Principle Investigator

Michael E. Colvin, Ph.D. cv

Research Associates

Postdoctoral and research associates

  • Dr. Sara Reynolds (Postdoc): Pallid sturgeon modeling and recovery
  • Logan Sleezer (2021-present): Bayesian belief networks to assist species status assessments

Graduate

  • Jordan Besson (MS; Co-advised with Dr. Steve Miranda): Asian carp intrusions into oxbow lakes.
  • Caleb Aldridge (PhD; Co-advised with Dr. Steve Miranda) website
  • Victoria Starnes (MS; Co-advised with Dr. Brian Davis) website

Undergraduate researchers

  • Haley Blische (2020-pres.)-Sampling American eels in the Noxubee River

Lab Alumni

  • Dr. Corey Dunn (Postdoc; 2020-2021) : Assistant Unit Leader U.S.G.S. Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit website
  • Rick Campbell (2020-pres.)-Employed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Brad Richardson (PhD; Co-advised with Dr. David Wise) website Postdoctoral Researcher USDA, Stoneville, MS.
  • Kacy Chapman (BS 2020) Undergraduate Technician-Bluff Lake Project)
  • Bayley Wilmoth (BS 2020) Currently a masters student at UNK.
  • David Norris (MS 2020; Co-advised with Drs. Steve Miranda and Marcus Lashley) Currently employed as a fisheries biologist for Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
  • Dr. David Schumann websiteCurrently employed as an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse.
  • Giancarlo Coppola (MS; Co-advised with Drs. Steve Miranda and Marcus Lashley) Currently employed as as research associate at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point.
  • Chelsea Gilliland (MS 2018) Currently employed by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
  • Hunter Hatcher (MS 2018; Co-advised with Drs. Steve Miranda and Marcus Lashley) Currently employed by Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.
  • Andrew Shamaskin (MS 2018; Co-advised with Dr. Steve Miranda) Currently a PhD student at Mississippi State University.
  • Ashley Shannon (Undergraduate Researcher & Technician-Paddlefish Project)
  • Meghan McNerney (Undergraduate Technician-Paddlefish Project)
  • Maddie Ruble (Undergraduate Technician-Paddlefish Project)
  • Amy May (Undergraduate Technician-Enid Project) Currently employed by Mississippi Department of Fisheries Wildlife and Parks.
  • Christian Shirley (Undergraduate Researcher-Lake Washington Crappie Length Limits) Currently employed by Mississippi Department of Fisheries Wildlife and Parks.