Iowa People

Bob Klaver Unit Leader Email: bklaver@iastate.edu Tel: (515) 294 - 7639

Unit Leader
Bob is a Wildlife biologist who moved to Iowa early in 2012 from the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Rolf Koford Assistant Unit Leader Email: rkoford@iastate.edu Tel: (515) 294 - 3057

Assistant Leader, Wildlife

B.S. California-Davis, 1970
Ph.D., California-Berkeley, 1979

I came to Iowa in 1995, having spent 7 winters in North Dakota at the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. There I gained an understanding of waterfowl biology and the importance of the Prairie Pothole Region. Before my federal employment, I worked on basic ecology and behavior of birds and small mammals.

Clay Pierce Assistant Unit Leader Email: cpierce@iastate.edu Tel: (515) 294 - 3159

Assistant Unit Leader, Fisheries
Supervises graduate students and does aquatic ecology and fisheries research in the lakes, rivers, and streams of Iowa. Clay is a native of Minnesota. He was a postdoctoral researcher at McGill University and an assistant professor at Eastern Illinois University before assuming his present position in 1993.
B.S. Mankato State, 1980
M.S., Kentucky, 1982
Ph.D., Maryland, 1987

Anna Loan-Wilsey Research Associate Email: Anna.Loan-Wilsey@iastate.edu

Anni Magyary Administrative Specialist Email: amagyary@iastate.edu Tel: (515) 294 - 3056

Anni is the Administrative Specialist for the Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. She provides all administrative services for the Unit, including accounting, contract management, payroll, purchasing, and vehicle management. In addition, she serves the department in various capacities, including web page coordinator and Coop Graduate student orientation and training. She grew up in Ohio, and throughout her life has lived in various places throughout the country, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Atlanta.

Bryan Bakevich Email: bakevich@iastate.edu Tel: (515) 294 - 5646

Michael Colvin Email: mcolvin@iastate.edu Tel: (515) 294 - 5646

Tyler Grant Email: tgrant@iastate.edu Tel: (515) 294 - 6936

Jennifer Vogel Email: JenVogel@iastate.edu Tel: (515) 294 - 6936