Thomas W. Moon

Biography

Professor Moon is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Biology, at University of Ottawa, Canada. His research focuses on how organisms adjust to their environment and to environmental change. The emphasis is on the evolution of hormone receptors and their signalling pathways especially with respect to the stress axis, the role of nutrient signals in partitioning cellular metabolism, and the metabolic consequences of environmentally relevant pollutants, including persistent organics, pharmaceuticals and nanoparticles. Fish serve as model organisms and studies cover all levels of functional organization from the gene to the whole fish within its environment. He is the author of many articles published in several reputed journals. 

Research Interest

  Cell, Metabolism, Enzymes, Hormones, Receptors, Second messengers, Toxicology, Pharmaceuticals, Endocrine disruptors, Fish, Persistent organics, Genomics, Nanoparticles, Biochemistry.