Keith B. Gido
University Distinguished Professor Division of Biology Kansas State University E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 785-532-5088 Curriculum Vitae |
Graduate Students and Research Technicians
Research Technician |
Ariana Martinez, ([email protected]). Impacts of water-injection dredging in Tuttle Creek Reservoir on habitat, macroinvertebrates and fishes of the Big Blue and Kansas rivers.
Undergraduate Students and Technicians
Johannes Glymore
Jack Yates
Gabriela Beachey
Jack Yates
Gabriela Beachey
Former Lab Members
Sophia Bonjour, PhD 2023. Migration timing, return patterns, and tradeoffs for the early life stage of tributary spawning flannelmouth sucker (Catostomus latipinnis). Current position: Research Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia, MO.
Peter Pfaff, PhD 2022. Managing ponds to optimize native fish conservation in prairie stream networks. Current position: Assistant Professor, Biology Department, St. Mary's University of Minnesota.
Elizabeth Renner, PhD 2021. Disentangling the ecological role of gizzard shad in Kansas small impoundment food webs: changes in limnology, fish communities, and predator diets after rotenone manipulation. Current position: Resource Biologist, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks.
Matthew Bogaard, MS 2021. Assessing facilitated passage and spawning migration patterns of Razorback Suckers, Xyrauchen texanus, in the San Juan River. Current position: Fisheries Biologist, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Crosby Hedden, MS 2020. Multi-scale habitat assessment of fishes in the Gila River basin, Arizona and New Mexico. Current position: Fisheries Biologist, Arizona Department of Game and Fish.
Sky Hedden, MS 2015. Movement and bioenergetics of nonnative flathead catfish in the Gila River. Current position: Fisheries Biologist, Arizona Department of Game and Fish.
Lindsey Bruckerhoff, PhD 2020. The roles of spatial scale and landscape change in mediating predator effects on stream fish communities. Current position: Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Casey Pennock, MS 2016, PhD 2019. Movement, habitat use, and early life history of fishes in novel river-reservoir complexes. Current position: Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Bryan Frenette, PhD 2019. The thermal ecology of prairie stream fishes. Current position: AP Biology Teacher, Norman High School, Oklahoma
Garrett Hopper, PhD 2019. Stream flow mediates biomass, associations, and nutrient cycling of dominant animal functional groups. Current position: Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University
C. Nathan Cathcart, MS 2015. Use of tributary systems by native and nonnative fishes in the San Juan River, New Mexico and Utah. Current position: Fisheries Biologist, Alaska Department of Game and Fish
Erika Martin, PhD 2014. Ecological and ecosystem consequences of fish movement in a dynamic riverscape. Current position: Associate Professor, Emporia State University
Janine Rueegg, Post doc 2012 - 2014. Scale, Consumers And Lotic Ecosystem Rates (SCALER). Current position: in limbo.
James Whitney, MS 2010, PhD 2014. Spatiotemporal response of aquatic native and nonnative taxa to wildfire disturbance in a desert stream network. Current position: Associate Professor, Pittsburg State University.
Matthew Troia, PhD 2014. A mechanistic framework for understanding prairie stream fish distributions. Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas - San Antonio.
Joshuah Perkin, PhD 2012. Fragmentation in stream networks quantification, consequences, and implications to decline of native fish fauna, Current position: Associate Professor, Texas A&M University.
David Hoeinghaus, Post doc 2007 – 2009. Life-history traits predict conservation status of fishes in Great Plains. Current position: Professor, University of North Texas
Tyler Pilger, MS 2009 (Trophic relations in the upper Gila River, New Mexico). Current Position: Research Biologist, FISHBIO, Chico.
Michelle Evans-White, Post doc 2006-2007. Forecasting ecological change in aquatic systems in the Great Plains. Current position: Professor, University of Arkansas
Katie Bertrand, PhD 2007. Interactive effects of disturbance regime and species composition on ecosystem function of prairie streams. Current position: Fisheries Biologist, Blue Wing Outdoors.
Darren Thornbrugh, MS 2008. Fish assemblage structure in adventitious streams. Current position: Regional Analyst, U.S. Forest Service.
Nate Franssen, MS 2007. Trophic relations of the Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) in the San Juan River, New Mexico and Utah. Current position: Endangered Species Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, NM.
Tim Strakosh, PhD 2006. The effects of water willow establishment on littoral community composition: with focus on age-0 centrarchids in Kansas reservoirs. Current position: Unknown.
