Robert Humston
I was a post-doc in the Weed Ecology lab from 2001–2003. I was the fish guy among the plant people, having come from a degree in fisheries ecology at Miami before that. Studying spatial ecology of plants with Dave, Brian, and Joe helped me get back to the first principles of population ecology and opened my eyes to a lot of new possibilities. We had a short (but productive) run before I left for Virginia, where I’m now an Assistant Professor of Biology at Virginia Military Institute. Here I teach Ecology, Biostatistics, Plant Biology, and Evolution to undergraduate Biology majors, and I have returned to studying fisheries management and fish ecology in research. I’m currently using trace element signatures in fish otoliths to track dispersal of smallmouth bass between main-stem river and tributary systems, and will be adding genetic analysis on top of that to look at population-level consequences of dispersal and exchange between rivers and tributaries. The VMI Fish Ecology and Aquatic Research unit (yes, F.E.A.R.) is coming together nicely, and we have a great time doing field work in the summer. For more information on my latest research, check out my Web page.
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