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McMahon, Robert Francis was born on June 17, 1944 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Robert Francis and Rebecca Margaret (Meyer) McMahon.
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Robert Francis McMahon
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Robert Francis McMahon, American Comparative physiologist. Achievements include research on physiological adaptations of intertidal animals in relation to height on shore, on biology and control offreshwater macrofouling bivalves, on acclimation of aquatic invertebrates to chronic hypoxia, on bioenergetic partitioning in the analysis of the life history adaptations in aquatic animals.
Education
Bachelor, Cornell Univercity, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1972.
Career
Assistant professor, University Texas, Arlington, 1972-1977; associate professor, University Texas, Arlington, 1977-1984; professor, University Texas, Arlington, since 1984; director, Center for Biological Macrofouling Research, University Texas, Arlington, since 1988. Consultant EElectric Power Research Institute Svc. Water Working Group, Palo Alto, California, 1988-1990, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Syracuse, New York, 1989-1991.
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Membership
Corporation member Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, since 1973. Member American Society Zoologists (program officer division comparative physiologyand biochemistry 1990-1992).
Connections
Married Maria ColetteO'Byrne, June 7, 1980.
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Awards
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Fulbright-Hays Research fellow An Bord Scolaireachtai, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1978. Research grantee National Science Foundation, Electric Power Research Institute, U.s. Corps Engineers, electrical utilities, since 1980.Fulbright-Hays Research fellow An Bord Scolaireachtai, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1978. Research grantee National Science Foundation, Electric Power Research Institute, U.s. Corps Engineers, electrical utilities, since 1980.