BryanP.Piazza,Ph.D.
TheNatureConservancy
PostOfficeBox4125
BatonRouge,LA70821
Tel:(225)338-1040,Ext.2005;Mobile(225)-773-1841
Email:bpiazza@tnc.org
Education
Ph.D.,DepartmentofOceanographyandCoastalSciences,SchooloftheCoastandEnvironment,
Minor:Geography,LouisianaStateUniversity,BatonRouge,Louisiana.2009.
MasterofScience,SchoolofForestry,Wildlife,andFisheries,Minor:AppliedStatistics,Louisiana
StateUniversity,BatonRouge,Louisiana,1997.
BachelorofSciencewithHonors,UniversityofWisconsin–StevensPoint,StevensPoint,
Wisconsin,1993.Majors:WildlifeManagementandBiology.Minors:NaturalResource
ManagementandEnvironmentalCommunications.
ProfessionalExperience
ProgramDevelopmentandResearch:
Director,FreshwaterandMarineScience,TheNatureConservancy,LouisianaChapter.2010–
present.
ProgramManager,AtchafalayaBasinProgram,TheNatureConservancy,LouisianaChapter.
2009–2010.
ResearchAssociate,SchoolofRenewableNaturalResources,LouisianaStateUniversity,Baton
Rouge,Louisiana.2002–2009.
DoctoralStudent,DepartmentofOceanographyandCoastalSciences,LouisianaState
University,BatonRouge,Louisiana.2004–2009.
ResearchAssistant/Mastersstudent,SchoolofForestry,Wildlife,andFisheries,LouisianaState
University,BatonRouge,Louisiana.1993–1997.
FieldAssistant,DeltaWaterfowlResearchStation,PortageLaPrairie,Manitoba,Canada.1993.
FieldAssistant,SchoolofForestry,Wildlife,andFisheries,LouisianaStateUniversity,Baton
Rouge,Louisiana,1992.
AcademicAppointments:
AdjunctAssistantProfessor,SchoolofRenewableNaturalResources,LouisianaStateUniversity,
BatonRouge,Louisiana,USA.2009–present.
AdjunctAssistantProfessor,DepartmentofEnvironmentalResources,SouthernIllinois
University,Carbondale,Illinois,USA2014–present.
AdjunctAssistantProfessor,DepartmentofBiology,NichollsStateUniversity,BatonRouge,
Louisiana.2014–present.
OtherProfessionalEmployment:
2008–2010:RestorationEcologyConsultant–subcontractortoC-KAssociates,Inc.Baton
Rouge,LA.
2002–2007:SeniorTechnicalAdvisor–CoastalEstuaryServices,LLC.
1997–2001:CoastalRestorationScientist
LouisianaDepartmentofNaturalResources,CoastalRestorationDivision,BatonRouge,
LA. 2001–2002:WildlifeBiologyConsultant–SubcontractortoC-KAssociates,Inc.andConestogaRoversandAssociatesInc.BatonRouge,LA.
2000–2002:Co-FounderandEducationalCoordinator,EarthEcologyInstitute,BatonRougeLA.
1997:WildlifeBiologist–FloridaGameandFreshWaterFishCommission,GuanaRiverWildlife
ManagementArea,PonteVedraBeach,Florida.
1996:EnvironmentalComplianceInspectorSeismicOilExplorationProject–Subcontractorto
theU.S.FishandWildlifeService,CameronPrairieNationalWildlifeRefuge,BellCity,
Louisiana.
Publications
Books:
Piazza,B.P.2014.TheAtchafalayaRiverBasin:HistoryandEcologyofanAmericanWetland.
TexasA&MUniversityPress,CollegeStationTexas.
ScientificPapers:
Kozak,J.P.,M.G.Bennett,B.P.Piazza,andJ.F.Remo.Towardsdynamicflowregime
managementforfloodplainrestorationintheAtchafalayaRiverBasin,Louisiana.Journal
ofHydrology,InReview.
