Thomas F. Schultz | Scholars@Duke

Thomas F. Schultz
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Marine Molecular Conservation

I am broadly interested in how organisms adapt the their environment at a molecular level. My research is largely focused on conservation genetics in wild populations of marine organisms and my lab employs a combination of molecular, genetic, and genomic tools. My lab is currently working on conservation genetics and hybridization in river herring, populations of juvenile summer flounder using the Pamlico Sound as a nursery, environmental selection of blue crabs in Lake Mattamuskeet, identifying genes involved in barnacle adhesion, and use of environmental DNA to detect anadromous fish and species composition in the ichthyoplankton.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Marine Molecular Conservation, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2016

Contact Information

135 Duke Marine Lab Rd, Box Xxxx, Beaufort, NC 28516
tom.schultz@duke.edu (619) 823-1514

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1996
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Director of Undergraduate Studies Duke University Marine Laboratory, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2016 - 2019
- Lecturer, Univ in the Marine Science and Conservation Division of the Nicholas School, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2014 - 2016
Recognition
In the News
- NOV 11, 2020
  
  Yum! Farming Oysters With Duke Students
- DEC 6, 2019 Nicholas School of the Environment
  
  Nicholas Students Learn About Aquafarms Through Oystering
- AUG 27, 2019 School of Medicine Magnify Magazine
  
