwater’s Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge.

2013 Using δ13C and δ15N Stable Isotopes to Determine C and N Dynamics in the Diet of Attwater’s Prairie Chickens in Texas. APC Recovery Team Meeting, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose, TX.

2012 An Analysis of the Latitudinal Variation of DDE Concentrations in Birds from North America from 1980 to 2009. Workshop on tropical ecotoxicology and long term change, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica.

2011 Wildlife as indicators of environmental pollution of the U.S.-Mexico border. SACNAS annual meeting, San Jose, CA.

2009 δ13C and δ15N stable isotopes in feathers of the endangered Attwater’s prairie-chicken and greater prairie-chicken in the USA: Ecological implications. Presented to the Attwater’s Prairie Chicken Recovery Team, APC National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.

2007 Contaminant Hotspots along the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo: Evidence of Endocrine Disruption Effects on Birds. Presented at the annual meeting of the Wildlife Society, Tucson, AZ.

2006 Persistent Environmental Pollutants in Eggs of Aplomado Falcons from Northern Chihuahua, Mexico, and South Texas, USA. Presented at the 4th North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico.

2005 Monitoring contaminants in the Rio Grande with swallows: biomarkers of exposure and effects. Presented at the annual meeting of the USGS Texas Water Science Center, Kerville, TX.

2002 Wildlife contaminants research in the U.S.-Mexico border. Presented at the annual meeting of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Region 2, Environmental Contaminants Group, Tucson, Arizona

2002 Pesticides and birds in Mexico. Presented at the 3rd international meeting of Partners in Flight, Monterey, CA.

2002 Swallows as indicators of environmental pollution of the Texas-Mexico border. Presented at the 105th Annual meeting of the Texas Academy of Sciences, Laredo, Texas.

1999 Contaminants without borders: A regional assessment of the Colorado River delta ecosystem. Presented at the International Congress on Ecosystem Health, Sacramento, California.

1998 An overview of environmental contaminants and their potential effects in wildlife in the Rio Grande Basin and Big Bend National Park. Presented at the Big Bend National Park Science Meeting, Big Bend, Texas.

1997 Ecosystem approaches to contaminant issues in urban and rural environments. Presented to the Sahuayo Ecological Conservation Group, Sahuayo, Michoacan, Mexico.

1995 Environmental contaminant issues in Latin America: Are wildlife populations at risk? Presented at the Second SETAC World Congress, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

b. Offered

2019 Ongoing impacts of POPs in south Texas and northern Mexico; A case study, the

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Aplomado Falcon. SETAC Latin America, Cartagena, Colombia. 2019 Maldonado, Alejandra, Miguel Mora. Seasonal differences in contaminant

accumulation in neotropical migrant and resident songbirds. Platform presentation, SETAC Latin America biennial meeting, Cartagena, Colombia.

2019 Maldonado, Alejandra, Miguel Mora. “A review of persistent organic pollutants in birds from Latin America: 1980-2018”. Poster presentation, SETAC Latin America biennial meeting, Cartagena, Colombia.

2019 Chelsea Hidalgo, Miguel Mora, Jose Sericano, Paul Juergens. Working towards the recovery of the endangered Aplomado Falcon in south Texas: are persistent organic pollutants a current concern?. Annual meeting of South Central SETAC, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

2018 Chelsea Hidalgo, Miguel Mora, Jose Sericano, Paul Juergens. Status and trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants in eggs of Aplomado Falcons from south Texas. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of SETAC, Sacramento, CA.

2018 Assessing the impacts of legacy pollutants on wildlife of the Texas Gulf Coast using birds as indicator species. Annual meeting of SACNAS, San Antonio, TX

2018 Assessing impacts of legacy pollutants on wildlife of the Trinity River (Texas, USA) using neotropic cormorants as indicator species. Poster presented at the annual meeting of SETAC Europe, Rome, Italy.

2017 A comprehensive analysis of hotspots and patterns of p,p’-DDE accumulation in North American birds. Platform presentation, biannual meeting of SETAC Latin America, Santos, Brazil.

2017 Diane E. Boellstorff, Drew M. Gholson, Scott R. Cummings and Miguel A. Mora. Does Drought Influence Southern USA Citizen Opinion About Water Quality and Pollutant Sources? Poster, biannual meeting of SETAC Latin America, Santos, Brazil.

2017 Impacts of heronries on water quality as evaluated through E. coli and fecal sterol analysis. Platform presentation, 41st annual meeting of the Waterbird Society, University of Iceland, Reykjavic, Iceland.

2016 Stable isotope applications in ecological studies of bird diets. Platform presentation, Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science Annual meetings. Long Beach, CA.

2016 Using stable isotopes to determine seasonal variation and shifts in diet of the endangered Attwater’s prairie chicken in Texas. Platform presentation, North American Ornithological Conference, Washington, DC.

2016 C. Zach Johnson, Hannah M. Ertl, Miguel A. Mora. A preliminary evaluation of the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on Northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) in Texas. The Wildlife Society Texas Chapter. February 2016.

2015 Maldonado, A. Seasonal differences on the accumulation of PBDEs in migratory of resident and migrant songbirds of North and Central America. SETAC Annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.

2015 Ertl, H. Assessing the impact of neonicotinoid insecticides on northern bobwhite quail in Texas. I ended up giving the presentation by Hannah since she had to leave the conference to take care or assist in a family problem.

2015 Ertl, H. Assessing the impact of neonicotinoid insecticides on northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) in Texas. Poster presented at the Quail Decline Initiative conference, Abilene, Texas.

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2015 Wildlife Toxicology in Latin America: are we addressing the effects of pollutants at the ecosystem level? Oral presentation presented at the 11th biennial meeting of SETAC Latin America, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2015 Are neonicotinoid insecticides associated with northern bobwhite declines in Texas? Presented at the annual meeting of SETAC Europe, Barcelona, Spain.

2015 Torres, Z. Lake Chapala Metals Study on Water, Sediments, and Fish. Poster presentation at the South-Central Regional Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Lafayette, Louisiana.

2015 Torres, Z. Comparison Study of Stable Isotope Values in Museum and Contemporary Feathers from the Endangered Attwater’s Prairie Chicken. Oral presentation at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Corpus Christi, Texas.

2015 Ertl, H. Assessing the impact of neonicotinoid insecticides on Northern bobwhite quail in Texas. Poster presentation at the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry South-Central Regional Meeting. Lafayette, Louisiana.

2014 Maldonado, A., M.A. Mora, and J. Sericano. “Seasonal levels of POPs in resident and migrant birds from North and Central America”. Presented at the annual meeting of SETAC, NA, Vancouver, BC.

2014 Fifty Years After Silent Spring: Temporal and Latitudinal Trends of DDE in North Tokyo, Japan.

2014 Zaria Torres, Miguel Mora. Diet Study of the Endangered Attwater’s Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) with the Use of Stable Isotopes. SACNAS National Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

2012 An assessment of Hg contamination in Lake Chapala, Mexico. SETAC Annual meeting, Long Beach, CA. Platform presentation

2012 D. Alvarez and M. Mora. Evaluacion Preliminar de la contaminacion por Mercurio en el Lago de Chapala, Mexico. Primer Congreso Internacional de la Red de Medio Ambiente. Queretaro, Mexico.

2012 Understanding the distribution of persistent contaminants in North America using birds as indicator species. SACNAS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. Platform presentation

2012 A preliminary assessment of Hg contamination in Lake Chapala, Mexico. SETAC Europe annual meeting, Berlin, Germany. Poster presentation.

2012 Torres, Z. and M. Mora. A Preliminary Assessment of Hg Contamination of Lake Chapala, Mexico. Presented at the SETAC South Central annual meeting, Waco, Texas.

2012 Torres, Z. and M. Mora. A Preliminary Risk Assessment of Hg Contamination of Lake Chapala, Mexico. Presented at the HLAE Research Symposium, UT San Antonio.

2012 Judlyn Telesford, Miguel Mora, Diane Boellstorff, Terry Gentry, Tony Provin, Kevin Wagner. Large Heronries Contribute E. coli and Nutrient Loads to Water bodies. Bacterial Source Tracking State of the Science Conference, New Braunfels, Texas.

2011 Judlyn M. Telesford, Miguel A. Mora, Terry J. Gentry & Dianne E. BoellstorffA Comparison of Stable Isotope and Fecal Sterol Analyses to Enumeration and Rep-PCR for Assessing Avian Contributions of Escherichia coli (E. coli) to Watersheds. Annual Pathways to the Doctorate Symposium, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

2011 Crystal Watkins, Kirk O. Winemiller, Miguel A. Mora. Do wastewater treatment plants cause abnormal effects in mosquitofish? Poster presented at the Ecological Society of America Meeting in Austin, Texas.