Piazza,B.P.,Y.C.Allen,R.Martin,J.F.Bergan,K.King,andR.Jacob.2015.Floodplain
ConservationintheMississippiRiverValley–Combiningspatialanalysis,landowner
outreach,andmarketassessmenttoenhancelandprotectionfortheAtchafalayaRiver
Basin,Louisiana,USA.RestorationEcology23:65-74
Kozak,J.andB.P.Piazza.2015.AproposedStructuredDecisionMakingprocessforthe
AtchafalayaRiverBasin,Louisiana,USA.RestorationEcology23:46-52.
Haase,C.S.,DWeber,C.Rice,J.J.Baustian,B.P.Piazza,J.F.Bergan,K.Ouchley,andK.Ouchley.
ReconnectionandRestorationoftheMollicyUnitontheOuachitaRiverFloodplain,
UpperOuachitaNationalWildfigeRefuge,Lousiana,USA.RestorationEcology.In
Review.
LaPeyre,M.K.,J.Furlong,L.A.Brown,B.P.Piazza,andK.Brown.2014.Oysterreefrestoration
inthenorthernGulfofMexico:extent,methodsandoutcomes.OceanandCoastal
Management,89:20-28.
Rice,C.L.,D.S.Weber,C.S.Haase,andB.P.Piazza.2014.Waterqualitymonitoringstation
designforremotesitesexperiencingextremewaterlevelfluctuation.RiverResearch
andApplications,DOI:10.1002/rra.2729.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2012.Measuringchangesinconsumerresourceavailabilityto
riverinepulsinginBretonSound,Louisiana,USA.PLoSONE7(5):e37536.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037536.
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0037536.
LaPeyre,M.K.,A.Nix,L.Laborde,andB.P.Piazza.2012.Gaugingstate-levelandusergroup
viewsofoysterreefrestorationactivitiesinthenorthernGulfofMexico.Oceanand
CoastalManagement,67:1-8.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2011.Nektoncommunityresponsetoalarge-scaleMississippi
Riverdischarge:examiningspatialandtemporalresponsetorivermanagement.
Estuarine,CoastalandShelfScience91:379-387.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2010.UsingGambusiaaffinisgrowthratestoassessestuarine
habitatquality:acomparisonofindices.MarineEcologyProgressSeries412:231-245.
Piazza,B.P.,M.K.LaPeyre,andB.D.Keim.2010.Relatinglarge-scaleclimatevariabilitytolocal
speciesabundance:ENSOforcingandshrimpinBretonSound,Louisiana,USA.Climate
Research,42:195-207.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2009.TheeffectofHurricaneKatrinaonnektoncommunitiesin
thetidalfreshwatermarshesofBretonSoundLouisiana,USA.Estuarine,Coastaland
ShelfScience83:97-104.
Piazza,B.P.,M.H.Piehler,B.Gossman,M.K.LaPeyre,andJ.LaPeyre.2009.Oysterrecruitment
andgrowthonanartificialreefstructureinGrandIsle,LA,BulletinofMarineScience
84:59-66.
LaPeyre,M.K.,B.P.Gossman,andB.P.Piazza.2009.Short-andlong-termresponseof
deterioratingbrackishmarshesandopen-waterpondstosedimentenhancement
bythin-layerdredgedisposal.EstuariesandCoasts32:390–402.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2007.RestorationoftheannualfloodpulseinBretonSound,
Louisiana,USA:habitatchangeandnektoncommunityresponse.AquaticBiology1:
109-119.
Piazza,B.P.,P.D.BanksandM.K.LaPeyre.2005.Thepotentialforcreatedoystershellreefsas
asustainableshorelineprotectionstrategyinLouisiana.RestorationEcology13(3):499506.
Piazza,B.P.andV.L.Wright.2004.Within-seasonnestpersistenceinlargewadingbird
rookeries.Waterbirds27(3):367-372.
Piazza,B.P.2004.NotesonnestingintheBronzyJacamar(Galbulaleucogastra)inPeru.
Cotinga21:68.
