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Stephen A. Bullard (Ash)
Assistant Professor
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(334)-844-9278
ash.bullard@auburn.edu

Field of Specialization
Parasitology






  • Professional Affiliations
  • Special Honors & Awards
  • Research
  • Publications
  • American Society of Parasitologists (Tellers Committee 1999, Committee on Awards 2000, Student Council Member-at-Large 2004, Local Committee 2005; Nominating Committee 2008; Judge, ASP Student Paper Awards 2008)
  • American Fisheries Society (Fish Health Section)
  • Marine and Estuarine Graduate Student Association (Graduate Student Representative elect 2002–2006)
  • American Elasmobranch Society
  • American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
  • American Association for Advancement of ScienceSoutheastern Society of Parasitologists
  • Southwestern Association of Parasitologists
  • Helminthological Society of Washington
  • World Aquaculture Society
  • United States Aquaculture Society
  • Sigma Xi (full membership)
  • Mississippi Academy of Sciences
  • Gulf Caribbean Fisheries Institute
  • Tennessee Academy of Sciences
  • International Society of Protistology
  • Associate Graduate Faculty. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Dept. of
    Coastal Sciences, Univ. of Southern Mississippi. May 2008–presen
  • Ashton Cuckler New Investigator Award. American Society of Parasitologists. 2008.
  • Outstanding PhD Student of the Year. College of Science and Technology, University of Southern Mississippi. 2005.
  • People’s Choice Best Presentation. Marine and Estuarine Graduate Student Symposium, Ocean Springs, MS. 2002.
  • Patronym. Acanthobothrium bullardi (Cestoda), Journal of Parasitology 87(2):354–372. 2001.
  • Sea Grant Fellow. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium. 2000–2001.
  • Figure selected for Journal cover illustration. Journal of Parasitology 87(5). 2001.
  • Dean’s List. University of South Carolina at Columbia. 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997.
  • Cum Laude (BS). University of South Carolina. 1997.
  • Howard Hughes Scholar. University of South Carolina. 1996–1997.
    Presidential Scholar. University of South Carolina. 1993–1997.
Research Intrests
  • Evolutionary Biology of Fish Parasites
  • Aquatic Animal Health & Fish Pathology
  • Host-Parasite Associations
  • Taxonomy & Systematics