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2011 PBDEs, PCBs, and DDE in eggs and their impacts on aplomado falcons (Falco

femoralis) from Chihuahua and Veracruz, Mexico. Platform presentation, SETAC Mexico focused topic meeting, Merida, Yucatán, Mexico.

2011 PBDEs, PCBs, and DDE in eggs of aplomado falcons (Falco femoralis) from Chihuahua and Veracruz, Mexico. Poster presentation, Annual meeting of SETAC Europe, Milan, Italy.

2011 Z. Torres, M. Mora. Assessment of mercury contamination in fish and wildlife of Lake Chapala: Implications for human and environmental health. HLAE Spring research symposium, Corpus Christi, TX.

2011 Z. Torres, M. Mora. Assessment of mercury contamination in fish and wildlife of Lake Chapala: Implications for human and environmental health. 7th Annual TAMUS LSAMP Symposium, Prairie View, TX.

2011 Crystal Watkins, Kirk O. Winemiller, Miguel A. Mora. Effects of domestic wastewater effluents on Gambusia affinis in the bayous systems of Harris County. Oral presentation Wildlife seminar series, WFSC Department, Texas A&M University

2011 Crystal Watkins, Kirk O. Winemiller, Miguel A. Mora. Effects of domestic wastewater effluents on Gambusia affinis in the bayous systems of Harris County. Oral presentation presented at the Ecological Integration symposium at Texas A&M University.

2011 Crystal Watkins, Kirk O. Winemiller, Miguel A. Mora. Do wastewater treatment plants cause abnormal effects in mosquitofish? Poster presented at the Texas American Fisheries Society Meeting in San Marcos, Texas.

2010 C. Watkins, K. O. Winemiller, & M. Mora. Do wastewater treatment plants cause abnormal effects in mosquitofish? SETAC annual meeting, Portland OR.

2009 Miguel A. Mora, Bryan Brattin, Catherine Baxter and James Rivers. Ecotoxicological implications of Sr accumulation in eggshells of birds from North America. Presented at the annual meeting of SETAC Europe, Goteborg, Sweden.

2009 Parkes, M, Mora M, Feagin R. "Using scale, cover type, and GIS to evaluate nuisance egret colony site selection" oral presentation, The Waterbirds Society annual meeting, Cape May, NJ.

2009 Wilkins L, Mora M, Grant W. Modeling an endangered species in an urban landscape: fountain darter survival in the upper San Marcos River, Hays County, Texas. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Southwest Central SETAC Chapter, San Marcos State University, San Marcos, TX.

2009 Wilkins L, Mora M, Grant W. Modeling an endangered species in an urban landscape: fountain darter survival in the upper San Marcos River, Hays County, Texas. Oral presentation to the Edwards Aquifer Technical Group, River Studies Institute, Texas Parks and Wildlife, San Marcos, TX.

2009 Wilkins L, Mora M, Grant W. Modeling an endangered species in an urban landscape: fountain darter survival in the upper San Marcos River, Hays County, Texas. Poster presented at the 10th annual ecological integration symposium, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

2009 Wilkins L, Grant W, Mora M. Endangered species in an urban landscape: modeling fountain darter survival in the upper San Marcos River, Hays County, Texas. Poster presented at the annual Texas A&M Agrilife Conference, College Station, TX.

2008 Saxena V., J. Rogers, and M. Mora. Development of protective concentration levels for selected chemicals of concern within the Texas Panhandle. 6th annual Pathways to the

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Doctorate Symposium, Texas A&M University Commerce, Texas. 2008 Where has all the DDE gone? Searching for hotspots and patterns of accumulation in

migrant birds in North America. 5th SETAC World Conference, Sydney, Australia. 2008 Engelman, C. A., Mora, M. A., Grant, W. E., Woodin, M. C. Ecotoxicological risk

assessment of agricultural chemical exposure on wintering burrowing owls. 126th

meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Portland, OR. 2007 Persistent organochlorine pollutants and stable isotopes in resident and migrant

passerine birds from Michoacan, Mexico. Presented at the annual meeting of SETAC Europe, Porto, Portugal.

