Lab Alumni

Scott Blum, Master of Science. Habitat use by mountain lions in the northern Great Basin. Graduated May 2003, now employed with the Montana Natural Heritage Program.

Amy Jenkins, Master of Science. Net energy intake as a predictor of habitat quality for stream-dwelling Yellowstone cutthroat trout. Graduated May 2004, now employed as an Upper School Biology Teacher.

Chris Leeseberg, Master of Science. Prey size and abundance, and temperature as predictors of growth efficiency for stream-dwelling cutthroat trout. Graduated May 2005, now employed as a fish and wildlife biologist, US Forest Service.

Greg Schoby, Master of Science. Home range analysis of bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout in the upper Salmon River basin, Idaho. Graduated April 2006, now employed with Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

Kelly Gunnell, Master of Science. Geographic patterns of introgressive hybridization between native Yellowstone cutthroat trout and introduced rainbow trout. Graduated June 2006, now employed as an environmental consultant.

Tony Lamansky, Master of Science. The use of hoop nets seeded with mature brook trout to capture conspecifics. Graduated May 2007, now employed with Idaho Department of Fish and Game as a research biologist.

Meredith Seiler, Doctor of Arts. Subspecific and ecologically based categories predict morphological divergence among cutthroat trout populations. Graduated August 2007.

Steve Seiler, Doctor of Philosophy. Ecological and environmental investigations of competition between native Yellowstone cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, and their hybrids. Graduated December 2007, now employed at Lock Haven University as a Professor of Biology.

Sarra Moller, Master of Science. Trophic biomass and abundance relationships in streams in the Panther Creek watershed, Idaho. Graduated August 2008, now employed with Utah Division of Fish and Wildlife as a biologist.

Ryan Hillyard, Master of Science. Characteristics of summer thermal habitat and use by Bonneville cutthroat trout in a regulated and un-regulated river system. Graduated May 2010, now employed with Idaho Department of Fish and Game as a biologist.

Steve Campbell, Master of Science, July 2012.

Sammy L. Matsaw Jr., Master of Science, May 2014.

Jason Blakney, Master of Science, June 2012. Population genetics and phylogeography of northern leatherside chub. Now employed with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks.