Title	Professor & Associate Department Head for Research and Graduate Programs
Expertise	Fish nutrition and aquaculture
Education	B.S. 1980, Fisheries Ecology and Aquaculture, Texas A&M University Ph.D. 1983, Nutrition/Biochemistry, Mississippi State University
Office Phone	(979) 847-9333
Office Fax	(979) 845-4096
Email	d-gatlin@tamu.edu
Office	216E Heep Laboratory Bldg.

Professional Experience

• 2006 - 2007: Interim Head, Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University
• 1998 - present: Professor, Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University
• 1994 - present: Associate Head for Research and Graduate Programs, Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
• 1993 - 1998: Associate Professor, Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University
• 1990 - present: Assistant/Associate/Professor, Intercollegiate Faculty of Nutrition, Texas A&M University
• 1987 - 1993: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University
• 1985 - 1987: Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Awards and Honors

• 2007 Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence for Administration, Texas A&M AgriLife.
• 2006 Faculty Fellow of the Texas Agricultural Experiment.
• 2001 Faculty Fellow of Texas A&M University.
• 2001 Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence for Graduate Teaching, Texas A&M University.
• 1996-1999 Elected to serve on the Committee on Animal Nutrition (CAN) of the National Research Council.
• 1992 and 2002 Recognized as Researcher of the Year, Texas Aquaculture Association.
• 1986 Certified Fisheries Scientist, American Fisheries Society
• Seven awards have been received by graduate student co-authors for presentations at national scientific meetings.

Professional Society Memberships

• American Fisheries Society
• American Society for Nutritional Sciences (formerly American Institute of Nutrition)
• Fish Culture Section of the American Fisheries Society
• World Aquaculture Society including U.S. Chapter

Offices, Editorships, Review Panels, Committees

• Co-Chair for Research - Technical Committee of the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center, 2003-2006, 2009- 2011.
• Member - Committee of the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center, 1987-present.
• Chair - Southern Extension and Research Activities - Information Exchange Group for Aquaculture, 1998-2003.
• Associate Senior Scientist, Aquaculture Protein Centre of Norway funded by the Norwegian Research Council.
• Member - Nutrition Scientific Advisory Group of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, 1997-present.
• Editorial Boards - Aquaculture, Aquaculture Nutrition, Journal of the World Aquaculture Society; 1990-2008.
• Chair, Plant Products in Aquafeeds Working Group – A group of international experts working collaboratively to increase the use of plant feedstuffs in aquaculture diets; 2005 to present.
• Nutrition Section Editor, Aquaculture, Jan. 2009-present.
• Member, Subcommittee on Nutrient Requirements of Fish and Shrimp, Board on Agriculture, National Academies

Publications

(from a total of 186 peer-reviewed articles, 15 book chapters)

