Positions:

1996-present	Lecturer, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis
1994-present	Assistant Research Biologist II, University of California, Davis
1986-1994	Staff Research Associate, University of California, Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory
1981-1985	Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis

Selected Publications:

• Baldwin, J.B., F.J. Griffin, and W.H. Clark, Jr.  1999.  Immunological characterization of the acrosomal filament in the marine shrimp Sicyonia ingentis.  Zygote 6:329-339.

• Griffin, F.J., J.D. Baldwin, T.-I. Chen, and W.H. Clark, Jr.  1999.  The composition and functions of the sperm acrosome reaction in Penaeoidean shrimp. J. Reprod. Dev. 44:8.

• Griffin, F.J., M.C. Pillai, C.A. Vines, J. Kääriä.T. Hibbard-Robbins, R. Yanagimachi, and G.N. Cherr. 1998. Effects of salinity on sperm motility fertilization, and development in the Pacific herring, Clupea pallasi. Biol. Bull. 194:25-35.

• Wang, S.W., F.J. Griffin, and W.H. Clark. 1997. Cell-cell association directed mitotic spindle orientation in the early development of the marine shrimp Sicyonia ingentis. Development 124:773-780.

• Griffin, F.J., C.A. Vines, M.C. Pillai, R. Yanagimachi, and G.N. Cherr. 1996. Sperm motility initiation factor (SMIF) is a minor component of the Pacific herring egg chorion. Development, Growth & Differentiation 38:193-202.
• Clark, W.H., Jr., F.J. Griffin, and A.H. Wikramanayake. 1994. Pre-fusion events of sperm-oocyte interactions in the marine shrimp, Sicyonia ingentis. Sem. Dev. Biol. 5:225-231.
• Clark, W.H., Jr. and F.J. Griffin. 1993. Acquisition and manipulation of Penaeoidean gametes. Pp. 133-152 in: Handbook of Techniques for Crustacean Aquaculture, J. McVew, ed. Second Edition., Vol. 1, CRC Press, Boca Raton.
• Wikramanayake, A.., K. R. Uhlinger, F.J. Griffin, and W.H. Clark., Jr. 1992. Sperm of the shrimp Sicyonia ingentis undergo a bi-phasic capacitation accompanied by morphological changes. Dev. Growth & Diff 34.:347-355.
• Keller, R., F.J. Griffin, and W.H. Clark, Jr. 1991. Gastrulation: Movements, Patterns and Molecules, Bodega Marine Laboratory, Marine Sciences Series 3. Plenum Press, New York.
• Clark, W.H., Jr., T.I. Chen, M.C. Pillai, K. Uhlinger, J. Shoffner-Mcgee, and F.J. Griffin. 1991. The biology of gamete activation and fertilization in Sicyonia ingentis (Penaeoidea); present knowledge and future direction. Bull. Inst. Zool., Academia Sinica 16:553-571.
• Pillai, M.C., F.J. Griffin, and W.H. Clark, Jr. 1990. Post spawning changes in the extracellular matrices in the eggs of Sicyonia ingentis. Pp. 201-207 in: Advances in Invertebrate Reproduction, M. Hoshi and O. Yamashita, eds. Vol. 5. Elsevier Science Publishers.
• Griffin, F.J. and W.H. Clark, Jr. 1990. Induction of acrosomal filament formation in the sperm of Sicyonia ingentis. J. Exp. Zool. 254:296-304.
• Clark, W.H., Jr., A. Yudin, J.W. Lynn, F.J. Griffin, and M.C. Pillai. 1990. Jelly formation in penaeoidean shrimp eggs. Biol. Bull. 178:295-299.
• Chen, T.I., F.J. Griffin, L. Crowe, and W.H. Clark, Jr. 1990. The anterior granule in the sperm of the shrimp Sicyonia ingentis. J. Cell Biol. 111, 113a.
• Pillai, M.C., F.J. Griffin, and W.H. Clark, Jr. 1989. Pre and post spawning alterations of the extracellular matrices in the eggs of Sicyonia ingentis. Fifth International Congress of Invertebrate Reproduction.