David Marancik
Professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Pathobiology
Biography
Dr. David Marancik is an Associate Professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine, in the Department of Pathobiology, and is Director of the Aquatic Animal Medicine Research Laboratory. He teaches veterinary pathology and aquatic animal medicine courses. His research focuses on pathology and immunology of aquatic animals with specific interests in exploring biomarkers of disease, infectious disease pathogenesis, and improving disease surveillance and diagnostics.
Prior to joining SGU, Dr. Marancik completed a fellowship at the National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture and managed the diagnostic laboratory and veterinary services for Fish Vet Group-U.S.
Dr. Marancik earned his DVM from Iowa State University and worked in small animal practice before completing a residency and PhD in aquatic pathology at the University of Georgia.
Contact Information
473-444-4175 x3837
Areas of Interest
- Aquatic pathology
- Aquatic medicine
- Disease pathogenesis
- Immunology
- Biomarkers of disease
Affiliations
- World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association
- American Association of Fish Veterinarians
- Maintenance of Certification-Fish Medicine, American Board of Veterinary Practitioners
Selected Publications
- Noor-Ul Huda, Older C, Ware C, Heckman T, Rose D, Marancik D, Khoo L, Griffin M. 2025. Complete Genome of Lactococcus lactis Isolate S11-599 from the Brain of a Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) During an Asian Carp Mortality Event in the Mississippi River. Microbial Research Announcements. Accepted.
- Marancik D, Chadwick C, Fields P, Manire C, Norton T, Perrault J, Cray C. 2025. Evaluation of MRP-126, cardiac troponin C and serum amyloid A as potential plasma biomarkers of health and disease in sea turtles. Conservation Physiology. Accepted.
- Richardson BM, Huda N, Ware C, Camus AC, Older CE, Yamamoto FY, Goodman P, Reifers JG, Walker CM, Stilwell JM, Marancik DP, Wise DJ, Griffin MJ. 2025. Fingerling stocking size has no influence on proliferative gill disease Severity in Farm-raised Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 00, 1–10.
- Kucinick M, Charles KE, Carter K, Edwards J, Costlow C, Wilkerson M, Seddon D, Marancik D. 2024. Comparative plasma biochemistry analyte data in nesting leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), foraging green (Chelonia mydas) and foraging and nesting hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles in Grenada, West Indies, Conservation Physiology, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2024, coae028, https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coae028
- Schuster CJ, Marancik DP, Couch CE, Kaplan R, Kent M. 2024. A novel neurotropic microsporidium from the swamp guppy Micropoecilia picta from Grenada, West Indies. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 158:133-141. doi:10.3354/dao03789.
- Neylan K, Nicklason P, Marancik D, Johnson R. 2023. Evaluating a microalga (Schizochytrium sp.) as an alternative to fish oil in fish-free feeds for sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria). Aquaculture. (578)2024.
- Charles KE, Morrall CE, Edwards JE, Carter KD, Afema JA, Butler BP, Marancik DP. 2023. Environmental variables affecting Atlantic leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) embryonic and hatching success rates in Grenada, West Indies. Animals (Basel). 13(4):685. doi:10.3390/ani13040685, 2023.
- Wiens GD, Marancik DP, Chadwick CC, Osbourn K, Reid RM, Leeds TD. 2023. Plasma proteomic profiling of bacterial cold-water disease resistant and susceptible rainbow trout lines and biomarker discovery. Frontiers In Immunology. 20(14):1265386.
- Hewson I, Ritchie IT, Evans JS, Altera A, Behringer D, Bowman E, Brandt M, Budd KA, Camacho RA, Cornwell TO, Countway PD, Croquer A, Delgado GA, DeRito C, Duermit-Moreau E, Francis-Floyd R, Gittens S Jr, Henderson L, Hylkema A, Kellogg CA, Kiryu Y, Kitson-Walters KA, Kramer P, Lang JC, Lessios H, Liddy L, Marancik D, Nimrod S, Patterson JT, Pistor M, Romero IC, Sellares-Blasco R, Sevier MLB, Sharp WC, Souza M, Valdez-Trinidad A, van der Laan M, Vilanova-Cuevas B, Villalpando M, Von Hoene SD, Warham M, Wijers T, Williams SM, Work TM, Yanong RP, Zambrano S, Zimmermann A, Breitbart M. A scuticociliate causes mass mortality of Diadema antillarum in the Caribbean Sea. Scientific Advances. 9(16):eadg3200. 2023.
Selected Projects
No projects available.
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