2006 Engelman, C. and M. Mora. Ecotoxicological risk assessment model of the effects of organophosphate and carbamate insecticide use on borrowing owls wintering in south Texas agroecosystems. Presented at the 4th North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico.

2006 Changes in δ13C and δ15N in feathers and relationships with post-release survival of the endangered Attwater’s prairie chicken (Tympanucus cupido attwateri) and greater prairie chicken (T. c. pinnatus) in the USA. Presented at the 5th international conference on “Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies”, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

2006 Engelman, C. and M. Mora. Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment Model of the Effect of Organophosphate and Carbamate Insecticide Use on Burrowing Owls Wintering in Agroecosystems. Texas A&M Student Symposium, College Station, TX.

2006 Parkes, M. and M Mora. A comparison of residential and non-residential cattle egret colonies in the Post Oak Savanna and Blackland Prairie Ecoregions of Texas. Texas A&M Student Symposium, College Station, TX.

2005 Parkes, M. and M. Mora. Characteristics and Management of Residential Heronries in Texas. Annual meeting of the Texas Colonial Waterbirds Society, Port Aransas, TX.

2005 Parkes, M. and M. Mora. Characteristics and Management of Residential Heronries in Texas. Annual meeting of the Waterbirds Society, Jekyll Island, GA.

2005 Biomarkers of exposure and effects of environmental contaminants on swallows nesting along the Rio Grande, Texas, USA. Presented at the annual meeting of the Wildlife Society, Madison, WI.

2005 Integrating science through modeling: initiative to evaluate pesticide risks on migrant birds in Mexico. Presented at the annual meeting of SETAC Europe, Lille, France.

2005 Parkes, M. and M. Mora. Characteristics and management of nuisance heronries in Texas. Student Symposium, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

2004 Smalling, K, Mora, M, Maruya, K. Bioaccumulation of toxaphene by swallows from the Rio Grande Valley (Texas). Presented at the 25th annual meeting of SETAC, Portland, OR.

2004 Sitzlar, M, Mora, M, Bickham, J. P450 aromatase alterations and DNA damage as avian pollution biomarkers on the Rio Grande Basin. Presented at the 25th annual meeting of SETAC, Portland, OR.

2004 Unusually High Concentrations of Strontium in Eggshells of Passerine Birds: Toxicological Implications. Presented at the 25th annual meeting of SETAC, Portland, OR.

2004 Swallows as indicators of environmental pollution of the Texas-Mexico border: predicting trends of DDE and Se with stable isotopes. Presented at the 4th international

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conference on “Applications of stable isotope techniques to ecological Studies” Te Papa Museum, Wellington, New Zealand.

2004 Development of a comprehensive simulation model for predicting impacts of anticholinesterase insecticides on birds foraging in agricultural ecosystems in Mexico. Presented at the 1st annual meeting of the Mesoamerican Society of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Chemistry, Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico.

2003 Pisani, J.M., W.E. Grant, and M.A. Mora. Impact of cholinesterase inhibiting pesticides on white-winged doves in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Presented at the annual meeting of the Texas Ornithological Society, Uvalde, TX

2003 Swallows as Sentinels of Environmental Pollution of the Rio Grande: Predicting trends of DDE and Se with Stable Isotopes. Presented at the VI annual lower Rio Grande/Rio Bravo binational ecosystem group conference, organized by USFWS in McAllen, Texas

2002 Swallows as indicators of exposure and effects of environmental contaminants on wildlife of the Rio Grande. Presented at the Columbia Environmental Research Center, USGS, Columbia, MO.

2002 Wildlife Contaminant research along the US.-Mexico border: Opportunities for collaboration with USFWS. Presented at the USFWS-USGS meeting on partnerships and opportunities for collaborative research i3n5Region 2, Albuquerque, NM.

2002 A geographic information system database for environmental contaminants in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin. Presented at the 105th annual meeting of the Texas Academy of Sciences, Laredo, Texas.

2002 A GIS database for environmental contaminants in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin. Presented at the USGS-Mexico Border Strategy Team Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas.

2002 Environmental contaminants in peregrine falcons from the Big Bend region. Presented at the USGS-Mexico Border Strategy Team Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas.

2001 A simulation model for predicting impacts of OPs and carbamate insecticides on birds foraging in agricultural ecosystems. Poster presented at the 22nd annual meeting of SETAC, Baltimore, MD.

