JAY YORK SEABRIGHT HODGSON

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1 JAY YORK SEABRIGHT HODGSON Department of Biological Sciences The University of Alabama Box Tuscaloosa, Alabama Telephone: EDUCATION The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Doctor of Philosophy Program, Biological Sciences, 2003 to Present National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program in Interdisciplinary Freshwater Studies Areas of Emphasis: Paleolimnology and regional climate change Major Professor: Dr. Amelia K. Ward University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin Master of Science, Environmental Science and Policy, May 2002 Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Public and Environmental Affairs Areas of Emphasis: Groundwater policy, natural resources management, and environmental economics Thesis: Evaluation of two Wisconsin interpretations of Safe Drinking Water Act provisions specific to transient non-community groundwater systems Selected by the graduate faculty as the most outstanding Master of Science thesis of 2002 Major Professor: Dr. John R. Stoll Saint Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science, magna cum laude, May 1999 Areas of Emphasis: Limnology, aquatic ecology, and fish bioenergetics Thesis: Energy density of parasitic-phase sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) from Lake Huron: implication for bioenergetics modeling Selected by the natural sciences faculty as the most outstanding graduating environmental science student of 1999 Major Professor: Dr. Philip A. Cochran PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Green Bay, Wisconsin (2001 to 2003) Staff Water Supply Specialist and Geographical Information Systems Analyst Inventoried and assessed potential contamination threats to the hydrogeologic origins of public drinking water systems Participated in departmental advisory and review committees for groundwater policy and regulatory enforcement

2 TEACHING EXPERIENCE The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Teaching Assistant, General Biology Laboratory I for Majors ( ) Selected by the Department of Biological Sciences as the most outstanding graduate student teacher of fall, 2004 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin Instructor, Microeconomics Analysis (2001 to 2002) Teaching Assistant, Microeconomics Analysis (2000 to 2001) Appointed Undergraduate Mentor, Department of Public and Environmental Affairs (2000 to 2002) Saint Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin Teaching and Laboratory Assistant, Environmental Science (1997 to 1999) Teaching and Laboratory Assistant, Limnology (1998 to 1999) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (2003 to Present) National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow Currently developing research on paleolimnology and effects of climate dynamics on lakes Saint Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin (1985 to Present) Research Collaborator (1999 to Present) Currently developing research projects focusing on foraging dynamics and game theory of piscivorous fishes Limnology and Fishery Field Assistant (1985 to 1999) Assisted the Trophic Cascading Interactions Project (via University of Wisconsin) of whole-lake ecosystems studies Quantified fish foraging strategies and food web structures influencing lake primary productivity Matanuska Glacier Summer Research Camp, Matanuska Valley, Alaska (2004) Visiting Graduate Researcher Conducted initial limnological assessments of several young and previously unstudied supraglacial lakes Assisted geologists with surveying glacier movement and ablation Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation Environmental Offices, Bowler, Wisconsin (2001) Forest Botany and Survey Project Assistant Modeled canopy species and under-canopy herbaceous species relationships for sustainable harvesting practices Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois (1999 to 2000) Aquatic Ecology Research Assistant Assessed ontogenetic diet shits during largemouth bass recruitment events in Illinois reservoirs

3 Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, subcontract via Saint Norbert College (2000) Aquatic Entomology Assistant Quantified benthic macroinvertebrate communities to create an environmental impact statement following the construction of a hydroelectric dam Great Lakes Fishery Commission, subcontract via Saint Norbert College (1997 to 1999) Sea Lamprey Bioenergetics Assistant Improved the precision of a bioenergetics model designed to estimate feeding intensity and growth of sea lampreys and the consequential damage to the salmonid stocks in the Great Lakes HONORS and AWARDS The Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student in Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama (2004) Outstanding Master of Science Thesis Award, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (2002) Second Place Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research, Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society (2001) The Environmental Science Award for Most Outstanding Graduating Senior, Saint Norbert College (1999) First Place Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research, Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society (1998) Honorable Mention for Best Student Research Presentation, Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters (1998) HONOR SOCIETIES Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society (inducted 1995) Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society (inducted 1997) Delta Epsilon Sigma National Honor Society (inducted 1998) PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Hodgson, Jay Y.S., James R. Hodgson, Greg Bunker, and Joseph Miller. Predictive relationships between the canopy overstory and the herbaceous understory in a northeastern Wisconsin forest. In review (The American Midland Naturalist). Hodgson, Jay Y.S., John R. Stoll, and Richard C. Stoll. Evaluating the effectiveness of a fixed wellhead delineation radius: regional case study. In press (Journal of the American Water Resources Association). Hodgson, Jay Y.S. A trophic cascade synthesis: review of top-down mechanisms regulating lake ecosystems. In press (Bios). Hodgson, James R., Jay Y. Hodgson, and Elizabeth Charipar. Niche dynamics of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in a north temperate lake. In press (Mitteilungen Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie). Cochran, Philip A., Jay Y. Hodgson, and Andrew P. Kinziger Change in energy density of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) during its parasitic phase: implications

