ROBERT C. SHIELDS
115 N. Shellbark Rd. Muncie, IN 47304
417-234-8265 | rcshields@bsu.edu
EDUCATION
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
PhD in Environmental Science (candidate)
Stream/Fish Ecology
In Progress
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
MS in Biology
Thesis: “Age, Growth, and Prey of Freshwater Drum on the Lower Missouri River”
2012 - 2014
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
BS in Wildlife Biology
Areas of Concentration: Ichthyology, Ecology
2010 - 2012
AWARDS
Outstanding Oral Presentation, MSU Graduate Interdisciplinary Forum
Toppins Fellowship, Missouri State University
2014
June – July 2013
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
Teaching Assistant, Limnology
Teaching Assistant, General Biology 1
Teaching Assistant, Principles of Fisheries Management
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Teaching Assistant, Principles of Biology 2
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2013/2014
Fall 2014
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Age, Growth,and Prey of Fresh Water Drum in the Lower Missouri River, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
Researcher
January 2012 – January 2014
Acquiring permits, grants, and passing protocols through Animal Care and Use Committee as well as
ordering materials and supplies needed. Fish aging and gut content analysis.
Age and Growth of Rock Bass in the Gasconade River, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
Research Assistant
Data had already been collected. Prepared otoliths for age determination.
Fall 2012
Centrarchid CPUE in the James River, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
Research Assistant
Electroshocking, fish identification, and collection invertebrate samples.
Fall 2012
Artificial Reef Diversity in the Blue Fields Bay Marine Sanctuary, Blue Fields, Jamaica
Research Assistant
Camera transects of natural and artificial reefs.
Spring 2012
FIELD COURSES
Tropical and Marine Ecology of the Galapagos Islands, Missouri state University
Field work yielded a presentation on pelagic fish communities.
Summer 2013
Tropical and Marine Ecology of Jamaica, Missouri State University
Field work yielded a presentation on conservation of rock lobster.
Spring 2012
Marine Ichthyology, Gulf Coast Research Lab, University of Southern Mississippi
Sampled along the Gulf States using various collections methods, specimen identification and
preservation.
Summer 2011
ROBERT C. SHIELDS
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Large River Ecology and Restoration
Age and Growth of Large River Fish
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