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@ksu.edu
Phone: 785-532-1818
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.
Phone: 785-532-6171
Jason Fischer, M.S. student
Jason started at K-State in January 2010 and will be studying how fish and fish habitat is affected by instream sand dredging in a large river. Jason received his BS from Michigan State University and has worked for the National Park Service before arrived at K-State. This project is in collaboration with Melinda Daniels in the Department of Geography.
Phone: 785-532-6171
Jonathan Spurgeon, M.S. student
Jon will begin grad school with me at the University of Missouri in summer 2010. He will be working closely with the Grand Canyon National Park on evaluating translocations of humpack chub in Grand Canyon tributaries. Jon received his BS from the University of Missouri and has worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service the last couple years.
Allison Pease, post doctoral research associate
Allison will begin as a post doc at the University of Missouri in summer 2010. She will be working on a project related to how climate change affects fish and fish habitat. Allsion is currently a PhD student at Texas A & M. More information about Allison can be found here.
Angela is a post docororal research associate that will be working on conservation planning related to desert fishes in the Lower Colorado River. She has her PhD from Queens University in 2007 and has a research focus on the effects of invasive species on aquatic systrems, climate change, and spatial dynamics of populations. She will be co-advised by Julian Olden at University of Washington, and will begin in fall 2009. More details on Angela can be found here.
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: 785-532-5761