Dissertation:
Piazza,B.P.2009.Theroleofclimatevariabilityandriverinepulsinginthecommunity
dynamicsofestuarinenektoninBretonSound,Louisiana.Ph.D.Dissertation,Louisiana
StateUniversity.155pp.
Thesis:
Piazza,B.P.1997.Effectsofwithin-seasonnestingdynamicsonestimationofrookerysizein
wadingbirdrookeriesintheAtchafalayaDelta,LouisianaM.S.Thesis,LouisianaState
University.119pp.
Reports:
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2009.Theimpactsoffreshwaterdiversionprojectsonnonfisheryaquaticorganisms:developmentofnektonindicators.FinalReporttoLouisiana
DepartmentofWildlifeandFisheries,StateWildlifeGrantProgram,May15,2009.168
pp.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2008.Restoredfreshwaterflow:effectsonestuarinenekton
productivity,diversityandcommunityassemblyinBretonSound,LA,USA.Proceedings
ofthe5thWorldFisheriesCongress,Yokohama,Japan.
Piazza,B.P,D.A.Rutherford,andM.K.LaPeyre.2007.Pulsedfreshwatereffectsonnekton
growthinBretonSound,Louisiana,USA.FinalReport.CoastalRestorationand
EnhancementThroughScienceandTechnology(CREST).
King,D.T.andB.P.Piazza.2007.AssessingtheuseofmuscleandscaleRNA/DNAratiosforan
estuarineresident,Gambusiaaffinis,asameanstoevaluatetheeffectsofestuarine
restorationonhabitatquality.FinalReport.LSUUndergraduateResearchOpportunity
(UROP),LSUSeaGrantCollegeProgram.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2006.Impactofthemagnitudeandtimingoffreshwaterflow
onnektonproductivity,diversity,andcommunityassemblagedownstreamofthe
Caernarvonfreshwaterdiversionstructure,BretonSound,Louisiana–YearTwoReport,
LouisianaGovernor'sAppliedCoastalResearchandDevelopmentProgram,LSU.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2005.Impactofthemagnitudeandtimingoffreshwaterflow
onnektonproductivity,diversity,andcommunityassemblagedownstreamofthe
Caernarvonfreshwaterdiversionstructure,BretonSound,Louisiana–YearOneReport,
LouisianaGovernor'sAppliedCoastalResearchandDevelopmentProgram,LSU.
LaPeyre,M.K.,J.Supan,andB.P.Piazza.2003.Oysterreefs:apotentialcornerstoneofcoastal
restorationinLouisiana.NationalFishandWildlifeFoundation,ProjectNo.2001-0323001.
PopularScienceWriting:
Piazza,B.P.2015.TheAmericanWoodcock:TributetoaWonderfulWetlandBird,CoolGreen
Science.CoolGreenScience..
Piazza,B.P.2013.Restoringcoastalwetlands:complexproblemsneedmultiplesolutions.Cool
GreenScience,
Bennett,M.andB.P.Piazza.2012.How’sourwaterdoing?Answeringthatquestioninthe
BayouState.Talk,
Piazza,B.P.2012.Alligatorhunt:aconservationstory.Talk,
Piazza,B.P.2011.TheMississippiRiverFlood:aLouisianascientist’sview.Talk.
Piazza,B.P.2010.Collectingoystersbeforetheoilspillhitsshores.Talk,
WebsitesandWeb-BasedTools
TheFreshwaterNetwork:Architect,ProjectManager,Developer.
• LouisianaFreshwaterAssessment:ProjectManager,Developer.
• MississippiFreshwaterAssessment(indevelopment):ProjectManager,Developer.
CoastalResilienceGulfofMexicoDecisionSupportTool:Developer.
MediaandCommunications
DepartmentofNaturalResourcesandNatureConservancytoRestoreAtchafalayaBasin.
