Kristopher Stahr

Kristopher Stahr

Wildlife Specialist II

Arizona Game and Fish Department

Aquatic Research Program

5000 W. Carefree Highway

Pheonix, AZ  85806

 

kstahr@azgfd.gov

623-236-7664 voice

623-236-7918 FAX

 

Research Interests:

Ecology and management of aquatic macrophytes, recruitment dynamics of fishes, predator-prey interactions, age and growth of fishes, habitat selection of fishes.

 

Curriculum Vitae

Thesis project:  The Suitability of Water Willow Introductions in Turbid, Southern Reservoirs: Implications for Juvenile Largemouth Bass Recruitment.

 

Education:

M.S. Nat. Res. Ecology & Management – Fisheries Option, 2014.  Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.

B.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 2012 (cum laude). South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD

 

Professional Experience:

Teaching Assistant, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University (Spring 2013).

Research Assistant, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University (2012 – present).

Fisheries Research Technician, Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University (Sept. 2009 – May 2011, Aug. 2011 – May 2012).

Natural Resources Aide (Fisheries), Fisheries Management and Research, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Lewis, IA (May 2011 – Aug. 2011).

Natural Resources Aide (Fisheries), Aquatic Nuisance Species Unit, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Boone, IA (May 2009 – Aug. 2009).

 

Professional Memberships:

American Fisheries Society:

  • Parent Society
  • Fish Management Section
  • Education Section
  • Student Subsection (Undergraduate Travel Award Committee, Co-Southern Division Representative)
  • Southern Division Reservoir Technical Committee
  • Oklahoma Chapter
  • Oklahoma State University Student Subunit (Secretary/Treasurer)

Sigma Xi
Aquatic Plant Management Society

 

Activities & Awards:

Norgren Water and Wildlife Conservation Scholarship, South Dakota State University (2009)

Wilbur Allen Scholarship Award, South Dakota State University (2009 and 2011)

South Dakota Walleyes Unlimited Scholarship, South Dakota State University (2010).

Vice-President, SDSU Student Subunit of the American Fisheries Society (2011).

Dr. James C. Schmulbach Award, Dakota Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (2011).

Sauger Scholarship Award, Dakota Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (2011).

Student Opportunity Travel Grant Award, South Dakota State University (2011).

Schulz-Werth Award for Undergraduate Research, South Dakota State University (2012).

Sigma Xi Best Undergraduate Research Poster Award, 2nd Place, South Dakota State University (2012).

John E. Skinner Memorial Travel Award, Honorable Mention, American Fisheries Society (2012).

Jimmie Pigg Travel Award, Oklahoma Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (2012).

Robert M. Jenkins Memorial Reservoir Research Scholarship, Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Reservoir Committee (2013 and 2014).

John E. Skinner Memorial Travel Award, American Fisheries Society (2013).

Outstanding Fisheries Graduate Student Award, NREM Department, Oklahoma State University (2014).