  How Do Whales Fight Off Cancer?
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2024
- Metabarcoding the Global Fouling Community awarded by Office of Naval Research 2021 - 2023
- REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2021
- The Barnacle Adhesive System and the transition to mineralization awarded by Office of Naval Research 2014 - 2017
- Barnacles and Expertise for Antifoulilng, Foul Release and Adhesion Research awarded by Office of Naval Research 2012 - 2014
- Application of Genetic Markers to Inform River Herring Management awarded by NC Sea Grant 2012 - 2014
- Genetic contributions to body size in blue crabs awarded by NC Sea Grant 2011 - 2012
- Hybridization of Lionfish Species (Pterois volitans and P.miles) in North Carolina awarded by NC Sea Grant 2011 - 2012
- Adhesion, Materials Science, Temperature and Gene Expression of Barnacle Glue Components awarded by Office of Naval Research 2010 - 2012
External Relationships
- Ocean Builders
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Ward, C. S., Z. Diana, K. M. Ke, B. Orihuela, T. P. Schultz, and D. Rittschof. “Microbiome Development of Seawater-Incubated Pre-production Plastic Pellets Reveals Distinct and Predictive Community Compositions.” Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (January 14, 2022). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.807327.
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  - Fuirst, M., C. S. Ward, C. Schwaner, Z. Diana, T. F. Schultz, and D. Rittschof. “Compositional and Functional Microbiome Variation Between Tubes of an Intertidal Polychaete and Surrounding Marine Sediment.” Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (May 31, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.656506.
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  - Dayanidhi, D. L., B. C. Thomas, J. S. Osterberg, M. Vuong, G. Vargas, S. K. Kwartler, E. Schmaltz, et al. “Exploring the Diversity of the Marine Environment for New Anti-cancer Compounds.” Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (January 21, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.614766.
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  - Sheth, M. U., S. K. Kwartler, E. R. Schmaltz, S. M. Hoskinson, E. J. Martz, M. M. Dunphy-Daly, T. F. Schultz, A. J. Read, W. C. Eward, and J. A. Somarelli. “Bioengineering a Future Free of Marine Plastic Waste.” Frontiers in Marine Science 6 (October 11, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00624.
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  - Homola, Jared J., Cynthia S. Loftin, Kristina M. Cammen, Caren C. Helbing, Inanc Birol, Thomas F. Schultz, and Michael T. Kinnison. “Replicated Landscape Genomics Identifies Evidence of Local Adaptation to Urbanization in Wood Frogs.” The Journal of Heredity 110, no. 6 (October 2019): 707–19. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esz041.
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  - Van Audenhaege, L., A. Fariñas-Bermejo, T. Schultz, and C. Lee Van Dover. “An environmental baseline for food webs at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in Manus Basin (Papua New Guinea).” Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 148 (June 1, 2019): 88–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2019.04.018.
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  - Cammen, Kristina M., Thomas F. Schultz, W. Don Bowen, Michael O. Hammill, Wendy B. Puryear, Jonathan Runstadler, Frederick W. Wenzel, Stephanie A. Wood, and Michael Kinnison. “Genomic signatures of population bottleneck and recovery in Northwest Atlantic pinnipeds.” Ecology and Evolution 8, no. 13 (July 2018): 6599–6614. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4143.
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  - Osterberg, J. S., K. M. Cammen, T. F. Schultz, B. W. Clark, and R. T. Di Giulio. “Genome-wide scan reveals signatures of selection related to pollution adaptation in non-model estuarine Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus).” Aquatic Toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 200 (July 2018): 73–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.04.017.
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  - Ogburn, M. B., D. J. Hasselman, T. F. Schultz, and E. P. Palkovacs. “Genetics and juvenile abundance dynamics show congruent patterns of population structure for depleted river herring populations in the upper chesapeake bay.” North American Journal of Fisheries Management 37, no. 5 (September 3, 2017): 1083–92. https://doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2017.1339649.
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  - Jayasundara, Nishad, Pani W. Fernando, Joshua S. Osterberg, Kristina M. Cammen, Thomas F. Schultz, and Richard T. Di Giulio. “Cost of Tolerance: Physiological Consequences of Evolved Resistance to Inhabit a Polluted Environment in Teleost Fish Fundulus heteroclitus.” Environmental Science & Technology 51, no. 15 (August 2017): 8763–72. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b01913.
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  - Thaler, Andrew D., William Saleu, Jens Carlsson, Thomas F. Schultz, and Cindy L. Van Dover. “Population structure of Bathymodiolus manusensis, a deep-sea hydrothermal vent-dependent mussel from Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea.” Peerj 5 (January 2017): e3655. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3655.
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  - Hasselman, D. J., E. C. Anderson, E. E. Argo, N. David Bethoney, S. R. Gephard, D. M. Post, B. P. Schondelmeier, T. F. Schultz, T. V. Willis, and E. P. Palkovacs. “Genetic stock composition of marine bycatch reveals disproportional impacts on depleted river herring genetic stocks.” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73, no. 6 (January 1, 2016): 951–63. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0402.