Layne Knight, MS 2004. Effects of largemouth bass predation on native stream minnows: implications for conservation of the endangered Topeka shiner. Current position: Biologist, Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Jeff Falke, MS 2004. Upstream effects of large reservoirs on native stream fishes. Current position: Unit Leader - Fisheries, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Peter Pfaff, PhD 2022. Managing ponds to optimize native fish conservation in prairie stream networks. Current position: Assistant Professor, Biology Department, St. Mary's University of Minnesota.
Elizabeth Renner, PhD 2021. Disentangling the ecological role of gizzard shad in Kansas small impoundment food webs: changes in limnology, fish communities, and predator diets after rotenone manipulation. Current position: Resource Biologist, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks.
Matthew Bogaard, MS 2021. Assessing facilitated passage and spawning migration patterns of Razorback Suckers, Xyrauchen texanus, in the San Juan River. Current position: Fisheries Biologist, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Crosby Hedden, MS 2020. Multi-scale habitat assessment of fishes in the Gila River basin, Arizona and New Mexico. Current position: Fisheries Biologist, Arizona Department of Game and Fish.
Sky Hedden, MS 2015. Movement and bioenergetics of nonnative flathead catfish in the Gila River. Current position: Fisheries Biologist, Arizona Department of Game and Fish.
Lindsey Bruckerhoff, PhD 2020. The roles of spatial scale and landscape change in mediating predator effects on stream fish communities. Current position: Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Casey Pennock, MS 2016, PhD 2019. Movement, habitat use, and early life history of fishes in novel river-reservoir complexes. Current position: Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Bryan Frenette, PhD 2019. The thermal ecology of prairie stream fishes. Current position: AP Biology Teacher, Norman High School, Oklahoma
Garrett Hopper, PhD 2019. Stream flow mediates biomass, associations, and nutrient cycling of dominant animal functional groups. Current position: Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University
C. Nathan Cathcart, MS 2015. Use of tributary systems by native and nonnative fishes in the San Juan River, New Mexico and Utah. Current position: Fisheries Biologist, Alaska Department of Game and Fish
Erika Martin, PhD 2014. Ecological and ecosystem consequences of fish movement in a dynamic riverscape. Current position: Associate Professor, Emporia State University
Janine Rueegg, Post doc 2012 - 2014. Scale, Consumers And Lotic Ecosystem Rates (SCALER). Current position: in limbo.
James Whitney, MS 2010, PhD 2014. Spatiotemporal response of aquatic native and nonnative taxa to wildfire disturbance in a desert stream network. Current position: Associate Professor, Pittsburg State University.
Matthew Troia, PhD 2014. A mechanistic framework for understanding prairie stream fish distributions. Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas - San Antonio.
Joshuah Perkin, PhD 2012. Fragmentation in stream networks quantification, consequences, and implications to decline of native fish fauna, Current position: Associate Professor, Texas A&M University.
David Hoeinghaus, Post doc 2007 – 2009. Life-history traits predict conservation status of fishes in Great Plains. Current position: Professor, University of North Texas
Tyler Pilger, MS 2009 (Trophic relations in the upper Gila River, New Mexico). Current Position: Research Biologist, FISHBIO, Chico.
Michelle Evans-White, Post doc 2006-2007. Forecasting ecological change in aquatic systems in the Great Plains. Current position: Professor, University of Arkansas
Katie Bertrand, PhD 2007. Interactive effects of disturbance regime and species composition on ecosystem function of prairie streams. Current position: Fisheries Biologist, Blue Wing Outdoors.
Darren Thornbrugh, MS 2008. Fish assemblage structure in adventitious streams. Current position: Regional Analyst, U.S. Forest Service.
Nate Franssen, MS 2007. Trophic relations of the Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) in the San Juan River, New Mexico and Utah. Current position: Endangered Species Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, NM.
Tim Strakosh, PhD 2006. The effects of water willow establishment on littoral community composition: with focus on age-0 centrarchids in Kansas reservoirs. Current position: Unknown.
Layne Knight, MS 2004. Effects of largemouth bass predation on native stream minnows: implications for conservation of the endangered Topeka shiner. Current position: Biologist, Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Jeff Falke, MS 2004. Upstream effects of large reservoirs on native stream fishes. Current position: Unit Leader - Fisheries, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Former Undergraduates
Abigail Rick
Aiden Masek
Maddy Siller
Tanna Fanshier
Jennie Grill
Micah Waters
Trevor Starks
Jessica Jimenez
Eric Kightley
Justin Bengston
Courtney Tobler
Aiden Masek
Maddy Siller
Tanna Fanshier
Jennie Grill
Micah Waters
Trevor Starks
Jessica Jimenez
Eric Kightley
Justin Bengston
Courtney Tobler