2001 Environmental contaminants and deformities in the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher in Arizona. Is there a linkage? Presented at the 11th annual meeting of SETAC Europe, Madrid, Spain.

2000 Environmental contaminants in surrogate bird species and insects inhabiting southwestern willow flycatcher habitat along the Lower San Pedro River and Roosevelt Lake, Arizona. The Ecology and Conservation of the Willow Flycatcher Conference, Tempe, AZ.

1999 Environmental contaminants in insectivorous birds and bats, potential prey of the peregrine falcon in Big Bend National Park. Poster presented at the 6th annual meeting of the Wildlife Society, Austin, Texas, and at the 20th annual meeting of SETAC, Philadelphia, PA.

1999 A geographic information system database for environmental contaminants in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin. Poster presented at the Biological Resources Division, National Program Review, Status and Trends Program, Tucson, AZ.

1999 Transboundary pollution: a comparative assessment of contaminants in fishes from four resacas of the U.S.-Mexico border. Presented at the 46th annual meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Monterrey, NL, Mexico.

1999 Frank, D., M. Mora, and J. Sericano. Chlorinated pesticides and PCBs in colonial

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nesting water birds of Galveston Bay. Presented at the State of the Bay Symposium IV, Galveston Island, TX.

1998 Environmental contaminants in ocelots of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, 1986-97. Poster presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Charlotte, NC.

1998 Wainwright, S.E., M.A. Mora, et al. Effects of environmental contaminants on wildlife using resacas and settling basins in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Poster presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Charlotte, NC.

1998 Cholger-Blust, S.L., A.L. Blankenship, K. Kannan, J.P. Giesy, D. Frank, M. Mora, and J. Sericano. Risk assessment for dioxin equivalents in fish-eating birds of Galveston Bay, TX. Poster presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Charlotte, NC.

1997 Environmental contaminants in biota of the Rio Grande Basin: a review of status and trends. Platform presentation, 18th annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, San Francisco, CA.

1997 Frank, D., M.A. Mora and J. Sericano. Bioaccumulation of chlorinated pesticides and annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, San Francisco, CA.

1997 Ecological risk assessment of contaminant stressors on biota of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo. Platform presentation, 8th U.S.-Mexico Border States Conference on Recreation, Parks, and Wildlife, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

1996 An assessment of the potential impacts of environmental contaminants on the recovery of the aplomado falcon in south Texas. Platform presentation, 17th annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Washington, D.C.

1995 Corson, Michael S. and M.A. Mora. Modeling cholinesterase inhibition in cattle egrets foraging in insecticide-treated fields. Platform presentation, annual meeting of the Society of Ecological Modeling, San Diego, CA.

1994 Congener specific polychlorinated biphenyl patterns in aquatic birds of the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. Poster presentation at the Fifteenth annual meeting of the Society of environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Denver Colorado; and at the Gulf of Mexico Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas during 1995.

1993 Verbrugge, D.A., J.P. Giesy, M.A. Mora, L.L. Williams, R.B. Crawford, R.L. Moll, R. Rossman, and M.Tuckman. Concentrations of PCBs in water and suspended particulate from the Saginaw River, Michigan, USA, as determined by filtration and XAD-2 resin extraction. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Houston, TX.

1992 PCBs and chlorinated insecticides in plasma of Caspian Terns: relationships with age, productivity, and colony site tenacity in the Great Lakes. Annual meeting of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Cincinnati, OH.

1991 Foraging habitat use of Cattle Egrets in the Mexicali Valley, Baja California. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Montreal, Canada.

1989 Bioaccumulation of organochlorines and PCBs in birds from northwest Mexico. Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Toronto, Canada.

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2019 My path to Academia: what does it take and how did I get where I am now? Annual meeting of the Waterbird Conference, session on “diversity in biodiversity” diversity and inclusion in natural resource areas. University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Salisbury, Maryland.

2010 An overview and update of the Society, SETAC North America. Annual regional meeting of the SETAC South Central Chapter, Junction, Texas.

2008 Overview of the mission, goals, and opportunities with the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science. Presented at the Hispanic Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment Program Meeting, Texas A&M University.

2002 Expanding opportunities for minorities in science: the role of SACNAS. Presented to the Minorities in Agriculture and Natural Resources Group (MANRS), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.