Louisiana’sLab,89.3WRKF,BatonRougePublicRadio,January4,2016
Newprojectaimsto‘fixtheplumbing’ofsedimentcloggingtheAtchafalayaBasin,BatonRouge
Advocate,2015
AtchafalayaBasinWaitsForMississippiFloodwaters,NationalPublicRadio,2011
InterviewwithDr.BryanPiazza,NoWaterNoLife,2011
TheAtchafalayaRiverBasin:TheFutureofNature?CoolGreenScience,2014
NewBookExploresLouisiana'sAtchafalayaRiverBasin,GreatRiversPartnership,2014
FavoriteNature:BryanPiazzaonComingtotheAtchafalaya,ConservancyTalk,2014
NewbookdetailsimportanceofAtchafalaya,HoumaToday,2014
TheAtchafalayaRiverBasinbyBryanP.Piazza,ApresMidi,June12,2014,KRVS,RadioAcadie.
TheAmericanWoodcock:TributetoaWonderfulWetlandBird,CoolGreenScience,2015
EnvironmentalUpdate,InterviewwithDr.BryanPiazza,WHYRCommunityRadio,BatonRouge,
2015
TheNatureConservancybuysAtchafalayaBasinlandtoimprovewaterflowonthepropertyand
encourageresearch,BatonRougeAdvocate,2015.
RestoringtheAtchafalayaRiver’sFlow.WWNO,NewOrleansPublicRadio,July14,2015.
NatureConservancyBeginsLong-TermRestorationEffortInAtchafalayaBasin.89.3WRKF,
BatonRougePublicRadio,July21,2015.
TheNatureConservancy,TheAtchafalayaRiverBasinInitiative.ApresMidi,July29,2015,KRVS,
RadioAcadie.
FixingaSwamp’sBrokenPlumbing.Louisiana’sLab,89.3WRKF,BatonRougePublicRadio,
August3,2015.
Presentations
InvitedSessions(authorinboldissessionorganizer)
Piazza,B.P.2014.Workingacrossecologicalandprogrammaticboundariestomeetglobal
challengeswithlocalsolutions:acasestudyfromLouisiana.TheNatureConservancy,
All-ScienceConference,
Piazza,B.P.2014.:InnovativeToolsforSupportingStatewideandRegionalWaterPolicyand
Management.TheNatureConservancyCentralUSDivisionScience,Stewardship,and
ConservationConference,NewOrleans,LA.
InvitedPresentations(authorinboldispresenter):
Piazza,B.P.2014.Louisianafreshwaterassessment:scientificsupportforfreshwater
conservationandpolicydevelopment.ConferenceonEcologicalandEcosystem
Restoration,NewOrleans,LA.
Piazza,B.P.2014.Louisianafreshwaterassessment:scientificsupportforfreshwater
conservationandpolicydevelopment.TheNatureConservancyCentralUSDivision
Science,Stewardship,andConservationConference,NewOrleans,LA.
Piazza,B.P.2014.Louisianafreshwaterassessment:scientificsupportforfreshwater
conservationandpolicydevelopment.TheNatureConservancy,All-ScienceMeeting,
SanJose,CA.
Piazza,B.P.2014.Louisianafreshwaterassessment:scientificsupportforfreshwater
conservationandpolicydevelopment.LouisianaAssociationofConservationDistricts.
Piazza,B.P.2013.ApplyingsciencetoconservationandrestorationintheGulfofMexico:
examplesandopportunities.NationalAcademyofSciences,NewOrleans,LA.
Piazza,B.P.2010.Assessingtheecologicalimpactsofrestoredfreshwaterflow:anexample
fromcoastalLouisiana.LouisianaCoastalAreaScienceBoard,BatonRouge,LA.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2008.Effectsofrestoredfreshwaterflowonnektoncommunity
dynamicsandsecondaryproduction:acasestudyfromtheUSA.WorldFisheries
Congress2008,Yokohama,Japan.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2007.Effectsofrestoredfreshwaterflowonnektonproduction
inBretonSound,Louisiana,USA.AmericanFisheriesSociety,InternationalFisheries
SectionandJapaneseSocietyofFisheriesScientists,SanFrancisco,CA.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2007.Evaluatingnektongrowthandconditionmetricsduringa
high-volumefreshwaterpulseeventinBretonSound,Louisiana.EstuarineResearch
Federation,Providence,RI.
