I received my PhD in Zoology from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1999 and my MSc in Animal Science from UBC in 1995. My PhD included research at City University of Hong Kong (1997) and as a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the CNRS in Strasbourg France (1998). Prior to joining Laurier, I was a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council postdoctoral fellow (2000-2002) followed by principal investigator (2003-2013) at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) at the University of Porto in Portugal. My affiliation with CIIMAR continues.

I have been pursuing a line of research in fish physiology focused primarily on elucidating the mechanisms of ion and nitrogen regulation. The backbone of my research is built upon the use of immuno-detection techniques complement with molecular genetics approaches to characterize the transport proteins involved in these physiological processes. My research has also expanded into understanding the effects of hydrostatic pressure on fish physiology and the wider story of stomach loss in vertebrates. I have been supported by external grants and have been actively engaged in the training of graduate students.

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Discovery (RGPIN-2014-04289) Molecular physiology of ion transport in lower vertebrates.
• Canadian Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund. Comparative Physiology Imaging Infrastructure.

Being new to Laurier, I am in the process of setting up a new lab and am keen to take on undergraduate and graduate students. If you are interested in the type of research I do, let me know.

International Peer-Reviewed Journals

(Students under my supervision are in italics)

ISI Web of Science (25 November 2016)

• ISI Articles: 91
• Total citations: 2315
• H-index: 28

ISI ResearcherID: I-6071-2012

ORCID: 0000-0003-3681-1166

Scopus: 23003162000.

1. Gonçalves, O., Castro, L.F.C., Smolka, A.J., Fontainhas, A., Wilson, J.M. (2016). The gastric phenotype in the Cypriniform loaches: A case of reinvention? PLoS ONE 11(10): e0163696.
2. McKenzie, D.J., Axelsson M., Chabot, D., Claireaux, G., Cooke, S.J., Corner, R.A., De Boeck, G., Domenici, P., Guerreiro, P.M., Hamer, B., Jørgensen, C., Killen, S.S., Lefevre, S., Marras, S., Michaelidis, B., Nilsson, G.E., Peck, M.A., Perez-Ruzafa, A., Rijnsdorp, A.D., Shiels, H.A., Steffensen, J.F., Svendsen, J.C., Svendsen, M.B.S., Teal, L.R., van der Meer, J., Wang, T., Wilson, J.M., Wilson, R.W., Metcalfe, J.D. (2016). Conservation Physiology of Marine Fishes: State of the Art and Prospects for Policy. Conservation Physiology. 4(1): cow046
3. Ferreira-Martins, D., McCormick, S.D., Campos, A., Osório, H., Coimbra, J., Castro, L.F.C. and Wilson, J.M. (2016). A cytosolic carbonic anhydrase molecular switch occurs in the gills of metamorphic sea lamprey. Scientific Reports 6: 33954.
4. Alderman, S.L., Harter, T.S., Wilson, J.M., Farrell, A.P., and Brauner, C.J. (2016). Evidence for a plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase in the lumen of salmon heart that may enhance tissue oxygen delivery. Journal of Experimental Biology 219: 719-724.
5. Ferreira-Martins, D., Coimbra, J., Antunes, J., and  Wilson J.M. (2016). Effects of salinity on upstream migrating, spawning sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Conservation Physiology 4(1):COV63.
6. Wright, P.A., Wood, C.M., Hiroi, J. and Wilson, J.M. (2016). (Uncommon) Mechanisms of branchial ammonia excretion in the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in response to environmentally induced metabolic acidosis. Physiological and Biochemistry Zoology 89: 26-40.
7. Rosewarne, P.J., Wilson, J.M. and Svendsen, J.C. (2016). Measuring metabolic rate: a student laboratory investigation of aerobic metabolic scope and environmental hypoxia in aquatic breathers. Journal of Fish Biology 88: 265-83.
8. Castro, L.F.C., Gonçalves, O.M., Mazan, S., Tay, B., Venkatesh, B., and Wilson, J.M. (2014). Recurrent gene loss correlates with the evolution of stomach phenotypes in gnathostome history. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281 (1775): 20132669.