M.S. student @ UAF (Fisheries)

Sydney is researching the population genomics of Pacific herring in the eastern Bering Sea. She hopes that understanding the population genetic structure of these herring aggregations can help inform fisheries management decisions.

Sydney enjoys cooking, trying new outdoor activities, and relaxing with friends and family.

salmgren at alaska.edu

M.S. student @ UAF (Fisheries)

Maggie's research centers around the development of a cost-effective salmon run assessment method using environmental DNA from Yukon River tributaries. Salmon management throughout Alaska has been further complicated by adverse effects of climate change in recent years, and this method could bolster climate change resilience of local salmon management and support climate change adaptation in Alaska Native communities that rely on subsistence fishing. Maggie is also interested in ecological monitoring of high-use waterbodies containing critical spawning habitat for anadromous fish as well as the management of Pacific Northwest steelhead and Chinook populations. In her free time, you'll find her splitboarding; packrafting; serving on the board of the Alaska Chapter of the American Packrafting Association; and telling visual stories of remote Alaska through outdoor photography.

maharings at alaska.edu

Associate Professor & Curator of Fishes @ UAF & University of Alaska Museum of the North

Interested in all things fish, genetics & evolution!

Google Scholar & ResearchGate profiles

jalopez2 at alaska.edu / @fish_andres

Doctoral student @ UAF (Fisheries)

I am particularly interested in fisheries and ecology of marine and freshwater organisms to acquire a deep understanding of aquatic environments and ecosystems. I am also interested in genomic studies to explore the underlying mechanisms that allow aquatic animals to adapt to climate change.

hmoshfeka at alaska.edu / @HMoshfeka

Undergraduate student @ UAF (Biology & Wildlife)

I am a senior at the University of Alaska Fairbanks studying Biological Sciences with a concentration in Cell and Molecular Biology. I enjoy working with DNA, learning about genetics, and will be looking at the microbial community in the Chena River for my capstone/senior thesis.

dmueller2 at alaska dot edu

Undergraduate student @ Iḷisaġvik College

Kristen is pursuing an Associates of Science degree in the Allied Health program at Alaska's only tribal college, Iḷisaġvik College. After obtaining her degree, Kristen plans to continue building a career in STEM. With support of an Undergraduate Research Experience award from the BLaST program, she will be learning molecular biology techniques will collaborating with our salmon abundance team.

kristen.reece at ilisagvik dot edu

Postdoctoral Fellow @ UAF & NOAA

Dr. Laura Timm is a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Auke Bay Laboratory (NOAA NMFS, Juneau, AK) whose research has focused on evolution in marine species (population genetics, phylogenetics, and phylogeography). Dr. Timm’s motivating research questions focus on the interactions between genomic and ecological/environmental factors and the impacts on species biodiversity and evolution.

Assistant Professor of Fisheries @ UAF CFOS

Dr. Glass is an Assistant Professor at UAF CFOS. Her research combines genomic tools with environmental datasets to address questions spanning the fields of fisheries, evolutionary biology, and ecology with specific applications towards the management and conservation of marine species. Genomic tools in the Glass Lab include whole genome sequencing, environmental DNA, and population genomic and phylogenomic methods. Dr. Glass is a faculty member on the Alaska EPSCoR Coastal Margins Team, the NSF NRT Tamamta Program, and a research associate at the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. The Glass Lab co-inhabits lab space with the López lab in the UAF Arctic Health Research Building.

Email: Jessica dot glass at alaska dot edu

Twitter: @jessroseglass

Postdoc and Molecular Researcher @ Northwest Indian College

I monitor harmful agal bloom species in Bellingham and Lummi Bay using molecular techniques and I am currently working on refining qPCR methods to detect and quantify Longfin Smelt (Hoolies) in the Nooksack River and Bellingham Bay.

Protocols for monitoring harmful algal bloom species and Hoolies will provide food and data sovereignty for the Lummi Nation.

Molecular technician @ Northwest Indian College

Rachael Mallon is a molecular technician for the Salish Sea Research Center (SSRC) at Northwest Indian College (Lummi, Bellingham, WA). Rachael employs her background using molecular tools to work on a variety of projects at the SSRC, including working with Dr. Brandi Kammermans on local populations of Tiokowe / Hooligans (Longfin Smelt), describing freshwater cyanobacteria around Bellingham/Whatcom County.

Research Associate Professor @ UAF / Director @ Water and Environmental Research Center / Research Affiliate @ University of Alaska Museum of the North

Dr. Misarti's background is diverse with degrees in environmental studies, archaeology, and marine science. She specializes in the historic- and paleo-ecology of nearshore marine ecosystems using isogeochemical methods. Her research interests include climate and marine ecosystem change over the last 5000 years, how these changes affected humans living in northern coastal environments, and how to apply this knowledge to help navigate the future in a rapidly changing world.

Research Assistant Professor @ the International Arctic Research Center at UAF.

Erik is a fisheries biologist who studies the effects of environmental change on fish populations and aquatic food webs. His research uses field, lab, experimental, and quantitative approaches to tackle problems with implications for natural resource management, conservation, and habitat restoration. Much of his recent research focuses on how Alaskan salmon are responding to a changing environment.

Google Scholar & Research Gate profiles

eschoen at alaska.edu

Research technician @ UAMN

Justin uses genetic techniques to answer questions relevant to the ecology of fishes and birds. He is currently analyzing the diets of common mergansers to determine their predation impact on juvenile salmonid populations in the Chena and Salcha River. His goal is to pursue a career as a field biologist for an environmental consulting firm or state agency.

jahill7 at alaska.edu

Justin is now working in research field logistics support based out of Fairbanks

Doctoral student @ FIU

Savannah is a PhD student and NSF GRFP fellow sharing affiliations and advisors between Florida International University and University of Alaska Fairbanks. She has worked in the North Pacific intermittently since 2015 with various institutions through a network of collaborators at NOAA Auke Bay Laboratories based in Juneau, Alaska. Savannah’s dissertation research blends acoustics and genomics to study the behaviors and population structure of Pacific herring in Lynn Canal, Alaska. In the future, she would like to pursue a long term career with government agencies (NOAA, USGS, etc.).

Savannah's home lab is Kevin Boswell's Marine Ecology and Acoustics Lab at Florida International University.

slabu003 at fiu.edu

Savannah completed a round of population genetic data generation and analysis and is returning to Florida to continue her graduate training.

Doctoral candidate @ UAF (Biology & Wildlife)

Anna has completed all degree requirements and moved to Durham University to begin postdoctoral work in a collaborative team studying the ecology and evolutionary biology of Antarctic seabirds.

My long-term research interest is discovering the genotypic basis for physiological and phenotypic differences. I want to determine the genes and pathways that influence the ability of animals to withstand stresses such as heat, cold, dehydration, heavy metals, toxins, hypoxia, exercise, and affect other phenotypic traits.

asrix at alaska dot edu / @rix_anna / @Asrix