4 for modeling food consumption and growth. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29 (Supplement 1): Hodgson, Jay Y Source water assessment implementation obstacles: are transient noncommunity wells not as important? Water Resources Impact 4(2): Hodgson, Jay Y., and James R. Hodgson Exploring optimal foraging by largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) from three experimental lakes. Mitteilungen Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie. 27: Hodgson, Jay Y Blind duty versus moral duty. The Freshman Reader 13: TECHNICAL REPORTS Hodgson, Jay Y Wisconsin s source water assessment program: an overview for drinking water system owners and operators. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Northeast Region, Green Bay, Hodgson, James R., and Jay Y. Hodgson A survey of the herbaceous groundcover vegetation of the Stockbridge-Munsee tribal forest lands and the vegetational composition of selected forest wetlands at Bowler, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians Environmental Office, Bowler, OTHER PUBLISHED CONTRIBUTIONS Gatzke, Erin M., and Jay Y. Hodgson A public participation plan for implementing the Lower Fox River basin total maximum load clean water program. Fox- Wolf Basin 2000 Council, Appleton, Hodgson, Jay Y Bioenergetics: concepts and procedures in quantifying consumption and growth. Laboratory manual, Saint Norbert College, De Pere, Hodgson, Jay Y Guidelines for writing and publishing scientific manuscripts: a student s perspective. Saint Norbert College, De Pere, Hodgson, Jay Y Memories from Panama. Knight Life 29(3):20. GRANTS Hodgson, Jay Y.S Department of Biological Sciences Travel Grant, The University of Alabama. $250 Hodgson, Jay Y., and Philip A. Cochran (faculty sponsor) Towards the refinement of a sea lamprey energetics model of feeding and growth. Submitted for the Anselm M. Keefe Memorial Fellowship, Saint Norbert College. $2,200.

5 RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS Hodgson, Jay Y.S., Amelia K. Ward, Nelson R. Ham, and Staci L.Goetz Young sub-arctic lakes: are they valuable as records of recent climate change? 2005 Annual Meeting, North American Benthological Society, New Orleans, Louisiana. Hodgson, James R., Jay Y. Hodgson, and Elizabeth Charipar Niche dynamics of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in a north temperate lake. 29 th Congress of the International Association of Limnology, Lahti, Finland. Ward, A.K, Jay Y. Hodgson, K.H. Pritchard, M. Aaron, and G.M. Ward Nutrient concentrations and flux in the Mobile River system Annunal Meeting, North American Benthological Society, Vancouver, British Columbia. Hodgson, Jay Y. and James R. Hodgson Density-dependent foraging plasticity of largemouth bass. 86 th Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Madison, Hodgson, Jay Y Foraging plasticity of largemouth bass. 44 th Annual Conference, International Association for Great Lakes Research, Green Bay, Hodgson, James R., Jay Y. Hodgson, Ondrej Podlaha, and Gregory J. Bunker Relationships between herbaceous understory and canopy type in a northeastern Wisconsin forest. 86 th Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Madison, Charipar, Elizabeth M., Jay Y. Hodgson, and James R. Hodgson Piscivorous niche expansion by largemouth bass in a temperate experimental lake. 86 th Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Madison, Stoll, John R., Jay Y. Hodgson, Robert M. Ditton, and Ted L. Eubanks Economic value, biodiversity, and sandhill cranes: Platte River birding. 86 th Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Madison, Hodgson, Jay Y. and Ondrej Podlaha Herbaceous understory and canopy relationships in a northeastern Wisconsin forest. Beta Beta Beta Convention, North Central Region District One, Carroll College, Waukesha, Charipar, Elizabeth M., and Jay Y. Hodgson Piscivorous niche expansion by largemouth bass in a temperate experimental lake. Beta Beta Beta Convention, North Central Region District One, Carroll College, Waukesha, Recipient, Second Place Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research. Hodgson, Jay Y. and Philip A. Cochran Assessing seasonal shifts in energy density of sea lampreys: implications for refining an energetics model of feeding a growth. Tri-Chapter (Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) American Fisheries Society Meeting, La Crosse, Hodgson, Jay Y. and David P. Henry Analysis of sea lamprey tissue water

