Illinois River Biological Station Directory
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James T. Lamer Field Station Director lamer@illinois.edu 309-543-6000 |
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April M. Burgett Business Manager aprilb@illinois.edu 309-543-6000 ext. 221 |
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Jason A. DeBoer Large River Fisheries Ecologist jadeboer@illinois.edu 309-543-6000 ext. 225 |
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Brandon S. Harris Aquatic Nuisance Species Specialist bsharris@illinois.edu 217-300-8472 |
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Toby Holda Large River Fisheries Ecologist holda2@illinois.edu 309-543-6000 |
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Allie W. Lenaerts Aquatic Nuisance Species Specialist lenaerts@illinois.edu |
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Andrew T. Mathis Aquatic Nuisance Species Specialist mathis5@illinois.edu |
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Kris A. Maxson LTRM Fish Component Specialist kmaxs87@illinois.edu 217-300-9931 |
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Madison Myers Aquatic Nuisance Species Specialist mrmyers2@illinois.edu |
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Melissa Oubre Aquatic Nuisance Species Specialist mjoubre@illinois.edu |
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Manisha Pant LTRM Macroinvertebrate Component Specialist mpant2@illinois.edu 309-543-6000 |
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Sara Sawicki LTRM Water Quality Component Specialist ssawicki@illinois.edu 217-244-9929 |
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Sam Schaick Aquatic Nuisance Species Specialist sschaick@illinois.edu 309-543-6000 |
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Levi E. Solomon LTRM Fish Component Specialist soloml@illinois.edu 309-543-6000 ext. 227 |
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Mike Spear Large River Fisheries Ecologist mspear2@illinois.edu 309-543-6000 |
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Katherine Strailey Postdoctoral Researcher ks26@illinois.edu 309-543-6000 |
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Emily Szott Aquatic Nuisance Species Specialist eas12@illinois.edu |
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Andrya L. Whitten Large River Fisheries Ecologist awhitten@illinois.edu 217-300-4840 |
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Andrew Wieland Aquatic Nuisance Species Specialist awiel435@illinois.edu |
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Jesse Williams Aquatic Nuisance Species Specialist jesse67@illilnois.edu 309-543-6000 |
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Zachary Witzel Aquatic Nuisance Species Specialist zwitzel@illilnois.edu |
Aquatic Field Technicians
Madison Davie, Kaitlyn Mathews, Gwen Miller, Anthony Sample, Rory Schmidt, McKensie Vaske, and Hailey Wimberly.
Graduate Students
Please see our current graduate student and past graduate student pages for student and project information.
Alumni Staff
Past Permanent Staff-Large River Ecologists
Matt Altenritter, Alison Anderson, Rebekah Anderson, Charmayne Anderson, Jeffrey Arnold, K. Douglas Blodgett, Katie Bradshaw, Maria Brauer, Blake Bushman, Andy Casper, Thad Cook, Michelle Cripps, Andrea Fritts, Mark Fritts, Erin Genovese, Erik Harms, James Harvey, Collin Hinz, Kevin Irons, Todd Koel, Eli Lampo, Nathan Leadermen, Maria Lemke, Thomas Lerczak, Seth Love, Michael McClelland, Nerissa (Michaels) McClelland, Jeffrey Mensinger, Clint Morgeson, Angela Nealand, Barry Newman, Timothy M. O’Hara, Darren Osland, Mark Pegg, Susan Peitzmier-Romano, Rich Pendleton, Michael Perfetti, Tyler Punke, Paul Raibley, Dan R. Roth, Blake Ruebush, Gregory Sass, Cammy Smith, Michael Smith, Ted Snider, Claire Snyder, Richard Sparks, Andrew Spink, Steven Stenzel, Kip Stevenson, James Stoeckel, Ronald Taylor, Steve Tyszko, TD VanMiddlesworth, Scott Whitney, Stephanie Wickman, Richard Wright, and Ryan Young.
