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Sink, Todd

Todd Sink

He, Him, His
Associate Professor and Aquaculture Extension Specialist
Focus Area:  Aquaculture, private fisheries management, fish physiology
Office:  
Aquaculture Research and Teaching Facility
Email:  
[email protected]

Education

Undergraduate Education
B.S. Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Purdue University
Graduate Education
Ph.D. Natural Resources specializing in fish stress and disease physiology, University of Tennessee

Areas of Expertise

  • Aquaculture
  • Parasite and disease diagnostics
  • Production of aquaculture products and product protocols
  • Fish nutrition, species selection for culture, marketing, reproduction and hatchery management

Aquaculture, private fisheries management, fish physiology

Professional Summary

Prior to joining the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management as associate professor, Todd Sink, Ph.D., was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tennessee and the University of Arkansas. Sink is also an Aquaculture Extension Specialist at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the director of the TAMU Aquatic Diagnostics Laboratory, which is the only fish disease pathology and waterborne toxin testing laboratory in the state of Texas. He is currently working on multiple projects including determining a viable method of sex reversal in female Southern flounder, which will allow the species to be bred and sustained without the need for wild-caught males. In addition, Sink is evaluating the safety, gross pathology, and efficacy of a novel slow-release spawning aid, Ovaplant-L®, in marine finfish reproduction.

Publications

  • View publications on Aquaculture, Fisheries, & Pond Management
  • View publications on Aquaculture, Fisheries, & Pond Management: Aquatic Diagnostics Lab
  • View publications on The Southern Regional Aquaculture Center
  • View publications on The Southern Regional Aquaculture Center: Aquaponics
  • View publications on AquaPlant
  • View publications on Aquacultural Research and Teaching Facility
  • View publications on Google Scholar
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