Helen Poynton
617.287.7323
Area of Expertise
Environmental genomics, transcriptomics, marine pollution, stress ecology, environmental toxicology, community based participatory research in ecotoxicology
Degrees
Temple University, BS, 2000
University of California, Berkeley, PhD, 2007
Professional Publications & Contributions
San Antonio, C*, Poynton, H, Krick, K**, Hannigan, R. 2025. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics. 54:101404.
Evensen, KG*, Rusin, E**, Robinson, WE, Price, CL, Kelly, SL, Lamb, DC, Goldstone, JV, Poynton, HC. 2024. Sci Rep. 14:23890.
Evensen, KG*, Figueroa, AE**, Goncalves, AM**, Chan, TJ**, Vu, EB**, Hounain, I**, Poynton, HC. 2023. Mytilus edulis, in the Boston Harbor. Experimental Parasitology. 254: 108624.
Major, KM*, Weston, DP, Wellborn, GA, Lydy, MJ, Poynton HC. (2022) Environmental Science and Technology.
Di Carlo, E*, Boullemant, A, Poynton, H, Courtney, R. (2020) The Science of the Total Environment, 716: 137126. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137126
Oziolor, EM, DeSchamphelaere, K, Lyon, D, Nacci, D, Poynton, HC. (2020) Environ Toxicol Chem. 39(2), 257-268. DOI: 10.1002/etc.4611
Osborne, KL*, Poynton, HC. (2019) Management of Biological Invasions. 10(4): 641-56. DOI: 10.3391/mbi.2019.10.4.05
Poynton, HC, Chen, C, Alexander, SL**, Major, KM*, Blalock, BJ*, Unrine, JM. (2019) Environmental Science: Nano. 6(1):325-40. DOI: 10.1039/C8EN00755A
Blalock, BJ*, Robinson, WE, Loguinov, A, Vulpe, CD, Krick, KS**, Poynton, HC. (2018) Mytilus edulis, Environ Sci Technol. 53(16): 9419-9430.
Poynton, HC, Hasenbein, S, Benoit, JB, Sepulveda MS, Poelchau, MF, et al. (2018) Environmental Science and Technology. 52(10): 6009- 6022. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00837
Weston, DP, Poynton, HC, Wellborn, GA, Lydy, MJ, Blalock, BJ*, Sepulveda, MS, Colbourne, J. (2013) Hyalella azteca. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 110 (41), 16532-16537.
Additional Information
Our research group develops and applies molecular tools to understand exposures to and effects of environmental stressors: from climate change and ocean acidification to pesticides and emerging contaminants. Learn more about our research at .