ContributedAbstracts:
Piazza,B.P.2014.TheAtchafalayaRiverBasin:stateofthescienceandopportunitiesfor
conservationandrestoration.StateoftheCoast2014,NewOrleans,LA.
Piazza,B.P.2014.TheLouisianaFreshwaterAssessmentProject:Science-basedDecision
SupportforWaterResourcesinLouisiana.StateoftheCoast2014,NewOrleans,LA.
Piazza,B.P.2013.TheAtchafalayaRiverBasin:conservationandrestorationinAmerica’s
largestswamp.NationalConferenceonEcosystemRestoration,Shaumburg,IL.
Piazza,B.P.,Y.C.Allen,R.Martin,J.F.Bergan,K.King,andR.Jacob.FloodplainConservationin
theMississippiRiverValley–Combiningspatialanalysis,landowneroutreach,and
marketassessmenttoenhancelandprotectionfortheAtchafalayaRiverBasin,
Louisiana,USA.StateoftheCoast2012,NewOrleans,LA.
Piazza,B.P.,Z.Ferdana,A.Nix,andM.K.LaPeyre.ScalingupoysterrestorationinLouisiana:
science-baseddecisionsupportformaximizingprojectsuccess.StateoftheCoast2012,
NewOrleans,LA.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2008.Restoredfreshwaterflow:effectsonestuarinenekton
productivity,diversityandcommunityassemblyinBretonSound,LA,USA.World
FisheriesCongress,Yokohama,Japan.
Gossman,B.P.,B.P.Piazza,andM.K.LaPeyre.2007.Thinlayerdepositionofdredgedmaterial:
atechniqueforbrackishmarshenhancement?EstuarineResearchFederation,
Providence,RI.
Piazza,B.P.,D.T.King,D.A.Rutherford,andM.K.LaPeyre.2007.Pulsedfreshwatereffectson
nektongrowthinBretonSound,Louisiana,USA.CoastalRestorationandEnhancement
throughScienceandTechnology(CREST),BatonRouge,LA.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2007.Pulsedfreshwatereffectsonnektoncommunitiesin
BretonSound,Louisiana,USA.RestoreAmerica’sEstuaries,NewOrleans,LA.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2006.Pulsedfreshwatereffectsonnektoncommunitiesin
BretonSound,Louisiana,USA.AmericanFisheriesSociety,LakePlacid,NY.
Piazza,B.P.andM.K.LaPeyre.2005.Pulsedfreshwatereffectsonnektoncommunitiesin
BretonSound,Louisiana,USA.CoastalZone05,NewOrleans,LA.
Piazza,B.P.,Banks,P.D.,andM.K.LaPeyre.2003.Sustainabilityandfisheriesimpactofcreated
oysterreefsforcoastalprotection.EstuarineResearchFederation.Seattle,WA.
Piazza,B.P.,PlunketJ.Supan,J.S.,andM.K.LaPeyre.2003.Usingcreatedoystershellreefsasa
sustainablecoastalprotectionandrestorationtool.NationalShellfisheriesAssociation,
NewOrleans,LA.
Piazza,B.P.2001.TheCaernarvonfreshwaterdiversionexperience:successandcontinued
learninginacoastalclassroom.AssociationofStateWetlandManagers,BatonRouge,
LA.
Piazza,B.P.,M.A.Ford,L.B.Haase,andL.Termine.2001.LouisianaBlues,OnSinkingGround,
wetlandseducationproject.SixthAnnualLouisiana
EnvironmentalEducationSymposium,SharingOurVision-ModelsofExemplary
EnvironmentalEducation,BatonRouge,LA.
Piazza,B.P.andS.G.Gammill.1999.TheuseofGISandremotesensinginecosystem
restorationplanningincoastalLouisiana.CoastalGeotools‘99,Charleston,SC.
