Science Team

 

Researchers

Dr. Jake Vander Zanden, Principal Investigator

Affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Limnology
Interests: salmonid ecology, conservation biology, food webs, and exotic species

Dr. Sudeep Chandra, Principal Investigator

Affiliation: University of Nevada - Reno, Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences
Interests: investigate impacts of gold and mercury mining on the transfer of mercury into fish, conservation potential of the threatened Lahontan Cutthroat trout in the waters of the Lake Tahoe and Pyramid Lake watersheds (USA), impact of historical nonnative species introductions and nutrient loading on the food web structure of the lake

Brant Allen

Affiliation: University of California, Davis - Tahoe Research Group
Interests: fish population dynamics, aquatic food web structure, and the spawning behavior of large salmonids (Salvelinus namaycush) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, USA, evaluated the impacts of hydrocarbon pollutants on aquatic ecosystems, developing management strategies that would enhance the success of reintroduced native salmonid species (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi) in a sub-alpine environment

M. Erdenebat

Affiliation: Mongolian Institute of Geoecology
Interests:
lake stock assessments, eco-regional fish surveys, research on Mongolia's endemic fish in the Central Asian drainage, and investigation into the environmental impacts of gold mining on water quality and fish

Dr. Zeb Hogan

Affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Limnology
Interests:
migratory fish ecology, multi-species fisheries management, the status and conservation of giant freshwater fish, endangered species issues, conservation genetics, and environmental education and outreach.

David Gilroy

Affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Limnology
Interests:
ecology and management of freshwater fish, cultural comparison of freshwater resource use, ecological research and cultural exchange in Central Asia, Southeastern Siberia and Mongolia

Affiliation: Mongolian State Pedagogical University
Interests:
aquatic biology, fish ecology, biotelemetry

O. Chimedtseren (Chimka)

Affiliation: National University of Mongolia
Interests:
fish ecology, ecosystem ecology, wildlife conservation

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