• Li, P., G. S. Burr, D. M. Gatlin III, M. E. Hume, S. Patnaik, F. L. Castille and A. L. Lawrence (2007) Dietary supplementation of short-chain fructooligosaccharide influences gastrointestinal microbiota composition and immunity characteristics of Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, cultured in a recirculating system. J. Nutr., 137:2763-2768.
• Nakagawa, H., M. Sato and D. M. Gatlin III (Editors) (2007) Dietary Supplements for the Health and Quality of Cultured Fish. CABI, Oxon UK, 244 pp.
• Gatlin, D. M., III, F. T. Barrows, P. Brown, K. Dabrowski, T. G. Gaylord, R. W. Hardy, E. Herman, G. Hu, Ǻ Krogdahl, R. Nelson, K. Overturf, M. Rust, W. Sealey, D. Skonberg, E. J. Souza, D. Stone, R. Wilson, E. Wurtele. (2007) Expanding the utilization of sustainable plant products in aquafeeds – a review. Aquaculture Res., 38:551-579.
• Fontaine, L. P., K. W. Whiteman, P. Li, G. S. Burr, K. A. Webb, J. Goff, K. B. Davis, R. R. Vega, D. M. Gatlin III, and W. H. Neill. (2007) Effects of temperature and feed energy on the performance of juvenile red drum.  Trans. Am. Fish. Soc., 136:1193-1205.
• Gatlin, D. M., III and P. Li (2007) Nucleotides. In: Dietary Supplements for the Health and Quality of Cultured Fishes (H. Nakagawa, M. Sato and D. M. Gatlin III, eds.), pp.193-209, CABI, Oxon, UK.
• Gatlin, D. M., III and P. Li (2008) Use of Diet Additives to Improve Nutritional Value of Alternative Protein Sources. In: Alternative Protein Sources in Aquaculture Diets (C. Lim, C. D. Webster and C.-S. Lee, eds.), pp. 501-522.  Haworth Press, New York.
• Rawles, S. D., S. B. Smith and D. M. Gatlin III (2008) Hepatic glucose utilization and lipogenesis of hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis) in response to dietary carbohydrate level and complexity. Aquaculture Nutr., 14:40-50.
• Li, P., K. A. Webb, X. Wang and D. M. Gatlin III (2008) Evaluation of acid-insoluble ash (AIA) as an indicator for digestibility determination with red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) and hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis). J. World Aquaculture Soc., 39:120-125.
• Burr, G., M. Hume, S. Ricke and D. M. Gatlin III (2008) A preliminary in vitro assessment of Grobiotic®-A, brewers yeast and fructo-oligosaccharide as prebiotics for the red drum Sciaenops ocellatus. J. Environ. Sci. Health, B 43: 253-260.
• Gatlin, D. M., III (2008) Non-infectious Diseases: Nutritional Factors. In: Fish Diseases (J. C. Eiras, H. Segner, T. Wahli and B. G. Kapoor eds.), pp. 1201-1224, CABI, Oxon, UK.
• Burr, G., M. Hume, W. H. Neill, and D. M. Gatlin III (2008) Effects of prebiotics on nutrient digestibility of a soybean-meal-based diet by red drum Sciaenops ocellatus. Aquaculture Res., 39:1680-1686.
• Grisdale-Helland, B., S. J. Helland and D. M. Gatlin III (2008) The effects of dietary supplementation with mannanoligosaccharide, fructooligosaccharide or galactooligosaccharide on the growth and feed utilization of Atlantic salmon.  Aquaculture, 283:163-167.
• Barrows, F. T., D. Bellis, A. Krogdahl, J. T. Silverstein, E. M. Herman, W. M. Sealey, M. B. Rust and D. M. Gatlin III (2008) Report of the Plant Products in Aquafeed Strategic Planning Workshop: An integrated, interdisciplinary research roadmap for increasing utilization of plant feedstuffs in diets for carnivorous fish. Rev. Fish. Sci., 16:449-455.

Grants and Contracts

(Total of ~$4.8 million - projects listed below selected from last 4 years)

• Sea Grant College Program, “Effects of environmental variation and feed quality on juvenile red drum performance". $154,927/2 yr.  (W. H. Neill Co-PI).
• Southern Regional Aquaculture Center, “Feed formulation and feeding strategies for bait and ornamental fish”. $84,619/3 yr. 
• NOAA Marine Aquaculture Program, “Use of dietary prebiotics to enhance growth, intestinal health, nutrient utilization and disease resistance of prominent warmwater and coldwater marine fishes”, $199,103/1 yr. (W. H. Neill, B. Grisdale-Helland, and M. Hume Co-PIs).
• Aquaculture Protein Centre, Norwegian Research Council, “Continuation of collaborative efforts on protein and amino acid nutrition of fish". $100,000/4 yr.
• Texas Sea Grant College Program, “Utilization of seafood processing wastes in aquaculture through integrated nutritional and feed manufacturing technologies”, $165,436 (A. L. Lawrence, W. H. Neill and M. N. Riaz Co-PIs).
• NOAA Marine Aquaculture Program, “Development of Alternative Protein-Based Diets for Prominent Coldwater and Warmwater Marine Fishes” $649,063/2 yr. (F. Barrows, S. Craig, K. Dabrowski, T. Gaylord, and J. Tomasso, Co-PIs).