Interested in joining the lab? We are always looking for students at all levels to come in and get involved in the research. Send me an email (), or reach out to one of the current lab members to start a discussion.
Current Lab Members
Matt Aiken
Emilee Holderness
River Watson
Lab Alumni
- James Kerfoot (MS 2003, SIUE)
- Professor, Department of Biology, Union University
- Bethany Meinardi (MS 2004, SIUE)
- Instructor, Department of Biology, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- John Spaeth (MS 2008, USM)
- Factors affecting the structuring of fish assemblages in small streams, and a natural and experimental approach investigating competition within congeneric darters
- Protected Species Group Lead · EDGE Engineering and Science
- Brianna Zuber (MS 2008, USM)
- Fluctuating asymmetry and condition in fishes exposed to varying levels of environmental stressors.
- Instructor, Mendocino College
- Justin Bishop (MS 2009, USM)
- Movement dynamics and salinity effects in family Lepisosteidae
- MD, MBA and MS - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Melissa Gutierrez (MS 2010, USM)
- Reproductive behaviors of male and female Blackspotted Topminnows, Fundulus olivaceus
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi
- Paul Mickle (PhD 2010, USM)
- Life History and Habitat Use of the Juvenile Alabama Shad (Alosa alabamae) in Northern Gulf of Mexico Rivers
- Co-Director, Northern Gulf Institute; Associate Director, Geosystems Research Institute; Mississippi State University
- Wilfredo Matamoros (PhD 2010, USM)
- Patterns of Diversity, Zoogeography, and Ecological Gradients in Honduran Freshwater Fishes
- Professor, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas (UNICACH)
- Scott Clark (MS 2011, USM)
- Feeding Selectivity and Habitat Usage of Esox americanus
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Baton Rouge Conservation Office
- Charles Champaign (MS 2011, USM)
- Diet and feeding-related morphometrics of the Blackstripe Topminnow, Fundulus notatus, in allotopic and syntopic populations with the Blackspotted Topminnow, Fundulus olivaceus
- Jared Harris (MS 2013, USM)
- Convergence of life history phenotypes in two species of topminnows, Fundulus notatus and Fundulus olivaceus
- Deputy Director, Coastal Resources Management, MS Department of Marine Resources
- Laura Moncrief (MS 2015, USM)
- Latitudinal variation in thermal tolerance and preference of Fundulus notatus and F. olivaceus: Implications for temperature mediated reproductive isolation
- Project Manager, Covington Civil and Environmental
- Scott Clark (PhD 2016, USM)
- Ecological and Phenotypic Factors Influencing the Movement Dynamics of the Blackspotted Topminnow, Fundulus olivaceus
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Baton Rouge Conservation Office
- Tom Sevick (MS 2016, USM)
- Effect of Fragmentation and Habitat Type on Coastal Nekton in Mississippi
- Ecosystem Management Associate, The Water Institute
- Bjorn Schmidt (PhD 2016, USM)
- A Comparative Study of Isolation in Headwater Fishes
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Texas A&M Commerce
- Lauren Liddon (MS 2017, USM)
- Effects of Wave Action on the Structure of Fish Assemblages Across an Exposure Gradient
- Natural Resources Team Consultant, Pickering Firm
- Sarah Barrett (MS 2020, USM)
- A Change in Fish Assemblages in the Pascagoula River, MS
- Conservation Engagement and Education, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Josh Hubbell (PhD 2020, USM)
- An Examination of the Influence of Multi-scale Processes and Connectivity on the Population and Assemblage Dynamics of Headwater Fishes
- Aquatic Ecologist, US Geological Survey
- Andrew (Bailey) Coomes (MS 2023, USM)
- Salinity Tolerance of Flowering Rush, Butomus umbellatus
- Laboratory Technician, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ERDC
- Noah Daun (MS 2023, USM)
- Freckled Darter (Percina lenticula) And Other Fishes’ Usage Of Wood Pile Habitat
- Aquatic Biologist, EnviroScience Inc.
- Loren Stearman (PhD 2023, USM)
- Malia Davidson (MS 2024, USM)
- Geomorphic assessment and flow modeling of Pearl Darter (Percina aurora) habitat in the Pascagoula watershed.
- PhD program, Florida State University
- Langston Haden (PhD 2024, USM)
- Going with the flow: How direct and indirect alterations to streamflow influence headwater fish communities in the southeast
- Biologist, North Carolina
