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Research Interests<\/h3>\n
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  1. Ecophysiology<\/li>\n
  2. Molecular Ecology<\/li>\n
  3. Marine Climate Change<\/li>\n
  4. Life History Theory<\/li>\n
  5. Developmental Plasticity<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t

    Dr. Christopher Murray<\/h2>\nResearch Associate III
    \nBiology Department\nContact Information:<\/strong>
    \nchristopher.murray@whoi.edu
    \nBuilding: Redfield Laboratory\nMailing Address:<\/strong>
    \n266 Woods Hole Road, MS #32
    \nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    \nWoods Hole, MA 02543\n\t

    Selected Publications<\/h3>\n

    Murray, C.S.<\/strong>, Mays, A., Long, M., Aluru, N., (2025) Cross-generational plasticity in Atlantic silversides (Menidia menidia<\/em>) under the combined effects of hypoxia and acidification.\u00a0Journal of Experimental Biology<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>228 (15): jeb249726.<\/p>\n

    Murray, C.S.<\/strong>, Gregg, J.L., Mackenzie, A.H., Jayasekera, H, Hall, S., Klinger, T., Hershberger, P.K., (2024) The effects of elevated pCO2 on bioenergetics and disease susceptibility in Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii<\/em>).\u00a0Marine Ecology Progress Series<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0738:225-242<\/p>\n

    Murray, C.S., <\/strong>Klinger, T., (2022) High p<\/em>CO2<\/sub> does not alter the thermal plasticity of developing Pacific herring embryos during a marine heatwave. Journal of Experimental Biology<\/a><\/strong> 225 (5): jeb243501<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

    Education<\/h3>\n

    Ph.D.: Oceanography. 2019. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut<\/p>\n

    M.Sc.: Marine Science. 2014. School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University<\/p>\n

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    Biography<\/h3>\n

    Chris is an integrative fish biologist who studies how marine fish will cope with the rapid and simultaneous changes in their environment caused by global and regional anthropogenic impacts. He uses experimental tools from the fields of ecophysiology and molecular ecology to measure bioenergetic, biochemical, and transcriptional responses elicited by environmental stressors. His current research is funded by an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology where he is exploring the mechanisms of multi-generational plasticity (transcriptional and epigenetic) of early life exposure to the combined effects of acidification and hypoxia in a coastal forage fish species.<\/p>\n\t

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    Research Interests Ecophysiology Molecular Ecology Marine Climate Change Life History Theory Developmental Plasticity Dr. Christopher Murray Research Associate III Biology Department Contact Information: christopher.murray@whoi.edu Building: Redfield Laboratory Mailing Address: 266 Woods Hole Road, MS #32 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA 02543 Selected Publications Murray, C.S., Mays, A., Long, M., Aluru, N., (2025) Cross-generational…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":312,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/cmurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/cmurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/cmurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/cmurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/cmurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/cmurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/cmurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/cmurray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}