Kristin Hardy
Kristin M. Hardy, Ph.D.Education
B.S., Tulane University (Neuroscience)
Ph.D., University of North Carolina Wilmington (Marine Biology)
Postdoc, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina (Environmental Physiology)
Research Interests
- Environmental physiology of marine invertebrates
- Metabolic effects of intracellular and environmental hypoxia
- Molecular and physiological adaptations to stress in crustaceans and molluscs
- Comparative muscle physiology and energetics
Advising Interests
- Environmental physiology
- Metabolism and energetics
- Stress physiology in invertebrates
- Comparative muscle physiology
- Evolutionary physiology
Research
My research is focused on the physiological acclimations and evolutionary adaptations of marine invertebrates (particularly crustaceans) to changing environmental conditions. I approach these topics from an inherently integrative and comparative angle by examining the effects of environmental stress at the cellular, tissue, and organismal levels - often across a number of species. In particular, my efforts are focused on the consequences of low dissolved oxygen (hypoxia) and elevated carbon dioxide (hypercapnia) on muscle physiology, metabolism, growth and behavior.