Cooperative Assistant Professor | Fish, crayfish, and mussel ecologist | My tweets do not represent views of any organization
Columbia, MO
Joined January 2012
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Check out my recent publication to understand the relationship between population-level and community-level diversity metrics and how fragmentation affects those relationships for crayfishes? peerj.com/articles/18006/
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New published paper! Two new species of crayfish from southern Brazil! Now, there are 25 species of Parastacus. I described 16 :)
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Check out the Summary of our Program's 2023 Year in Review. See our productivity, mission, cross-cutting science, DEIA strategy, and stats! Image: drake mallard by Alena Rinaldi, USGS, with permission.
pubs.usgs.gov/publication/fs…
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Interested in working in the Ozarks of Missouri this summer surveying rare fishes? @MDC_online is currently accepting applications online at the link below
jobs.mdc.mo.gov/job/Columbia…
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Neat opportunity for a postdoc to study climate change impacts to fish communities in midwestern national park units. Please retweet and message me if you have questions. nationalparks.org/sip-fisher…
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MS Graduate Research Assistantship position within
@MUCAFNRresearch and @USGSCoopUnits
identifying coldwater streams in MO. Email me with questions.
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Needing to conduct trait analysis on freshwater mussels in the USA? Led by Garrett Hopper, we (@irene1sanchez, @mud_Iark, @thepopenjay, @PhishBiologist, & others) have the resource for you that is fresh off the "press": nature.com/articles/s41597-0…
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This Wednesday, October 25th, Dr. Jim Stoeckel and his graduate student Nick Barnes from Auburn University will present results of previous and ongoing studies and discuss strengths and weaknesses of each approach. Learn more and register at the #linkinbio.
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A great, fully-funded MS position to work on patch-nosed salamanders @ Clemson University with Dr. Cathy Jachowski, but also working closely with our lab here at KSU. Share with folks who might be interested! wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/m-s-a…
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Please share: I am recruiting a master’s student to sample mussels in tributary systems of the south-central plains ecoregion in Arkansas. Will be open until filled. Position starts in January (2024).
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Like applied research? Work collaboratively with Univ of MO faculty and Missouri Dept of Cons biologists to conduct a gap analysis for aquatic crayfish, fish, mussels, and selected macroinverts. 1.5 years, full-time for a post-M.S. Contact [email protected] for more info.
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**Post Doc Alert** Come work with @allison_a_pease I at Mizzou on a cooperative project related to aquatic nuisance species in midwestern national parks. Funded for 4 years with starting salary of 74k. Happy to answer questions. erecruit.umsystem.edu/psc/ta…
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PhD opportunity in @MusselLab_DW and @DaveZanatta labs! Share with those that are suited for this position! #greatlakesresearch #unionids #SCUBA #LakeMichigan #tributaries #STEMresearch @FMCS_Mollusk @CIGLR_UM #AIS #Ecology – at Mount Pleasant, MI
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Come lead our new @cafnr and @MDC_online Institute of Fisheries, Wetlands, and Aquatic Systems! Open to MS degree and higher candidates from academia, agencies, NGOs, and private sector. More details/application: hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/…. Job ID 47349. fwas.missouri.edu/
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Earlier this year we spent 2 fun days filming various invert things in my lab @NaturalSciences w/ @MyPBSNC Sci NC. A YouTube short stemming from this endeavor just dropped! Learn about crayfish worms, clawed ostracods, & witness my best facial expressions:
youtu.be/mX6IKpaAeqw
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Want to learn more about how dam-induced changes to stream environments impact crayfish communities? Check out my most recent publication @usfs_srs onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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PhD opportunity studying BIG-river fish in the Mississippi River.
Please RT: PhD opportunity w/ Shannon Brewer & myself studying big-river fishes in tributaries of one of Earth's largest rivers — the Mississippi. Along the way, become an expert in invasion & movement ecology. 🐟🚤💦
link: wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/gradu…
ALT Four-year PhD research assistantship: Invasion ecology & riverine fish conservation Description: Available PhD opportunity to lead a riverscape-scale study on comparative movement ecology of invasive Silver Carp & native, big-river filter-feeding fishes – Paddlefish, Bigmouth Buffalo in the Yazoo River drainage. The hired candidate will work directly with Drs Shannon Brewer (Auburn University, USGS) & Corey Dunn (USGS, NC State University) while learning in-demand skills transferable to broader applications in natural resources. Salary & benefits: Fully funded four-year Graduate Research Assistantship worth $26K per year + free tuition, federal training in safety & motorboat operations. Apply: email Dr. Brewer ([email protected]) with the subject line “Yazoo River Fish Movement”: brief cover letter, cv, 3 professional references, transcripts.
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We're hiring! Join the @ILINSeaGrant/@INHSillinois Aquatic Invasive Species Team - we're looking for someone interested in both research + outreach about invasive crayfish in the #GreatLakes region. Position based in Glencoe, IL; applications due June 4 iiseagrant.org/hiring-aquati…
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