Piazza,B.P.andB.J.Good.1998.GISasatoolintheCoast2050planninginitiative.14th.
AnnualLouisianaRemoteSensingandGeographicInformationSystemsWorkshop.
Lafayette,LA.
Piazza,B.P.andV.L.Wright.1996.NestingchronologyoflargewadingbirdsintheAtchafalaya
Delta,LAin1994and1995.MemphisTennesseeDeltaConference,Memphis,TN.
Piazza,B.P.andV.L.Wright.1994.StudiesofwadingbirdrookeriesontheAtchafalayaDelta
WildlifeManagementArea.LouisianaDepartmentofWildlifeandFisheries,Baton
Rouge,LA.
Piazza,B.P.andV.L.Wright.1994.EstimatingwadingbirdrookerysizeintheAtchafalayaDelta,
Louisiana.ColonialWaterbirdSociety.18thAnnualMeeting,WrightsvilleBeach,NC.
Piazza,B.P.1993.Usingavianpopulationparameterstoevaluatebottomlandhardwoodforest
habitatsinthelowerMississipppifloodplain.NorthCentralDistrict1Conventionof
BetaBetaBetaBiologicalHonorSociety,GreenBay,WI.
InvitedManuscriptReviews:
EstuariesandCoasts,MarineEcologyProgressSeries,Estuarine,Coastal,andShelfScience,
JournalofGreatLakesResearch,JournalofFieldOrnithology,SoutheasternNaturalist.
InvitedGrantProposalReviews:
LouisianaSeaGrant,TexasSeaGrant
TeachingandStudentMentoring
Instructor,StructuredDecisionMakinginNaturalResourcesManagement:HowtoMakeGood
ConservationDecisions.CourseNumberRNR7070.LouisianaStateUniversity,BatonRouge,
Louisiana,Spring2013.
Instructor,IntroductiontoStructuredDecisionMaking,USFishandWildlifeServiceandUS
GeologicalSurvey,NationalConservationTrainingCenter,Shepherdstown,WV,2010–present.
VisitingScientist,FudanUniversity,Shanghai,China–Gavetwohour-longresearchseminarsfor
approximately15M.S.,Ph.D.andPost-doctoralestuarinefisheriesresearchers,October2008.
LectureTitle:Assessingtheecologicalimpactsofrestoredfreshwaterflow:anexample
fromcoastalLouisiana,USA.
LectureTitle:Doesclimateaffectestuarinebrownshrimp(Farfantepenaeusaztecus)
abundance?Aninvestigationusingawaveletapproach.
TeachingAssistant,CONS4970/5970–CoastalEcologyFieldCourse,SoutheasternOklahoma
StateUniversity,Durant,Oklahoma.15students.CourseInstructor:TimPatton,Fall2004.
Lecturedandtaughtfieldtechniquesforwetlandandnektonsampling.
LectureTitle:CoastalRestorationTechniques.
GuestLecturer,RNR7070–EcologicalRestoration,SchoolofRenewableNaturalResources,
LouisianaStateUniversity.CourseInstructor:MeganK.LaPeyre,Fall2003.
LectureTitle:EcologicalEconomicsandRestoration
LaboratoryInstructor,BIOL1005–IntroductoryBiologyfornon-majors,DepartmentofBiology,
LouisianaStateUniversity.CourseInstructor,E.WilliamWischusen.
Spring2003–IntroductoryBiologyLaboratoryandRecitation
Section20:29students Spring2002-IntroductoryBiologyLaboratory
Section17:31students
Fall2002–IntroductoryBiologyLaboratory
Section19:31students
Section20:30students
CourseCo-DesignerandInstructor,CoastalWetlandEducationProject,CapitolHighSchool,
BatonRouge,Louisiana.CourseTitle:“LouisianaBlues,OnSinkingGround,”FacultyMentor:
LoranTermine.26students.Spring2000.
Educator,LouisianaDepartmentofNaturalResources,CoastalRestorationDivision,Education
andOutreachProgram.1997-2002.