Past Hourly Staff-Aquatic Field Technicians
Aurora Alvarez, Matt Anchor, George Balto, Chad Bates, Logan Benedict, Bobby Black, Abby Blake-Bradshaw, Noelle Blank, Mikhail Blikshteyn, Nick Bloomfield, Christy Boggs, Taylor Bookout, Katie Bradshaw, Therin Bradshaw, Michael Bocchieri, Lucas Brown, Josh Bruegge, Anabelle Burgett, Savannah Burgett, Blake Bushman, Carly Capon, Christopher Carlock, Levi Carlock, Lisa Corradin, Kirk Cowen, Philip Crabtree, Brian Cross, Marcus Cullerton, Blake Cwynar, Christian Daniels, John Davis, Maddie Davis, Mason Deja, Jay Dexter, Liz Dix, Stacy Dobbs, Eric Dutlinger, Kimberly Elkin, John Ellis, Curt Elderkin, Julia Elmore, Katie Emme, Anthony Erickson, Joan Esarey, Brett Feger, Christopher Flinn, Amy France, Greg Fretueg, Alex Florian, Dustin Gallagher, Amy George, Chelsea Gilliland, Eric Gittinger, Melissa Goerlitz, Julia Golan, Nathan Grider, Jeremiah Haas, James Haken, Kyle Hansen, David Hanson, Tanner Harris, Ryan Hastings, Amy Heberlein, Chad Heffern, Dennis Hewlitt, Eric Hine, Collin Hinz, Mark Hoeker, Megan Hoff, Toby Holda, Chase Holtman, Noah Hood, Eric Hopps, Kyle Hopps, Clint Horner, Jacob Huey, Sloan Hummel, Matt Hunsaker, Karen Irons, Gavin Keefauver, Patrick Kennedy, Hannah Kilm, Alicia Krause, Ben Kreitner, Adam Kunkel, Dakota Kobler, Valerie Kuppeck, Matthew Laws, Garion Leamon, Danielle Lewis, Sarah Lindholm, Tad Locher, Kenny Lookingbill, Erica Lucas, Jessica Jockish, Aaron Johnson, Max Johnson, Paul Marick, Michelle McDermott, Jacob McQuaid, Olivea Mendenhall, Jeffrey Merrick, Cassidy Miles, Lindsay Miller, Rusty Miller, Fletcher Morgan, Clint Morgeson, Nicole Morris, Tyler Muller, Elizabeth Myers, Caitlyn Napier, Drew Negangard, Bret Novak, Brad Novak, Drew Olson, Jaylene Olson, Nathan Olson, Sam Pakkonen, Rendy Pearson, Kara Phelps, Denim Perry, Spencer Phillips, Daniel Pieper, Sally Pierce, Joshua Pierce, Thomas Plate, Heather Posluszny, Dalton Presswood, Marcus Prull, Lucas Pumfrey, Christy Ragle, Tristan Ragle, Blake Ross, Per Rudstam, Megan Ryba, John Schoonover, Michael Schroder, Jennifer Schwab, Jacob Seidel, Alison Seiver, Patricia Silva, Maurice (Moe) Sisson, Ben Sherman, Allison Skaggs, Derek Smith, Hunter Smith, Melissa Smith, Lori Soeken, Paul Stafford, Jocelyn Stalker, Ashley Stanley, Andrew Stapfer, Mary Kay Stephens, Joshua Stevens, Benjamin Stoerger, Mitch Strode, Matthew Stroub, McKayla Susen, Devlon Sutton, Mason Tennell, Jesse Thomas, Eric Thompson, Julia Thulander, Schuyler Todd, Emma Trone, Jake Veilleux, Jessica Vorse, Christopher Wagner, Michael Ward, Ryan Ward, Taryn Welker, David Weyers, Justin Widloe, Travis Wilcoxen, Andrew Wieland, Matt Williams, Noah Willis, John Wisher, Lauren Wittman, Jared Woodcock, James Woodly, Madeleine Young, Andy Yung, Melissa Zeglen, and James Zweep.
Past Volunteers
Lindsey Anderson, Robert Atchison, Ancil Blodgett, Danni Cook, Joshua Cook, Elica Garcia, Joe Huggins, Mike Irons, Aaron Leifheit, Nick Leroy, Phillip Moran, Justin Morris, James Perfetti, Brian Ray, Brant Schister, Ruth Sparks, Tracie Trimpe, T.D. VanMiddlesworth, and Melissa Zeglen.