Professional Experience

• NIH Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, University of California, Davis (1968-1973)
• Postdoctoral Scientist, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis (1973-1975)
• Assistant/Associate/Professor of Genetics, Texas A&M University (1975-present)
• Greenback Cutthroat Trout Recovery Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (1977-1980)
• Member, Editorial Board of Copeia - Journal of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (1984-1987)
• Member, Advisory Panel for Systematic Biology, National Science Foundation (1984-1989)
• Chair, Intercollegiate Program in Genetics, Texas A&M University (1986-1989)
• Member, Advisory Panel for Postdoctoral and Mid-Career Fellowships, Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation (1988-1989, 1993-1994)
• Director, Center for Biosystematics and Biodiversity, Texas A&M University (1990-1996)
• Editorial Advisor, Marine Ecology - Progress Series, Springer International (1991-2001)
• Technical Advisor for Endangered Resources, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (1991-present)
• International Editor for the Biomedical Journal Chromatin (1991-1993)
• International Editor for the Biomedical Journal Cytobios (1991-1995)
• Editorial Advisor, Marine Biology, Springer International (1993-1997)
• Genetics, Development, and Morphology Editor of Copeia - Journal of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (1993-2000)
• Member, NRC (NAS) Ocean Studies Board Committee for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (1994)
• Member, Class 4, ESCOP/ACOP (NASULGC) Leadership Program (1994-1995)
• Technical Advisor, International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (1995-1997)
• Member, Advisory Panel for Academic Research Infrastructure, National Science Foundation (1996)
• Program Director, Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation (1996-1997)
• Member, Advisory Panel for Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program, National Science Foundation (1997-2000)
• Member, Advisory Panel for Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Biosciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, National Science Foundation (1999-2000)
• Member, Advisory Panel for Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants, Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation (1999-2000)
• Member, Technical Review Panel, New York Sea Grant Program, 1999-2000
• Member, Technical Review Panel, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Department of the Interior, 1999-2001
• Member, Advisory Panel for Minority Postdoctoral Fellowships, Division of Biological Infrastructure, National Science Foundation (1999-2001)
• Member, Advisory Panel for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species, National Marine Fisheries Service (2007-present)
• Member, Editorial Board, Conservation Biology Journal, (2007-present)
• Member, Advisory Panel for Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Science Foundation of Ireland (2008-present)
• TAMU Research Foundation Faculty Representative to the Federal Demonstration Partnership (2008 - present)

Awards and Honors

• Invited Plenary Lecture, International Symposium on Formosa Landlocked Salmon and Masu Salmon, Taipei, Taiwan (2009)
• Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan (1980)
• Distinguished Performance Award, Undergraduate Teaching, Texas A&M University (1985)
• University Honors Program Teacher/Scholar Award, Texas A&M University (1986)
• Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Agriculture, Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University (1986)
• Board of Governors, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (1993-1999)
• Outstanding Teacher, Genetics Undergraduate Society, Texas A&M University (1993)
• Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching, Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University (1993)
• Invited Plenary Lecture, Eighth International Congress of Ichthyology, Oviedo, Spain (1994)
• Outstanding Faculty Member, Undergraduate Biochemistry Society, Texas A&M University (1994)
• Excellence in Teaching Award, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (1999)
• Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1999)
• Faculty Fellow, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (2000)
• Invited Plenary Lecture, Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas de Amazonia e Universidade do Amazonas, Manaus, Brasil (2000)
• Invited Plenary Lecture, 2nd International Symposium on Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching, Kobe, Japan (2002)
• Fulbright Research Scholar, Norway (2003)
• Vice-Chancellor’s Award in Excellence (Research), Texas A&M University (2003)
• Invited Plenary Lecture, Annual International Symposium, Fisheries Society of the British Isles, Aberdeen, Scotland (2006)
• Regents Professor, Texas A&M University System (2007)
• Senior Faculty Fellow, Texas AgriLIFE Research (2007)
• Cintron Endowed Professorship (2008)

Recent Publications

• Karlsson, S., Ma, L., Saillant, E., and Gold, J. R.  (2007)  Tests of Mendelian segregation and linkage-group relationships among 31 microsatellite loci in red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus.  Aquaculture International 15: 383-391.
• Ma, L., Saillant, E., Gatlin III, D. M., Neill, W. H., Vega, R. R., and Gold, J. R.  (2007)  Heritability of cold tolerance in red drum.  North American Journal of Aquaculture 69: 381-387.
• Saillant, E., Wang, X., Ma, L., Gatlin III, D. M., Vega, R. R., and Gold, J. R.  (2008)  Genetic effects on tolerance to acute cold stress in red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus L.  Aquaculture Research 39: 1393-1398.
• Ma, L., Saillant, E., Gatlin, D. M. III, and Gold, J. R.  (2008)  Estimates of heritability of larval and early juvenile growth traits in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus).  Journal of Applied Aquaculture 20: 134-147.
• Gold, J. R., Ma, L. Saillant, E., Silva, P. S., and Vega, R. R.  (2008)  Genetic effective size in populations of hatchery-raised red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, released for stock enhancement.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137: 1327-1334.
• Karlsson, S., Saillant, E., Bumguardner, B. W., Vega, R. R., and Gold, J. R.  (2008)  Genetic identification of hatchery-released red drum in Texas bays and estuaries.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28: 1294-1304.
• Saillant, E., Renshaw, M. A., Gatlin, D. M. III, Neill, W. H., Vega, R. R., and Gold, J. R.  (2009)  An experimental assessment of microsatellite markers for genetic tagging of hatchery-reared red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) used in stock enhancement.  Journal of Applied Ichthyology 25: 108-113.
• Gold, J. R., Saillant, E., Ebelt, N. D., and Lem, S.  (2009).  Conservation genetics of gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus) in U.S. waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean.  Copeia 2009: 277-286.
• Karlsson, S., Saillant, E., and Gold, J. R.  (2009)  Population structure and genetic variation of lane snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) in the northern Gulf of Mexico.  Marine Biology 156: 1841 - 1855.  DOI 10.1007/s00227-009-1217-y.
• Carson, E. W., Karlsson, S.. Saillant, E., and Gold, J. R.  (2009)  Genetic studies of hatchery-supplemented populations of red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, in four Texas bays.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management.  In press.