Education:

B.A. - Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas USA. Jan. 1958 - June 1962.  Majors in both biology and geology.

M.A. - College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia USA. Sept. 1962 - June 1964.  Major in marine science with a specialty in marine biology.

Ph.D. - George Washington University, Washington, D.C. USA. Sept. 1964 - June 1967.  Major in zoology.

Postdoctoral - Oregon State University, Marine Science Laboratory, Newport, Oregon USA. Sept. 1967 - March 1969.   Oceanography.

M.P.H. - University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii USA. Jan. 1973 - Dec. 1975.  Major in environmental health with specialty in environmental management.

A.A. - Weatherford College, Weatherford, Texas USA. Sept. 1987 - May 1988.  Major in art.

B.F.A. - McMurry University, Abilene, Texas USA. Sept. 1988 - Dec. 1991.  Major in art with an emphasis on ceramics.

Research Interests: Biostatistics, marine ecology, pollution biology, environmental planning and management, taxonomy and ecology of benthos.

Teaching Interests: Statistics, computer applications, population dynamics, marine ecology, invertebrate zoology, field biology, and environmental biology.

Artistic Interests: Functional stoneware pottery, pen & ink drawning.

Research and Management Experience:

May 1989 - date: Senior Research Scientist (Professor), Water Resources and Environment Division, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran: 31261, Saudi Arabia  -  As Project Manager, I was responsible for the development and conduct of several large marine environmental projects including a US$ 5 million study of the effects of the 1991 Gulf War oil spill and a US$ 2.5 million study of the effects of oil development.  These studies consisted of investigations of impacts on various communities including subtidal seagrass and sand benthos, intertidal infauna, coral reefs, plankton, and mangroves.   I developed an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to be submitted to the InterGovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  My duties included proposal and report preparation, liaison with clients, budget tracking, and the supervision of up to 70 scientists and technicians.

Sept. 1986 - May 1989: Vice President, Overseas Operations, AECOS, Inc., 970 N. Kalaheo Ave., Suite A300, Kailua, Hawaii 96734 USA  -  I was responsible for the development and conduct of environmental projects in foreign countries and for the operation of a mainland office for the company.   This position requires marketing in these countries and for the development of proposals and reports, project management, client contact, and personnel management.

March 1982 - Aug. 1986: Research Scientist (Associate Professor), University of Petroleum and Minerals, Research Institute, Dhahran: 31261, Saudi Arabia  -  I was responsible for conducting research on the effects of pollutants on marine communities and for the management of broad scale environmental projects.  I was project manager on three projects which total over US$ 7 million in client funded research on the marine impacts of oil facility development and pollution.   I acted as project manager on a study of the health effects of the Nowruz oil spill due to contamination of shrimp and fishes.  In my capacity as a research scientist, I was responsible for developing marine environmental projects, project management, report preparation and the preparation of scientific publications.

Sept. 1980 - Feb. 1982: Director of Environmental Programs, Saudi Arabian Tetra Tech, Ltd., P.O. Box 6393, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  -  I was the director of environmental programs for Saudi Arabian Tetra Tech., Ltd.  In this capacity, I was in charge of the environmental studies conducted by the company including the design of baseline and monitoring programs, allocation of manpower, preparing budgets, preparing reports, and interfacing with clients.  I directed a large marine environmental program for the Arabian American Oil Company, which I continued to direct while at the University of Petroleum and Minerals.

Dec. 1971 - Aug. 1980: Department Manager (Oct. 77 - Aug. 80) and Senior Marine Biologist (Dec. 71 - Oct. 77), Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Environmental Department, P.O. Box 2750, Honolulu, Hawaii 96840 USA  -   The duties of this position include developing environmental monitoring and site survey programs, soliciting proposals from contractors to conduct impact assessment research, reviewing proposals and completed reports, and general contract administration including budget tracking and performance evaluation.  I was responsible for the preparation of environmental reports based on the work of my staff and contractors.   In addition, I was responsible for maintaining a current knowledge of applicable laws and regulations and for representing the company at public hearings and meetings.

Jan. 1970 - Dec. 1971: Staff Aquatic Ecologist, Hazleton Laboratories, Inc., A TRW Subsidiary, P.O. Box 30, Falls Church, Virginia 22180 USA  -  I was responsible for developing programs to determine the extent of environmental damage caused by industrial operations. Programs in which I was involved as program manager of assistant program manager included the development of quick response field teams to assess the effect of oil and hazardous material spills under a contract from the United States Environmental Protection Administration, long-term continuous flow bioassays to determine the toxicity of various chemicals to aquatic organisms, and also research on the effects of steam-electric power generating stations on the aquatic environment.