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  - Cammen, Kristina M., Thomas F. Schultz, Patricia E. Rosel, Randall S. Wells, and Andrew J. Read. “Genomewide investigation of adaptation to harmful algal blooms in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).” Molecular Ecology 24, no. 18 (September 2015): 4697–4710. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13350.
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  - Johnson, S. B., A. Warén, V. Tunnicliffe, C. Van Dover, C. G. Wheat, T. F. Schultz, and R. C. Vrijenhoek. “Molecular taxonomy and naming of five cryptic species of Alviniconcha snails (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea) from hydrothermal vents.” Systematics and Biodiversity 13, no. 3 (May 4, 2015): 278–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2014.970673.
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  - Hasselman, Daniel J., Emily E. Argo, Meghan C. McBride, Paul Bentzen, Thomas F. Schultz, Anna A. Perez-Umphrey, and Eric P. Palkovacs. “Human disturbance causes the formation of a hybrid swarm between two naturally sympatric fish species.” Molecular Ecology 23, no. 5 (March 2014): 1137–52. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12674.
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  - Palkovacs, Eric P., Daniel J. Hasselman, Emily E. Argo, Stephen R. Gephard, Karin E. Limburg, David M. Post, Thomas F. Schultz, and Theodore V. Willis. “Combining genetic and demographic information to prioritize conservation efforts for anadromous alewife and blueback herring.” Evolutionary Applications 7, no. 2 (February 2014): 212–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12111.
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  - Thaler, Andrew David, Sophie Plouviez, William Saleu, Freddie Alei, Alixandra Jacobson, Emily A. Boyle, Thomas F. Schultz, Jens Carlsson, and Cindy Lee Van Dover. “Comparative population structure of two deep-sea hydrothermal-vent-associated decapods (Chorocaris sp. 2 and Munidopsis lauensis) from southwestern Pacific back-arc basins.” Plos One 9, no. 7 (January 2014): e101345. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101345.
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  - Plouviez, S., T. F. Schultz, G. McGinnis, H. Minshall, M. Rudder, and C. L. Van Dover. “Genetic diversity of hydrothermal-vent barnacles in Manus Basin.” Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 82 (December 1, 2013): 73–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2013.08.004.
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  - Schultz, T. F., C. K. Fitzpatrick, D. Wilson Freshwater, and J. A. Morris. “Characterization of 18 polymorphic microsatellite loci from invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles).” Conservation Genetics Resources 5, no. 3 (September 1, 2013): 599–601. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-013-9860-5.
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  - Soulen, Brianne K., Kristina Cammen, Thomas F. Schultz, and David W. Johnston. “Factors affecting harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) strandings in the Northwest Atlantic.” Plos One 8, no. 7 (January 2013): e68779. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068779.
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  - Vandersea, Mark W., Steven R. Kibler, William C. Holland, Patricia A. Tester, Thomas F. Schultz, Maria A. Faust, Michael J. Holmes, Mirelle Chinain, and R. Wayne Litaker. “DEVELOPMENT OF SEMI-QUANTITATIVE PCR ASSAYS FOR THE DETECTION AND ENUMERATION OF GAMBIERDISCUS SPECIES (GONYAULACALES, DINOPHYCEAE)(1).” Journal of Phycology 48, no. 4 (August 2012): 902–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01146.x.
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  - Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium, Jacqueline D., S. W. A’Hara, P. Amouroux, Emily E. Argo, A. Avand-Faghih, Ashoktaru Barat, Luiz Barbieri, et al. “Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 August 2011-30 September 2011.” Molecular Ecology Resources 12, no. 1 (January 2012): 185–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03088.x.
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  - Thaler, Andrew D., Kevin Zelnio, William Saleu, Thomas F. Schultz, Jens Carlsson, Clifford Cunningham, Robert C. Vrijenhoek, and Cindy L. Van Dover. “The spatial scale of genetic subdivision in populations of Ifremeria nautilei, a hydrothermal-vent gastropod from the southwest Pacific.” Bmc Evolutionary Biology 11 (December 2011): 372. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-372.
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  - Vásquez-Yeomans, Lourdes, Laura Carrillo, Selene Morales, Estrella Malca, James A. Morris, Thomas Schultz, and John T. Lamkin. “First larval record of Pterois volitans (Pisces: Scorpaenidae) collected from the ichthyoplankton in the Atlantic.” Biological Invasions 13, no. 12 (December 2011): 2635–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-011-9968-z.
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  - Nusinow, Dmitri A., Anne Helfer, Elizabeth E. Hamilton, Jasmine J. King, Takato Imaizumi, Thomas F. Schultz, Eva M. Farré, and Steve A. Kay. “The ELF4-ELF3-LUX complex links the circadian clock to diurnal control of hypocotyl growth.” Nature 475, no. 7356 (July 2011): 398–402. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10182.
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  - Schultz, T. F., P. Y. Hsing, A. Eng, K. A. Zelnio, A. D. Thaler, J. Carlsson, and C. L. van Dover. “Characterization of 18 polymorphic microsatellite loci from Bathymodiolus manusensis (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents.” Conservation Genetics Resources 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2011): 25–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-010-9272-8.