GraduateCommitteeMembership:
AnneE.Hayden-Lesmeister,DepartmentofEnvironmentalResourcesandPolicy,
SouthernIllinoisUniversity,CombiningGISsuitabilityanalyses,hydraulicmodeling,and
stakeholderinputtoenhanceenvironmentaldecisionmakingintheAtchafalayaRiver
Basin,Louisiana.Ph.D.project.
JustinP.Kozak,DepartmentofEnvironmentalResourcesandPolicy,SouthernIllinois
University,ASustainabilityBoundaryApproachtoFlowPolicyandRegulationinthe
AtchafalayaRiverBasin.Ph.D.project.
E.AshbyNix,SchoolofRenewableNaturalResources,LouisianaStateUniversity,
RestoringoysterreefsinthenorthernGulfofMexico:socio-economicandgeo-political
factorsaffectrestorationopportunities.MSproject.
JessicaFurlong,SchoolofRenewableNaturalResources,LouisianaStateUniversity,
Effectsofartificialoysterreefmaterialandageonoysterpopulationandnekton
communitycharacteristicsinthenorthernGulfofMexico:Aspacefortimeanalysis.MS
project.
ConservationInternshipMentoring:
AdrianMcInnis.Investigatingthescientificandpolicyramificationsofapplying
UNDirectivesonWatertostatewidewaterplanning.VolunteerInternship
betweenBSandMSprograms.January2016.MentoringwithTulaneUniversity
LawSchool,InstituteonWaterResourcesLawandPolicy.January2016–
present.
JustinKozak,SouthernIllinoisUniversity,Developingastructureddecision-making
frameworkfortheAtchafalayaRiverBasin.NationalScienceFoundation
(NSF)InterdisciplinaryGraduateEducationandResearchTraineeship(IGERT)Internship,
Ph.D.student.January–May2012.
AnneHayden-Lesmeister,SouthernIllinoisUniversity,Developingaproposalfor
assessingsedimentationsolutionsintheAtchafalayaRiverBasin.NSFIGERTInternship,
Ph.D.student.January–May2012.
MicahBennett,SouthernIllinoisUniversity,Developingfisheriesmetricsforastatewide
assessmentoffreshwaterresourcesinLouisiana.NSFIGERTInternship,Ph.D.student.
January–May2012.
UndergraduateMentoring:
DerekT.King.AssessingtheuseofmuscleandscaleRNA/DNAratiosforanestuarine
resident,Gambusiaaffinis,asameanstoevaluatetheeffectsofestuarinerestoration
onhabitatquality.LSUSeaGrantUndergraduateResearchOpportunityFellowship.
2006-2007.
FellowshipsandAdvancedTraining
ScienceImpactProject,ScienceLeadershipandCommunication,TheNatureConservancy,2014
–present.
LeadershipDevelopment,BuildingtheFoundationsLeadershipTrainingCourse,TheNature
Conservancy.2011-2012.
ScienceandCommunication:TrainingforNewScientists,TheNatureConservancy.Archbold
BiologicalStation,Florida.2010.
IntroductiontoStructuredDecisionMaking,USFishandWildlifeServiceandUSGeolgical
Survey,NationalConservationTrainingCenter,Shepherdstown,WV.2009.
AdaptiveManagement,StructuredDecisionMakingforRepeatedDecisions,USFishandWildlife
ServiceandUSGeolgicalSurvey,NationalConservationTrainingCenter,Shepherdstown,WV.
2009.
VisitingScientist,FudanUniversity,Shanghai,China,2008.
Science-policyFellow,USGS,CooperativeResearchUnitProgram,Reston,VA,2008.
Fellow,InstituteofEnvironmentalCommunications,LoyolaUniversityCenterforEnvironmental
Communications,NewOrleans,LA,2000.
AwardsandHonors
OutstandingReviewerfor2011.EstuariesandCoasts,CoastalandEstuarineResearch
Federation.