6 content. 26 th Annual Saint Mary s University of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biology, Winona, Minnesota. Hodgson, Jay Y The bioenergetics of largemouth bass opportunism. 128 th Annual Conference, Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, De Pere, Recipient, Honorable Mention for Best Student Presentation. Natoli, Christopher P. and Jay Y. Hodgson A comparison of smallmouth bass diets from a eutrophic river and an oligotrophic lake. 128 th Annual Conference, Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, De Pere, Hodgson, Jay Y Using bomb calorimetry to assess seasonal and size-related shifts in energy density of sea lampreys. Beta Beta Beta Convention, North Central Region District One, Saint Norbert College, De Pere, Recipient, First Place Frank G. Brooks Award for Excellence in Student Research. Hodgson, James R., Jay Y. Hodgson, and Lori L. Schacht Foraging ecology, opportunism, and bioenergetics of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides in small northern Wisconsin lakes. 27 th Congress of the International Association of Limnology, Dublin, Ireland. Cochran, Philip A., William D. Swink, and Jay Y. Hodgson A comparison of trout and burbot as food resources for sea lamprey. 27 th Annual Meeting, American Fisheries Society Wisconsin Chapter, Eau Claire, Hodgson, Jay Y. and James R. Hodgson A bioenergetics modeling approach to Opportunistic foraging by largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). 27 th Annual Meeting, American Fisheries Society Wisconsin Chapter, Eau Claire, Hodgson, James R., Timothy E. Essington, and Jay Y. Hodgson Foraging efficiency, opportunism, and feeding ecology of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in small northern Wisconsin lakes. 77 th Annual Meeting, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Seattle, Washington. Hodgson, Jay Y. and Matthew R. Gehl Stunted growth and trophic interactions of bluegill sunfish in an urban pond. 127 th Annual Conference, Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Whitewater, INVITED LECTURES, SEMINARS, and OTHER PRESENTATIONS Hodgson, Jay Y An introduction to paleolimnology. Presented at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Hodgson, Jay Y Impending groundwater challenges and implementing new management and protection plans. Lectured at Saint Norbert College, De Pere, Hodgson, Jay Y Foraging ecology, bioenergetics, and optimal foraging theory:

7 case study from experimental lakes. Lectured at Saint Norbert College, De Pere, Hodgson, Jay. Y Plasticity in largemouth bass foraging. Presented to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Graduate School, Green Bay, Hodgson, Jay Y. and Erin M. Gatzke Developing and implementing a public participation plan for the lower Fox River basin total maximum daily load program. Presented to the Fox-Wolf Basin 2000 Council, Green Bay, Hodgson, Jay Y Opportunistic foraging and diet shifts of largemouth bass. Lectured at Saint Norbert College, De Pere, Hodgson, Jay Y Water: where it comes from, why it is important, and how to take care of it. Lectured at Tank Elementary School, Green Bay, Hodgson, Jay Y The science of fish and fisheries. Lectured at Tank Elementary School, Green Bay, Galarowicz, Tracy, Derek Aday, and Jay Y. Hodgson Aquatic food webs. Presented to the Public Park System of Champaign, Illinois. OTHER INTERESTS and SERVICES Manuscript reviewer, Journal of the American Water Resources Association Manuscript reviewer, Limnology and Oceanography Assistant Wresting Coach, De Pere High School, De Pere, Wisconsin ( ) Football Coach, Saint Thomas More Middle School, Green Bay, Wisconsin (2000) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS North American Benthological Society