UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
NSF BIOCOMPLEXITY RESEARCH ASSISTANT
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (August 2003-Current)
Participating in a project to apply alternate state theory to exotic species management in northern
Wisconsin.
IGERT TRAINEE (Integrative Graduate Education Research Traineeship)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (August 1999-2003)
Participant in a program that integrated social and natural sciences to better understand freshwater ecosystems.
RESEARCH TECHNICIAN – UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA MARINE
INSTITUTE
University of Georgia, Sapelo Island, GA (January 1999-August 1998)
Studied the role of tidal cycles in energy transfer between trophic levels in a National Esuarine Research
Reserve.
RESEARCH TECHNICIAN – DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (June 1998-January 1999)
Aided graduate students with field research. Included physical assessment of streams, analysis of stream invertebrates, gillnet retrieval, fish diet analysis, and abiotic measurements of lakes.
PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR -- DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES
University of Washington. Seattle, WA (September 1997-June 1998)
Conducted research on the effect of Eurasian milfoil on fish communities in Lake Washington.
HOWARD HUGHES RESEARCH IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
University of Washington. Seattle, WA (June 1997-September 1997)
Conducted research on the effect of Eurasian milfoil on fish communities in Lake Washington.
Roth, B.M., C.L. Hein, and M.J. Vander Zanden. 2004. Bioenergetics of rusty crayfish. AFS,
Madison, WI.
Roth, B.M., C.L. Hein, J.C. Tetzlaff, S.R. Carpenter, and J.F. Kitchell. 2004. Alternate states of rusty crayfish populations in northern Wisconsin lakes. ESA, Portland, OR
Roth, B.M. 2004. Crayfish invasions and size-structured population models. Biology 424,
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Invited lecture.
Roth, B.M., S.A. Lischka, T.R. Hrabik, D.M. Krueger, N. Mercado-Silva, and J.J. Magnuson.
2003. Experimental removal of exotic rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) from Sparkling Lake,
Wisconsin. ESA, Savannah , GA
Roth, B.M., I.C. Kaplan, and 8 others. 2003. The influence of lake shore development and riparian forest dynamics on fish populations in northern Wisconsin. American Society of
Limnology and Oceanography. Salt Lake City, Utah. Invited presentation
Roth, B.M. and G.G. Sass. 2002. The influence of windthrow and development
on fish populations in lakes. University of Minnesota-Duluth. Duluth, MN.
Invited lecture
Roth, B.M., Kaplan, I.K. and 8 others. 2002. The influence of windthrow and
development on coarse woody debris (CWD) dynamics in lakes. ESA, Tucson, AZ
Roth, B.M. and G.G. Sass. 2001. Models of fish growth and population dynamics. University of
Minnesota-Duluth. Duluth, MN. Invited lecture
Roth, B.M., and J.F. Kitchell. 2001. Fish predation on a mixed crayfish assemblage containing rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus): predator accelerated replacement. ESA, Madison, WI
Roth, B.M. and T. Sibley. 1998. The effect of Eurasian watermilfoil on fish
communities in Lake Washington. Fisheries 101. Seattle, WA. Invited lecture.
Honorable Mention, AFS/SeaGrant annual meeting Best Student Paper Award, 2004
Vilas Travel Fellowship, 2004
Graduate Engineering Research Scholar Fellowship, 2001-2003.
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Traineeship, fall 1999-.
Anna Grant-Birge Memorial Award, 2000-2003.
Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, fall 1999-2000.
Presidential Scholarship for Research in the Biological Sciences, 1997-1998.
Howard Hughes Research in the Biological Sciences Award, summer, 1997.
Orr, C.H. and B.M. Roth, J.D. Gonzales, K.J. Forshay, M.M. Papenfus, R.D.G. Wassell. 2004.
Examination of physical and regulatory variables leading to small dam removal in Wisconsin.
Environmental Management. 33(1): 99-109.
Roth, B.M. and J.F. Kitchell. 2005. The role of size-seletive predation in northern clearwater crayfish
(Orconectes propinquus) by rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus). Crustaceana 78(3): 299-312.
Hein, C.L., B.M. Roth, A.R. Ives, and M.J. Vander Zanden. In review at Canadian Journal
of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Fish predation and trapping for rusty crayfish
(Orconectes rusticus) control: a whole-lake experiment.
Roth, B.M., C.L. Hein, M. J. Vander Zanden. In review at Canadian Journal of Fisheries and
Aquatic Sciences. Using bioenergetics to determine the role of rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) in lake littoral zones.
Roth, B.M., I.C. Kaplan, P.T. Johnson, A. Sugden-Newbery, G.G. Sass, T.D. Havlicek, T.V. Willis,
M.G. Turner, and S.R. Carpenter. In review at Oikos. Linking terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems: The role of woody habitat in lake food webs.
President, Limnology and Fisheries Society, 2003-2004. I was the president of this club at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which involved organizing meetings and activities, executing the club charter, and recruiting new members.
Participant, Graduate Engineering Research Scholar program. 2002-2004. I helped to recruit underrepresented minority students into the graduate Engineering program at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison by arranging activities for undergraduate students to interact with current students.
Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2002. Zoology 350/351, Ecology of Fishes
Lecture/Lab. I helped develop and execute the curriculum for the laboratory section, and graded for the lecture.
Representative, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Manitowish Lakes Fair, Manitowish Waters, WI. 2001-
2003. I developed a booth to educate local homeowners about our research on exotic species.
Mentor, Strategy for Ecology Education, Development, and Sustainability. 2001. I mentored an undergraduate student at the Ecology Society of America meeting in Snowbird, Utah. The goal of this program is to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities in
Ecology.
Coach, Reviving Baseball in Inner cities. Seattle, WA. 1994-1998. I coached baseball to teenagers in a league sponsored by Nike as an effort to increase financial resources to inner city leagues.