Meet the Washington Crew

Dr. Paul H. Yancey has been a Professor at Whitman College, in Walla Walla, Washington since 1981. He earned his B.S. in Biology from the California Institute of Technology. His research was on DNA-RNA hybridization. Dr. Yancey received his Ph.D. in Marine biology, specializing in marine animal physiology and biochemistry from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, U.C. San Diego. He worked mainly on osmoregulatory biochemistry of sharks. His research focuses on water stress and osmoregulation, and has since expanded to include medical, kidney osmoregulation and salmon as well as marine organisms in the deep sea.

Dr. Yancey did postdoctoral work on salmon, sharks and other fishes at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, the Marine Laboratory in Plymouth, England, and University of Olso, Norway.

It was a pleasure meeting and working with Dr. Yancey during the October cruise. I learned so much from him. Thank you, Dr. Yancey for taking the time to speak with me about your shark research. It was fascinating.

To learn more about Dr. Yancey’s research and expeditions, please visit his website.

http://people.whitman.edu/~yancey/