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Lead Scientists

NameAreas of Expertise
Noah AdamsBehavioral ecology of juvenile salmonids
John BeemanJuvenile salmonid migratory behavior; dam passage and survival; biotelemetry techniques
Summer BurdickOccupancy modeling and early life history of freshwater fishes
Patrick ConnollyStream fish ecology: PIT-tag technology; watershed restoration; fish recolinization with dam removal
Tim CounihanMark-recapture models; survey design and implementation; white sturgeon biology; reservoir ecology
Jeff DudaCommunity ecology in streams and rivers, ecological effects of dam removal, ecological modeling, desert tortoise ecology
Nancy ElderInvasive species, fish diseases, GIS, cold-water diver, salmon smoltification
Diane ElliottFish histopathology; detection, pathogenesis, and control of fish bacterial diseases
Eveline EmmeneggerExotic and invasive fish pathogens, aquatic biosafety laboratory procedures, virology and molecular biology of aquatic viruses
John HansenMolecular and cellular immunology of teleosts
Jill HardimanMark-recapture models; predator-prey interactions; bioenergetics; salmonid ecology; GIS; aquatic invasive species; early detection and long term monitoring in large river systems
Jim HattenCell-based (GIS) predictive modeling; landscape ecology; remote sensing
Paul HershbergerFish health, infectious and parasitic diseases of wild marine fishes, disease ecology, biology and ecology of herring and other forage fishes
David HewittPopulation dynamics, statistical analysis, capture-recapture and occupancy modeling, age and growth
Eric JanneyPopulation dynamics, mark-recapture modeling, quantitative ecology
Gael KurathFish virus molecular biology, epidemiology, and evolution; viral host specificity, viral fitness, and DNA vaccines for fish
Kim LarsenEcology of juvenile salmonids with an emphasis on life history and estuarine habitats; expertise in otolith research
Theresa LiedtkeJuvenile salmon migratory behavior, dam passage and survival, transmitter effects on fish performance, forage fish of Puget Sound
Alec MaulePhysiology; endocrinology; immunology; contaminant effects
Matt MesaStress and general physiology of fishes; fish behavior and performance; predator-prey interactions; fish-ecosystem interactions, bioenergetics
Carl OstbergHybridization and genetics
Mike ParsleySturgeon ecology and biology; acquisition and analysis of telemetry data; spatial assessment of aquatic habitat
Maureen PurcellFish health, immunology, genetics of disease resistance, microbiology
Deborah ReusserNonindigenous species biogeography and predictive modeling; GIS and spatial analysis; ecosystem informatics design, implementation and research; Web mapping technology research
Rusty RodriguezMicrobiology, plant biology, invasive species, molecular genetics, fungal biology, marine ecology, mitigating climate change, plant fungal symbiosis, biochemistry, ballast water, molecular taxonomy
Dennis RondorfJuvenile salmonid migration behavior; evaluation of fish passage structures; MEOs
Steve RubinWild hatchery interactions, acoustic telemetry, Columbia Basin steelhead and Chinook salmon life history
George SandersVeterinary medicine for aquatic animals, fish health, laboratory animal medicine
Gary ScoppettoneGreat Basin and Mojave Desert fish biology and ecology, habitat restoration, desert fish life history, population dynamics
Scott SmithAquatic invasive species, fish biology
Ken TiffanFall Chinook salmon life history
Steve WasteAnthropogenic impacts on anadromous fish and their habitats
Jim WintonMicrobiology, molecular biology, fish health
David WoodsonInvertebrate ecology
Volunteer Emeritus
John EmlenMathematical modeling, theoretical ecology, quantitative ecology
Gary WedemeyerMarine biology, fish physiology, pollution effects, aquaculture
William (Tosh) Yatsutake


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