Mar. 1969 - Jan. 1970: Supervisory Marine Biologist (Supervisor of Benthic Invertebrates), Smithsonian Institution, Oceanographic Sorting Center, Washington, D.C. 20560 USA  -  I was responsible for the supervision of the sorting of benthic invertebrates, training technicians in the recognition of marine invertebrates and for carrying out a research program on the taxonomy and ecology of invertebrates.

Sept. 1967 - Mar. 1969: Research Associate, Oregon State University, Department of Oceanography, Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon 97365 USA  -  The purpose of this position was to carry out postdoctoral research on the taxonomy and ecology of Antarctic Pycnogonida and Caprellidae.  I was responsible for the preparation and publication of taxonomic monographs on these groups and for the supervision of assistants.  In addition, I was responsible for carrying out research on the ecology of benthic invertebrates during periods of Antarctic fieldwork.

June 1964 - June 1967: Museum Technician, Museum Specialist, and Systematic Zoologist (Assistant Curator), Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Division of Crustacea, Washington, D.C. 20560 USA  -   During this period, I was responsible for carrying out ecologic and taxonomic research on benthic and planktonic Crustacea.

Sept. 1962 - June 1964: Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Ecology-Pollution Section, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062 USA  -  My duties included the identification and analysis of benthic invertebrates collected in connection with an ecological survey to study the effects of dredging the Baltimore Ship Channel in Chesapeake Bay.  I also participated in a two-year study of a soft-bottom infaunal community and a study of the ecological effects of a thermal effluent from an electric generating plant.

June 1962 - Aug. 1962: Museum Aide, Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Division of Marine Invertebrates, Washington, D.C. 20560 USA  -  My duties included cataloging, inventory, and some identification of the collection of Echinodermata housed in the national museum.

Teaching Experience:

Sept. 1972 - date: Instructor of SCUBA diving.  Teach SCUBA diving to beginners and conduct advanced classes for experienced divers.

Sept. 1972 - 1973: Assistant Instructor of swimming at Central YMCA, Honolulu in classes of beginning and advanced beginning swimming.  Assistant Instructor at Richards Street YWCA of classes in Junior and Senior Lifesaving.

June 1970 - Dec. 1970: Instructor, Fairfax County Adult Education Department, 10201 Main St., Fairfax, Virginia USA.  I developed an eight-week study and discussion course in environmental pollution covering such topics as solid wastes, water and air pollution, pesticides and the population problem.

July 1967 - Aug. 1967: Professor, National Youth Science Foundation, Box 131, South Orange, New Jersey USA. I taught at this foundation's six-week summer course in marine science.  I was responsible for organizing lectures and field classes in invertebrate zoology, marine ecology and physical oceanography.

Sept. 1960 - June 1962: Laboratory Assistant, Texas Christian University, Departments of Geology and Biology, Ft. Worth, Texas USA.  I assisted in the laboratory of freshman geology and biology, arranging laboratory materials, aiding students and grading examination papers.

Special Training:

SCUBA Diving: Certified Instructor, National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI 3100) and Emertius Instructor, Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI 4353).  Much experience including diving along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts of the United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Bahama Islands, Antarctic, Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf.  Teaching experience in basic, junior and advanced SCUBA diving.

Amateur Radio: United States Federal Communications Commission Extra Class license, call sign KH6GY.

Certified Fisheries Scientist: American Fisheries Society No. 1221.

Graduate: Westinghouse International School for Environmental Management, Hawaiian Electric Company Corporate Training Course, and the University of Idaho Public Utilities Executive Course.

Society Memberships:

Society of Sigma-Xi, Biological Society of Washington, Society of Systematic Zoology, Western Society of Naturalists, Antarctican Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Association of Underwater Instructors, Hawaii Audubon Society, Professional Association of Diving Instructors, American Fisheries Society, The Biometric Society, Hawaiian Malacological Society, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, the Polynesian Society, Hawaii Public Health Association, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.

Honors:

Phi Theta Kappa, Society of Sigma-Xi, Smithsonian Research Fellow, Antarctic Service Medal, American Men of Science, Who's Who in the West, Geographic feature McCain's Bluff at 70° 19' S, 160° 05' E named by the United States Board of Geographic Names, Prince Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Prize for Scientific Excellence (1991-1992) for the Gulf Oil Spill Research Program, Distinguished Project Leadership Award from the Research Institute of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (1992), and the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries Environmental Award (1995).

