Contact the Aquatic Ecosystems Analysis Lab

US Postal Mailing address

  • Department of Biology
  • University of Nevada- Reno
  • 1664 N. Virginia St./ MS 314
  • Reno, NV 89557-0314, USA

For FED EX, DHL, UPS, & Large Package Shipments

  • Attn: [Insert employees name]
  • Fleischmann Agriculture Room 227
  • University of Nevada
  • 1664 N.Virginia St./ MS 314
  • Reno, NV 89557-0314 USA

Phone

  • 775-784-3515 (Laboratory)
  • 775-682-6066 (Office)

Fax

  • 775-784-1302
Analyzing the catch
Measuring water temperature at Frog Lakes

Researchers

Sudeep Chandra, PhD
Associate Professor of Limnology and Conservation Ecology
Associate Director, Castle Lake Environmental Research & Education Program
Director, Global Water Center
Phone: 775-784-6221
Email: sudeep@unr.edu
Office: Fleischmann Agriculture 227A
Sudeep Chandra
Zeb Hogan, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Director of the National Geographic Society Megafishes Project
Monster Fish Host
Phone: 530-219-0942
Email: zebhogan@hotmail.com
Office: Fleischmann Agriculture 227B
Zeb Hogan
Rene Henery, PhD
Part-time Research Faculty
Trout Unlimited CA Science Director
Phone: 415-640-0927
Email: renehenery@gmail.com
Rene Henery
Bonnie S. Trejo, MSc
Administrative and Research Faculty
Phone: 775-682-6066
Email: btrejo@unr.edu
Office: Fleischmann Agriculture 227
Bonnie Trejo

Postdoctoral Fellows (Current)

Henry Pai, PhD
Phone: 775-682-6048
Email: henryp@unr.edu
Henry Pai

Postdoctoral Fellows (Alumni)

Clinton Davis, PhD
Current Employer: Rhithron Associates, Inc., Missoula, MT.
Clinton Davis
Lidia Tanaka, PhD
Current Employer: University of California Davis
Rene Henery, PhD
Current Employer: Trout Unlimited CA Science Director
Rene Henery

Graduate Students (Current)

Tim Caldwell, MSc
PhD candidate
Email: timothycaldwell@unr.edu
Project: Quantifying the influence of lake habitat to fisheries production under a changing climate
Tim Caldwell
James Simmons
MS candidate, Biology
Phone: 775-527-2901
Email: jamessimmons@nevada.unr.edu
Project: Population study of Lahontan cutthroat trout
James Simmons
Teresa Campbell
MS candidate, Biology
Email: tcampbs@gmail.com
Project: Population and demographic response of Lahontan cutthroat trout to changes in stream habitat
Teresa Campbell
Karly Feher
MS candidate, Biology
Email: feherkr@miamioh.edu
Project: Quantifying the influence of under-ice and ice-free seasons to plankton dynamics in Castle Lake
Karly Feher
Julie Regan
PhD candidate, Enviromental Science
Email: jregantahoe@gmail.com
Project: Enviromental change and public policy in aquatic conservation
Jason Barnes
MS candidate, Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Project: Investigation of contemporary Lahontan cutthroat trout population
Jason Barnes

Graduate Students (Alumni)

John Umek, MSc
PhD, Evolution Ecology and Conservation Biology
Phone: 775-784-6646
Email: j_umek@hotmail.com
Project: Crayfish ecology in large lakes
John Umek
Alecia Brantley
MS 2013, Hydrologic Sciences
Project: Microbial respiration rates and nutrient limitations of microbial heterotrophs, in littoral and pelagic habitats
Alecia Brantley
Brooke Eustis
MS 2013, Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences
Project: Soil water relationships in the Castle Lake watershed
Brooke Eustis
Chris Jannusch
MS, Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Project: Using bioassessment as a tool for measuring degradation in Central Great Basin riparian ecosystems
Chris Jannusch
Lauren Cleeves
MS 2012, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Project: Review of Quagga mussels invasion in the Western United States
Current employer: University of Nevada-Reno
Lauren Cleeves
Marianne Denton
MS 2011, Environmental Sciences
Project: Invasive Asian clam reproduction in Lake Tahoe and impacts to native biodiversity
Current employer: Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
Marianne Denton
Jacquelyn Brownstein
MS 2010, Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Project: Benthic secondary production in a mesotrophic lake and its implications for terrestrial consumers
Current employer: H.T. Harvey and Associates, Ecological Consulting
Jacquie Brownstein
Dave Rios
MS 2010, Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Project: Urban runoff in the Lake Forest subwatershed of Lake Tahoe
Current Employer: Nichols Consulting Engineering
Dave Rios
Joe Sullivan
MS 2009, Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Project: Restoration of Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Truckee River: the Ecology of a Reintroduced Fish
Current employer: East Bay Parks and Recreation
Joe Sullivan
Marcy Kamerath
MS 2009, Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Project: Controlling the proliferation of warmwater invaders in Lake Tahoe
Current employer: US EPA Region 5
Marcy Kamerath

Research Technician (Current)

Emily Carlson
MSc 2016, University of California- Davis.

Undergraduate Research Assistants (Current)

Jordan Pruitt
Major: Biology Honors