Kayla Key 2019
PhD Research Topic: Identification of risks and threats to mussel assemblages in the Meramec drainage through spatially-explicit niche modeling.
Current Employment: Ecologist at West Tennessee River Basin Authority
PhD Research Topic: Identification of risks and threats to mussel assemblages in the Meramec drainage through spatially-explicit niche modeling.
Current Employment: Ecologist at West Tennessee River Basin Authority
Sarah Laske 2017
PhD Research Topic: Food web dynamics in North Slope lakes: the importance of landscape connectivity for energy flow.
Current Employment: Fish Biologist at The Alaska Science Center
PhD Research Topic: Food web dynamics in North Slope lakes: the importance of landscape connectivity for energy flow.
Current Employment: Fish Biologist at The Alaska Science Center
T. Joseph Chilton 2018
M.S. Topic: Habitat associations of two species of endemic crayfish in the Meramec River Drainage.
Current Employment: Missouri Department of Natural Resources
M.S. Topic: Habitat associations of two species of endemic crayfish in the Meramec River Drainage.
Current Employment: Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Rory Mott 2017
M.S. Topic: Thermal Preferences and Water Quality Tolerances of the endangered Topeka shiner.
Current Employment: Missouri Department of Natural Resources
M.S. Topic: Thermal Preferences and Water Quality Tolerances of the endangered Topeka shiner.
Current Employment: Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Matt Schrum 2017
M.S. Topic: Development of standardized and validated visual sampling methods for assessing population metrics and recruitment of rare and threatened mussel species in Missouri.
Current Employment: Aquatic Biologist at Arkansas Department of Transportation
M.S. Topic: Development of standardized and validated visual sampling methods for assessing population metrics and recruitment of rare and threatened mussel species in Missouri.
Current Employment: Aquatic Biologist at Arkansas Department of Transportation
Garth Linder 2014 - present
Post Doctoral Research Topic: Mechanistic modeling of channel stability in the Meramec River drainage to inform fundamental niche models of diverse mussel concentrations.
Current Employment: Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Post Doctoral Research Topic: Mechanistic modeling of channel stability in the Meramec River drainage to inform fundamental niche models of diverse mussel concentrations.
Current Employment: Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Daniel Fitzgerald 2018 - present
Post Doctoral Research Topic: Multispecies approaches to status assessments to inform endangered species determinations.
Current Employment: Biologist at the USGS Leetown Science Center
Post Doctoral Research Topic: Multispecies approaches to status assessments to inform endangered species determinations.
Current Employment: Biologist at the USGS Leetown Science Center
Jacob Westoff 2013 - 2015
Post Doctoral Research Topic: Life history of the freckled crayfish, Cambarus maculatus.
Current Employment: Resource Scientist at The Missouri Department of Conservation
Post Doctoral Research Topic: Life history of the freckled crayfish, Cambarus maculatus.
Current Employment: Resource Scientist at The Missouri Department of Conservation
Kristen Bouska 2014 - 2015
Post Doctoral Research Topic: Modeling the fundamental niche of diverse mussel concentrations in the Meramec River drainage.
Current Employment: Ecologist at the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Post Doctoral Research Topic: Modeling the fundamental niche of diverse mussel concentrations in the Meramec River drainage.
Current Employment: Ecologist at the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Leslie Lueckenhoff 2015
M.S. Research Topic: Development of standardized visual sampling methods for assessing community metrics of unionoid mussel species and tribal groups in Missouri.
Current Employment: Biologist at The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Columbia, Missouri Field Office
M.S. Research Topic: Development of standardized visual sampling methods for assessing community metrics of unionoid mussel species and tribal groups in Missouri.
Current Employment: Biologist at The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Columbia, Missouri Field Office
Jason Neuswanger 2014
M.S. Research Topic: New 3-D video methods reveal novel territorial drift-feeding behaviors that help explain environmental correlates of Chena River chinook salmon productivity.
Current Employment: Senior Fisheries Ecologist at South Fork Research
M.S. Research Topic: New 3-D video methods reveal novel territorial drift-feeding behaviors that help explain environmental correlates of Chena River chinook salmon productivity.
Current Employment: Senior Fisheries Ecologist at South Fork Research
Kevin Foley 2014
M.S. Research Topic: Longitudinal distribution patterns and habitat associations of juvenile coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in tributaries of the Little Susitna River, Alaska.
Current Employment: Biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Region
M.S. Research Topic: Longitudinal distribution patterns and habitat associations of juvenile coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in tributaries of the Little Susitna River, Alaska.
Current Employment: Biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Region
Michelle Gutsch. 2012
M.S. Research Topic: Identification and characterization of juvenile coho salmon overwintering habitats and early spring outmigration in the Anchor River watershed, Alaska
Current Employment: Aquatic Ecologist at the Center For Great Lakes Literacy
M.S. Research Topic: Identification and characterization of juvenile coho salmon overwintering habitats and early spring outmigration in the Anchor River watershed, Alaska
Current Employment: Aquatic Ecologist at the Center For Great Lakes Literacy
Tammy Hoem-Neher 2012
M.S. Research Topic: The influence of estuarine and early marine habitats on the expression of life history characteristics of Coho Salmon smolts in southcentral Alaska.
Current Employment: Fish Biologist at the Olympic National Forest, US Forest Service
M.S. Research Topic: The influence of estuarine and early marine habitats on the expression of life history characteristics of Coho Salmon smolts in southcentral Alaska.
Current Employment: Fish Biologist at the Olympic National Forest, US Forest Service
Kelly Mansfield 2010
M.S. Research Topic: Lake correlates of stocked fish productivity in interior Alaska.
Current Employment: Biologist at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
M.S. Research Topic: Lake correlates of stocked fish productivity in interior Alaska.
Current Employment: Biologist at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Lisa South Wirth 2010
M.S. Research Topic: Fall chum distribution and spawning habitat preferences in the Upper Tanana River.
Current Employment: Program Manager at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geographic Networks of Alaska
M.S. Research Topic: Fall chum distribution and spawning habitat preferences in the Upper Tanana River.
Current Employment: Program Manager at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geographic Networks of Alaska
Scott Ayers 2010
M.S. Research Topic: Species status and ecology of Salvelinus in the Brooks Range of North America, with emphasis on Angayukaksurak Char (Salvelinus anaktuvukensis)
Current Employment: Fish and Wildlife Biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
M.S. Research Topic: Species status and ecology of Salvelinus in the Brooks Range of North America, with emphasis on Angayukaksurak Char (Salvelinus anaktuvukensis)
Current Employment: Fish and Wildlife Biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service