Publications:

McCain, J. C. 1965. The Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of Virginia. Chesapeake Sci., vol. 29, pp. 290-297, 2 figs.

McCain, J. C. 1966. Abyssicaprella galatheae, a new genus and species of abyssal caprellid (Amphipoda: Caprellidae). Galathea Repts., vol. 8, pp. 91-95, 3 figs.

Bowman, T. E. and J. C. McCain. 1967. Variation and distribution of the pelagic amphipod Cyphocaris challengeri in the Northeast Pacific (Gammaridea: Lysianassidae). Proc. United States Nat. Mus., vol. 122, no. 3588, 14 pp., 9 figs.

McCain, J. C. 1967. Paracaprella barnardi, a new species of caprellid (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the West Coast of Panama. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 80, pp. 219-222, 3 figs.

Bowman, T. E. and J. C. McCain. 1967. Distribution of the planktonic shrimp, Lucifer, in the Western North Atlantic. Bull. Mar. Sci., vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 660-671, 8 figs.

McCain, J. C. 1968. The Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the Western North Atlantic. Bull. United States Nat. Mus., vol. 278, pp. vi+147, 56 figs.

Gray, W. S., Jr. and J. C. McCain. 1969. The taxonomic status of Mandibulophoxus gilesi Barnard, 1957 (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 28, pp. 189-192, 1 fig.

McCain, J. C. 1969. New Zealand Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda). New Zealand Journ. Mar. Freshwater Res., vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 286-295, 3 figs.

McCain, J. C. 1969. A new species of deep sea amphipod (Gammaridea) belonging to the genus Runanga. New Zealand Journ Mar. Freshwater Res., vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 17-19, 1 fig.

McCain, J. C. and W. E. Stout. 1969. Benthic zonation on submarine cliffs in the vicinity of Arthur Harbor, Antarctica. Antarctic Journ., vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 105-106.

McCain, J. C. 1969. Smithsonian Institution collections from the first Antarctic cruise of Hero. Antarctic Journ., vol. 4, no. 4, p. 106.

McCain, J. C. 1969. A new species of caprellid (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Oregon. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 82, pp. 507-509, 1 fig.

McCain, J. C. 1970. Familial taxa within the Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 82, no. 65, pp. 837-842, 1 fig.

McCain, J. C. and J. E. Steinberg. 1970. Amphipoda I. Caprellidea I. Fam. Caprellidae. Crustaceorum Catalogus, pars 2, 77 pp.

McCain, J. C. 1971. A new deep-sea species of Epimeria (Amphipoda: Paramphithoidae) from Oregon. Crustaceana, vol. 20, pt. 2, pp. 159-166, 3 figs.

McCain, J. C. and W. S. Gray, Jr. 1971. Antarctic and Subantarctic Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Antarctic Res. Ser., vol. 17, pp. 111-139, 15 figs.

Hedgpeth, J. W. and J. C. McCain. 1971. A review of the pycnogonid genus Pantopipetta (Family Austrodecidae, emended) with the description of a new species. Antarctic Res. Ser., vol. 17, pp. 217-229, 6 figs.

McCain, J. C. 1972. Marine invertebrates from Adelie Land, collected by the XII and XVth French Antarctic Expeditions. 11. - Amphipoda, Caprellidea. Tethys Suppl., vol. 4, pp. 239-242.

McCain, J. C. and J. M. Peck, Jr. 1973. The effects of a Hawaiian power plant on the distribution and abundance of reef fishes. Univ. Hawaii SeaGrant Rept., AR-73-03, 16 pp., 5 figs.

Schmitt, W. L., J. C. McCain, and E. S. Davidson. 1973. Decapoda I. Brachyura I. Fam. Pinnotheridae. Crustaceorum Catalogus, pars 3, 160 pp.

McCain, J. C. 1975. Phylum Arthropoda: Crustacea, Amphipoda: Caprellidea. pp. 367-376. In: Smith, R. I. and J. T. Carlton, eds. Light's Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates of the Central California Coast. Edition 3. Univ. California Press.

McCain, J. C. 1975. Fouling community changes induced by the thermal discharge of a Hawaiian power plant. Environmental Pollution, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 63-83, 3 figs.

