Faculty in Aquatic Biology at the University of Oklahoma

Elizabeth A. Bergey, Assistant Professor and Assistant Heritage Zoologist, OBS. Ph.D., Berkeley, 1992. Ecology of stream invertebrates and algae, influence of disturbance on stream communities.

Richard E. Broughton, Assistant Professor and Biologist, OBS. Ph.D., Arizona State, 1995. Molecular systematics, molecular evolution and population genetics, primarily of North American freshwater fishes.

Janalee P. Caldwell, Professor and Curator, SNOMNH. Ph.D., Kansas, 1974. Evolutionary ecology of amphibians, systematics and behavior of neotropical frogs.

Ola M. Fincke, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Iowa, 1983. Behavioral and evolutionary ecology of insects, ecology of water-filled tree hole communities in the neotropics, genetic structure of odonate populations in fragmented forests.

K. David Hambright, Assistant Professor, UOBS. Ph.D,. Cornell, 1991. Ecology of freshwater plankton, with emphasis on predator-prey interactions.

Rosemary Knapp, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Arizona State, 1996. Neuroendocrine basis of reproductive and aggressive behavior in fish and other vertebrates.

Edith C. Marsh-Matthews, Assistant Professor and Assistant Curator, SNOMNH. Ph.D., Texas, 1980. Life history ecology of freshwater fishes (darters, minnows, and poeciliids), structure and long-term change in fish communities, the interface between life history and community ecology.

William J. Matthews, Professor, UOBS, and Curator, SNOMNH. Ph.D., Oklahoma, 1977. Effects of fish in stream ecosystems, long-term changes in fish communities of the Great Plains and Interior Highlands.

William L. Shelton, Professor. Ph.D., Oklahoma, 1972. Aquaculture of fishes, especially artificial propagation and sex control; reservoir fisheries management.

Caryn C. Vaughn, Associate Professor and Director, OBS. Ph.D., Oklahoma, 1984. Ecology and conservation biology of benthic stream invertebrates.

Han Wang, Assistant Professor, Ph. D., Wayne State, 1996. Molecular genetics of zebrafish circadian clocks; evolution and environmental regulation of development.

Lawrence J. Weider, Associate Professor and Director, UOBS. Ph.D., Illinois, 1984. Ecological and genetic mechanisms that influence genetic diversity in aquatic invertebrates, primarily asexual-sexual cladocerans.

Gary A. Wellborn, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Michigan, 1993. Ecological and behavioral mechanisms of species diversification in freshwater invertebrates; mechanisms include species interactions, mating behavior, phylogenetics, and biogeography.