Courses Most Commonly Taught
- Principles of Biology Lab
- Aquatic Biology
Areas of Expertise
My research interests broadly involve the development of ways to assess the health of our freshwater ecosystems (lakes, rivers and streams). Much of this work has focused on the conservation of native freshwater mussels and their corresponding functions (biofiltration, habitat engineering) they provide to stream ecosystems. I am also interested in the nutritional ecology of freshwater biofilms (algae and bacteria slime on rocks), and how we can use this information to assess and characterize nutrient and sediment watershed stressors. Over the past couple of years, I have expanded my research to include the physiological ecology of brook trout in headwater streams and the nutritional ecology of smallmouth bass populations in the Susquehanna River Basin.
- Nutritional Ecology
- Aquatic Ecology
- Physiological Ecology