Title Journal Year
NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF APOROCOTYLIDAE (DIGENEA) FROM A BASAL ACTINOPTERYGIAN, THE AMERICAN PADDLEFISH, POLYODON SPATHULA, (ACIPENSERIFORMES: POLYODONTIDAE) FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA  Journal of Parasitology  2008 
Digeneans as Enemies of Fishes  Fish Diseases (Book Chapter)  2008 
NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF EUDACTYLINID (SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA: COPEPODA) FROM GILL LAMELLAE OF ORNATE EAGLE RAYS, AETOMYLAEUS VESPERTILIO (MYLIOBATIDAE), COLLECTED IN THE BEAGLE GULF OFF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA  Journal of Parasitology  2007 
SEALING WHIRL-PAK-TYPE BAGS CONTAINING WET SAMPLES  Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science  2007 
Selachohemecus benzi n. sp. (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from the blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus (Carcharhinidae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico  Systematic Parasitology  2006 
Psettarium anthicum sp. n. (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from the heart of cobia Rachycentron canadum (Rachycentridae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico  FOLIA PARASITOLOGICAE  2006 
Parasites of Fishes: List of and Dichotomous Key to the Identification of Major Metazoan Groups  Proceedings of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association  2006 
A Second Species of Artic Shark: Pacific Sleeper Shark Somniosus pacificus from Point Hope, Alaska  Polar Biology  2004 
Cardicola forsteri (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from the Heart of a Northern Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Scombridae), in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean  Comparative Parasitology  2004 
KUDOA HYPOEPICARDIALIS N. SP. (MYXOZOA: KUDOIDAE) AND ASSOCIATED LESIONS FROM THE HEART OF SEVEN PERCIFORM FISHES IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO  Journal of Parasitology  2004 
NEW GENUS WITH TWO NEW SPECIES OF CAPSALID MONOGENEANS FROM DASYATIDS IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA  Journal of Parasitology  2004 
Metazoan Parasites and Associates of Chondrichthyans with Emphasis on Taxa Harmful to Captive Hosts  The Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual: Captive Care of Sharks, Rays and their Relatives (book chapter)  2004 
New Locality Records for Dermophthirius carcharhini (Monogenea: Microbothriidae) and Dermophthirius maccallumi and a List of Hosts and Localities for Species of Dermophthirius  Comparative Parasitology  2004 
OPERCULAR LESION IN WILD BLACK DRUM, POGONIAS CROMIS (LINNAEUS, 1766), ASSOCIATED WITH ATTACHMENT OF THE SEA LOUSE SCIAENOPHILUS TENUIS (COPEPODA: SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA: CALIGIDAE)  Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria  2004 
TWO NEW SPECIES OF CARDICOLA (DIGENEA: SANGUINICOLIDAE) IN DRUMS (SCIAENIDAE) FROM MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA   Journal of Parasitology  2004 
A NEW GEOGRAPHIC LOCALITY AND THREE NEW HOST RECORDS FOR NEOBENEDENIA MELLENI (MACCALLUM) (MONOGENEA: CAPSALIDAE)  Gulf and Caribbean Reasearch  2003 
BRANCHOTENTHES ROBINOVERSTREETI N. GEN. AND N. SP. (MONOGENEA: HEXABOTHRIIDAE) FROM GILL FILAMENTS OF THE BOWMOUTH GUITARFISH, RHINA ANCYLOSTOMA (RHYNCHOBATIDAE), IN THE INDIAN OCEAN  Journal of Parasitology  2003 
ELAPHROBATES EUZETI GEN. AND SP. N. (DIGENEA: SANGUINICOLIDAE) FROM SNAPPERS (LUTJANIDAE) IN THE GULF OF MEXICO  Journal of Parasitology  2003 
Metazoan Parasites of Fishes: Synoptic Information and Portal to the Literature for Aquarists  Proceedings of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association  2002 
Potential pathological effects of blood flukes (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) on pen-reared marine fishes  Proceedings of the 53rd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute  2002 
GILL LESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ERPOCOTYLE TIBURONIS (MONOGENEA: HEXABOTHRIIDAE) ON WILD AND AQUARIUM-HELD BONNETHEAD SHARKS (SPHYRNA TIBURO)  Journal of Parasitology  2001 
KROEYERINA DEETSORUM N. SP. (COPEPODA: KROYERIIDAE) FROM THE OLFACTORY SACS OF ATLANTIC SHARPNOSE SHARKS (RHIZOPRIONODON TERRAENOVAE) CAPTURED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC AND FIRST REPORT OF COPEPODIDS REPRESENTING KROYERIIDAE  Journal of Parasitology  2001 
MARGOLISIUS ABDITUS N. GEN., N. SP. (COPEPODA: LERNAEOPODIDAE) FROM GILL LAMELLAE OF A REMORA (REMORA REMORA) COLLECTED IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA  American Society of Parasitologists  2000 
CALICOTYLE CALIFORNIENSIS N. SP. AND CALICOTYLE UROBATI N. SP.d. (MONOGENEA: CALICOTYLINAE) FROM ELASMOBRANCHS IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA  Journal of Parasitology  2000 
DIONCHUS POSTONCOMIRACIDIA (MONOGENEA: DIONCHIDAE) FROM THE SKIN OF BLACKTIP SHARKS, CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS (CARCHARHINIDAE)  Journal of Parasitology  2000 
MARGOLISIUS ABDITUS N. GEN., N. SP. (COPEPODA: LERNAEOPODIDAE) FROM GILL LAMELLAE OF A REMORA (REMORA REMORA) COLLECTED IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA  Journal of Parasitology  2000 
Six New Host Records and an Updated List of Wild Hosts for Neobenedenia melleni (MacCallum) (Monogenea: Capsalidae)  Comparative Parasitology  2000 
Skin Lesions Caused by Dermophthirius penneri (Monogenea: Microbothriidae) on Wild-Caught Blacktip Sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus)  Journal of Parasitology  2000 
BLOOD FLUKES (DIGENEA: APOROCOTYLIDAE) OF STINGRAYS (MYLIOBATIFORMES: DASYATIDAE): ORCHISPIRIUM HETEROVITELLATUM FROM HIMANTURA IMBRICATA IN THE BAY OF BENGAL AND MYLIOBATICOLA RICHARDHEARDI N. GEN., N. SP. FROM DASYATIS SABINA IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO  Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi,   

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