Thomas M. Lancraft
Natural Science Department, St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus
St. Petersburg College (SPC)
phone: (727) 341-4797 email: lancraft.tom@spcollege.edu
http://www.spcollege.edu/spg/science/lancraft/

EDUCATION:
1977. B. A., Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
1982. M. A., Marine Biology, UCSB, Natural history of Melanostigma pammelas
1986-1994. Course work towards Ph.D., University of South Florida (USF)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
6/73-9/74. Instruction of elementary school children with learning disabilities at Hesperia Elementary School. 6/78-9/78. Instruction of ecology and physiology of marine zooplankton at UCSB.
9/80-3/84. Instruction and research covering mesopelagic Gulf of Mexico and Antarctic fishes at USF.
3/84-8/85. Instruction of multi-disciplinary oceanographic processes and methods at USF.
8/85-9/90. Instruction and research covering Antarctic mesopelagic animals at USF.
1/87-9/90. Adjunct instruction of Oceanography, Earth Science, Biology and Human Anatomy and Physiology courses at SPC.
9/90 -Present. Fulltime instruction of Earth Science, Oceanography, Biology and Human Anatomy and Physiology courses at SPC.
9/90--Present. Instructor-In-Charge of Anatomy and Physiology laboratories. Duties include designing curriculum and supervising laboratory assistants in constructing physical laboratory preparations at SPC.
1/96-Present. Instruction of Cadaver dissections and anatomical reviews. Average about two or three cadaver workshop reviews per semester at SPC.
Summer 2007, Instruction in graduate level course at University of Washington, "Best Practices in hybrid/online courses"

OTHER EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
McKaig Award-monetary grant from SPC used to produce a laboratory practical test for students with learning disabilities (1995)
Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS): Chair of Technology committee (2001), Chair of Distance Education committee (1997-2001)
National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Member of Technology committee (2000-2001)
SPC Committees- Past: FGO (two years), Library (two years), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (1997-2001)
Multiple honoree of Who's Who in America's Teachers (1996, 2000)
Honoree in International Who's Who in Professionals (2000)
One of top 50 finalists in David R. Pierce Faculty Technology Award (2001)
Successfully proposed and received funding for acquiring computers and educational software for laboratories at SPC.
Complete design and implementation of entire laboratory classroom for Anatomy and Physiology courses at SPC.
Chairman for Distance Learning Committee -HAPS Position Statement for Distance Learning (HAPSeducator, 2002, Vol 6, No.2, pp 13-15)

ONLINE COURSE DEVELOPMENT
BSC 1005, BSC 1005L -Biological science lecture and laboratory (1998, 1999)
BSC 1086, BSC 1086L -Human anatomy and physiology lecture and laboratory (2000, 2001)
BSC 1085, BSC 1085L -Human anatomy and physiology lecture and laboratory (2002-2003).
BSC 1083-Human Anatomy (2005)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
1976-1990. Field collection, sorting and taxonomic identification of pelagic fishes and zooplankton from waters off Florida, Puerto Rico, California, Mexico, Hawaii, Indonesia and Antarctica. Research on age and growth, reproduction, diet, parasitism, abundance and distribution of marine fish species. Research on trophodynamics of Antarctic micronektonic fauna. Performance of physical, geological, chemical and physiological laboratory analyses. Maintenance and shipboard deployment of oceanographic equipment including an exhaustive variety of trawls and nets, dredges, water bottle casts, bathythermograph casts, water profiling tows and other electronic sampling devices.
Extensive research on over 10 vessels entailing over 50 cruises accumulating nearly 2 years total shiptime. I was project leader (supervisor of a team of 1-6 graduate students) for over 30 cruises and Chief Scientist (administrator over all teams of scientists on the ship) on 7 cruises. Cruises include six to Antarctica, one to Hawaii, and several to Mexican and other international waters -all lasting from two weeks to two months. One cruise involved three dives in a deep sea submersible.
The abundance and breadth of my research experience has trained me to be capable of organizing science laboratories in less than ideal conditions as well as being able to deal with most science backgrounds and all educational levels. My considerable field experience represents the ability to provide leadership as well as work within a team.

PUBLICATIONS:
Donnelly, J., J.J. Torres, T.L. Hopkins and T. M. Lancraft, 1990, Proximate composition of Antarctic mesopelagic fishes. Mar.Biol. 106:13-23
Donnelly, J., J.J. Torres, T.L. Hopkins and T. M. Lancraft, 1994, Chemical composition of Antarctic Zooplankton during austral fall and winter. Polar Biol. 14:171-183.
Hopkins, T. L. and T. M. Lancraft, l984, The composition and standing stock of mesopelagic micronekton at 27N 86W in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Contrib. Mar. Sci. 27:143-158.
Hopkins, T.L., J.J. Torres, T. M. Lancraft and J. Donnelly, l987, AMERIEZ 86: Notes on the ecology and physiology of zooplankton and micronekton. Ant. J. U.S. 22(5) l84-l85.
Hopkins, T.L., T. M. Lancraft, J.J. Torres and J. Donnelly, 1993, Community structure and trophic ecology of zooplankton in the Scotia Sea marginal ice zone in winter (1988). Deep-Sea Res. I, Vol. 40(1):81-105.
Hopkins, T. L., D. G. Ainley, J. J. Torres and T. M. Lancraft, 1993, Trophic structure in open waters of the marginal ice zone in the Scotia-Weddell Confluence region during spring (1983). Polar Biol. 13:389-397.
Hopkins, T. L., T.T. Sutton and T. M. Lancraft, 1997, The trophic structure and predation impact of a low latitude midwater fish assemblage. Prog. Oceanog. 38:205-239.
Lancraft, T. M. and B. H. Robison, 1980, Evidence of postcapture ingestion by midwater fishes in trawl nets. Fish. Bull. 77 (3):713-715.
Lancraft, T. M., T. L. Hopkins and J. J. Torres, l988, Aspects of the ecology of the mesopelagic fish Gonostoma elongatum (Gonostomatidae: Stomiiformes) in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 49:27-40.
Lancraft, T. M., J. J. Torres and T. L. Hopkins, 1989, Micronekton and macrozooplankton in the open waters near Antarctic ice edge zones (AMERIEZ 1983 and 1986). Polar Biol. 9:225-233
Lancraft, T. M., T. L. Hopkins, J. J. Torres and J. Donnelly, 1991, Oceanic micronektonic/macrozooplanktonic community structure and feeding in ice covered Antarctic waters during the winter (AMERIEZ 1988). Polar Biol. 11:157-167.
Lancraft, T. M., Kim.R.Reisenbichler, B. H. Robison, T. L. Hopkins and J. J. Torres, 2004, A krill-dominated micronekton and macrozooplankton community in Croker Passage, Antarctica with an estimate of fish predation. Deep-Sea Research II 51:2247-2260.
Lancraft, T.M., 1996, Promoting Anatomy and Physiology learning with technology, HAPS-Educator.
Lancraft, T.M., K. Lawson, R. Brightman, B. Grundset, J. Vaughan. 1997, 1998, Laboratory manual for Human Anatomy and Physiology. 1st. and 2nd. ed., Burgess Publishing. ISBN 0-8087-7558-8
Robison, B. H. and T. M. Lancraft, l984, Gorgasia barnesi (Congridae: Heterocongrinae),: A new garden eel from the Banda Sea. Copeia 1984(2):404-409.
Robison, B. H. and T. M.. Lancraft, l984, Upward transport mechanism from the benthos. Naturwissenschafter 7l:322-323.
Sutton, T.T., T. L. Hopkins and T. M. Lancraft, 1997, Trophic diversity of a mesopelagic fish community. Proc. Second Intl. Conf. Pelagic Biogeography. UNESCO pp. 377-381.
Tolley, S. G., J .V. Gartner, Jr. and T. M. Lancraft, l989, Whalefishes (Beryciformes:Cetomimoidei) of the Gulf of Mexico. Bull. Mar. Sci. 45(3):671-677.
Torres, J. J., T. M. Lancraft, B. L. Weigle, T. L. Hopkins and B. H. Robison, l984, Distribution and abundance of fishes and salps in relation to the marginal ice-zone of the Scotia Sea, November and December 1983, Ant. J. U.S. 19(5):117-119
Torres, J. J., B. L. Weigle and T. M. Lancraft, l984, Metabolism of two Antarctic mesopelagic fish species. Ant. J. U.S. l9(5): 145-146.
Torres, J. J., A. V. Aarset, J. Donnelly, T. L. Hopkins, T. M. Lancraft and D. G. Ainley, 1994 Metabolism of Antarctic micronektonic crustacea as a function of depth of occurrence and season. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 113:207-219.
Torres, J. J., J. Donnelly, T. L. Hopkins, T. M. Lancraft, A. V. Aarset and D. G. Ainley, 1994, Proximate composition and overwintering strategies of Antarctic micronektonic crustacea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.113:221-232.

TECHNICAL REPORTS:
Hopkins, T. L., T. M. Lancraft, M. Flock and J. Gartner, Jr. 1981. Micronekton In: Final Report of Physical, Chemical and Biological Measurements off Puerto Rico. DOE Document. pp. C-3-29.

ABSTRACTS:
Donnelly, J., J. J. Torres, T. L. Hopkins, D. Stickney and T. M. Lancraft, 1988, Proximate composition of Antarctic mesopelagic fishes. EOS 68(50):1785-1786.
Lancraft, T. M., T. L. Hopkins and J. J. Torres, 1988, The distribution, abundance, life history and diet of the mesopelagic fish, Gonostoma elongatum. EOS 68(5):1724.
Torres,J. J., T. L. Hopkins, J. Donnelly and T. M. Lancraft, 1988, Metabolism and proximate composition of Antarctic pelagic crustacea EOS 68(50):1785.
Torres,J. J., B. L. Weigle, T. M. Lancraft, T. L. Hopkins, G. N. Somero and B. H. Robison, 1984, Metabolism of Antarctic mesopelagic fishes as a function of depth of occurrence. EOS 65:923.

PUBLICATIONS IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Author for "Infomapper"-an application for concept mapping (1994)
Author for "Interactions-Nervous System" - a Demonstration CD covering various Nervous system topics (1996)
Consultant for "Study Partner"- a CD bundled with Marieb Anatomy and Physiology textbook (1998).
Consultant for "ADAM Interactive Physiology: Electrolytes"- a CD covering water balance and acid/base balance in human body (1999).
Author for "Student Companion"- a CD bundled with Tortora/Grabowski Anatomy and Physiology textbook (2000)
General Editor, author for "Interactions" -a multimedia product covering basic biological topics but emphasizing physiological topics in all human body systems. (2001-2008, Versions 1.0-3.0)
Author for PowerPhys, a laboratory experiment simulation application. (2006)
Author for Student Worksheets for Real Anatomy , a cadaver simulated dissection application(2008)