Wisconsin Fish People

Brian Sloss Assistant Unit Leader Email: brian.sloss@uwsp.edu Tel: (715) 346 - 3522

I serve as the Assistant Unit Leader of the Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit. I am a conservation geneticist focused primarily on aquatic and terrestrial resource management-related problems. I am originally from Illinois with degrees from the University of Illinois, Western Illinois University, and Southern Illinois University.

Andrea Musch Program Assistant Email: andrea.musch@uwsp.edu Tel: (715) 346 - 2178

Keith Turnquist Molecular Conservation Genetics Lab Manager Email: Keith.Turnquist@uwsp.edu Tel: (715) 346 - 3873

Keith Turnquist has a B.S. in Urban Forestry and a M.S. in Natural Resources from UW-Stevens Point, and is currently the Lab Manager for the Molecular Conservation Genetics Laboratory at UW-Stevens Point. He is originally from Minnesota, and is an avid sportsman and Beagler.

Justin VanDeHey Propagation Program Specialist Email: Justin.VanDeHey@uwsp.edu Tel: (715) 346 - 2090

Growing up on Lake of the Woods I became enamored with fisheries and fish biology. I have a B.S. degree in general biology, an M.S. in Natural Resources where I used conservation genetics to help delineate stocks of lake whitefish for the Lake Michigan commercial fishery. After that I went on to obtain my Ph.D. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at South Dakota State University where my research focused on fish community ecology. I also worked as a post-doctoral fisheries scientist at South Dakota State University assessing mountain sucker genetic diversity in the Black Hills and yellow perch dynamics, early life history and genetic structure across the state of South Dakota. I am a broadly trained, applied, fisheries ecologist which helps me in my current position as Fish Propagation Science Specialist.

Maureen Ferry Email: mferry@uwsp.edu Tel: (715) 346 - 4781

Justin Haglund Email: Justin.Haglund@uwsp.edu Tel: (715) 346 - 2178

Jessica Orlando Email: Jessica.Orlando@uwsp.edu Tel: (715) 346 - 2178

Lacie Westbrook Email: Lacie.Westbrook@uwsp.edu Tel: (715) 346 - 4781

Lacie obtained a B.S. in General Biology at Eastern Washington University. Before joining the Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit in 2009, she worked and volunteered with several environmental and citizen science based organizations. Currently, Lacie is studying the genetic structure of rock bass and johnny darters in northern Wisconsin and comparing these patterns with those found in previous studies of walleye and muskellunge in northern Wisconsin.

Patrick Wherley Email: Patrick.Wherley@uwsp.edu Tel: (715) 346 - 4781

Pat received his B.S. in Forest Management with minors in Soil Science and Geographic Information Systems & Spatial Analysis. After graduating with his Bachelor’s degree, he worked as a forester for the MN DNR for 3 years. He later worked for the WI DNR as a Forest Ranger before beginning his journey for his Master’s degree with the WICFRU in September 2009.

Zeb Woiak Email: Zeb.Woiak@uwsp.edu