Term: 2018 - 2021
Action Team Assignment: Freshwater Habitat & Fish Passage
Monitoring and Assessment Team Assignment: Aquatic Fauna
STAC Member Since: October 2018
Title: Aquatics Biologist
Department: Chesapeake, Virginia Field Office
Organization: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Education: MS Biology, Tennessee Tech University (2005) BS Fisheries Science (minor Biology), Virginia Tech (1997)
Primary Focus Area: Anadromous and warm-water fish population management
Secondary Focus Area(s): Coordinate and lead American Shad recovery efforts in Virginia
Career Experiences: Summer undergraduate research technician (Virginia Tech, Dr. Richard Neves), Clinch River mussel collections (1996). Fisheries technician (VDGIF), fish population sampling, creel surveys (1997-98). Fisheries technician (VMRC), commercial fisheries data collection and age and growth analysis (1998-2000). Assistant fisheries biologist (VDGIF), fish population management, creel survey design and implementation, age and growth analysis, warmwater fisheries telemetry, coldwater fish sampling and management (2000-2003). Masters of Science – Biology, Tennessee Technological University, Marking Efficacy of Calcein and Oxytetracycline in Rainbow and Brown Trout (2003-2005). Fisheries biologist (VDGIF) Chesapeake, Virginia (2005- Present) Chairman American Shad Indicator Action Team (ASIAT – Chesapeake Bay Program), American Shad Restoration Coordinator (VDGIF), Virginia Chapter American Fisheries Society President (2009), VDGIF Leadership Development Program.