Lab Personnel
Anna Varian, M.S.
Research Technician
Anna is our all-around research and lab technician. She keeps
everything running!
avarian@nmu.edu
Julie Howard
Graduate Student
Julie's thesis project deals with the likelihood of diet overlap among native and introduced salmonids.
juhoward@nmu.edu
Joseph Gerbyshak
Graduate Student
Joseph is planning on evaluating population dynamics in brook trout and other species as part of the Sevenmile Creek salmonid removal project.
Chris Gagnon
Graduate Student
Chris is focusing on how brook trout habitat is altered by winter and how this may affect brook trout overwintering mortality.
Carla Serfas
Graduate Student
Carla's work is centered on the patterns of thyroid hormones in juvenile brook trout from several different Lake Superior areas.
Nicole Griewahn
Graduate Student
Nicole's project examines the relationship between fish and parasite communities in a northern stream with respect to natural and manmade riverine barriers.
Lab Alumni
Ashwin Sreenivasan - Completed M.S. and currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Alaska- Fairbanks School of Fisheries. ftas2@uaf.edu
Sean Stimmell - Completed M.S. and currently working for Normandeau Consulting out of Portsmouth N.H. sstimmel@hotmail.com
Dan Armichardy - Completed M.S. and currently working for Bureau of Land Management in Idaho. Dan_Armichardy@blm.gov
Shawn Nowicki - Completed M.S. Still hard at work for the US Fish & Wildlife Service Lamprey Management Unit in Marquette, MI Shawn_Nowicki@fws.gov
Sara Ruiter - Completed M.S. Working for US Fish & Wildlife Service Lamprey Management Unit in Marquette MI. elocinaras@hotmail.com
Paul Kusnierz - Completed M.S. and currently working for Department of Environmental Quality in Montana. PKusnierz@mt.gov
Todd Anderson - Currently working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska tjanderson@hotmail.com
Gerrit Cain - Currently residing in western New York. caingerrit@hotmail.com