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Stephen Kempf, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Office Location:  130E Funchess Hall Mailing Address: Biological Sciences 331 Funchess Hall Auburn University, AL 36849 Tel: (334) 844-3924 Fax: (334) 844-9234 kempfsc@auburn.edu Laboratory Web Page

Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio
Ph.D. Zoology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
Post Doctoral Fellow - University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories
Leverhulme Post Doctoral Fellow - Univ. of St. Andrews, Gatty Marine Lab

Research & Teaching Interest
1. A morphological and functional analysis of neurodevelopment in molluscan larvae.
2. The energetics and morphology of zooxanthella - cnidarian symbioses using the anemone, Aiptasia pallida, as a model organism.

Recent Publications
Kempf, S.C. and L.R. Page. (2005). Anti-tubulin labeling reveals ampullary neuron ciliary bundles in opisthobranch larvae and a new putative neural structure associated with the apical ganglion. Biol. Bull. 208: 169-182.

Estes, A.M., S.C. Kempf, and R.P. Henry. 2003. Localization and quantification of carbonic anhydrase in the symbiotic Scyphozoan Cassiopea xamachana. Biol. Bull. 204: 278-289.

Wakefield, T.S. and S.C. Kempf. 2001. Development of host- and symbiont-specific monoclonal antibodies and confirmation of the origin of the symbiosome membrane in a cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Biol. Bull. 200. Pp. 127-143.

Wakefield, T.S., M.A. Farmer, S.C. Kempf. 2000. Revised description of the fine structure of in situ “Zooxanthellae” genus Symbiodimium. Biol. Bull. 199: pp. 76-84.

Kempf, S.C., L.R. Page, A. Pires. 1997. Development of serotonin-like immunoreactivity in the embryos and larvae of nudibranch mollusks with emphasis on the structure and possible function of the apical sensory organ. J. Comp. Neurology. 386: pp. 507-528.

Courses:
Course names for BIOL4000 and 4410 are active links to course material.