CarlR.SullivanInternationalEndowmentFundWorldTravelAward,AmericanFisheriesSociety,
WorldCongressTravelCommittee,insupportofinvitedpresentationattheWorldFisheries
Congress,Yokohama,Japan,2008.
StudentTravelAward,SchoolofRenewableNaturalResources,LouisianaStateUniversity,in
supportofinvitedpresentationattheWorldFisheriesCongress,Yokohama,Japan,2008.
StudentTravelAward,SchooloftheCoastandEnvironment,LouisianaStateUniversity,in
supportofinvitedpresentationattheWorldFisheriesCongress,Yokohama,Japan,2008.
StudentTravelAward,DepartmentofOceanographyandCoastalSciences,LouisianaState
UniversityinsupportofinvitedpresentationattheWorldFisheriesCongress,Yokohama,Japan,
2008.
Inductee,SigmaXiScientificResearchSociety,LouisianaStateUniversityChapter,2008.
CoastalStewardshipAward–Educator,CoalitiontoRestoreCoastalLouisiana.For“Louisiana
Blues,OnSinkingGround”WetlandsEducationProject,2000.
Outstandingcontributionforacademicleadershipthroughcommunityservice,NationalHonor
Society,CapitolHighSchool,BatonRouge,LA,2000.
AlbertsonMedallionforScholarshipandService,UniversityofWisconsin–StevensPoint,1993.
Inductee,BetaBetaBetaBiologicalHonorSociety,1993.
Chancellor’sLeadershipAward,UniversityofWisconsin–StevensPoint,1992.
Inductee,SigmaXiScientificResearchSociety,UniversityofWisconsin–StevensPointChapter,
1988.
MembershipandCertifications
BoardMemberships:
UndergraduateAdvisoryBoard,DepartmentofBiologicalSciences,NichollsStateUniversity,
Thibodaux,Louisiana.
ProfessionalSocieties:
CoastalandEstuarineResearchFederation,SocietyofWetlandScientists,AmericanFisheries
Society,SigmaXiScientificResearchSociety
GulfEstuarineResearchFederation,SoutheastChapter,AmericanFisheriesSociety,Louisiana
Chapter,AmericanFisheriesSociety,LouisianaAssociationofProfessionalBiologists
Certifications:
USCoastGuardOUPVCaptain’sLicense,LouisianaAirboatOperatorSafetyCertification,
LouisianaMotorboatOperatorSafetyCertification,DepartmentofInteriorMotorboatOperator
CertificationCourse,CheckoutInstructorforUSGSAirboatOperatorCertification,PADIOpen
WaterDiver,CPRandFirstAid
Service
CommitteeMember,StreetSmartNeighborhoodPlan.RepresentedBernardTerrace
Neighborhood(2014-2015.WillalsorepresentMarwedeNeighborhoodinplanningbeginning
2016.
Member,ProgramCommittee,StateoftheCoast2014Conference,NewOrleans,Louisiana.
Member,CurriculumReviewCommittee,BiologyDepartment,NichollsStateUniversity,
Thibodaux,Louisiana.2014.
BoardMember,BernardTerraceCivicAssociation,BatonRouge,Louisiana.2012–present.
Volunteer,EmptyBowlscharityeventfortheGreaterBatonRougeFoodBank,February28,
2008.
Cook,Americorps,America’sWetlandConservationCorps,“LifeAfterAmericorps”Training
Retreat,ChicotStatePark,Louisiana,January4-6,2008.
VolunteerMember,LouisianaStateUniversity,CommunityGarden.Providefreshorganically
grownproducetoSt.VincentDePaulSoupKitchen,2007-present.
AcademicAdvisoryCommitteeMember,CoastalWetlandsPlanning,Protection,andRestoration
Act(CWPPRA),2006-present.
MigratoryBirdTeacher’sGuideReviewTeamPanelist,BaratariaTerrebonneNationalEstuary
Program,Thibodaux,LA.,2001.
CommitteeMember,WetlandsCommittee,BatonRougeEarthDay,2000.