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Gregory G. Sass Station Director Telephone: (309) 543-6000 |
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Professional Employment - Assistant Professional Scientist, Director, Illinois River Biological Station, Illinois Natural History Survey, 2006 – present - Research Associate with Stephen R. Carpenter and James F. Kitchell, Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2004 – 2006 -Research Assistant, Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1999-2004 -Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Spring 2002 and 2003 -National Science Foundation IGERT Trainee, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1999-2003 -Project Assistant, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Summer 1999 Academic Degrees: -Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004 Advisor: James F. Kitchell. Dissertation: Fish community and food web responses to a whole-lake removal of coarse woody habitat. -Master of Science in Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001 Advisor: James F. Kitchell. Thesis: An analysis of walleye, Stizostedion vitreum vitreum, growth in the ceded territory of northern Wisconsin, 1977-2000. -Bachelor of Science with honors in biology, Magna Cum Laude, University of South Florida, 1999. Advisor: Philip J. Motta. Thesis: The effects of satiation on prey capture kinematics in the largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides. Additional Research Experience: 1. Volunteer biologist for the monitoring of several species of endangered fishes in the Colorado River, August 2001. Research consisted of netting the humpback chub, flannelmouth sucker, and bluehead sucker to determine population abundances and growth. 2. Project Assistant for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center, summer 1999. Research consisted of sampling fish and aquatic invertebrates for stable isotope analysis to trace the flow of carbon through aquatic ecosystems. 3. Biology honors student, University of South Florida, Spring 1998 – Spring 1999. Research consisted of functional morphology studies of anatomical and behavioral changes in largemouth bass feeding in response to increasing levels of satiation. 4. Undergraduate assistant to William Ellis, a doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Susan Bell, University of South Florida, fall 1997. Research consisted of improving the experimental design and collecting data regarding the effects of trimming mangrove trees on the abundance of fishes located in a tidal forest of Tampa Bay. 5. An independent study was conducted to compare dietary overlap between two species of coexisting fishes in a mangrove intertidal environment of Tampa Bay, University of South Florida, fall 1997. This study was conducted as part of a graduate course in Ichthyology taught by Dr. Philip Motta. 6. Undergraduate assistant to Susan Jensen, a doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Susan Bell, University of South Florida, spring 1997. Research consisted of collecting samples and compiling data for a study on the migration of seagrass beds in several areas of Tampa Bay. Teaching Experience: - Ecology of Fishes Lecture and Laboratory (ZOO 510, 511) Teaching Assistant, spring 2002 and spring 2003 |