Justin D. Congdon

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
P O Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802
(803) 725-5341 office
(803) 725-3309 fax
congdon(at)srel.edu

Justin Congdon is a Professor Emeritus at University of Georgia. For many years preceeding 2002 he was a senior research scientist at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and still participates in many of the studies being conducted at SREL. Justin earned an associate's degree at Victor Valley College (1965), a bachelor of science (1968) and a master of science (1971) from California State Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo, and a Ph.D. degree (1977) from Arizona State University. Justin is the author of 70 articles in scientific journals and 11 book chapters, and has participated in 10 scientific symposia, four of which he organized. In recent years Justin has developed strong programs at SREL in physiological ecology and ecotoxicology, including a major initiative on the effects of coal fly ash waste on aquatic and semi-aquatic organisms.

Recent Projects:

• Turtle studies on the University of Michigan's E. S. George Reserve
• Study of the Sonoran Mud Turtle
• Sublethal impacts of coal-derived trace elements on amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates
• Parental investment in reptiles
• Field metabolic rates of snakes
• Pre- and post-thermal impacts on fish in reactor cooling reservoirs