McCain, J. C., S. L. Coles, and J. M. Peck, Jr. 1975. The marine biological impact of the Honolulu Generating Station. Univ. Hawaii SeaGrant Rept., TR-76-01, pp. vi+50, 5 figs.

McCain, J. C. 1976. A multivariate analysis of statistics on the Hawaiian community. Hawaii State Dept. of Health, Res. Stat. Rept. no. 8, 20 pp., 10 figs.

McCain, J. C. and J. M. Peck, Jr. 1976. The toxicity of selected chemicals used in power generating stations to Hawaiian fishes. Univ. Hawaii SeaGrant Rept., TR-77-01, pp. v+17, 1 fig.

McCain, J. C. and S. L. Coles. 1979. A new species of crab (Brachyura, Hapalocarcinidae) inhabiting pocilloporid corals in Hawaii. Crustaceana, vol. 36, pt. 1, pp. 81-89, 2 tabs.

McCain, J. C. 1979. A new caprellid, Caprella manneringi new-species (Crustacea: Amphipoda) associated with a starfish from the Antipodes Islands, New Zealand. New Zealand Journ. Mar. Freshwater Res., vol. 13 (3), pp. 471-474, 2 tabs., 1 fig.

McCain, J. C. 1984. Marine Ecology of Saudi Arabia. The intertidal infauna of the sand beaches in the Northern Area, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, vol. 6, pp. 53-78, 18 tabs., 4 figs.

McCain, J. C. 1984. Marine Ecology of Saudi Arabia. The nearshore, soft-bottom benthic communities of the Northern Area, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, vol. 6, pp. 79-101, 12 tabs., 3 figs., 1 appendix.

McCain, J. C., A. B. Tarr, K. E. Carpenter and S. L. Coles. 1984. Marine Ecology of Saudi Arabia. A survey of coral reefs and reef fishes in the Northern Area, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, vol. 6, pp. 102-126, 8 tabs., 4 figs.

McCain, J. C., S. L. Coles, K. E. Carpenter, and A. B. Tarr. 1984. Corals and fishes of the nearshore Manifa Reefs, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia (Abstract). Proc. Symposium on Coral Reef Environment of the Red Sea. Faculty of Marine Science, King Abdulaziz Univ., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 14-18, 1984, p. 362.

Burchard, J. E. and J. C. McCain. 1984. Marine life kill in the Arabian Gulf, March/April 1983 (Abstract). Proc. Symposium on Coral Reef Environment of the Red Sea. Faculty of Marine Science, King Abdulaziz Univ., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 14-18, 1984, pp. 392-393.

Coles, S. L. and J. C. McCain. 1990. Environmental factors affecting benthic infaunal communities of the western Arabian Gulf. Mar. Environmental Res., vol. 29, pp. 289-315.

McCain, J. C. , M. Qurban, D. J. Lennon, and N. J. Chesterton. 1993. Remediation of salt marshes after the 1991 Gulf Oil Spill. Arabian Journ. Sci. and Engin., vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 257-267..

McCain, J. C. and M. Hassan. 1993. The effects of the Gulf War on ichthyoplankton in Saudi Arabian Gulf waters. Arabian Journ. Sci. and Engin., vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 269-291.

McCain, J. C. , Y. H. Fadlallah, M. Sadiq, A. Al Rabeh, and N. M. Fayad. 1993. The Impact of the 1991 Gulf Oil Spill on the Coastline of Saudi Arabia. Proc. Third World Academy of Sciences Fourth General Conf., Kuwait, 23-26 November 1992.

McCain, J. C., D. Beard, and Y. H. Fadlallah. 1993. The influence of the Kuwaiti Oil Well Fires on seawater temperature in the western Arabian Gulf. Marine Pollution Bull., v. 27, pp. 79-83.

Gundlach, E., J. C. McCain, and Y. H. Fadlallah. 1993. Distribution of oil along the Saudi Arabian coastline (May/June 1991) as a result of the Gulf War oil spills. Marine Pollution Bull., v. 27, pp. 93-96.

Sadiq, M. and J. C. McCain. 1993. Effect of the 1991 Gulf War on metal bioaccumulation by the clam Meretrix meretrix. Mar. Poll. Bull., v. 27, pp. 163-170.

Books:

Sadiq, M. and J. C. McCain. 1993. The Gulf War Aftermath: An Environmental Tragedy. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 296 pp. (ISBN 0-7923-2278-9).