Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Dr Luis Afonso
  Phone   +61 3 556 33461
Email   luis.afonso@deakin.edu.au
Position   Senior Lecturer in Marine Sciences
Campus   Warrnambool
Research grouping   Marine and Freshwater Science
Centre for Integrative Ecology

My research in fish physiology and endocrinology has both integrative and comparative aspects, and I am
interested in understanding how the organism works as a whole. My research has focused on how different
stressors, including environmental and aquaculture-related affect the neuroendocrine response to stress
in fish. My research questions are formulated to generate basic knowledge and/or could lead to practical
application in aquaculture and fisheries biology. I also am interested in fish reproductive
endocrinology and sex differentiation, and endocrine disruptors.



Research interests

  1. Fish stress: endocrine, metabolic and cellular responses
  2. Aquatic organisms health and diseases
  3. Marine and freshwater finfish aquaculture

Career

Senior Lecturer in Marine Sciences, Deakin University, Australia, 2012-present.
Senior Research Scientist, BC Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences, Canada, 2009-2012.
Research Officer, National Research Council Canada (NRC), Canada, 2001-2008.
Visiting Scientist in Canadian Government Laboratory, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada, 2000-2001.
Associate Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1997-2000.

Key publications

Hori, T.S., Gamperl, A.K., Hastings, C.E., Vander Voort, G.E., Robinson, J.A.B., Johnson, S.J., Afonso, L.O.B. (2012) Inter-Individual and -Family Differences in the Cortisol Responsiveness of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua). Aquaculture 324/325, 165-173.

Karakach, T.K., Huenupi, E., Soo, E.C., Walter, J.A., Afonso, L.O.B. (2009) H NMR and Mass Spectrometric characterization of the metabolic response of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to long term handling stress. Metabolomics 5, 123-137.

Afonso, L.O.B., Hosoya, S., Osborne, J., Gamperl, A. K., Johnson, S.C. (2008) Lack of glucose and hsp70 responses in haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus (L.) subjected to handling and heat shock. Journal of Fish Biology 72, 157-167.

Iwama, G.K., Afonso, L.O.B., Vijayan, M.M. (2005) Stress in fish. The Physiology of Fishes, 3rd Edition, Evans, D.H. and Claiborne, J.B. (Eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL., p.320-342.

Afonso, L.O.B., Smith J., Ikonomou, M., Devlin, R.H. (2002) Y-chromosomal DNA markers for discrimination of chemical substance and effluent effects on sexual differentiation in salmon. Environmental Health Perspectives 110, 881-887.

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