Students and staff

Current students            Current staff and associates                Past students

Wes Bouska, M.S. student

Wes began in January 2007 on the effects of road crossing designs on stream fish passage. His focus is on the endangered Topeka shiner. Wes received his B.S. from South Dakota State University in 2006.  

 

Email: wbouska@ksu.edu

Phone: 785-532-5761

 

 

Joe Gerken, Ph.D. student

Joe arrived at K-State in January 2008 to work on recruitment of large river fishes.  He received his MS from Central Arkansas University in December, where he has worked on habitat use of grotto sculpin.  

 

Email: gerkenje@gmail.com

Phone: 785-532-1818

Kristen Pitts, M.S. student

Kristen began at K-State in summer 2006 to work on the Lower Colorado River Aquatic GAP.  Kristen received her B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, but has worked at K-State in summer 2004 looking at the effects of floods on stream fishes. 

Email: kpitts@ksu.edu

Phone: 785-532-1818

 

Josh Schloesser, M.S. student

Josh arrived at K-State in summer 2006 and is working on the evaluation of microhabitat use and sampling methods for Missouri River fishes.  Josh received his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and has worked for various state agencies prior to graduate school.  

 

Email: jts@ksu.edu

Phone: 785-532-5761

 

Andrea Severson, M.S. student

Andrea started at K-State in summer 2007 as part of the Research Experience for Undergraduates Program studying recruitment of large river fishes.  She received her BS from Utah State in December 2007 and her MS work at K-State began in January 2008 on the effects of zebra mussels on reservoir fishes.  

 

Email: severson@ksu.edu

Phone: 785-532-5761

 

Mackenzie Shardlow, M.S. student

Mackenzie is working on the status and distribution of river otters in eastern Kansas.  Mackenzie came from the University of Idaho where she received her BS in Wildlife and Fisheries.

 

Email: shardlow@ksu.edu

Phone: 

 

 

Researchers associated with the fisheries lab

 

 

Dr. Joanna Whittier

Jodi is a Research Assistant Professor at K-State and is a Co-PI on the Lower Colorado River Aquatic GAP project.  She has a Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University and has worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service before coming to K-State.  Her primary research interests are endangered species conservation.

 

Email:   whittier@ksu.edu

Phone: 785-532-6534

 

We also currently have four technicians working on various projects.  Contact the students and staff related to specific projects for more details.  In addition, we work with several other faculty and staff from the Division of Biology, Department of Geography, and Landscape Architecture at K-State. 

Past students

Jeff Eitzmann.  M.S., 2008.  Kansas State University

Thesis: Spatial habitat variation in a Great Plains river: effect on the fish assemblage and food web structure. 

Employment:  Environmental Scientist, Dade County Florida

Current Email: jle4477@gmail.com

Jesse Fischer.  M.S., 2007.  Kansas State University

Thesis: Structural organization of Great Plains stream fish assemblages: Implications for sampling and conservation. 

Employment:  Ph.D. student, Iowa State University

Current Email: fischer@iastate.edu

Andy Makinster. M.S.  2006. Kansas State University

Thesis: Flathead catfish population dynamics in the Kansas River. 

Employment: Research Biologist, Arizona Game and Fish Department  

Current Email: amakinsteragf@qwest.net