Dr. Esbaugh’s research is focused primarily on fish physiology with a particular focus on the interaction between physiological processes and environmental factors and has published approximately 40 peer-reviewed publications. Environmental factors currently being studied in the Esbaugh lab include natural characteristics common to coastal estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico, such as spatial variability in salinity or dissolved oxygen, as well as anthropogenic influences related to ocean acidification, climate change, and chemical toxicity. Dr. Esbaugh’s lab takes an integrative approach to these questions by combining multiple levels of organization ranging from gene expression to whole animal physiology and ecology. Dr. Esbaugh obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Biology at Queen’s University in Canada.