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  - Thaler, A. D., K. Zelnio, R. Jones, J. Carlsson, C. L. van Dover, and T. F. Schultz. “Characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Ifremeria nautilei, a chemoautotrophic gastropod from deep-sea hydrothermal vents.” Conservation Genetics Resources 2, no. 1 (December 1, 2010): 101–3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-010-9174-9.
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  - Schultz, T. F. “Spatial extent of Ifremeria nautilei population structure at western Pacific hydrothermal vents (In preparation).” Molecular Ecology, November 2010.
  - Schultz, T. F. “Rapid Identification Between Invasive Lionfish Pterois volitans and Pterois miles Using a Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism With Insights on Species Composition and Distribution (In preparation).” Reef, 2010.
  - Zelnio, K. A., A. D. Thaler, R. E. Jones, W. Saleu, T. F. Schultz, C. L. V. Dover, and J. Carlsson. “Characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite loci in Chorocaris sp. (Crustacea, Caridea, Alvinocarididae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents.” Conservation Genetics Resources 2, no. 1 (2010): 223–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-010-9243-0.
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  - Schultz, T. F. “Bringing molecular tools into environmental resource management: untangling the molecules to policy pathway.” Plos Biology, March 2009.
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  - Schultz, T. F. “The ZEITLUPE Family of Putative Photoreceptors,” September 26, 2005, 337–47. https://doi.org/10.1002/352760510X.ch16.
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  - Hazen, S. P., T. F. Schultz, J. L. Pruneda Paz, J. O. Borevitz, J. R. Ecker, and S. A. Kay. “LUX ARRHYTHMO encodes a novel Myb-like transcription factor essential for circadian rhythms.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (2005): 10387–92.
  - Imazumi, T., T. F. Schultz, F. G. Harmon, L. A. Ho, and S. A. Kay. “FKF1 F-box protein mediates cyclic degradation of a repressor of CONSTANS in Arabidopsis.” Science 309 (2005): 293–97.
  - Hazen, S. P., J. O. Borevitz, F. G. Harmon, J. L. Pruneda Paz, T. F. Schultz, M. J. Yanovsky, S. J. Lilegren, J. R. Ecker, and S. A. Kay. “Rapid array mapping of circadian clock and developmental mutations in Arabidopsis.” Plant Physiology 138 (2005): 990–97.
  - Schultz, T. F., and S. A. Kay. “Circadian clocks in daily and seasonal control of development.” Science 301 (2003): 326–28.
  - Schultz, T. F., L. Edgerton Warburton, S. A. Crawford, and R. Wetherbee. “Identification of a 41 kDa protein embedded in the biosilica of scales and bristles isolated from Mallomonas splendens (Synurophyceae).” Protist 152 (2001): 315–27.
  - Schultz, T. F., T. Kiyosue, M. Yanovsky, M. Wada, and S. A. Kay. “A role for LKP2 in the circadian clock of arabidopsis.” Plant Cell 13 (2001): 2659–70.
  - Beech, P. L., T. Nheu, T. F. Schultz, S. Herbert, T. Lithgow, P. R. gilson, and G. I. McFadden. “Mitochondrial FtsZ in a chromophyte alga.” Science 287 (2000): 1276–79.
  - Somers, D. E., T. F. Schultz, M. Milnamow, and S. A. Kay. “ZEITLUPE encodes a novel clock-associated PAS protein from Arabidopsis.” Cell 101 (2000): 319–29.
  - Strayer, Matthew R., Matthew R. C, T. Oyama, T. F. Schultz, R. Raman, D. E. Somers, D. P. Mas, S. Panda, J. A. Kreps, and S. A. Kay. “Cloning of the Arabidopsis clock gene TOC1, an autoregulatory response regulator homolog.” Science 289 (2000): 768–71.
  - Schultz, T. F., T. Kiyosue, M. Yanovsky, M. Wada, and S. A. Kay. “Diatom gliding is the result of an actin-myosin motility system.” Cell Motility and Cytoskeleton 44 (1999): 23–33.
  - Poulsen, N. C., I. Spector, T. P. Spurck, T. F. Schultz, and R. Wetherbee. “Diatom gliding is the result of an actin-myosin motility system.” Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 44, no. 1 (January 1999): 23–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0169(199909)44:1<23::aid-cm2>3.0.co;2-d.
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  - Schultz, T. F., J. Medina, A. Hill, and R. S. Quatrano. “14-3-3 proteins are part of an abscisic acid-VIVIPAROUS1 (VP1) response complex in the Em promoter and interact with VP1 and EmBP1.” The Plant Cell 10, no. 5 (May 1998): 837–47. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.10.5.837.
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  - Schultz, T. F., and R. S. Quatrano. “Evidence for surface perception of abscisic acid by rice suspension cells as assayed by Em gene expression.” Plant Science 130, no. 1 (December 5, 1997): 63–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9452(97)00204-5.
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  - Schultz, T. F., and R. S. Quatrano. “Characterization and expression of a rice RAD23 gene.” Plant Molecular Biology 34, no. 3 (June 1997): 557–62. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005870227632.
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  - Schultz, T. F., S. Spiker, and R. S. Quatrano. “Histone H1 enhances the DNA binding activity of the transcription factor EmBP-1.” The Journal of Biological Chemistry 271, no. 42 (October 1996): 25742–45. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.271.42.25742.
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  - Quatrano, R. S., L. Brian, J. Aldridge, and T. Schultz. “Polar axis fixation in Fucus zygotes: Components of the cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix.” Development 112, no. 1 SUPPL. (December 1, 1991): 11–16.
  - Quatrano, R. S., L. Brian, J. Aldridge, and T. Schultz. “Polar axis fixation in Fucus zygotes: components of the cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix.” Development (Cambridge, England). Supplement 1 (January 1991): 11–16.
- Conference Papers
  - Mark, Vandersea W., S. R. Kibler, W. C. Holland, P. A. Tester, T. F. Schultz, M. A. Faust, M. J. Homes, M. Chinain, and R. W. Litaker. “DEVELOPMENT OF SEMI-QUANTITATIVE PCR ASSAYS DETECTING AND ENUMERATING POTENTIALLY TOXIC CARIBBEAN GAMBIERDISCUS SPECIES.” In Journal of Phycology, 48:S26–27. WILEY, 2012.
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