Department Title

Professional Activities

 

Professional Society Membership

Ecological Society of America, North American Benthological Society, Freshwater Biological Association (U.K.), International Society of Theoretical and Applied Limnology

 

National / International Committees (current only):

  • National Advisory Committee for Long-Term Ecological Research at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, National Science Foundation (1988-present)
  • Science Advisory Board Executive Committee and Ecological Processes and Effects Committee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1998- and 1994-present)
  • CALFED Delta Bay, Ecosystem Restoration Program (Science Panel, 1997 [Chair], Interim Science Board [Vice-Chair] 1999-present
  • Salmon Enumeration Panel, Olympic Natural Resources Center, University of Washington, Forks, WA (1999-present)
  • National Representative, International Society of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (1986-present)
  • International Working Group-Conservation and Management of Running Waters, International Society of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (1990-present)

 

Invited Seminars and Symposia (selected, last 10 yrs)

Seminars:

  • Austin Peay Univ. (1998);
  • Univ. Miami (1996);
  • Florida Atlantic Univ. (1995);
  • Pennsylvania Dept Environmental Resources (1995);
  • Michigan St. Univ. (1995, 1997, 1998);  
  • Florida International Univ. (1994);
  • Griffith Univ., Australia (1993);
  • John Carol Univ. (1993);
  • Arizona St. Univ. (1992);
  • Claremont Colleges (1992);
  • Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State Univ. (1991);
  • University Quebec at Montreal (1991);
  • Laval Univ., Quebec (1991); Wright State Univ. (1991)

Symposia:

  • Restoring Pacific Rivers, USGS/BRD Sacramento (2000);
    Biocriteria  Symposium, FL Dept Environmental Protection, Tallahassee (keynote speaker 1996);
  • Ecological Indicators in Ecosystem Assessment and Environmental Monitoring: Special Session of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and Ecological Society of America., St. Louis, MO (1998)
  • Research Perspectives in Aquatic Ecology, Univ. Milan, Italy (keynote speaker 1993)
  • Ecology and Management of Riparian Zones, Land and Water Development Corporation and the Center for Catchment and In-stream Research, Griffith University, Australia (keynote speaker 1993)
  • Landscape Management, Oregon St. Univ. (keynote speaker 1993)
  • Bioindicators of rural non-point source pollution in Lake Erie tributaries, Heidelberg College (keynote speaker 1991)
  • Aquatic Environmental Management, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan (1990)

 

Education

Courses Taught:

At University of Michigan, Northwestern University, and University of Pittsburgh, Michigan State University (main campus and Kellogg Biological Station, Oregon State University, and University of Maryland

Limnology, General Ecology, Invertebrate Biology, Invertebrate Behavior, Invertebrate Development, Freshwater Ecology, Population Ecology, Stream Ecology, Advanced Stream Ecology, Aquatic Insects, Ecology of Aquatic Insescts, Running Water Biomonitoring, Global Ecology, General Biology

Theses Directed:

13 Ph.D. and 12 M.S. completed in subjects including:  ecological energetics, watershed and land-water interactions, stream invertebrates, zooplankton ecology, fish ecology, stream and lake primary production, insect neural-endocrine morphology, aquatic fungi, stream ecology and fire effects in Yellowstone National Park.

 

Awards

Distinguished Scientist Award, North American Benthological Society (1990)