Dr. Jackson Gross is an aquatic toxicologist specializing in the effects of stressors on amphibian reproduction and development. He received his Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, in 2006; his M.S. in Public Health from San Diego State University, in 2004; and his B.S. in Biology from San Diego State University, in 1999. Dr. Gross, an EPA STAR pre-doctoral fellow, joined SCCWRP's Toxicology department in 2007 to further research relationships between contaminated sediment and biological effects.