MEMBERS OF OUR LAB

*Graduate theses are electronically archived here. 

• Erica Stegens (2026)- Trailering in rehabilitation: sex ratios and parental contribution in streamside rearing facilities of the Lake Michigan basin*

• Zachary Nordstrom (2025)-  Navigating Barriers: Unraveling Age 0 Lake Sturgeon Movements and Survival Through Menominee River's Hydroelectric Facilities*

• Sadie Swindall (2025)-  Investigating the Movement Extent and Seasonal Spatial Patterns of Northern Pike (Esox lucius) in Green Bay, Lake Michigan Using Acoustic Telemetry* 

• Steve Hughes (2025)-  Balancing Short-Term PIT Tag Rejection and Detection in Age-0 Lake Sturgeon*

• Peter Rawinski (2024)- Maternally Driven Otolith Geochemistry in Larval Lake Whitefish and its Implications for Identifying Natal Origins in Green Bay, Lake Michigan*

• Riley Schultz (2024)- Adaptive Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring of the Lower Fox River in Northeast Wisconsin: 2022-2023 Monitoring Results and Lower Fox River Basin Aquatic Invasive Strategic Plan 

• Brandon Noll (2024)- Green Bay’s Lake Whitefish: An investigation into lake whitefish diets and latent mortality in Green Bay* 

• Cayla Cavey (2023) - Remediation and Facilitation of a Large-Scale Biomonitoring Project

• Tania Rojas (2023) - Coastal Wetlands Drive Isotopic Niche Plasticity of Top Predator Fish Communities in Green Bay, Lake Michigan*

• Taylor Habrak (2022) - From Bay to Boat: An Assessment of Commercial Catch in Green Bay, Lake Michigan*

• Nicholas Reed (2022) - Curation of the Richter Museum fish collection

• Claire Hetzel (2022) - Phenotypic plasticity of a generalist fish resident to lotic environments: Insights from the Great Lakes Region*

• Brandon Falish (2021) - Evaluation of the food web in the Lower Green Bay Area of Concern using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes

• Cadie Olson (2021) - A historical comparison and habitat associations of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in southern Green Bay, Lake Michigan*

• Stefan Tucker (2020) - Lake sturgeon spawning behavior, larval production, and juvenile habitat use within the lower Fox River, Wisconsin*

• Amelia McReynolds (2020) - Concordance among fish and macroinvertebrates, environmental filters, and restoration in small tributaries*

• Lydia Doerr (2019) - Natal Origins and Daily Age Estimation in Larval Lake Whitefish Using Otolith Microstructure*

• Andrew Ransom (2019) - Lake whitefish reproductive ecology in connected and open waters of Green Bay, Lake Michigan*

• Cynthia Nau (2019) - Longitudinal structure of fish communities and species habitat associations in Green Bay, Lake Michigan tributaries*

• Collin Moratz (2019) - Otolith microchemistry assessment of fish movements and stable isotope analysis of trophic flow in Green Bay, Lake Michigan

• Angelena Koosmann (2016) - Small tributaries of upper and lower Green Bay, Lake Michigan: population dynamics and structure of native and exotic fish communities*

• Marian Shaffer (2016) - Environmental factors associated with the spatial and temporal occurrence of fish eggs and larvae during pelagic drift in lower Green Bay, Wisconsin*

• Rachel VanDam (2016) - Restored Wetland Contributions to Recruitment and Recovery of Native Great Lakes Migratory Fishes, with Northern Pike as a Surrogate for Success*

• Dave Lawrence (2015) - Production, Drift Behavior and Morphological Analysis of Outmigrating Larval Lake Sturgeon in the Menominee and Oconto Rivers, Wisconsin

• Chris Firkus (2013) - Usage and predictably of side-scan sonar versus traditional methods for quantifying benthic habitats in small streams