Mitchell Wilbanks is an ecotoxicologist who started on the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Team in 2008. Mr. Wilbanks’s current research involves using zebrafish embryos as a model to test chemicals for adverse effects on behavior and development using the Adverse Outcome Pathway as a framework to understand how a chemical’s effect at the molecular level may lead to changes on the individual or population. His research interest includes gaining knowledge of how materials used by the military and/or public impact the environment. Previous research of Mr. Wilbanks included using a number of diverse species (bobwhite quail, Japanese quail, zebra finch, Western fence lizard, fathead minnow, coral, rat, mouse, daphnia magna, daphnia pulex, and hyalella azteca) to determine toxicity caused by materials used by the military. Mr. Wilbanks received his M.S. degree in Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 2008 and his B.S. degree in Toxicology from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 2006.
